The 2012 New Year's Eve Party At The Crayola Experience™ Promises TONS Of Fun, Fireworks, And A 12-ft Crayon Drop! The Perfect Way To Ring In The New Year With Kid's!

A Little Bit About The 2012 New Year's Eve Party At The Crayola Experience 

Atlanta has a peach. Vincennes, Ind., has a watermelon and Easton, Pa., has a vivid tangerine … crayon that is!  Crayola will drop a 10-ft.  vivid tangerine crayon at 8 p.m. on December 31 to colorfully celebrate the New Year at its family attraction The Crayola Experience. The family-friendly festivities begin at 2 p.m. with colorful and creative art activities and live entertainment throughout the facility. Two new exhibits that will turn kids’ creativity into colorful, visible form -- “Dry E-Race Car” and “Be the Star of Your Own Coloring Page” -- will debut at the event. Also premiering is a new “Inside Out Wall,” featuring a larger than life sea-themed mural kids can color on the see-through wall.  Following the crayon drop at 8 p.m. (and weather permitting,) a fireworks display will light up the night sky in brilliant colors! 

WHEN: December 31, 2011 2:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.

WHERE:
The Crayola Experience (formerly called The Crayola Factory)
30 Centre Square

Easton, PA 18042
 
ENTERTAINMENT SCHEDULE FOR THE DAYS EVENTS:

• 2:30pm Glow Hooping
• 3:30pm Interactive Hoop Jam
• 4:30pm Bubble Ballet
• 5:30pm Glow Hooping
• 6:30pm Interactive Hoop Jam
• 7:30pm Fire Hooper Performances ***Outside on Centre Square
• 8:30pm Bubble Ballet

Special Events Held Throughout The Crayola Experience

• 2-4pm: Sing for America (Super Sculptures) Sing for America celebrates the USA through song and dance dedicated to military personnel and their families. Families can join as they salute the heroic efforts of our brave men and women
• 3-7pm: Juggernaut String Band (Crayon & Marker Manufacturing Area) Juggernaut String Band fuses a high octane blend of foolishness and party tunes. Using a number of unusual props and instruments, audience members will have the chance to play along.
• 3-7pm: Polly Wolly & Wink Face Painting (National Canal Museum 3rd floor) Polly Wolly & Wink will be in their silliest clown attire offering the best face painting in town. Kids will use their imagination as they decide what cool design to wear for the evening!
• 5-7pm: School of Rock (Super Sculptures) School of Rock teaches guitar, bass guitar, keyboards, drums and vocals in an interactive environment to students from throughout the region. Musicians are inspired, motivated, confident and ready to rock.
• 8pm: Crayon Drop & Fireworks (Outside Centre Square)

A Little Bit About The Crayola Experience™ at Two Rivers Landing

At The Crayola Experience™ , you’ll be immersed in color and creativity – a place where there's no limitation to

HAPPY HOLIDAYS EVERYONE!

WISHING EVERYONE A MAGICAL HOLIDAY!

Philips Truly Has The Waking Process Down To A Science With The Philips Wake Up Light Plus! (+ Giveaway -Rafflecopter)

A Little Bit About The Philips Wake Up Light Plus

The Wake-up Light uses a unique combination of light and sound to wake you up in a gentle and natural way so you are ready for the day ahead. You can personalise your waking experience by adding new sounds and music via USB.

• Soft rising light wakes you gradually: Light gradually increases in 30 minutes before your set wake up time. Light falls on your eyes and increases the level of energy in your body, gently preparing your body to wake up. This makes waking up a more pleasant feeling.
• Drift to sleep with gradually dimming light and sound:The gradual decreasing light and sound help you to drift to sleep. You can set your preferred time for the duration of the dusk simulation.
• Smart snooze - tap anywhere to snooze:You can put the Wake-up Light into snooze mode by simply tapping anywhere on the product. After 9 minutes the sound will gently start playing again.

Features Include:

• Independent research
• 250 lux light intensity
• Bedside lamp
• Clinically proven
• 4 natural wake-up sounds
• Replaceable halogen lamp
• Add new sounds & music via USB
• FM Radio

Our Experience

The waking process for our daughter and myself truly is a finely balanced process. The old saying, "don't poke the bear" definitely comes to mind. Yep, we are generally not morning people. My husband and son on the other hand are the complete opposite; always fully refreshed and way too cheery in the morning. And yes, I am a bit envious of their ability to rise so gleeful!

