Easter will be celebrated this year on Sunday, April 8th in our house. Each year chocolate and Easter candy delights flood our minds as gift ideas from the Easter bunny to our little ones.
Typically I don't like giving my kids mounds of sugar on already exciting occasions like Easter - we have family who visit and they generously bring enough for everyone and some!
Hasbro dares you to think outside the traditional Easter basket filled with a yummy chocolate bunny, candy eggs and more yummy treats. Our kids will be in for a surprise this year when they come downstairs and see what the "Easter Bunny" has left them.
Playskool Mr. Potato Head Spud Bunny: Easter is here and Mr. Potato head is decked out, ready to hop down the bunny trail! Mix and match parts to turn this fun spud into a springtime bunny! It comes with the eyes, nose, mouth, arms, feet, ears and basket of colourful eggs!
Play-Doh "treat without the sweet" spring eggs: Get ready for Spring with these pastel coloured Play-Doh eggs! Each plastic egg contains Play-Doh compound, perfect for creating Easter fun with egg hunts or to hand out to a child's classroom as a gift as each pack comes with 10 coloured eggs! If you don't need that many eggs they are also available in packs of 4!
Play-Doh Spring Characters (2-pack): With Easter comes the spring season, this chick and rabbit are ready filled with two ounces of Play-Doh to create whatever "springs" to mind. There is even a stamper on the bottom! They come per packs of two.
The kids are absolutely going to love these, they both love playing with Play-Doh and D loves Mr. Potato head. Pair these up with *one* special kind of chocolatey treat and we have the perfect Easter surprise.
Fun and excitement without too much sugar, that's the kind of celebration I'm talking about! Include Hasbro in your Easter basket this year, visit www.hasbro.ca to see more fun toys and games for kids of all ages!
You can buy the Easter Play-Doh and Spud bunny at most Walmart or Toys R Us locations!
Disclosure: Posted by AME on behalf of Hasbro Canada. We received complimentary product for review purposes. All opinions and comments are those of AME.
Our game collection is growing and so are the kids! Our son just turned four years old last week and while he has always shown a deep interest in what his sister does - he is especially interested lately when she's playing board games. Our daughter enjoys playing games like Operation or Guess Who, games that he doesn't quite understand how to play yet. He wants to join the the tradition of Friday afternoon board games too!
Hasbro has a great selection of games for preschoolers like our little guy. They are games that are simple, they don't have complex rules or a lot of parts - just right for the learning mind of a preschooler and they are of course like any Hasbro game, fun for the whole family.
These games geared toward preschoolers are the perfect addition to our game time library. We received some great titles for the kids including:
Memory - Play and learning are the perfect match in Memory! Nourish curious minds with this simple, fun game that will have everyone smiling with its vibrant colours, characters and fun! Simple to learn, simple to set up - Memory brings more time to play time! Little guy really enjoys this game, it's definitely one of his favourites!
Hungry, Hungry Hippos - Do you have the hungriest hippo? Join Sweetie Potomus, Veggie Potomus, Picky Potomus and Bottomless Potomus down at the riverbank for some feasting fun! Whoever gobbles up the most marbles, wins! Another simple set up, simple concept game for everyone to enjoy. This is a game that requires monitoring as it contains small parts and is not recommended for kids under the age of 3.
Candy Land: Candy Land is a wonderful game to introduce as a first game for your child. It is a way for a preschooler to really experience the joy of game play and its suitable for the entire family. This game teaches colour recognition and matching while also reminding little ones how to play fair, take turns and be a gracious winner or loser. Never a game of Candy Land played without a smile on everyones faces.
Chutes and Ladders: For over 60 years families have enjoyed the good old fashioned fun in Chutes and Ladders, the traditional climbing and sliding game. Take turns rolling the dice and climbing your way up the board, watch out for those tricky chutes that can slide you all the way back to the start! First one to the end of the board wins! This game teaches colour recognition, counting while having fun!
Out of these games, little guy favoured Memory when playing independently and Hungry Hungry Hippos with his big sister. He's actually really good at getting his hippo to gobble up those marbles. Candy Land and Chutes and Ladders brought back some fond memories.
When I was growing up we always had
board games in our house, we always played them whether it be as a
family or just me and my brother having a game. It's nice to have a chance to
introduce some well loved games to our kids and keep the tradition going today.
Check out more great game titles and toys at www.Hasbro.ca!
Happy gaming!
Disclosure: Posted by AME on behalf of Hasbro Canada. We received mentioned product for review purposes. Opinions and comments are those of AME.
Last week, I was invited to attend a web conference featuring Emmy Award Winning celebrity stylist, author and fashion designer Carson Kressley to learn some fashion tips, tricks and learn all about new Tide Pods!
This was the very first time I took part in something like that so I was quite excited to say the least! I was joined by a few other bloggers and invited to submit questions via chat with a P&G rep while Carson Kressley answered them via live web cam.
A lot of great questions were asked like how to remove stains, keep darks and colours vibrant, what styles would be great that lean away from the typical "mommy-yoga" attire etc. Carson was delightful in answering them, it was a very educational and fun experience to say the least!
Carson understands the importance of fabric care in looking our personal best, even for us moms. "Great style comes from making smart purchases that work for your body and lifestyle, investing in quality fabrics and caring for clothes to make them last. Tide Pods make caring for your fabrics simple, so you can be the one that stands out."
About Tide Pods:
As the Mom of the house I know a thing or two when it comes to laundry detergent. I have always had a love for Tide detergent, typically the powdered kind so it was interesting to take a look at these new Tide Pods.
Over time doing laundry has changed from bar soap to flakes, powdered and liquid detergents but since then nothing has been as revolutionary as Tide Pods.
These were not thought up over night, it took the team at Tide eight years to develop with 75 technical resources dedicated to the project, 6000 consumers involved in research and over 450 packaging and product sketches before the final result was born! P&G were able to develop this new revolutionary product that would save people time and simplify the way they do laundry!
Everything you need to wash your clothes in one simple little pod. Tide Pods deliver three dimensions of clean: stain fighting, brightening and the cleaning power we know and love from Tide. Each pod gives accurate dosing and consistent results.
Compatible with top or front loading machines, using Tide Pods is simple! Make sure your hands are dry and place one in the bottom of the washer (the film that contains the detergents will dissolve upon contact with even cold water!), turn on the machine and load the laundry in! That's it, you can't get any simpler than Tide Pods. One Tide Pod can handle any size load or add two for those extra dirty clothes.
We have been using Tide Pods for about a week now and they are just as good if not better than the current powdered Tide brand detergent we use. Very impressive for something so small!
Tide Pods can be found in stores nationwide for about $4.99 (and up depending on the size of bag you want) and will be available in three lovely scents: Spring Meadow, Ocean Mist and Mystic Forest.
Thank you P&G for inviting me to join you and special guest Carson Kressley for this informative experience!
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To celebrate spring fashion and new Tide Pods our friends at P&G are giving one lucky AME subscriber the chance to win a 14-count bag of Tide Pods to try out for yourself!
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