Holiday

  • Holiday,  Lifestyle

    Holiday Showcase: Moose Toys Creates Trash for Boys and Gems for Girls

    This holiday season, Moose Toys introduces a new product lines for girls, including Blingles™, gem stickers to add “bling” to their accessories. I can see the posh girl adding some SPARKLE to her Nintendo 3DS, notebook, well the list goes on. 😉 Sure to shine atop girls’ holiday wish lists, Blingles is available at Toys“R”Us® and other select toy retailers nationwide ranging from $9.99 to $19.99. To “bling to life” their favorite accessory in a few simple steps, girls choose an included design template, lay the clear gem mat on top of it, and match the gems to the template using a specially designed gem pen. Then, with the included…

  • Holiday,  Lifestyle

    Holiday Showcase: Cra-Z-Art LITE BRIX

    Cra-Z-Art know for it’s arts and crafts has introduced a whole new line of toys called LITE BRIX™.  It is an exciting new innovative building system that combines traditional brick building construction with the magic of light up bricks and connectors, allowing kids to “build with lights.”  Themes include: Robots, Helicopters, Race Cars, Jet Fighters, Motorcycles, Space Shuttles, Lumi-Port Airport, Fire Rescue and Extreme City Buildings.  Each set comes with a battery power pack that attaches to the models. The product line is available exclusively at Toys “R” Us® stores nationwide and online at toysrus.com. LITE BRIX™ is for kids ages 6 and up. If you are raising an architect, then this…

  • Holiday,  Lifestyle

    Time to Play Holiday Most Wanted Toys

    Every year around this time, Time to Play Magazine starts thinking about the hot holiday toys and invites bloggers to see their recommendations.  This was my first “Holiday Showcase,” and I loved having this chance to get hands-on with new toys. The people at Time to Play test every single toy, and they have created a list of the “Most Wanted” toys this holiday season. One of the most interesting things to see is how technology is invading toys, and at the same time the nostalgic feeling of seeing toys that I grew up with being reintroduced to our kids. Predicted to be the most popular and best-selling toys of Holiday…

  • Food & Drink,  Holiday,  Recipes

    Reindeer Cookies

    Reindeer CookiesChristmas Sweet Treat Ingredients 1 (16.5-oz.) package refrigerated sugar cookie dough 36 pretzel twists 36 semisweet chocolate mini morsels 18 red cinnamon candies or red M&Ms Freeze dough 15 minutes. Roll dough to a 1/4-inch thickness on a floured surface. Cut dough with a 3-inch round cutter, and place 2 inches apart on ungreased baking sheets. Using thumb and forefinger, pinch opposite sides of each slice about two-thirds of the way down to shape face. Break curved sides away from center of each pretzel twist to form antlers. Press bottom of 1 set of antlers on each side at top of each reindeer face. Bake at 350° according to…