Jun 10 2020

Science is Fun with Think Like a Dog!

In celebration of of the home premiere of Think Like a Dog, we’re using science to answer one of life’s big questions: is a dog’s mouth really cleaner than a human’s? Just like how Oliver enters a science fair in the film, we’re inviting you and your kids to show off your science skills with this doggone fun experiment. Test it out for yourself and let me know…is it cleaner?

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To complete this science experiment you will need:

  • Agar plates
  • Sterile cotton swabs
  • Saran plastic wrap
  • Tupperware container
  • Desk lamp
  • Sharpie marker
  • Scotch tape
  • Bottled water
  • Portable thermometer

How to complete the experiment:

  1. Step 1: Using the Sharpie marker, label agar plates with names of all participants (humans and dogs).
  2. Step 2: Dip cotton swab in bottled water and swab mouth carefully.
  3. Step 3: Carefully roll swab 360 degrees around inside of the agar plate, and place cover (or Saran plastic wrap) over plate.
  4. Step 4: Tape shut with Scotch tape and place labeled agar plate in Tupperware container along with the thermometer.
  5. Step 5: Repeat steps 2–4 using a separate, fresh cotton swab for each participant.
  6. Step 6: Once all sealed agar plates are in the Tupperware container, cover the whole container in Saran plastic wrap.
  1. Step 7: Place sealed Tupperware container under desk lamp. Keep between 80 and 100 degrees for 4–5 days.
  2. Step 8: To determine results, look at the thickness of the lines of bacteria. The thicker the lines, the dirtier the mouth. The thinner the lines, the cleaner the mouth.
  3. Conclusion: How did you compare to your dog?

To download the PDF of this experiment click the image below and save it to your computer. Then print and start the experiment!

So how did it turn out? Are dogs mouth’s cleaner than ours?

Jun 04 2020

Make Pup-Friendly Pancakes Inspired By “Think Like a Dog”!

Give your favorite furry friend a treat with this dog-friendly pancake recipe inspired by Think Like a Dog, premiering on Apple TV and everywhere you buy movies June 9. We can all enjoy a pup-tastic pancake breakfast with our fur-babies by cooking with just a few ingredients and a dog bone shaped cookie cutter!

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To make these delicious pancakes you will need:

  • 1.5 cups flour
  • 3.5 tsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 tbs sugar
  • 1.25 cups milk
  • 1 egg
  • 3 ybs butter
  • Dog bone cookie cutter (metal)
  • Cooking spray

To get the recipe click the image below and save the PDF to your computer. Then print and create for a doggone good breakfast!

Be sure to enter the Think Like a Dog Digital code giveaway by clicking the image below and completing the tasks on the rafflecopter entry form. There is also more information about “Think Like a Dog” and a fun Word Activity Printable to download, print, and fill in.

Jun 03 2020

A Clue! A Clue! It’s a tasty recipe inspired by Blue’s Clues and You!

We just got news that Blue has left clues about a new recipe! There’s a paw print on some flour, and another on some icing… What could it be? Let’s get our Handy-Dandy notebook and go sit in our Thinking Chair!

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You guessed it: it’s two adorable custom cookie recipe designs inspired by Blue’s Clues & You!, now available on DVD! Enjoy these tasty treats when the kids join Blue and Josh on clue-led adventures!

Items Needed to make the Blues Clues and You Cookies

  • 2 Sticks of butter
  • 1 cup of sugar
  • 1 1/2 tsp vanilla
  • 2 cups flour
  • blue royal icing
  • blue food coloring
  • Sweater cookie cutter
  • Paw print cookie cutter
  • 2 Basket-weave icing tips
  • Icing bags

To download the recipe click the image below and save the PDF to your computer. Then print and create for deliciousness and Blues Clues fun!

More about Blues Clues and You:

NEW YORK – May 14, 2020 – Nickelodeon’s hit interactive preschool series Blue’s Clues & You! will skidoo onto DVD for the first time on June 2, featuring four exciting episodes from the show’s debut season. The series follows beloved puppy Blue and live-action host Josh (Josh Dela Cruz) as they invite a new generation of preschoolers on clue-led adventures and solve a puzzle in each episode.

In the Blue’s Clues & You! DVD collection, fans can help Josh solve games of Blue’s Clues as he tries to figure out what Blue wants for a snack, what present she wants for her birthday, what she would like to do on her playdate and more. The DVD will also include special episodes from Josh & Blue’s VLOG and eight bonus American Sign Language flashcards. Blue’s Clues & You! will be available from Nickelodeon and Paramount Home Entertainment exclusively at Walmart on June 2, 2020 for the suggested retail price of $10.99 U.S.

