I’m SO ready to let winter go and welcome the green of spring.
Why not do it with a Giveaway of Green?
When I think of spring, I think of Epcot’s Flower and Garden Festival. If you haven’t explored Epcot during this beautiful season, I highly recommend it. In fact, this giveaway might even help you to start your Disney World trip fund with a $60 Disney Card! Beginning today, Monday, March 17, 2014 through Monday, March 31, 2014 at 11:59 PM EST you can enter to win a $60 Disney Gift Card and a Limited Edition Flower and Garden Festival Pin!
This Spring Fling Giveaway is open to all United States residents 18 years old and up. After verification of entries, the winner will be chosen by Rafflecopter and will be notified by email.
To officially accept the prize the winner must reply by email within 48 hours.
To enter to win, simply use the Rafflecopter Form Below!
I’m thrilled to be working with a bunch of magical Disney bloggers to bring you this giveaway. Below are the names of the awesome blogs that made this giveaway possible. You can find them on Facebook or stop by their blogs!
Focused on the Magic
Can Do It MOM
My Pixie Dust Diary…
DisneyDayByDay
Home is Where the Mouse is
Run. Walk. FASTPASS. Repeat
Disney Mamas
Disney Donna Kay
Mouse Ears Mom
I’m thrilled to be partnering with Diclajia’s Disney Dreams (http://diclajiasdisneydreams.com/) and other Disney-Lovin’ bloggers to offer this fantastic giveaway.
Here are the Prize Details!
First Place Prize is a Scrapbooking Set that includes a 20 page, Acid Free, Post Bound Scrapbook; 3 crimping scissors; 5 Disney Paper punches with (Mickey, Tigger, Cinderella Castle, Stitch and Mickey Silhouette); Sizzix Snow Flake Dies (inspired by the new movie Frozen); New Mickey and Minnie Duct Tape and ribbons.
Second Place Prize is a 1 year WDW Magazine Digital subscription.
Third Place Prize is a Tinkerbell H2O Travel size bath set from Walt Disney World that includes (Shampoo, Conditioner, Shower Gel, Lotion and Facial Soap) all in a travel pouch.
Why am I so excited?
My favorite Mickey paper craft punch is part of the first prize! And to think that a Tigger Punch, Cindy’s Castle, Stitch and a Mickey Silhouette is also included, WOW! If you’ve followed my blog then you know all about my obsession with the Mickey craft punch. If you haven’t, then here’s a sampling on what you can make with that simple little craft punch.
Yes, I love that craft punch! I know you will too. To enter to win the craft punch and a ton of other fun prizes, use the Rafflecopter giveaway link at the end of this post. If you’re unfamiliar with Rafflecopter, feel free to contact me with any questions.
The contest ends on Sunday, February 9th, so hurry to enter now!
“All entries are mandatory and will be confirmed, they must be submitted by 11:59PM on February 9th and the winners will then be notified on Monday February 10th 2014 where they will have 12 hours to respond or another winner will be chosen. Giveaway is open to everyone in the US and Canada, however the 2nd place prize is open to everyone Worldwide.”
I had planned on starting this week with reviews on this Christmas’s top requested Disney themed toys. However, my family and friends had so much fun at our Disney Lego duplo party this past weekend, I decided to share with you the party details and easy Lego themed treat tutorial first. Now having experienced 19 children playing with Lego duplo’s Disney-themed building bricks, I’d like to begin this week’s toy review by sharing my thoughts on these products. As I mentioned earlier this week, Lego and House Party provided me with six of their newest sets, in exchange for hosting a Lego duplo themed House Party. My reviews of these building sets are exclusively my opinions and do not reflect those of Lego duplo, House Party or anyone other than myself. Having said that, on with my review.
Lego duplo currently offers three Disney Planes themed building sets, three Disney Junior Jake and the Never Land Pirates sets and five Disney Princess sets. I was given all three Disney Planes and Jake sets for the children to play with during the party. After observing the kids playing, here are my thoughts on each.
Disney’s Planes
Lego duplo bricks are roughly double the size of regular Lego bricks, making them harder to swallow and easier for little hands to work with- both awesome. The Disney Planes Lego duplo building sets are made for children ages 2-5 and I believe can be enjoyed by Disney Plane enthusiasts beyond age 5, especially if they like to play with the toys once building is complete. My favorite thing about all of the Planes sets is that the Plane character Legos come in solid body pieces and little ones only need to add the wheels. It’s fantastic because the planes do not fall apart easily. Each building set comes with a minimum of two characters and a Lego based setting for them to play in. It’s nice that the “setting”, whether it’s the flight school, the air race or Chugs fuel station, is what your child will create with the bricks. Therefore they’re using their motor skills and learning about colors and the finished product remains stable. We love Legos in our house, but my six-year-old gets extremely frustrated when in the past he has spent a half hour building a set and then it falls apart easily and he can’t play with it. I can’t say enough positive things about the Disney Plane Lego duplo sets. He’s played with these Disney Planes sets for four days! All three Plane sets have been great for both my 2-year-old and my six-year-old. Both children are able to feel a sense of accomplishment in playing with these and I’d recommend them!
