The Jim Henson Company 60th Anniversary Gift Basket Giveaway {Hootin Spookin Halloween Giveaway Hop}

In the days leading up to Halloween, Karen’s Got Mail and Housewife on a Mission are hosting the 1st Annual Hootin Spookin Halloween Giveaway Hop. Each of the participating blogs is giving away a fun prize package valued $25 or more, including the Grand Prize from the hosts - Annie B’s Popcorn Tin and a Baby Alive Travel System, Play Yard & 3 in 1 Swing/High Chair by Hauck Toys!

My Giiveaway

To celebrate their 60th anniversary, The Jim Henson Company has generously offered to give one of my lucky readers a fantastic gift basket valued $52.93! It includes:

• DVD: Dinosaur Train: Buddy's Halloween Adventure from PBS Distribution
• DVD: Doozers: Spookypalooza from NCircle
• DVD: Pajanimals: Spooky Costumes from NCircle
• DVD: Sid the Science Kid: Sid’s Spooky Halloween from NCircle
• Book: Enchanted Sisters: Winter’s Flurry Adventure Winter from Bloomsbury Children’s Publishing
• Book: Doozers Catch A Ride from Simon & Schuster
• Book: Doozers Stick With It from Simon & Schuster

Dinosaur Train Buddy and the Nature Trackers Board Book Review & Giveaway

An all-new season of Dinosaur Train kicked off on PBS KIDS this January with a one-hour special called "Nature Trackers Adventure Camp", in which Buddy, Shiny, Tiny and Don travel to different ecosystems and learn about erosion, tree lines, rainforests and canyons. If you missed the premiere on January 20, be sure to watch repeats on the morning of January 25 or January 26. Please check local listings for the showtime.

Nature Trackers are those who "enjoy exploring and having adventures, respecting their environment, collecting things, tracking and observing plants and animals, and challenging themselves to get outside and make discoveries every day." Your little one can become a Nature Tracker too by joining the Dinosaur Train Nature Tracker’s Club (free of course)!

To get started, download the Nature Trackers Club Guide Book here, complete the suggested activities, and then mail in the enclosed membership form to receive an official Nature Trackers member token. You may get your kids to make a New Year's resolution to get closer to nature and take the monthly challenges inside the 2014 Nature Trackers Calendar.

For even more Nature Trackers’ Fun, you may get your kids a copy of the fun-filled Buddy and The Nature Trackers book from Readers Digest Children’s Books! I received a copy of this book for review. It includes over 45 flaps to lift and a learning activity on each spread. Both of my boys love the book very much! As they follow the adventures of Buddy, Tiny, Shiny and Don and make exciting discoveries under the flaps, they learn concepts like colors, action words, counting, matching, and opposites. The book is not only filled with beautiful bright-colored pictures, but is very sturdy and durable, perfect for young children who are active and inquisitive! The book retails for $9.99 USD/$10.99 CAD, available wherever books are sold.

Holiday Gift Guide: Dinosaur Train Holiday Gifts & Nature's Sleep Mattress Giveaway {Home For the Holiday Giveaway Hop} #NSXmas

Welcome to the Home For the Holiday Giveaway Hop! The hostess Makobi Scribe is giving away a Nature's Sleep Memory Foam Mattress and each participating blog is offering a prize valued at least $25. You can enter both the Grand Prize giveaway and my own giveaway right here on my site. Keep reading to find out how.

My Giveaway

I'm giving away a fantastic Dinosaur Train Holiday Gift Package including four Dinosaur Train themed products valued at $34. Here's what's inside the package:

Dinosaur Train Peel & Stick Wall Decals from Roomates (ARV $14.99)

These fun wall decals feature your favorite characters from the PBS Kids award-winning series--Buddy, Tiny, Shiny, Don, and more. I'm sure your little Dinosaur Train fans will love the company of their Dinosaur friends even when they are asleep! Like all RoomMates products, these decals are removable and reusable, and can be repositioned over and over again without damage or residue. Made in the USA, the decals range in size from 1.1" wide x 1.7" high to 8.5" wide x 11.6" high; 4 Sheets 10" x 18".

We are a Dinosaur Family DVD (ARV $9.99)

The holiday season is the perfect time of year to reinforce the importance of family. In the new DVD, Dinosaur Train: We are a Dinosaur Family, eight adventures feature prehistoric family fun at its best – the Pteranodon kids visit with their grandma and grandpa; Buddy, Tiny and Mr. Pteranodon join a few other dinos for a dad’s day out; and Buddy and the Pteranodon kids look for flowers to give to mom on her special Mother’s Day.

