Veggie Tales Review and Giveaways

"Veggie Tales" is one of my family’s favorite cartoons. I’ve been watching before I even had children and when I had my own I was excited to share my love of "Veggie Tales" with them.

"Veggie Tales" started in 1993 and has been entertaining and teaching children Godly values with every DVD.

This time with the release of “God Loves You Very Much" and "If I Sang a Silly Song” they aim to please again. Each DVD has favorites from the past filled with the same great humor and fun. 

 

“God Loves You Very Much” includes stories, “Gideon: Tuba Warrior”, “The Ballad of Little Joe" and “Rack, Shack & Benny”. The title also includes the all-new “story-song” called “Does He Love Me?”, as well as other bonus features and activities.

“If I Sang a Silly Song” is a DVD collection of all the great Silly Songs. It’s a countdown of the top Silly Songs from the last two decades. Songs include “I Love My Lips”, “Biscuit of Zazzamarandabo”, “The SUV Song”, “Goodnight Junior” (my son’s favorite), “The Hairbrush Song” and many others including an all new Silly Song. 

Both DVD’s “God Loves You Very Much” and “If I Sang a Silly Song” are sure to be a new favorite. I will be giving away 3 copies of each DVD. Look below to see how you can win.

Giveaway Instructions

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Only one entry per person. Creative Parenting is not responsible for lost or misplaced prizes.

Craft: Leap Frog

Leap into the March with this fun craft I shared on MetroFamily Magazine.

Click here Leap Frog.

Tootsie Roll Anniversary

 

In 1896 Tootsie Rolls were invented. I can’t believe they have been around that long. I remember eating them as a child. I had some friend’s stick one to my Dad’s van window and it pulled the tint off. That was in the 80’s. I’m sure window tinting has came a long way since then.

Today 49 million Tootsie Rolls are manufactured daily. That’s a lot of Tootsie Rolls.

Here’s a great way to use up all those Tootsie Rolls you got for Valentine’s Day. Make sculptures.

All you need is Tootsie Rolls and toothpicks. Pull the Tootsie Rolls apart and use them as glue to attach the toothpicks together. 

Have fun celebrating the 116th year of the Tootsie Roll. 

Valentine's Day

Happy Valentine's Day

Looking for some last minute ideas for Valentine's.

The hearts above are to hide around the house for the family to find them when they get home from school and work. 

For another quick craft idea. Visit my blog on MetroFamily Magazine. 

For a wonderful romantic dinner prepare a roasted chicken. They are super easy to make and taste so good. Serve with a side and you have yourself a dinner for Valentine’s Day.

Ingredients:

Whole Chicken

One package of Dry Italian or Ranch Dressing

Olive Oil

Take whole chicken out of the package. Rinse and remove insides. Put chicken in a 13X9 pan.

Rub with olive oil on both sides and dressing of your choice.

Bake at 350 degrees for an hour or until chicken is cooked throughout.

Serve with your favorite sides. 

Have a wonderful Valentine's Day. 

 

Valentine’s Books and Giveaways

Everything Romance – A Celebration of Love for Couples

Romance is not to far away with this helpful book filled with creative date and gift ideas, conversation starters and recipes.

This book has so many great things. Some of my favorites are the Love Boosters and the Love Letters from famous people. Including Mark Twain, Jack London and Napoleon Bonaparte.

Plus I love quotes too. Here are a couple.

Love doesn’t make the world go round, Love is what makes the ride worthwhile. Elizabeth Barrett Browning

I can live without money, but I cannot live without love. Judy Garland

The first duty of love is to listen. Paul Tillich

God Gave Us Love

By Lisa Tawn Bergren

A cute little board book for the small little ones. Shares the story of a family of bears learning about God love. Little Cub learns about God loves from his Grampa explaining what love is about and how we can show love, receive love and the faithfulness of God’s love.

Hugs & Kisses, God – from Kids Around the World

By Allia Zobel Nolan

Children all over the world will learn how to find thankfulness in everyday activities and things they see. The most important thing they will take away from this book is to take a little time each day thanking God for the simple gifts he gives us like pancakes, fireflies, bubbles and family.

Each page is filled with brightly colored illustrations. Plus kids will like it even more with the lift-the-flap pages.

Giveaway Instructions

This contest is over.

To win a book leave a comment below with the title of the book you would like to win.

For extra entries. (leave a comment to let me know you signed up)

"Like" Creative Parenting on Facebook.

Become a follower of this blog. Look over to the right of this page.

This giveaway is open to U.S. residents only. The giveaway ends Tuesday, February 14 at 9am (CST). Winner will be randomly selected. I will notify winners by email.

Only one entry per person. Creative Parenting is not responsible for lost or misplaced prizes.

Valentine's Clothespin Magnet

Supplies:

Pretty printed paper

Colored paper

1 clothespin

Magnet strip

Scissors

Glue

Embellishments – stickers, glitter, markers, brads, buttons, etc…..

Directions:

1. Take the clothespin and trace around it on the printed paper. 

2. Cut it out and glue it to the clothespin to cover one side of it.

3. Make a paper heart and cut it out. Any size you like any color you like.

4. Next take the paper heart and add a special message or embellish it with stickers, glitter or markers.

5. Glue heart to clothespin.

6. Turn clothespin over and add magnet.

Add it to a clear bag with ribbon for a final touch or anything you plan on giving as a present. You can also leave the magnet off if you are just using it to close up a bag like shown here. 

Days to Celebrate: February 2012

Library Lovers’ Month

National Bird Feeding Month

Black History Month

National Weddings Month

Potato Lover’s Month

12-18 Random Acts of Kindness Week

19-25 Friendship Week

1 National Freedom Day

2 Groundhog Day

3 Norman Rockwell’s Birthday 1894

National Wear Red Day

4 Rosa Parks 1913

Thank a Mailman Day

Halfway Point of Winter

5 Super Bowl Sunday

National Weatherman’s Day

6 Pay a Compliment Day

7 Charles Dickens 1812 and Laura Ingalls Wilder 1867

8 Boy Scout Day

9 Pizza Pie Day

11 Thomas Edison 1847

Don’t Cry Over Spilled Milk Day

12 Abraham Lincoln 1809, Judy Blume 1938 and Charles Darwin 1809

Grammy Awards

14 Valentine’s Day

Turn Off TV Day

15 Galileo Galilei 1564

National Gum Drop Day

17 My Way Day

19 Solar System Day

20 Love Your Pet Day

President’s Day Ansel Adams 1902

21 Mardi Gras

International Mother Language Day and National Pancake Day

22 George Washington 1732

World Thinking Day

23 National Banana Bread Day

Tootsie Roll Anniversary

26 Academy Awards

27 John Steinbeck 1902

National Tooth Fairy Day

29 Leap Year Day

Michael’s Craft Events

5 Valentine’s Day Foam Mailbox, 1-2pm. 

Valentine’s Day Card, 2-3pm.

11 Valentine’s Day Memory Book, 10am-noon.

12 Valentine’s Day Gift Workshop, 1-3pm.

18 Express Yourself Tote, 10am-noon.

25 Scene-A+ Rama Demo, 2-3pm.

For more information click here

Crafts for Kids at Lakeshore Learning Center every Saturday, 10am-3pm.

4 Design-Your-Own Notebook

11 Be Mine! Valentine Mailbox

18 My Little Log Cabin

25 Super-Silly Storybook Character

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Lowe’s Build and Grow Clinics Saturday, 10am.

11 Valentine Card Creator

25 Rumblin’ Race Car

For more information click here