Games | Table for Five

February 6, 2009 By Elizabeth

MEGA Brands Kids Zone is a fun site for kids where they can play online games in a safe environment. Looking for fun games that both your kids and you will enjoy? This is what you’ll find in the MEGA Brands Kids Zone:

No matter what your thrill is, there is room for you here! Embark upon treacherous quests in Legends of King Arthur and Treasure of the Lord Pyrate or blow giant fires in Krystal Warriors and Dragons Mountain. Flex your muscles and brave the gooey world of Plasma Clash, battling dragons, dinosaurs and furious, high tech fighters. Declare your sharp-shooting skills in Command Ops and destroy the universe with fireballs in Dragons Metal Ages. From races, to battles and never-ending multiplayer quests, itâ€™s all here!

My first stop was the Magnext Virtual World. You use your mouse to control a sphere, enter stations, and play games. Some are single player and some are multiplayer. You collect Magz to earn special moves for your sphere, and you level up by how long you play. There are emoticons and messaging for chat. Of course as with anything online, you should monitor your child closely especially when they are chatting, and talk to them about what kinds of chat is a signal that something inappropriate might be going on. My 12 year old gets that lecture all the time

Since I couldn’t even figure out how to win the first game, I moved on to Legends of King Arthur. That involves searching areas for shields, and games like shooting arrows at targets (castle flags and doors, for example). That one was more my style.

The Struxx tab takes you to a site with building ideas depending on how many pieces are in the Struxx kit you have. My boys love building sets so I don’t know how I missed these cool looking sets! The titles of the sets are somewhat misleading; the Basixx 20x has 234 pieces, not 20. And the Basixx 40x has 408 pieces, not 40. Which explains how you can make something with 330 pieces out of a set called 40x. All I know is, my boys would LOVE these!

Check out the fun games that MEGA Brands has, for your kids and for yourself. It’s fun, safe, and reinforces creative play with MEGA Brands building sets. You’ll have fun!

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Shimmy Shimmy Coco Pop

January 5, 2009 By Elizabeth

I flipped by Sesame Street the other day, and Elmo was listening to these girls in a park doing the “Down Down Baby” hand clapping game, and ever since, I’ve had it stuck in my head. And then I found these website, through a link on PayPerPost, to the cool t shirts site LocalCelebrity.com, and look what they have!

shimmy-shimmy-shirt

If you’re looking for fresh t shirts for the New Year, with the coolest logos and sayings, you should check out LocalCelebrity. They carry shirts for Men, Women, and Kids, with designs showing everything from the 80s to right now. Have you always wanted a t shirt with Captain Planet on it? How about the Movie Review guys from “In Living Color” (HATED IT!)? Or, something newer like a Barack Obama shirt or “As Seen on MySpace”? LocalCelebrity can hook you up.

They also have a selection of green t-shirts, like the Captain Planet “Global Warming Is Not Cool” shirt, perfect for the Earth-lover. Most of the shirts seem to be $28-$30 bucks, but check out the Daily Deal page, every day two t shirts are just $12. Great deal!

And you can thank me now for getting “Down Down Baby” stuck in YOUR head. Need the whole thing?

Down down baby, down by the roller coaster
Sweet sweet baby, I’ll never let you go
Shimmy shimmy coca pop shimmy shimmy pow
Shimmy shimmy coco puff shimmy shimmy pow
Grandma grandma sick in bed, she called the doctor and the doctor said:
Let’s get the rhythm of the head, Ding Dong, get the rhythm of the head
Ding Dong (move your head from left to right)
Let’s get the rhythm of the hands, Let’s get the rhythm of the hands (clap twice)
Let’s get the rhythm of the feet, Let’s get the rhythm of the feet (stomp twice)
Let’s get the rhythm of the hot dog, Let’s get the rhythm of the hot dog
Put it all together and what do you get (repeat the rhythms)

You’re Welcome.