Dinosaur Train “Troodon” 24-Piece Jigsaw Puzzle from Karmin (ARV $4.99)

“Troodon” is one of six new 24-piece Dinosaur Train themed jigsaw puzzles from Karmin, each one featuring a bonus laminated Dinosaur Fact Card. My children had lots of fun putting the puzzle together. It has the right level of difficulty to keep young kids busy for a while without making them feel frustrated.

Dinosaur Train: Winter Lights from Random House Children’s Books (ARV $3.99)

The Pteranodon family celebrates the beginning of winter with a trip to the North Pole! This all-new holiday-themed Little Golden Book retells an episode of the PBS Kids show Dinosaur Train in which Buddy the T. rex and his siblings get to see the amazing Aurora Borealis! It's an easy and fun read for children ages 2-5.

Dinosaur Train's Dinosaurs A to Z Book Review & Giveaway

While your kids are enjoying their carefree summer days, are you concerned about the significant learning loss they might be experiencing due to the lack of participation in educational activities? To help kids learn through entertainment, PBS KIDS kicked off their summer learning initiative in early June, which features 10 weeks of themed programming along with a variety of free and educational resources designed for kids 2-8. The "Dinosaurs A-Z" programming special is being aired on July 8 and July 9 as part of this initiative, encouraging kids to practice the alphabet as they learn about the diversity of dinosaurs.

Here's the schedule (please check your local TV listings for specific times):

July 8
Part One: Dinosaurs A to Z The Big Idea
Part Two: Spread the Word

July 9
Part Three: Dinosaurs A to Z Classification
Part Four: Dinosaurs A to Z Picnic

These fun episodes begin aboard the Dinosaur Train where Tiny gets the idea to gather all the dinosaurs in the "Dinosaurs A to Z" song for a picnic at Troodon Town. The conductor agrees, and as the Train starts picking up dinosaurs, Tiny, Buddy, Shiny and Don, help keep track of how many of the different species have come on board. They learn about classification and organize the dinosaurs by their species, features, and size. When all 26 dinosaurs finally come on board, the Train has more extra cars than ever before and they need an additional engine to help pull it! Once they arrive at Troodon Town for the picnic, Tiny leads the 26 different "A to Z" dinosaurs in a fun, rousing, and historic singing of the "Dinosaurs A to Z" song!

Random House Children’s Books has kindly provided us with a review copy of Dinosaurs A to Z by Andrea Posner-Sanchez and illustrated by Terry Izumi. It's a colorful 30-page board book with padded cover. In the book, Buddy, Mr. Conductor, and the other Dinosaur Train characters from the hit PBS KIDS animated series introduce 26 dinosaurs, one for each letter of the alphabet. My son is super excited to find out what each dinosaur looked like, where it lived, what it ate, and what special traits it had. The names are mostly long, but luckily the book tells us how to pronounce them. The book is absolutely fun to read for both young children and their parents!

A great companion to the book is the Dinosaurs A to Z song--

You may download the lyrics here.

The Giveaway

The Jim Henson Company and Random House Children’s Books have generously offered to give one of my lucky readers a copy of Dinosaurs A to Z valued at $11.99!

Swag Swap Giveaway Hop: Dinosaur Train Big, Big Dinosaurs! Giant Coloring Book

Welcome to The Swag Swap Giveaway Hop
Hosted by Life Captain Fussybuckets and Mama goes BAM.

This event runs between 8/21 and 8/31. It's your chance to win some nice swag from each of the participating bloggers (see linky at the end of the post)

My Giveaway

The Jim Henson Company has generously offered to give one of my lucky readers a copy of their newly released Big, BIG Dinosaurs! Giant Coloring Book! It features 40 oversized coloring pages (13.5 x 0.2 x 19.5 inches), over 50 Dinosaur Train stickers, and a built-in handle for carrying it around.

I was very surprised when I received the review copy of this book. It is not big, it is HUGE! My son got really excited at the sight of his favorite Dinosaur Train characters in coloring pages and on stickers. I know few kids who don't love stickers. The jumbo sized coloring pages would keep little hands busy for a longer time. It would also make an unforgettable gift for any Dinosaur Train fan!

The Jim Henson company has joined forced with Amtrak this August to bring you the Big Big Dinosaur Sweepstakes. One lucky participant will win a family vacation of 4 to Chicago and Washington, DC and the opportunity to visit the National Museum of Natural History, featuring exhibits with amazing dinosaurs! Enter daily by August 31st for your chance to win!