Lately, waking in the morning hasn't been quiet as abrasive as it has in the past. Over the past few day's I've been rising to the gentle glow of light and the sweet sound of chirping birds. I know what your thinking. But, it's Winter? It's gray and cold in the Northeast part of the country? Birds Chirping? Has she finally lost it? Nope. I've discovered The Philips Wake Up Light Plus.

The Wake Up Light Plus gently

"Pawsitivly" PERFECT Presents For Pets This Holiday Season! Martha Stewart PETS ~ RuffGrip ~ Savvy Rest ~ IAMS Naturals

After months of our children begging us for a dog, and much consideration, we brought home our Bella (a Bichon Frise / Toy Poodle mix). Though I can say having a dog has been a ton of work, she has definitely become a beloved member of our family! Finding all of the essentials has been a journey of trial and error, however we've finally found some wonderful item's, that in our opinion are absolute essentials for dog owners. All of these item's would make the perfect gifts this Holiday season!

Experience The Magic This Holiday Season At Build-A-Bear Workshop® (+Giveaway - Rafflecopter)

A Little Bit About Build-A-Bear Workshop

At Build-A-Bear Workshop®, our mission is to bring the Teddy Bear to life. An American icon, the Teddy Bear brings to mind warm thoughts about our childhood, about friendship, about trust and comfort, and also about love. Build-A-Bear Workshop embodies those thoughts in how we run our business everyday

Our Experience

From picking out which furry friend to adopt to customizing their new friends with the adorable clothing and accessories, visiting the Build-A-Bear Workshop is always a special experience for our family. This Holiday Buid-A-Bear is offering some popular

ROCK ON! With Paper Jamz Pro Instruments

A Little Bit About the PaperJamz Pro Series Guitar's

Paper Jamz Pro guitar puts you on the road to rock stardom — no strings attached. www. paperjamzpro. com Download the free app. Add your own music. Customize your guitar’s sound. Rock out like never before Freestyle go solo and play real chords and notes to create your own hit songs. Rhythm Control a song’s rhythm for performances that are always in the right key. Perfect Play just select a song and strum along. Sound like a rock star — without years of practice. Real guitar features Perform hammer-ons, pull-offs, palm mutes and slides, Built-in accelerometer really makes your guitar wail, 14 active frets for a wider range of notes. Customize your guitar: Add your favorite music with the free Paper Jamz Pro app, Download new guitar styles for different sounds. USB cable included.

FEATURES INCLUDE:

• Freestyle go solo and play real chords and notes to create your own hit songs
• Rhythm, control a song's rhythm for performances that are always in the right key
• Perfect play just select a song and strum along
• Sound like a rock star without years of practice
• Perform hammer-ons, pull-offs, palm mutes and slides

A Little Bit About The Paper Jamz Pro Series Mic

Paper Jamz Pro microphone lets anyone sound like a pop star. www. paperjamzpro. com Download the free app. Add your own music. Sing like a star. features Auto mode adjusts effects on the fly to recreate a song’s original sound, 2 built-in songs put you on the road to stardom, Add songs from your own library with Paper Jamz Pro app. Voice effects Perfect Pitch Correct your pitch so you’re automatically in tune, Chorus Multiply your voice to add depth, Auto Harmony: Sound like part of a perfectly harmonized duo, Auto Vibrato: Add real vibrato to your voice, Melody Match Tune your voice so you always sing a perfect melody.

FEATURES INCLUDED:

• Auto mode adjusts effects on the fly to recreate a song's original sound
• 2 built-in songs put you on the road to stardom
• Perfect pitch, correct your pitch so you're automatically in tune
• Auto harmony sound like part of a perfectly harmonized duo
• Chorus Multiply your voice to add depth

Our Experience

Kid's (and kid's at heart) everywhere fell in love with the Paper Jamz series of instruments by WowWee last year, and now Paper Jamz has gotten an upgrade with the new line of Paper Jamz Pro Series instruments! Our children have had an absolute blast rocking out on their Paper Jamz, so they were more than thrilled to check out some of the updated features on the Pro instruments!

