A Forest of Stand Up Tissue Paper Trees

“Autumn, the year's last, loveliest smile.” William Cullen Bryant
Now you can enjoy the beautiful colors of fall even after all the leaves have fallen to the ground!
This craft is so fun to make that before you know it, you might find your trees doubling and then tripling into...A whole forest of fall colored trees! To make your own forest of stand up trees all you have to do is... Paint a few mini paper plates with fall colors. We picked red, orange, and yellow but brown and even green would also look great.Cut up a bunch of tissue paper into squares. Use a pencil to help crumple up the paper. Dip end into glue and stick onto paper plate.

Older kids can probably skip the pencil and dip crumbled paper directly into glue or add small glue dots onto the plate. This method is helpful for kiddos who might otherwise end up with glue everywhere.Continue to attach tissue paper until your tree is full of fall colored leaves. Let dry. Cut two slits on either end of toilet paper roll. Slide decorated plate into slits. Stand up your tree and enjoy your forest. A grouping of these would look great as a kid made centerpiece for Thanksgiving. You could even write out and attach things family members are thankful for on the other side.

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Special Pre-Sale: The Search for Santa Paws on Blu-ray & DVD

We all have favorite holiday movies that we remember from our childhood and like watching year after year as the temperatues dip. We can't wait to get the soon to be released Disney's THE SEARCH FOR SANTA PAWS. ER has been really into puppies for a LONG time. I know she's going to love this one! The Blu-ray and DVD will be out on November 23rd but there's currently a pre-sale special! If you order it now you'll even get a free plush pup to cuddle while you watch Quinn and her magical talking pups save Christmas!

Here's a little sneak peek of the movie: (subscribers please come over to the blog to see the clip)



What is your favorite holiday movie from your childhood? What recent movie do you think will become a Christmas classic? Be on the look our for my review of Disney's Blu-ray & DVD release THE SEARCH FOR SANTA PAWS and don't forget it will be in stores on November 23rd!



Disclosure: The information, images, and clips were provided to me for promotional purposes; no compensation was received.

Tangled Preview and Giveaway, 3 Winners!

This giveaway is now closed, thank you to everyone who entered! Congratulations to the following winners:

Rapunzel Giveaway: Brandy, comment #8 who said, "I like you on FB"
General Pascal Giveaway: kpintn, comment #11 who said "I am your Facebook Fan!"

The holiday season is quickly approaching and many of us will be enjoying family time by going to see the latest movie. Many even have family traditions to go see a movie on Thanksgiving day. The next big film we're anticipating around here is TANGLED, opening in theatres everywhere on Wednesday, November 24 in Disney Digital 3D! Walt Disney Pictures presents “Tangled,” one of the most hilarious, hair-raising tales ever told. When the kingdom’s most wanted—and most charming—bandit Flynn Rider (voice of Zachary Levi) hides out in a mysterious tower, he’s taken hostage by Rapunzel (voice of Mandy Moore), a beautiful and feisty tower-bound teen with 70 feet of magical, golden hair. Flynn’s curious captor, who’s looking for her ticket out of the tower where she’s been locked away for years, strikes a deal with the handsome thief and the unlikely duo sets off on an action-packed escapade, complete with a super-cop horse, an over-protective chameleon and a gruff gang of pub thugs. In theaters this holiday season in Disney Digital 3D™, “Tangled” is a story of adventure, heart, humor and hair—lots of hair.

Here's a preview clip: (if you're an email subscriber, thank you, and please come over to the post to see it)



Giveaway:

To celebrate Tangled's upcoming release I've got a giveaway and there will be three winners! Each one will get a Tangled t-shirt featuring one of the characters and a set of movie Silly Bandz!

To Enter:

Leave me a comment with the character t-shirt and size you'd like to win and who you will give it to.

Make sure you tell me the character's name! I will divide all entries by character and pull one winner from each group!

The t-shirts to choose from are below:
Female fit Rapunzel t-shirt in Adult and Youth sizes (S, M, L, XL)
General fit Flynn Rider t-shirt in Adult and Youth sizes (S, M, L, XL)
General fit Pascal t-shirt in Adult and Youth sizes (S, M, L, XL)
All THREE winners will also get a set of Silly Bandz each –
Set of 4 characters (Rapunzel, Flynn, Pascal, Maximus)
Extra Entries:

I'd also love it you'd like to follow me via Google Friends Connect, email, Facebook, or Twitter so you'll be the first to know about giveaway opportunities in the future! Spreading the word is also appreciated. Just let me know what you do in a separate comment for each.

Giveaway open to US residents now through when TANGLED, opens in theatres everywhere on Wednesday, November 24 in Disney Digital 3D!



Disclosure: I was provided with the information and images in this post as well as the giveaway materials.