As part of this promotion, Amtrak will distribute over 65,000 free Dinosaur Train themed activity booklets to young travelers, and one million Amtrak Dinosaur Train ticket jackets to passengers and 20,000 Dinosaur Train placemats for use in Amtrak’s dining cars. Be on the lookout for these nice freebies if you're traveling by train this summer.

Happy Halloween & The Spooky Scavenger Hunt Giveaway

Halloween is finally here! Are your kids having some spooky fun? I bet they will if they've watched the Halloween special episodes from Dinosaur Train and Sid the Science Kid on PBS Kids!

In the "Haunted Roundhouse" episode of Dinosaur Train, dad takes the kids on a special Night Train to Troodon Town, where the Troodons have decorated their Roundhouse into a “haunted house” for a spooky party. The kids end up meeting a strange new nocturnal creature – a mammal named Vlad Volaticotherium, who was hiding in the roundhouse trying to get some sleep. And in "Big Pond Pumpkin Patch", the Pteranodon family learns more about the customs of their neighbors, the Lambeosaurus family, when they are invited for the first time to accompany them to the Big Pond to celebrate “Gourd Day” – a kind of Mesozoic Halloween. The kids see their first pumpkins, and Larry Lambeosaurus even shows our family how to hollow them out and carve faces into them.

In "Spooky Science Special" of Sid the Science Kid, it’s Halloween time and Sid and his friends have dressed up in the spookiest and scariest costumes possible. Sid is a bat with big fangs. May is a spooky black cat. Gabriela is a furry, yucky spider. And Gerald is a super spooky skeleton that goes boo! Susie (dressed as a silly mad scientist) loves their costumes, and helps the kids discover that Halloween can be spooky and scientific! The kids investigate how bats are helpful creatures that catch mosquitoes, spiders are expert engineer web builders, cats are leaping aerial acrobats, and skeletons help hold up our body frames! At the Halloween party, the kids also investigate how to make icky, gooey green slime. Susie then ends the day with a special “Halloween Parade” song so the kids can march around and show off their spooky and scientific costumes!

What costume is your kid wearing this Halloween? Have you checked out the Dinosaur Train costumes featuring Buddy and Tiny? They are available for toddlers ages 3-4, and children between the ages of 4-6, with a retail price between $34.99–$39.99.

What's more? You could get your kid a little scary bedtime fun from Dinosaur Train by reading to her The Spooky Scavenger Hunt, in which Mr. Pteranodon takes Buddy and Tiny on a nighttime trip to the Big Pond for a spooky nature walk! Mr. Pteranodon and the conductor insist that they can't be scared, but when the conductor's mom jumps out at them, everyone gets a good scare! This simple storybook is perfect for children aged 4-8 and it's only $3.99.

My son loves anything about Dinosaur Train. He keeps asking me to go over the book with him again and again. He can now tells the story to his teacher and friends at school.

The Giveaway

As a sweet treat on Halloween, The Jim Henson Company has generously offered to give one of my lucky readers a copy of The Spooky Scavenger Hunt! It's a fun read not just for Halloween.

To enter the giveaway, simply fill out this secure form in its entirely by midnight CT on November 2, 2011. Open to US residents only. Good luck!

Disclosure: I received a free book for review. Show and product info was provided by the PR agency. No monetary exchange took place. Prize will be delivered to the winner directly from the Jim Henson Company.

Dinosaur Train Amtrak Sweepstakes & Dinosaur Big City DVD Giveaway

For the month of August, the Jim Henson Company, Random House Children’s Books and Paramount Home Entertainment have partnered with Amtrak for a nationwide promotion in support of the season premiere on PBS KIDS of Dinosaur Train: Dinosaur Big City on August 22.

As part of the promotion, one lucky family of 4 (2 adults & 2 children) will win an Amtrak Vacations® Rocky Mountain National Park Tour to visit the Rocky Mountain Dinosaur Resource Center in Woodland Park, Colorado, from the Amtrak-Dinosaur Train Sweepstakes. The deadline to enter is August 31, 2011.

To promote the sweepstakes and DVD release of Dinosaur Train: Dinosaur Big City on August 23, over 100 Amtrak stations nationwide feature Dinosaur Train themed seatbacks, counter cards, activitybook giveaways, in addition to Dinosaur Train placemats on Long Distance Trains. One million ticket jackets will be used system wide featuring Dinosaur Train. The “Dinosaur Big City” DVD will also include an Amtrak offer in 50,000 units.