The Pro Series Guitars & Pro Series Microphones come in a variety of

The Spy Net™ Video Watch With Night Vision! Packed With High-Tech Features Including Award-Winning, Real-Working Night Vision Technology!

A Little Bit About The Spy Net Video Watch With Night Vision

This holiday season Spy Net™ brings a whole new line of innovative spy gifts that are even more desirable than last years. Spy Net™ takes high-end electronics and interactive gadgets and puts them in the hands (and on the wrists!) of burgeoning young ‘secret agents’.

The Spy Net Video Watch from last holiday season has evolved into the Spy Net™ Video Watch with Night Vision, which is packed with high-tech features, including JAKKS’ award-winning, real-working Night Vision technology! With the Spy Net Video Watch with Night Vision agents can record videos and photos in complete darkness! The Spy Net Video Watch with Night Vision can capture and analyze images of ‘shadow agents’ with the all new Spy Net’s Most Wanted feature and enjoy Advanced Agent rewards and all new missions and games. The Spy Net Video Watch with Night Vision still records up to 20 minutes of video, or over 3 hours of audio or captures up to 2000 photos, just like the Toy of the Year-nominated original. (SRP $59.99)

 

Our Experience

With the recent release of a new movie in one of our children's absolute favorite series of Spy movies, both of our kids  have been all about the Spy theme lately!  The Spy Net Video watch allows them to extend their love of all things spy related into endless hours of FUN imaginative play. This watch includes some incredible features, offering the

Stardoll® by Barbie® Is Bringing The Creative Fun Of The Uber Popular Online Fashion Site To Life With A New Doll Collection!

A Little Bit About The StarDoll By Barbie Collection

Barbie®, has brought the fun the of the uber popular online fashion site Stardollcom to  life with their new collection, Stardoll® by Barbie®. Girls can play designer and will have a ton of fun by mixing and matching the trendy, original fashions and accessories available in this all new collection!

The "Style 1" Stardoll® (pictured below) comes dressed in a fashion forward denim skirt, flowery top and a super cute pink short-sleeve jacket. A "leather" belt, knee boots with socks and a purse carrying flowers complete her look. Young girl's can also look forward to a 100 Stardollar Gift Card + 1 week Superstar membership (redeemable at Stardoll.com) with the purchase of each Stardoll (included within each dolls packaging)!

Our Experience

After Navigating through Stardoll.com it's easy to see why this site is so  incredibly  popular! Stardoll.com allows young girl's to express themselves creatively by mixing and matching their own

The LeapFrog® Tag Reader Brings Stories To Life With Each Touch To The Pages Of Specially Printed Storybooks

A Little Bit About The LeapFrog TAG Reading System

Tag brings stories to life with each touch to the pages of specially printed storybooks. Words talk, pictures come to life and stories live out loud, engaging children's senses to make reading a rich, fulfilling experience.

Now re-sized to better fit little hands, the Tag Reader holds audio for up to 10 titles at a time from our library of 40+ books and games! Simply connect the Tag Reader to your computer with the included USB cable, download the audio for your Tag books and drag-and-drop up to 10 of your child's favorite stories and games onto your Tag Reader.

And parents can see details of their child's play and learning with the LeapFrog® Learning Path

A Little Bit About The Tag Solar System Adventure Pack

Take off on an out-of-this-world adventure with the interactive, two-sided Tag™ solar system map! Play more than 40 activities and family-friendly games with this 2-in-1 map that unfolds to over 3 feet! Learn astronomy, earth science and scientific inquiry. Log your journey through the solar system with bonus interactive stickers!

The I Am T-Pain Mic - Because Everybody Dreams Of Being A Super Star!

A Little Bit About The I Am T-Pain Mic

Sound Like a Pro! Experience the pop culture phenomenon of T-Pain Effect. Transform your voice with a press of a button. Sing to your favorite tracks, freestyle over exclusive beats, and upload beats from your computer to the mic. Record, save and share online with friends.

