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Squirrel King Craft Kits, glue-free, eco friendly crafts for 6 and up

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Call it an entry paper offering to origami. Squirrel King Craft Kits are a series of crafts that don’t require any glue and create something whimsical. The end goal is permanent because you’re using stickers, so bend and stick carefully. However, for children (mainly girls in this case) who want to create something with their hands in a truly organic way, this is the ticket.

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Ticket giveaway for Monster Jam, Atlanta, Georgia Dome, March 5

Grave Digger, Bounty Hunter and Scooby-Doo to name a few. It’s not near Halloween so that collection of names means that it’s time for Monster Jam, the monster truck live motorsport event with crashes, smashes and fun for the entire family. They’re coming to Atlanta, the Georgia Dome on March 5 and we’re hosting a giveaway for a family 4-pack of tickets to the muddiest, noisiest, family friendliest night of entertainment you’ll have this year.

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Win tickets to Harlem Globetrotters in Atlanta

As a child I vaguely remember seeing the Harlem Globetrotters perform. I recall knowing that Meadowlark Lemon was the stuff of legend. His hook shot, penchant for a massive smile while running the court and making a ‘show’ out of a basketball game was on par to a pop star dancing, singing and choreographing their entire concert, but with a moving target and an outcome that was undecided. Toss in Curly and the rest of the guys and you can tell that I saw them last in the 70’s. The Harlem Globetrotters turn 90 in 2016 and are touring. Family friendly, check. Legends that your children will remember decades from now, check. They’re coming to Atlanta in early March and we’re giving away a family 4-pack of tickets to Harlem Globetrotters at Infinite Energy Arena on March 5 at 2PM.

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Yo-Kai Watch toys, trading and role playing in a (spirit) material world

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I was compensated both financially and in product by Hasbro for the #YokaiWatch campaign. All opinions are ours. To some parents Yo-Kai Watch is Greek. it’s that foreign thing that kids dig but parents can’t tell their Yo-Kai from their spectral anomalies. In actuality, Yo-Kai Watch isn’t Greek at all, it’s Japanese. It’s an anime show that took Japan by storm and is now in the U.S. As go the shows, so go the toys and the Yo-Kai Watch toys from Hasbro are here, full of imagination based play-with a touch of collection, mischief and giggles.

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The Summer Academy Camps at UGA, real fun for middle and high students

We were compensated for this post. All thoughts are our own and education rocks. Fractals are not something that Jim Henson created in the 80’s. Our 6 year old just started learning about fractals. I’ve been calling a fractal a Rorschach Test for ages, so his kindergarten teacher just taught me something too. Summer camp has come a long way since I was a kid also. Now summer camps teach real skills that kids can apply to subjects they’re curious about or things that they want to become; a great example of these are the Summer Academy Camps at UGA.

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New all age comics for February 17, 2016

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New comic book day this week yields a really good crop of fantasy comics including two Jim Henson creations, Princeless Raven Pirate Princess and Usagi Yojimbo. That last title is one of our favorites for people that are looking for a low key, black and white, utterly creative and fun title about a ninja rabbit in feudal Japan.

There are also lots of staple humor titles like Lumberjanes, Simpsons Comics and Adventure Time. Science fiction is loaded down with two Doctor Whos, 11^th and 10^th Doctor thank you very much, our 6 year old’s favorite comic-Skylanders Superchargers, a Star Wars and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles trade paperback that’s just for the kids.

With superheroes this week the go-to name for most people is released. Teen Titans Go! #14 comes out and this title is just like the cartoon, in a good way.

Your closest comic book store is as close as your keyboard. Just punch in your zip code to the comic book store locator and you’ll all but be beamed over there. For the internet folks just dig into the links and save up to 20% from TFAW.

For the audio set, the Daddy Mojo podcast highlights a couple key issues in each genre. We’ll describe why they rock, who they’re good for and there’s some groovy music in the background. In this week’s podcast the backing music is provided by Jahzzar over at Free Music Archive.

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The Smurfs on Nintendo 3DS, Smurfing good gaming fun

Hey, we received a copy of the game for review, all thoughts are our own. No Smurfing way. Your favorite friendly blue characters have found themselves in a predicament. They’ve gone for a walk in the forest only to come back and find their entire village destroyed! All of their trademark mushroom houses are reduced to ripped up fungi, as well as the scaled down tables, chairs and everything else. Thankfully they live in a forest where the Smurfs can go out and gather wood, rocks and other materials to build it all again. Or rather, you can rebuild Smurf village and hopefully find out who smashed it all to bits.

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They Had A Dream, black American history for YA

Jules Archer is apparently quite the force in non-fiction books for young people. During his lifetime he published over 70 books. We read Jungle Fighters recently and loved it. The way that Archer presented the story of defending New Guinea was approachable and one that young readers could latch onto. With They Had A Dream he writes about four influential leaders of the civil rights movement. Frederick Douglas, Marcus Garvey, Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcom X are written about in this engaging and accessible book.

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