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My Friendship Bracelet/Ribbon Barrette Maker: Product Review

One of the things I remember doing a lot of as a child was making friendship bracelets. My friends and I would get together with our boxes of embroidery thread, beads and safety pins and choose colors from each others boxes to make bracelets symbolizing our friendship. Once you tied those suckers on, you did NOT take them off until they were falling off. (Or until you had a family wedding to attend, or some function where you had to dress up and Mom told you to ditch the ratty looking bracelet. Ha!)

The thing was, it was kind of a pain to always be pinning the bracelet to your pants or the bedspread while you were working on it. And keeping those strings sorted if you had to stop for a bathroom break could get tricky too - it was easy to tangle them up by accident. Fortunately, for little girls these days it's no longer a problem: My Friendship Bracelet Maker is a handy little loom tool that helps girls (of all ages!) make cool friendship bracelets with ease. What's more? Their website www.myfbm.com has how-to videos and patterns to make all different kinds of bracelets.

What do I love about the MY FBM? First of all, it solves the problem of making bracelets in a tidy, and organized manner without tangling up your threads. You're less likely to have knots or to mess up your design, because the tool keeps everything straight. Second, it stores your thread! The handy drawer beneath your loom is the perfect place to store everything you need to make great bracelets.

And now there's a new tool to make cute Ribbon barrettes! All the rage in the 80s, these cute ribbon hair clips feature braided ribbon and beads dangling from the clip itself. They're super cute, and I can see why little girls are into wearing them again. My Ribbon Barrette Maker is a similar tool to the MyFBM in that it's a place to clip and sort your ribbons as you work.

The My FBM and My RBM are are available at Toys R Us and other select stores across the US and Canada, as well as various Online retailers.

Check out their website at www.MyFBM.com

Beauty and the Beast 3D Family Pass (Winnipeg): Givaway

Hey Winnipeg! I'm so excited to bring you this amazing Giveaway care of Walt Disney Motion Pictures Canada:

Walt Disney Animation Studios’ magical classic “Beauty and the Beast” returns to the big screen in Disney Digital 3D™, introducing a whole new generation to the Disney classic with stunning new 3D imagery. The film captures the fantastic journey of Belle (voice of Paige O’Hara), a bright and beautiful young woman who’s taken prisoner by a hideous beast (voice of Robby Benson) in his castle. Despite her precarious situation, Belle befriends the castle’s enchanted staff—a teapot, a candelabra and a mantel clock, among others—and ultimately learns to see beneath the Beast’s exterior to discover the heart and soul of a prince. 

Featuring unforgettable music by Howard Ashman and Alan Menken, and an enormously talented vocal ensemble, “Beauty and the Beast” was the first animated feature to receive a Best Picture nomination from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

 Every little girl loves a princess - and D is no exception. From the time she started watching Disney movies, her favorite princess has been Belle from Beauty and the Beast. And I have to admit, of all the Disney Princess movies, this is probably my absolute favorite as well. Which is why I am so thrilled to see that Beauty and the Beast is coming to theatres in Disney Digital 3D! What a perfect opportunity to see Belle, the Beast, Cogsworth, Lumiere and all of our other favourite movie characters come to life. Are you interested in seeing this one too? Well, you might be in luck. I've got a FAMILY PASS good for 4 PEOPLE to see this movie in Winnipeg on January 7th at 10am @ Silver City Polo Park.

You want it? Entering is easy!

MANDATORY ENTRY
1. Tell me who your favorite Disney Princess is in a comment.

BONUS ENTRIES
2. Follow Born 2 Be Mom on Google Friend Connect
3. Like Born 2 Be Mom on Facebook
4. Follow Born 2 Be Mom on Twitter 

Contest closes on January 4th.  Open to all Canadians, but must be in Winnipeg at time of movie screening to collect your prize.

Good Luck!

HEXBUG Nano: Product Review

I was given the opportunity to do a review on some HEXBUG Nano toy sets. When I first saw them I didn't know what to think! My daughter is a total girlie girl and I took one look at these toys and was confused about how they work, and not sure how much fun they would be for her. On the other hand, my husband took one look at the boxes and started ripping right into them! It was like watching a kid on Christmas morning, ha! I had to laugh at that - clearly he knew they would be fun to play with. As it turns out, he was right! These toys are really, really cool.

HEXBUG Nanos are little robotic bugs that use the physics of vibration to move. They come with tracks to run along and to battle in. The bugs race each other, flip over and back onto their feet, bump into one another, etc. They look incredibly lifelike once they get going! You can arrange the tracks to be multi-level, and in a variety of different patterns making for hours of creative play. There are numerous ways to watch the bugs go - from racing them, to setting them up for "battle" to just letting them do their own thing around the track and watching where they'll go next. The Glow in the Dark set is particularly cool as the bugs and the track take one minute to "charge" before shining brightly in the dark - adding another level of excitement for the kids. D is only 3 years old. Although the packages say 3+ and she got a total kick out of the toys, when it comes to solo play I do think they are better suited for slightly older children. Having said that, with the help of an older friend or an adult they are certainly appropriate for 3 year olds as well. She just had some trouble getting the tracks together and setting everything up by herself. I do think that in a group setting these toys would be wonderful for kids of all ages - and I can honestly say that as an adult I got a kick out of them too!

Each HEXBUG Nano set comes with track pieces and either 2 or 4 of the robotic bugs in various colours and rarities. You can also buy the bugs individually, so you can collect them all! Oh, and here's another bonus - batteries are INCLUDED with each toy set, and are also sold separately too.  Hexbug NANO are available at www.HEXBUG.com and range in price from $6 - $50