Blue’s Clues & You! Episodes:

  • Meet Josh!
  • Happy Birthday, Blue!
  • Playdate with Magenta
  • Big News with Blue

Special Features:

  • How to Play Blue’s Clues Song
  • Josh & Blue’s VLOG!
    • ABC Song, Hide & Seek + Dancing!
    • Holiday Shopping, Mailtime, Nursery Rhymes & More!
    • Garden Sing Along, Touring School & Mailtime with Blue’s Clues!
    • Soccer Tricks, Gopher Game & Color Song!
    • American Sign Language Lesson, Nursery Rhymes & Mailtime!
    • Planets Song, Find The Snail Game & Mailtime!
  • American Sign Language Word of the Week
    • Blue’s Clues
    • Thankful
    • Music

May 29 2020

Feed Your Creative Side With Sonic the Hedgehog from Arby’s

Arby’s, they have the meats AND they also have a cute little 3D paper craft featuring Sonic The Hedgehog. For a limited time, fans of Sonic can get their game on with activities featured on Arby’s website. Once fans complete the activities and the fun paper toy, they can share their creation on their favorite social media platforms with the hashtag #ArbysPaperCraft

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The activities include:

  • A Sonic Coloring Page
  • A Game of DOTS
  • A fun Ring Maze
  • A Wordsearch
  • 6 small character Spot-The-Difference Games
  • and a 3D paper craft of Sonic the Hedgehog

To get these awesome downloadable activities head over to the Arby’s website by clicking the image below, click the download links, and save the PDFs to your computer. Then it’s as simple as print and create for the games to begin.

The downloadable links are:
1. 3D Sonic The Hedgehog Paper Toy
2. Sonic The Hedgehog Activity Pages

The website also includes a video of how to create the 3D Sonic Paper Toy. I have included it below from YouTube.

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May 28 2020

Think Like A Dog Digital Code Giveaway!

Think Like a Dog from Lionsgate is coming to Digital June 9, 2020! It is a fun story about a boy and his dog and a crazy science experiment which create a telepathic connection. I can just see it now, the boy begging for treats and a dog trying to understand middle school math. This movie has the potential to be hilarious!

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In anticipation of Think Like a Dog coming to Digital June 9th, SKGaleana was selected to host a DIgital Code Giveaway! What does that mean exactly? It means:

  1. unlike previous giveaways SKGaleana has hosted, there will be no physical DVD mailed to the winner
  2. The winner will receive a digital code in their email that they can use to claim their digital copy of the movie
  3. Only one winner will be randomly chosen using the rafflecopter form below.
  4. See terms and conditions for more details.

For more information about Think Like a Dog and to download the fun printable word play activity head to my blog post about Think Like a Dog by clicking the image below.

Use the rafflecopter form below to enter the Digital Code giveaway. You can tweet daily to increase your entries. Many will enter, only one will win! Good Luck!

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May 27 2020

Coloring Fun with The Loud House: Absolute Madness!

Lincoln and his sisters are back in The Loud House: Absolute Madness – Season 2, Volume 2 on DVD now. With new moves, new friends, and new lessons to learn, Loud House is a crazy place of fun for you and your family especially with a fun new printable!

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To help keep your kids from coloring up the walls like the Loud House bunch, print and create these fun coloring pages: Featuring all eleven Loud siblings plus other favorite characters from the show, these coloring pages are sure to be a hit with your kids – and keep them from causing absolute madness around the house!

May 27 2020

Learn to “Think Like a Dog” with this Doggone Fun Word Game!

A paws-itively heartwarming family comedy is coming to Digital June 9th from Lionsgate. Think Like a Dog is a doggone good time for all ages. It follows 12-year-old Oliver, a tech prodigy whose middle-school science fair experiment goes awry, creating a telepathic connection between him and his furry friend, Henry. The bond brings Oliver and Henry even closer as they join forces to comically overcome complications at school, and help Oliver’s parents rekindle their marriage along the way.

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Think Like a Dog. The film stars Gabriel Bateman, Kunal Nayyar (“The Big Bang Theory,”), Julia Jones (“The Mandalorian”), Janet Montgomery (The Space Between Us), Bryan Callen (“The Goldbergs,”), Todd Stashwick as the voice of “Henry” (“Phineas and Ferb”), with Megan Fox (Transformers), and Josh Duhamel (Transformers: The Last Knight). It is written and directed by Daytime Emmy® nominee Gil Junger and produced by Andrew Lazar, Cory Chen, and Linshu Zhang.

Think Like a Dog special features include an audio commentary with writer-director Gil Junger and a making-of featurette, allowing an inside look at what it took to make this family-friendly flick. The Think Like a Dog Blu-ray and DVD will be available for the suggested retail price of $19.99 and $19.98, respectively.

