Jim Button and The Wild 13 🏴‍☠️ Adventure Film DVD 📀 Release | Shout! Kids 🚂

New live-action adventure film, based on the children's novel Jim Button and The Wild 13 is available on DVD in North America for the first time today, September 13, 2022. It is a sequel in the classic Jim Button children's book series. 

Based on the best-selling children’s novel of the same name by German author Michael Ende, the charming book followed the success of its preceding novel, Jim Button and Luke the Engine Driver. 

Twelve-year old Jim and his best friend, Luke the Engine Driver live on the tranquil island called Morrowland. The island is pretty small and there are only four or five people who occupy this island. Nevertheless, ships often stops at Morrowland to deliver mail or some people come to visit it. 

Dark clouds are gathering over the tranquil island of Morrowland, the home and his friends. The notorious pirate gang “The Wild 13” has learned that the dragon Mrs. Grindtooth has been conquered by Jim and Luke and now the pirates swear revenge! To protect Morrowland from another threat, the two of them set off with their steam engines Emma and Molly on a dangerous journey where Jim's wish might also come true: he wants at last to find out the truth about his mysterious origins.

The beginning of the movie is a little slow and seems familiar. But once Jim Button and Luke leave Morrowland to find Mr. Tur Tur, a full array of events folds out and catches your attention. The interesting thing is that the characters travel on water using locomotives, not boats. To travel faster Luke transforms Emma into flying vehicle to reach a desert where Mr. Tur Tur lives. “The Wild 13” pirates move quickly, they are hard to catch and fight. No one ever won a battle with them. Unfortunately, the gang abducted the second locomotive Molly, so Jim and Luke have no choice other than find the pirates and save Molly. 

The Emperor offers help by providing a battling ship with a military crew to fight “The Wild 13” pirates. It was such an experience for everyone to meet a pirate team where all looked the same, all twelve. We first thought they are clones but it turns out “The Wild 13” gang is duodecaplets!

Do not want to give the spoilers but everything finishes well in the end with some twists and surprises.  

Jim Button and the Wild 13 is directed by Jupiter Award winner and Sundance Film Festival nominee, Dennis Gansel (The Wave, Before the Fall, We are the Night). The feature film’s magic was celebrated in film festival screenings worldwide and was a winner at the Animago Awards, Bavarian Awards, German Film Awards and Hollywood Music in Media Awards.

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Family Friendly Activities 🎨🎾 at #BollywoodMonster Mashup 2022 🎶 | Largest South Asian Festival🍁

The largest South Asian festival in Canada, #BollywoodMonster Mashup is coming back to Mississauga Celebration Square this weekend! It will be filled with many amazing activities, music, dance, Bollywood stars, performers, gourmet food, shopping and more! No way to stay home but rather visit this unique festival which is getting bigger and more interesting every year! 

Festival welcomes everyone  to join and prepared a couple of events specifically for families with kids and seniors so that no one left behind. There are the #BollywoodMonster KidZone brought to you by Tim Hortons and the #BollywoodMonster Seniors Lounge. 

With plentiful activities at both zones, there is something for everyone to enjoy outdoor festival!

Activities at the #BollywoodMonster KidZone: 

• Storytelling & drawing with Brampton Meditation Centre 
• Puppet making with The Concerned Kids 
• Tennis lessons with Mohawk Park Tennis 
• Silhouette art with Devika Mathur 
• Drumming with Devin Ramoutar 
• Bollywood dance lessons with Alan Faigal, Tejal Bhatt and Tripti Ninan 
• Semi-classical dance lessons with Devanshi Mishra 
• Garba dance lessons with Shivani Joshi 
• Spinning top art with Raheel Patel 

   Activities at NEW this year #BollywoodMonster Seniors Lounge: 

• Tennis lessons with Mohawk Park Tennis 
• Silhouette art with Devika Mathur 
• Steel paint and drumming with Devin Ramoutar 
• Semi-classical dance lessons with Devanshi Mishra 
• Watercolour painting with Khaula Mazhar 
• Garba dance lessons with Shivani Joshi 
• Dancing with your hands with Tripti Ninan 
• Laughing Yoga with Arpana Canada 

#BollywoodMonster Mashup

When: August 5 and 6, 2022 

Time: Friday 4 to 11 pm, Saturday 2 to 11 pm 

Where: Mississauga Celebration Square – 300 City Centre Drive, Mississauga 

Cost: Free 

Parking: Friday FREE after 6pm, Saturday FREE all day

Visit BollywoodMonsterMashup.com for more information.

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#BollywoodMonster Mashup Returns to Mississauga Celebration Square Aug 5 & 6 | Largest South Asian Festival🍁

As COVID-19 restrictions lift across the country there are more opportunities to go out, enjoy summer weather and attend spectacular events! This season many major events celebrate their return after two years of hiatus. Summer music festivals are back to in-person performances across the Canada including Bollywood Monster Mashup! 

