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Froggy-in-the-Water Cupcakes from Princess Tiana's Cookbook
Here is a recipe for adorable Froggy-in-the-Water Cupcakes from pages 54-55 of kids cookbook, The Princess and the Frog: Tiana's Cookbook. The Princess and the Frog DVD and Blu-ray will be released on March 16th. You can whip a batch of these Froggy cupcakes to eat while you watch the film.
INGREDIENTS:
Blue food coloring
1 cup buttercream frosting
1 dozen baked cupcakes
12 large green gumdrops
2 dozen white chocolate chips
Black decorators' icing
DIRECTIONS:
- Stir drops of food coloring into the frosting until you have a shade of watery blue. Frost the cupcakes.
- For each cupcake, create a pair of frog eyes by slicing a gumdrop in half. Press a white chocolate-chip tip down into the cut surface of each gumdrop half, centering it near the bottom edge. Squirt a dab of black decorators’ icing onto each chip.
- Set the frog eyes on the cupcakes, gently pressing them partway into the frosting to hold them in place.
Reprinted from the book Disney's The Princess and the Frog Tiana's Cookbook Recipes for Kids. Copyright © 2009 Disney Enterprises, Inc. Published by Disney Press, an imprint of Disney Book Group.
Posted on March 13, 2010
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Gymboree Expanding Crazy 8 Store Chain
Marketwatch reports that children's clothing retailer Gymboree has announced plans to expand its Crazy 8 store chain. Gymboree plans to add 75 to 100 new Crazy 8 stores this year. Gymboree is also planning to enter the Middle East.
It also has signed its first retail franchise agreement with Azadea Holding Group, which represents brands such as Zara and Mango, to expand its brand into the Middle East, which includes the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Egypt among others.
TheStreet.com reports that investors have gone crazy for the Crazy 8 expansion. Crazy 8 is Gymboree's lower-priced children's clothing store chain, which should be popular as the weak economy lingers.
Posted on March 11, 2010
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Madonna's Material Girl Junior Collection to Debut at Macy's This Fall
 Madonna will be debuting a junior collection at Macy's this fall. MG Icon, a newly formed joint venture between Madonna and Iconix Brand Group, announced its first license agreement with Macy's for the Material Girl collection. Material Girl is a newly created, fast-fashion junior collection that will launch exclusively in approximately 200 Macy's stores and online at macys.com in August 2010 in time for the back-to-school season.
The Material Girl collection was inspired and designed in collaboration with Madonna and her daughter Lourdes, along with Iconix Brand Group's in-house fashion department. In addition to the back-to-school apparel collection, Material Girl will also include footwear, handbags and jewelry. Items in the collection will retail from $12 to $40. The strategy for growth will include additional categories in the lifestyle and beauty sectors, including fragrance, beginning 2011 as well as a rollout into additional Macy's stores.
"We believe that Material Girl will be a dynamic exclusive brand for Macy's, and we look forward to working with Madonna, Lourdes and the Iconix team. Madonna is a fashion icon who can bring a new dimension to our juniors customer," said Jeff Gennette, Macy's chief merchandising officer. "Material Girl will enhance the excitement of fast fashion at Macy's."
Photo: The Marriage Ref, NBC Universal, Inc
Posted on March 10, 2010
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Sesame Workshop and AmeriChoice Launch Healthy Habits Project
Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit organization behind Sesame Street, and AmeriChoice, a UnitedHealth Group company that provides health benefits for state and public programs, have partnered to develop a bilingual education outreach program aimed at helping low-income families make afforable, healthy food choices. The program will include bilingual (English and Spanish) Healthy Habits kits with an original DVD starring the Sesame Street Muppets and a documentary of families using healthy eating strategies.
The kits will also include child-friendly recipes, activity cards and a parent/caregiver guide with information about healthful eating and ways to make nutritional and economical food choices for the entire family. AmeriChoice will also send Healthy Habits for Life messages and information to low-income and vulnerable populations in public sector health care programs via the Web, physician mailings, and member mailings and newsletters that will go to 3 million members.
Rosita and Elmo are returning from the grocery store with healthy food in the image above.
Posted on March 6, 2010
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Jibbitz Creators Launched GeoPalz at the Toy Fair in NYC
Jibbitz founders, Rich and Sheri Schmelzer and Alexandra O'Leary, launched a new children's product called GeoPalz, at the American International Toy Fair, in New York city. The decorative personal activity trackers come in several unique designs. GeoPalz convert physical activity into points (called pedpointz) that kids can redeem for free activity based toys at geopalz.com. The more steps kids take, the more pedpoints they get. GeoPalz cost $19.99 each.
“We've seen too many popular children's toys designed to keep kids plugged into their computers or glued to their TVs lately. We haven't seen any product designed with an incentive to get them up and off their couches and outside playing, and that's a real shame," said Rich Schmelzer, CEO of GeoPalz, LLC.
"The GeoPalz Activity Tracker was designed specifically to get kids motivated to become more physically active by converting activity into currency that can be redeemed for activity based products from our Web site. The bottom line is kids love winning free stuff! The 'Walk to Win' message will not only resonate with the children through the free products and unique designs, but with the children's parents who know that the 'Walk to Win' message translates to a healthier life."
Posted on March 4, 2010
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Michelle Obama Reads Dr. Seuss
In honor of Dr. Seuss' birthday, First Lady Michelle Obama read The Cat in the Hat aloud at the Library of Congress during the National Education Association's Read Across America event yesterday. Michelle Obama was joined by Secretary of Education Arne Duncan and NEA President Dennis Van Roekel. The students listening to the reading were given red and white Cat in the Hat hats to wear.
Photo: Official White House Photo by Samantha Appleton
Posted on March 3, 2010
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Creatures From Maakun Forest Backpacks
Dante Beatrix makes some adorable kids backpacks featuring cute animal drawings of creatures from the Maakun Forest. The backpacks are constructed from durable nylon and laminated canvas. Inside the backpack contains a smaller zipped pocket. The back panel with name tag and padded shoulder straps. The little kid backpacks cost $42 and the big kid versions cost $52. They can be found here on Dante Beatrix's website.
(via Luxist)
Posted on February 28, 2010
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NSI Sells Its 3 Millionth Rock Tumbler
NSI International Inc., a manufacturer of science and crafts products, recently announced the sale of its 3 millionth Rock Tumbler. The Original Rock Tumbler, the first home-consumer version of a rock tumbler, was invented by NSI over 35 years ago and has been a staple in the toy and craft market ever since.
Raina Konigsberg, VP of Sales for NSI, says, "Although often imitated, no other manufacturer has been able to replicate the quality and performance of The Original Rock Tumbler. While it has gone through some revisions over the years, mostly to improve performance and meet the latest safety standards, the product is essentially unchanged - it tumbles rough rocks into polished stones just as it always has. It is a simple play pattern that kids have loved for generations and continue to appreciate today."
Posted on February 28, 2010
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Backpack
Hot-Topic is selling this amusing looking Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles backpack.
The backpack is in the shape of a half-shell. It includes four different colored masks - one for each of the Ninja Turtles. You will have to learn your own ninja moves. The backpack can be purchased here on hottopic.com for $39.99.
Posted on February 27, 2010
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