The Dinosaur Train: Dinosaur Big City DVD includes eight fun and engaging learning adventures, as well as interactive games, coloring pages, a dinosaur reference guide and information for parents. It is available for the suggested retail price of $14.99 U.S./$15.99 Canada. The run time is 100 minutes.

Synopsis

In “Dinosaur Big City,” join Buddy the T. rex and his Pteranodon family as they gather all their Theropod friends together to travel to the big Theropod Club Convention which is being held in Laramidia, the “Dinosaur Big City!” Among the travelers is King Cryolophosaurus, who’s more than a little nervous about giving a concert in front of his biggest audience ever. Can Buddy and Tiny help him overcome his fear of performing?

The Giveaway

The Jim Henson Company has generously offered to give one of my lucky readers a copy of the "Dinosaur Big City" DVD! I'm sure your little Dinosaur Train fan will have a blast watching the all-new episodes.

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Dinosaur Train Valentine's Day Giveaway: Dinosaur Train Make A Match Game

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Celebrate Valentine’s Day with Buddy and the entire Dinosaur Train clan! The Jim Henson Company is offering Dinosaur Train fans FREE access to exclusive Dinosaur Train Valentine’s Day cards. Feel free to download these adorable free cards and share them with your family and friends this Valentine's Day!

In addition, you may find the “perfect match” with the Dinosaur Train Make A Match game from Pressman Toy! Buddy and his friends sharpen children’s memory skills in this special matching game that features a Buddy figure. To begin play, 48 game cards featuring favorite Dinosaurs from Dinosaur Train are shuffled and laid face down in 6 rows of 8 cards each. Players take turns turning over any two cards—so all players can see them—to find a matching pair. The game features “Take Buddy” cards, “Wild Cards” and “Lose a Pair” cards to add to the excitement. Players count their matching card sets at the end and add extra points for the player holding Buddy to determine who wins. The Dinosaur Train Make A Match Game is for 2 to 4 players, ages 3 to 6, and is available at Toys “R” Us stores nationwide for just $9.99.

For more Valentine’s Day fun, please check out the new Flying with Buddy game that reinforces counting skills as Buddy collects seashells. Players use the mouse to control the flight of Buddy, Don and Tiny. Move the mouse UP and Buddy raises his legs, and Don and Tiny fly higher. Move the mouse DOWN and Don and Tiny fly lower, and Buddy reaches to grab the shells on the ground. After one minute of gameplay the characters return to their nest to count the treasures they collected. Ah yes, it's FREE too!

Don't forget to watch Dinosaur Train daily on PBS KIDS and visit the show's official website for more fun games and activities to help your kids learn through play!

The Giveaway

The Jim Hensen Company has generously offered to give one of my lucky readers a Dinosaur Train Make A Match game! I'm sure your little Dinosaur Train fan will have fun with it!

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Giveaway ends at 11:59 pm Central Time on 2/14/11

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Winner will be chosen using random.org and will have 72 hours to respond before a new winner is chosen.

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Dinosaur Train Footed Pajamas Giveaway

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The all-new 2011 episode of the PBS Kids hit show Dinosaur Train premiered on Monday, January 17. Did you have a chance to watch it? Dinosaur Train is certainly my son's favorite TV series. He keeps humming the theme song every day!

In the new episode “The Good Mom:Diamond Anniversary”, Mrs. Pteranodon meets fellow mom Millie Maiasaura, who is a little too over-protective of her kids. The two moms share some time comparing mothering methods in a play date at the Big Pond. And, Mr. and Mrs. Pteranodon decide to surprise each other with gifts on their anniversary.

The new character Maiasaura, which means "good mother lizard", was a large duck-billed dinosaur that lived in North America during the Late Cretaceous. There is evidence that Maisaura lived in large nesting colonies and that the parents diligently cared for their young.

In the meantime, you may find the all-new “Dinosaur Train™ Striped Footed Pajamas” at Kohl's. They are exactly what a “good mom” dresses her toddlers in to keep them warm and cozy during the winter months! The dinosaur appliques and striped pattern on these footed pajamas offer timeless touches, and the footed design keep toes toasty. They are available in sizes 2T-5T, with a SRP of $26.00.

If you missed the TV broadcast of “The Good Mom: Diamond Anniversary” you can view it on PBS.org. Don't forget to check out the online games and activities while you are there.

The Giveaway

The Jim Hensen Company, producer of Dinosaur Train, has generously offered to give one of my lucky readers a set of Dinosaur Train Striped Footed Pajamas in size 3T! I'm sure your little Dinosaur Train fan will love it.