Disney Junior’s Jake and the Never Land Pirates
Doesn’t every toddler and preschooler love Jake and the Never Land Pirates? The smallest building set is 22 pieces and the largest set, Jake’s Pirate Ship Bucky at 56 pieces. They’re perfect for the recommended age of 2 to 5 years of age. Of course everyone’s favorite was Jake’s pirate ship. The ship’s cannon shoots! Each set comes with at least one character. Jake’s Treasure Hunt includes Jake. The Never Land Hideout, featuring a cool slide that my daughter loves and includes Izzie and Cubbby and the large Pirate Ship Bucky set includes Jake and Captain Hook. If you have a Pirate fan in your house, I suggest getting the Ship. The completed set is something that your child will play with over and over. It stays together really well. You’ll enjoy helping your little one put this building set together too!
Giveaway!
Everyone at the party enjoyed these sets so much. I know you and your kids will too! So Monday I went straight to Toys R Us, and purchased Jake’s Treasure Hunt for a Giveaway! The set consists of 22 pieces, including Jake and his parrot friend, Skully. My two-year-old daughter loves the boat that’s included. Lego Jake attaches in the boat, so he stays where she wants him too. She’s actually managed to fit four characters in the little boat! If you’re a fan of Mouse Ears Mom on Facebook, or choose to become a fan today you’ll be able to enter the Giveaway! To enter, just click on the Rafflecopter giveaway link below.
There are five Disney Princess Lego Duplo branded sets: Cinderella’s Caste, Ariel’s Undersea Castle, Ariel’s Magical Boat Ride, Cinderella’s Carriage and Snow White’s Cottage.
Other than seeing these products on-line and in stores, I haven’t had the experience of having my children play with these sets. I’m not going to review them because of that. However, I can say my daughter has a couple of these sets on her list! At the moment, one is sitting in my closet waiting for some pretty wrapping paper.
I hope this week’s reviews will help you get your shopping list ready for next week’s big shopping day! In the meantime, enter to win one Jake and the Never Land Pirates Lego duplo set. You’ll know on Thanksgiving Day if you’re the winner!
Disney Releases From the Mist, Book #4 in its popular series, The Never Girls
If there’s a little girl in your life then you most likely already know about this adventurous series and have been patiently waiting for today’s special release. If not, allow me to introduce it to you. The Never Girls books are an early chapter book series, perfect for young readers ages 6 to 10 years of age. The series tells the story of four best friends and their adventures in Never Land with Tinker Bell and her fairy friends. I was lucky enough to read From the Mist in advance and can tell you first hand this enchanting story will not disappoint young readers. Author Kiki Thorpe has made every little girl’s dreams come true in this book. She transports young readers through a magic portal into Tinker Bell’s Pixie Hollow, where they begin an adventure filled with fluttering pixies and beautiful, magical horses! In addition, the storyline is truly complimented by charming illustrations that will keep a young reader engaged.
I’m so excited to share with you that as a Mouse Ears Mom fan you can enter Random House’s 5 boxed sets giveaway of The Never Girls series, which includes newly released From the Mist! I’d love for one of you to win! To enter, just click on the Rafflecopter below. The giveaway ends on Tuesday, October 8th, so make sure you enter to win today!
I’m so excited to give one of you my FAVORITE craft punch! Of course, it’s a Mickey Mouse Icon Punch!
From the 4th of July flag garland, to the summer watermelon place mat, to yesterday’s post tutorial on how to make Mickey Mouse pocket-sized flash cards, I’m certain its obvious to all of you that this crafting tool gets a lot of use in my house.
This is a photo of what you will receive in the mail, if you’re the lucky winner! To enter this giveaway, please click on the link below that says “a Rafflecopter giveaway” . If you’re not familiar with Rafflecopter giveaways, don’t be scared, it’s relatively easy to enter. There are a series of ways to enter to win, such as liking Mouse Ears Mom’s Facebook page, following on Pinterest, commenting on a post and more. With each thing you do, you’ll be adding up your entries. The contest is open to all United States residents and you must be 18 years of age or older to enter. It will run for one week and I’ll email the winner within 48 hours of it’s completion. Good Luck!
