In celebration of one of the newest Disney movies, Meet the Robinsons, Harper Collins Children’s Division and Disney have teamed up to create the Meet the Robinsons Coloring, Activity Book and Crayons. Perfect for children as young as four up to seven or older, this coloring book has a list price of $4.99.

Included with the book are four thick, jumbo crayons in colors of yellow, red, blue, and green. While coloring is listed as one of the primary activities, there are many other things to do in this book. Of course, one of the nicest touches is that even on the activity pages the drawings and pictures are in black and white, just waiting to be colored. In essence every page is a coloring page, some of which contain excellent additional activities.

Some of the other activities include message decoders, connect the dots, and word searches. There are also pages where you need to find hidden objects and where you play the name game. These are just some of the activities though. There are many others in this book. The entire book offers 31 pages of fun activities and an answer key in the back in case you need to look up some answers for your little one.

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Ashtyn lives in her home state of Michigan with her life partner, Dominick, her 14 year old son, and her baby, the Shih-Tzu, Oliver Twist. Ashtyn is in college, going for a degree in Psychology. She plans to get her Ph.D and work as a therapist in the field of human sexuality. Ashtyn is an experienced and talented chef. She also excels at writing and has worked as a professional writer for the past five years. Ashtyn enjoys spending time with her son and four year old nephew, watching movies, listening to music, and writing works of fiction.

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If your young kids are stuck inside on a snowy or rainy day or just need something to entertain them, this might be just what you are looking for. The Meet the Robinsons Coloring and Activity Book might only offer about 31 pages, but there are plenty of activities packed into these pages. At the $4.99 list price on the back of the book you are offered quite a bargain for numerous hours of fun for your children.

Listed for preschool aged children this could easily amuse a child that is in the older to middle elementary school ages. There are two sets of tattoos, in the front and back of the book. These tattoos are your standard wet and apply tattoos that kids love. All the tattoos have something to do with the movie, Meet the Robinsons. Most of them are character tattoos, but there are a few around-the-wrist bands and other tattoos.

Among the activity pages your children will be able to color, solve mazes and unscramble words to decode plans and understand phrases. There are also connect the dot pages and matching activities. Now add in some fill in the blanks and some word finds and your child is bound to have plenty of fun. They might even learn something at the same time!

The last page of the book is an answer key, so if your child is having trouble find the answer you will be able to give them clues. Otherwise you can use it to ensure they chose all the right answers. You could use this for some good, clean fun or you could supplement these activities pages with their school work to provide extra help on spelling and fine motor skills improvement from coloring and the other activities.

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Ashtyn lives in her home state of Michigan with her life partner, Dominick, her 14 year old son, and her baby, the Shih-Tzu, Oliver Twist. Ashtyn is in college, going for a degree in Psychology. She plans to get her Ph.D and work as a therapist in the field of human sexuality. Ashtyn is an experienced and talented chef. She also excels at writing and has worked as a professional writer for the past five years. Ashtyn enjoys spending time with her son and four year old nephew, watching movies, listening to music, and writing works of fiction.

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First Puzzles is just what the name implies. It is a set of puzzles listed for children ages 3 and up. The box we were given includes 4 puzzles with 4 pieces each, for a total of 16 pieces for all of the puzzles. With a Mother Goose theme the puzzles include The Little Piggy Went to Market,

Three Little Kittens, Little Bo Peep, and Hey Diddle Diddle.The puzzles are made by MudPuppy and Barefoot Books. I have to admit that I was not familiar with Barefoot by name before we began reviewing children’s materials. However, now they are one of my favorite companies. I love their offerings and often look to see what is new on their shelves when it’s shopping time for my children or nephew.

One of the best things about these puzzles is the construction method. The come in a cardboard box that is decorated with pictures of the puzzles and some flattering pastel colors and designs.

The lid has a set of handles protruding from it so that kids can carry their box of puzzles around with them. The box is sturdy and appears to be able to take at least a small beating, as some kids will give it one. However, as long as the box stays in tact you can remove the puzzle pieces when it’s time to put them together and have the kids put them back in the box when they are done.

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Ashtyn lives in her home state of Michigan with her life partner, Dominick, her 14 year old son, and her baby, the Shih-Tzu, Oliver Twist. Ashtyn is in college, going for a degree in Psychology. She plans to get her Ph.D and work as a therapist in the field of human sexuality. Ashtyn is an experienced and talented chef. She also excels at writing and has worked as a professional writer for the past five years. Ashtyn enjoys spending time with her son and four year old nephew, watching movies, listening to music, and writing works of fiction.

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