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Happy Year of the Rooster

Gong Xi Fa Cai to everyone!

The YEAR OF THE ROOSTER is going to be wonderful for all! Well I hope so. Don’t you.

What do you do to celebrate Chinese New Year?  I like to celebrate with dumplings either home made or purchased. Maybe if we are lucky we go out to a lovely restaurant for some yummy Chinese food. Whatever you decide to do I hope you have a lovely celebration.

 

Gong Xi Fa Cai to you all! I hope that the year of the Rooster is good for you, it is meant to be an excellent year for me, and I'm keen to get working on some huge plans soon. Happy Chinese New Year!
Gong Xi Fa Cai to you all! I hope that the year of the Rooster is good for you, it is meant to be an excellent year for me, and I’m keen to get working on some huge plans soon. Happy Chinese New Year!

 

Our family loves to celebrate Chinese New Year. I’m an ox, hubby is a monkey, the twins are rats and little Alexander is a sheep/goat.   I’m meant to have an excellent year in the year of the rooster and I hope that this is true.

Do you like to look at the Chinese horoscopes? I do. If you are like me and want to figure out what is going to happen this year check out the links below:

Make yummy San Choy Bau and celebrate Chinese New Year!
Make yummy San Choy Bau and celebrate Chinese New Year!

If you would like kids to get involved and learn more about Chinese New Year I have some great links below: 

  • Education.com has some great free worksheets and kids can make a Year of the Rooster Mask. They also have some colouring in sheets to download
  • Crayola has colouring pages that you can print out or colour online. Colour in the rooster to celebrate the new year.
  • Activity Village in the UK has colouring pages, crafts and so much more available for kids. Download and enjoy.
Making mango custard
Making mango custard

Try your hand at making your own dumplings. I made some the other year and they were so yummy. I’m going to do some more this year with a difference and will post when complete. Check out my detailed post about what I did to create a Chinese feast to celebrate Chinese New Year. Note this is from a previous year so forget the mentions of the old signs.

My homemade colourful dumplings.
My homemade colourful dumplings.

 

Enjoy and have fun. Happy cooking if you do make some of these yummy recipes.

Happy Year of the Rooster from all of us at Mummy to Twins Plus One.

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Review: Crayola Color Alive

Brought to you by Nuffnang and Crayola

Do your kids love to colour? Do they love to draw and do art? Mine do and they create copious amounts of art it is not funny. The girls just love to be creative and any opportunity to be imaginative and push the boundaries.

Have you heard of Crayola’s ‘Color Alive’ books?

They are so cool! It is a fabulous way for kids to have their favourite characters come to life

  • The characters can be scanned so they are seen in 4D.
  • You can take selfies with your favourite character, tickle them, even have pretend fights with them (how amazing would this be. Not just your average colouring book!)
  • The Color Alive books come with their very own crayons and some crayons give the pictures virtual color effects. Some effects that you can create are: comic symbols for Marvel Avengers, ice sparkles for Disney Frozen, fire for Mythical Creatures and pixie dust for Enchanted Fairies.
The crayons and look a special one that is just for pixie dust.
The crayons and look a special one that is just for pixie dust.
Enchanted Forest Crayola 'Color Alive'
Enchanted Forest Crayola ‘Color Alive’

The twins just loved these new colouring books. They just loved the idea that the page comes to life. Yes you read that right…All you need is an iPhone, iPad, or Android/Windows Device.  Also after you have finished colouring the whole book you can download new pages from the app. Yes how great is that. Your little ones will be so happy to have more to do, it will be a win all round.

Color Alive app is compatible with iOS, Android, and Windows devices. It is available on the iTunes App Store, Google play, and the Windows Store. For specific device compatibility, visit Crayola.com/AppCheck.

Mythical Creatures Crayola 'Color Alive'
Mythical Creatures Crayola ‘Color Alive’

See how one of my girls scanned in the dragon from the Mythical Creatures Crayola ‘Color Alive’ Book

 

I was sent the following to review:

  • Crayola Color Alive – Disney Frozen
  • Crayola Color Alive – Marvel Avengers
  • Crayola Color Alive – Mythical Creatures
  • Crayola Color Alive – Enchanted Forest
Avengers Crayola 'Color Alive'
Avengers Crayola ‘Color Alive’

The above books are are priced at $7.99 each. So that is great value. My kids have had a blast with just the few that we have been sent so I can imagine the many more hours of entertainment that is left to be had. Each pack includes six Crayola Crayons, one Special Effect Crayon, 16 Action Colouring Pages and FREE app download.

See the special effects on the dragon from the Mythical Creatures Crayola ‘Color Alive’ Book

It has been cold and bad weather lately… yes we have had snow and it has been freezing. Why not be warm inside and have your favourite characters come to life. The twins loved this and cannot wait to do more and of course get more books. One of them on the must buy list is Monster High, the girls are imagining what the characters will do

Creative shot of a fairy in one of the girls hands.
Creative shot of a fairy in one of the girls hands.
Yes even I had a picture with the fairy.
Yes even I had a picture with the fairy.
I have named this picture, "Mother of Dragons" It was this girl that created the dragon so it is an apt title.
I have named this picture, “Mother of Dragons” It was this girl that created the dragon so it is an apt title.
One of the Avengers
One of the Avengers
How cool does this avenger look!
How cool does this avenger look!
Even the baby had to have a selfie with the dragon.
Even the baby had to have a selfie with the dragon.
Geez this fairy was in everyone's photo.
Geez this fairy was in everyone’s photo.

As you can see we all got in on the fun
with the Crayola ‘Color Alive’ books.

Our overview and opinion of the Crayola ‘Color Alive’ products was 100% favourable. They are a cheap, fun and a clever way for kids to spend some time. Also due to our wet and cold weather it is something for the kids to do where you know they will be okay, have a great time and have a unique experience.

It is a great gift idea and a quick item to have on hand for your child’s next play date.

For more information please visit the Crayola Website