I Am T-Pain Mic features:

• Choose from 3 original beats
• 3+ minutes of recording time
• Play back your recording
• MP3 input
• Break beats, give your songs style
• Built-in speaker
• Download and share (USB and Software included)
• Headphone Jack
• Volume control

Our Experience

It's easy to see why the I Am T-Pain mic was one of the hottest toy's this year! Seriously folks, IT'S AWESOME! Not a great singer? Kid's want to add some flare to Old McDonald or their ABC's? Want to sing like some of your favorite super stars? But of course you do! And now you can with

Make Learning An Adventure Every Day With The Leapster Explorer From LeapFrog!

Winner of the 2011 Educational Toy of the Year!

Leapster Explorer™ is the extraordinary learning handheld experience that encourages children to discover something new every day with endless ways to play and learn!

• 60+ games and activities include cartridge games, downloadable learning apps (games, e-Books, videos and flash cards), a camera/video recorder accessory and more.
• Auto-dynamic skill leveling - Skill levels continually adjust for the optimum challenge in each subject. And the handheld remembers your level from game to game.
• Personalized gameplay - Kids can practice the specific math and spelling skills they need by putting them into select games!
• Children can learn school skills like reading, math, science and geography, plus creativity and life skills like music, health and problem solving.
• Brilliant, hi-res touch screen
• Parents can follow their child’s play and learning progress on the LeapFrog® Learning Path.
• Appropriate for children ages 4 to 9 years.
• Your way to play, with new adventures every day!

Make learning an adventure—every day—with the handheld that goes way beyond gaming! From e-Books to videos, spelling to music, your individual interests and unique skills shape the discoveries that await you at every turn. It’s learning without limits!

Our Experience

Like most children, both of our kids seem to learn well and retain more information when it's presented in a fun way. Games are a big thing in our home, so it didn't come as a surprise that the Leaspter Explorer from LeapFrog was an fast favorite with our kids!

This fully customizable gaming system offers a variety of settings that allow the parent to match their child's learning level with

Prepare To Be Dazzled By The Enveloping Sound From The COBY 3D Sound Bar With Sound Technology From Sonic Emotion™!

A Little Bit About The Coby 3D Soundbar Speaker System

The CSMP88 Multimedia 3D Soundbar Speaker System allows you to enjoy your favorite movies, music, and games in previously unheard dimensions with 3D sound technology from Sonic Emotion™. Advanced wave field synthesis eliminates the dead zones found in traditional surround technology. Now to take advantage of the 3D sound, simply plug it in; no calibration needed. There are six high-efficiency drivers combined with a built-in subwoofer to deliver a stunning audio experience.

Our Experience

If your a regular reader, than your most likely already aware of the fact that our family LOVES movies! We really enjoy sitting down every Friday night to a new flick for family movie night, and had been shopping around for quiet some time for a home theater system. Though I have to say I don't know which deterred us more, the astronomical price points or the scary prospect of having to install it all? But deterred non-the-less, we were.

Over the past few months

Simply Charming & Magical! Tink's Pixie Cottage

A Little Bit About Tink's Pixie Cottage

Play out all your fairy adventures in Tink's Pixie Cottage. This Disney Fairies Ultimate Fairy House is a cozy and magical fairy cottage where Tink and her fairy friends live and play! Tink's Pixie Cottage has 4 fun fairy rooms and more than 20 accessories for lots of fairy house fun. Push doorbell to see Blaze light up, hear doorbell ring and door magically open. Tink loves to swing with her animal friends on a sunny day. See Tink fly magically when you place her on the vine. Includes 1 Tink doll and 1 animal friend.

Our Experience

As most little girl's are, our daughter is absolutely head over heels in love with the Disney Fairies! And with the recent release of the new television series on the Disney Channel, Pixie Hollow Games, her enthusiastic passion for them has only grown! At this point I think it's safe to say that she has become a bit of a Disney Fairies groupie.

Being as such, I knew as soon as I seen the adorable play set replication of Tink's cottage, that it would be a HUGE (and instant) hit, and I was (but, of course) right! Tink;'s Fairy Cottage offers a generously sized play space, and includes a host of additional accessories; a Tinkerbell doll, an adorable little animal and furniture/accessories for each of the rooms (a great added bonus-as many dollhouses /play sets do not, and can be a costly additional purchase).

Not a single charming detail has been left out in the construction of Tinks Pixie Cottage! Little one's will adore placing Tink on