In anticipation of Think Like a Dog’s release to Digital, Lionsgate has released a fun word game! Download the PDF and print the word game on regular paper. Fill in the blanks with whatever words you want, and then read the story aloud for lots of laughs!

May 22 2020

Sonic The Hedgehog Teams Up with UNICEF

With quarantines in place and kids cooped up at home, parents have been searching for ways to keep their little ones active and healthy, both physically and emotionally, in these unprecedented times. Unicef Kid Power is a free digital platform that uses interactive exercise and mindfulness videos designed to get kids moving and feeling empowered to take part in a good cause. For every 3-5 minute activity kids complete, they earn coins towards delivering food to kids in need all over the world, all through Unicef. Beyond charity donations, Kid Power allows kids to self-motivate to do good in the world, while staying healthy and active themselves!

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In this initiative, the Sonic The Hedgehog film has partnered with Unicef on a “Super Speed” exercise video that combines physical fitness with an incredibly good cause that kids all around the world need now more than ever. This video will feature a teacher guiding his students in this exercise all while adhering to social distancing and having fun together while apart. Beyond serving as a timely and exciting PR push, this initiative presents the perfect opportunity for Sonic + kids to do some amazing things in the world, IRL.

What are UNICEF Kid Power Up videos?

UNICEF Kid Power Ups are FREE interactive videos to help kids feel energized and empowered. Videos range from upbeat dance and calming yoga, to providing emotional support and integrating social learning skills.

With UNICEF Kid Power, kids can stay healthy and active even while staying home!

What makes UNICEF Kid Power different?

Unlike any other streaming platform, UNICEF Kid Power Up videos empower kids to help save lives! When kids get active with UNICEF Kid Power, they unlock therapeutic food that is delivered to severely malnourished children around the world.

The UNICEF Kid Power program has helped save the lives of over 100,000 severely malnourished children around the world! This is a testament that with the right resources, like UNICEF Kid Power, we can make a lasting impact for kids around the globe AND empower kids in our own communities!

To sign up go to https://www.unicefkidpower.org/.

Sonic Super Powered Work Out Sheet

May 21 2020

It’s Pizza Time with The Loud House: Absolute Madness!

Pizza parties are more fun at the Loud House! So what better way to celebrate the DVD release of The Loud House: Absolute Madness – Season 2, Volume 2 than with your very own DIY pizza party! Ingredients include Luna’s guitar pick-a-roni, Luan’s rubber chicken, Ba-Lana peppers, Lisa’s radioactive worms, mozza-Lily Cheese, Clyde’s secret pickle stash, and more!

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The recipe below lets you know all the fun themed ingredients we’ll need to make these epic pizzas. The PDF also includes fun print-out labels to give them a Loud House-twist. To download the recipe and place cards click the image below and save the PDF to your computer. Then print and create!

Be sure to enter for a chance to win The Loud House: Absolute Madness – Season 2, Volume 2 on DVD by clicking the image below and entering the giveaway using the rafflecopter form.

May 17 2020

PAW Patrol: Mighty Pups Charged Up DVD Giveaway

The paw-some Mighty Pups are back for next level action-packed adventures in PAW Patrol: Mighty Pups Charged Up. With this epic new DVD collection, fans can follow the Mighty Pups on daring rescue missions as they use their new superpowers and charged-up hover vehicles to save Adventure Bay from a brand-new baddie—the Copycat. PAW Patrol: Mighty Pups Charged Up will be available on DVD from Paramount Home Entertainment and Nickelodeon Home Entertainment on June 2, 2020 for the suggested retail price of $10.99

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Synopsis
When a new superpower replicating baddie known as the Copycat arrives in Adventure Bay, Ryder has to charge up the Mighty Pups with the mighty meteor, giving them all-new secondary superpowers. With their new abilities and charged-up hover vehicles, the pups are ready for super-charged rescue action.

PAW Patrol: Mighty Pups Charged Up Episodes:

  • Mighty Pups Charged Up: Pups Vs. the Copycat
  • Mighty Pups Charged Up: Pups Stop a Big Bad Bot
  • Mighty Pups Charged Up: Pups Vs. the Dome
  • Mighty Pups Charged Up: Pups Stop a Humdinger Horde
  • Mighty Pups Charged Up: Pups Save a Mighty Lighthouse
  • Pups Save a Cat Burglar
  • Pups Save the Runaway Kitties

In anticipation of PAW Patrol: Mighty Pups Charged Up coming to DVD, SKGaleana is hosting a DVD Giveaway! Use the rafflecopter form below to enter for a chance to win a copy of PAW Patrol: Mighty Pups Charged Up on DVD. You can tweet daily for extra entries, comment, check out our facebook page, and more! Many will enter only one will win. Good Luck

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