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Giveaway ends at 11:59 pm Central Time on 2/4/11

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Get Ready For Kindergarten Month with Dinosaur Train Huge Prize Pack Giveaway

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August is “Get Ready for Kindergarten Month." To celebrate, The Jim Henson Company has provided some fun activity ideas on the Dinosaur Train website for parents to ease the stress of this momentous first day and help their children learn some basic preschool level science concepts. Here are a few examples:

• Help your child practice the letters of the alphabet while learning about the diversity of dinosaurs that once lived on Earth with the “Dinosaurs A – Z song.” 
• Help your child learn some basic insect anatomy by creating a model of a dragonfly, and learn that some animals seen in the world today also lived at the time of the dinosaurs.
• Help your child understand and apply the term "hypothesis," investigate and make predictions about the science of color, using household basics including food coloring, clean food jars/containers, colored markers and a cookie sheet.

The company has also offered some “Get ready for Kindergarten” shopping ideas for play, learning and fun(available at major retailers).

DINO TRAIN T-REX BACKPACK FROM ACCESSORIES 22: The DINOSAUR TRAIN 16” backpack features our favorite T-rex Buddy. It also features adjustable padded shoulder straps and 3 easy zippered compartments making it great to carry DINOSAUR TRAIN toys and school supplies as well as mesh side pockets for markers, pencils, etc. The glossy Buddy appliqué makes Buddy virtually come alive on both the blue and brown styles. This is a definite back-to-school must have for any DINOSAUR TRAIN fan! MSRP $14.99

DINOSAUR TRAIN I AM A T-REX FROM GROSSETT & DUNLAP: Buddy has spent his whole life in a pteranodon nest. He knows he's not a pteranodon, but he's not sure what he is. When his family decides to visit a new stop on the DINOSAUR TRAIN, Buddy finally learns the truth. He's a T-rex! This simple storybook is the perfect introduction to the world of DINOSAUR TRAIN! Ages 3 and up. MSRP $3.99

TRICERATOPS FOR LUNCH BY GOLDEN BOOKS; ILLUSTRATED BY CALEB MEURER
A Little Golden Book about Dinosaur Train! The Triceratops are coming over for lunch. Do you serve them plants or fish? That's what Buddy and his dinosaur siblings need to figure out before Tank and Trudie Triceratops arrive at the train station. This Little Golden Book retells an episode of the new PBS Kids animated series Dinosaur Train. It explains to young readers the difference between herbivores and carnivores—so that the next time you're dining with a dino, you'll know what to expect! Ages 2-5; MSRP $3.99

DINOSAUR TRAIN TAKE ‘N’ PLAY ANYWHERE™ GO FISHING™ MAGNETIC ACTIVITY FROM PATCH PRODUCTS: Now kids can help Buddy and his family catch fish! They’ll practice hand-eye coordination and matching skills as they use the magnetic fishing pole to grab fish and try to land them in just the right spot. DINOSAUR TRAIN Go Fishing teaches cooperation, trial and error, or listening to and following instructions. Take ‘N’ Play Anywhere activities feature big magnetic pieces that are easy for kids to use and hard for kids to lose! Ages 4 and up; MSRP $9.99

DINOSAUR TRAIN DINOSAUR COLLECTIBLE 3-PACKS FROM LEARNING CURVE: Perfect for hours of imaginative dinosaur play, these 3-packs feature three detailed DINOSAUR TRAIN character figures and a special collector card. The 3-pack figures can be enjoyed separately or can fit inside train cars (sold separately) for more role play fun. The 3-packs are currently available in the following sets: Mrs. Pteranodon, Shiny & Derek; Mr. Pteranodon, Don & Velma; Boris, Annie & Pete; Dolores, Ollie & Oren. Ages 3 and up; MSRP $7.99

DINOSAUR TRAIN ALL ABOARD GAME FROM PRESSMAN TOY CORP: Join Buddy and his friends on the DINOSAUR TRAIN! Choose a character – Buddy, Tiny, Shiny, Don, Cory, Tank or Mr. Conductor – and try to move the fastest along the tracks. Speed through the three dinosaur eras: Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous along the beautiful scenery. Special Stopwatch spaces will help you get closer to the nest, while Dinosaur Crossing spaces will send you back. The first player to reach the nest area in the center of the board wins. For 2 to 6 players; Ages 4 and up; MSRP $12.00

The Giveaway

The Jim Henson Company has generously offered to give one of my lucky readers a back-to-school prize pack including all the Dinosaur Train themed products featured in this post!  That's a $52.95 value!

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Giveaway ends at 11:59 pm Central Time on 9/1/10

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