Showing posts with label family. Show all posts
Showing posts with label family. Show all posts

Saturday, December 7, 2013

Python Printable Christmas Games and Activities Product Review (Tomoson)


Photo taken from Python's website
I reviewed Python Printable Christmas Games and Activities for Tomoson.

The packet contains over 60 games and activities for when relatives and friends visit during the holidays. You can print off the games and activities as needed. The files are printed off individually versus a big zip file.

Some of the activities include:

  1. Coloring pages
  2. Crossword puzzles
  3. Trivia
  4. Mad Libs
  5. Spot the differences


Some of the activities I liked included:


  1. What's your line, a fun office game: The game involves role play. Each player is given a card, which has a product or service to sell. The players have one minute to sell their product, while the others guess the mysterious product. Similar to taboo, I think, each card has words, which the player can not say. Some of the products included bladder control products and a dead ghost communicator. Great way to think on your feet and stir your imagination and creativity. 
  2. Office Mad Libs: This game is similar to regular mad libs, but incorporates people, who work at your job. Some of the fill-in-the-blanks include job benefits, type of paperwork, and type of office supplies. 
  3. Camel Race Bible Trivia: Bible trivia/board game. 
  4. Christmas Hide and Seek Game: Hide your loved ones gifts and have them seek for them. Part hide and seek, part scavenger hunt. Also, part exercise. See how much work your kid will put in for a Wii U :-)
  5. Christmas Morning Left-right game:  A gift exchange game. Maybe you are doing a white elephant game. The game is part story and part exchange. One person reads the story. When he or she says left or right, highlighted in the story, the gifts are passed left to right. Whoever is left with the gift at the end, is the winners. 
  6. The Great Gift Grab: Another gift exchange game. The host provides 6 small gifts. The game has similarities to that show with Wayne Brady. Can't think of the name of the show. The host has a list of things to look for. If you have that item on you--maybe you are wearing a particular color, you can go grab a gift. You also can steal gifts. 
  7. No-el weird phobias game: This is a matching game. Print off copies for everyone. You match the Christmas phobias scientific name to the generic name. What is a Macrophobia? What is the fear of being on the road to visit your in-laws? What is the fear of Santa's beard? What is a Frigophobia?
Other things I liked was the letter from Santa and the thank you notes for gifts. There is also a twist on spin the bottle. Now my favorite game of all the printables: The  Clean-up Christmas Scavenger Hunt. Anytime I can get a kid to clean, I am happy. Kids draw a card or two or three and clean, based on the clues. If they solve the clues (and clean), they get a small gift. 



The packet costs 19.95.

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Wednesday, October 9, 2013

Send a free greeting card from SendOut Cards Product Review (Tomoson)




I reviewed SendOut Cards, in exchange for honest review from Tomoson. Instead of sending an e-card to someone, you can send a physical greeting card to your friends, family, co-workers and loved ones. SendOut Cards will print the cards, put them in an envelope, and send them to your families and friends. You don't have to buy envelopes or stamps anymore.

Next, the website offers an address book, where you can save names and addresses. It will come in handy if you are forgetful like me. For example, my Amazon account used to have 3 to 4 people's names and addresses saved from family.

You can even send out the same card to friends and families, such as for holidays, birthdays, and special occasions.

The site also offers gifts as well, such as books, gift cards, and brownies. I also loved the quote jar.

The site is not free. The site offers different plans such as pay as you go, distributer, premium, and retail.

The process of creating a card was simple. You can choose from a variety of themes and designs. You can choose from borders, templates, clip art, logos, and images.  You can add a message. Add the name and address. and the website does the rest. Send Out cards will print off the cards and send them to your loved ones, co-workers, whoever you want.

You can send post cards, 3 panel cards, regular sized greeting cards, and big greeting cards.

This is the post card, I sent to a friend of mine in Atlanta. The back was the message.  It cost 33 cents or 1 point.


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Wednesday, September 11, 2013

It'z Family Fun (US Family Bloggers Program)

I was provided 4 tickets to Itz in Willowbrook Mall area (Houston, Texas) Courtesy of US Family Bloggers.

About Itz

Itz is a family-fun center, with multiple locations around Texas. The Willowbrook Location had food, arcade attractions, bumper cars, video games, and rides. Everyone, who enters has to pay for admission and food. It'z had an unlimited buffet with Pizza, Salads, Pastas, desserts, and drinks. 

Readers can enjoy Itz from now, with the fall promotion, until 9/22 here. Tickets must be used by September 22, 2013.

The code will provide:
  1. Unlimited Food. Like I said before, Pizza, Pasta, Salad, Baked Potatoes, Drinks, Fries, Icees, etc. 
  2. Unlimited fountain drinks. 
  3. Unlimited video games (not the coin operated games.)
Kids also eat free at It's every Thursday. 

My Review

The family went two weeks ago or so. My mother, sons, niece, nephew, and great niece. The tickets included admittance, food, and an Itz card with 20 tokens on it. The food had mixed reviews between the family. I liked the salad, soups, and hot pizza, fresh from the oven. Some of the other pizza's sitting out was cold. You can always request a pizza. My youngest son wouldn't eat anything. He is a picky eater. He did eat some salad and drunk some soda. Brad ate a lot of food. He was being picky as well. My nephew is a veggie and allergic to gluten. He ate some fries, baked potato, and a salad.

My niece got on the big ride: The Disk'O. She covered her face the whole time with her hair. lol. The ride was in the shape of a disc or maybe a big UFO. The rails were curved. The riders went up the curve, high and down the curve and back up again on the other side.

I also enjoyed the kiddie rides, which was free. My great niece cried on every last one. Kalen took the rides like a champ. I thought he would be the one crying, but he was mature and enjoyed his self. The froggie, the horsie, and the plane. Kalen took it like a champ. I also enjoyed the arcade games. One of them was called Fast Fingers, or something similar. You had to trace the path with your finger from start to finish before time ran out. I never finished in time.

Another game had you stacking blocks. The virtual blocks came down the screen and you had to steer the virtual platform to catch the blocks. The blocks can fall off and can tumble. I scored maybe 1000 points in both rounds. 

Brad played on the skeet ball machine, along with the hoops. Kalen and the niece played on the kiddie rides. They also tried some ball games.

All-in-all, Stacie, Brad, and Kalen won 75 tickets, which wasn't enough to buy hardly anything except candy. They had little trinkets, but some was too small to bother with. I got some candy. But, the cards are reloadable. If you come back for another visit, you can accumulate your tickets on your Itz card until you are able to get a bigger prize. I needed about 600 tickets to 30,000 tickets.