The largest South Asian festival in Canada, #BollywoodMonster Mashup presented by TD, is coming back to Mississauga Celebration Square on Fri Aug 5 & Sat Aug 6. Actor Sunny Leone will meet with fans to support South Asian arts programs for kids. Yasser Desai and Aakanksha Sharma, brought to you by Tourism Mississauga, will perform their hit songs in a special doubleheader performance. Yasser Desai is known for “Makhna” from the film Drive starring the late Sushant Singh Rajput and Jacqueline Fernandez. 

Aakanksha Sharma is known for hit Rajasthani song “Kajaliyo” and her duet “Jogi” from the film Shaadi Mein Zaroor Aana starring Rajkummar Rao and Kriti Kharbanda. Aaman Trikha will perform “Prem Leela” from the film Prem Ratan Dhan Payo starring Salman Khan and “Bansuri” from the film Bhavai starring Pratik Gandhi and Aindrita Ray.

Up to 100 fans can purchase a photo-op with Sunny on Sat Aug 6 in support of the non-profit #MonsterArts for Youth program. #MonsterArts for Youth provides school children of all backgrounds hands-on workshops in Bollywood music, Bhangra dance, Tamil singing, ghazal writing, mandala-making and more. Photo-ops are now available for pre-purchase at BollywoodMonsterMashup.com/Sunny.

To engage the whole family, the festival offers free Bollywood & Garba dance lessons, West Indian drumming, tennis and crafts for kids at the #BollywoodMonster KidZone brought to you by Tim Hortons. Additionally, new this year is the #BollywoodMonster Seniors Lounge which will have seated dancing, card games, accessible seating and more. People of all ages can find delicious food & unique shopping at the #BollywoodMonster Bazaar all weekend long. The Bazaar will have delicious food & unique shopping for every member of the family. There will be kabobs, kulfi, dosas, samosas, gol gappe, chaat papri, bhel puri, clothing, jewellery, and handicrafts.

Along with Bollywood stars, the two evening concerts will feature dozens of Garba, Bhangra, Sufi, Drag & Disco music and dance performances on the #BollywoodMonster Main Stage brought to you by Virgin Plus. Audiences will be able to get behind the scenes insights from their favourite artists at the #BollywoodMonster AMA brought to you by OLG.

For more information about festival schedule, performances and photo-ops, please, visit  #BollywoodMonster Mashup. 

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Sesame Street: Wonderful World 🌎 of Friends🍪💙 DVD Review | Shout! Kids

Friends are important! Friends help you celebrate good times and support you during bad times. With friends we cry, laugh, smile and open up ourselves. What would a world be without friends? Boring, lonely and empty!

Let's celebrate friendship with Sesame Street! Join Elmo, Big Bird, Rosita, and their friends to learn about music, food, and more from around the world! New DVD release Sesame Street: Wonderful World Of Friends from Shout! Kids and Sesame Workshop take you on wonderful adventures of friendship, family and traditions. The segments from Sesame Street show that you can be a friend even with someone living far away. It is nice to spend time with friends, sing, dance and attend events together.  

Kids can watch how interesting it is to celebrate cultural traditions from around the world. Sesame Street transforms into International Food Festival place and invites visitors to try different types of food and find their favorites. You never know if you are going to like something until you try it. There are different types of food from India, Japan, Mexico and China. Furry monsters were very happy to join! There were special noodles, cookies, snacks and more! 

Telly, Zoe and other Leela's Sesame Street friends help her celebrate the Indian holiday Rakhi, when brothers and sisters make special bracelets for each other. 

And then Rosita decides to write her own book about what it means to be Mexican to her, because other books about Mexicans were about siesta, a burro and a sombrero. Rosita's friends help her a lot to write her book and then they sing it together.

There are many great special guests like Alessia Cara, Billy Porter, Josh Groban, and John Legend who joined this celebration of friendship! This release includes lots of amazing songs about friends and friendship!  

Sesame Street: Wonderful World Of Friends is now available on DVD and digital download, you can get it from Shout! Kids, Amazon, Target and other retailers. 

Sesame Street: Wonderful World Of Friends DVD Bonus Features include: 

• A Very Sesame Thanksgiving 
• The Magical Wand Chase: A Sesame Street Special

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Let's Glow Studio Fun Kit To Craft Glowing Outfit for Videos ✨ | #LetsGlowStudio

LetsGlow Studio is a creator kit of reflective fashion accessories to light up glow parties, sleepovers, or group gatherings. When I first watched videos on TikTok where kids were using LetsGlow accessories, I thought they applied special filters or used app effects. But when we got LetsGlow Studio ourselves, I found out that the idea behind the kit is simple and it is quite easy to use.  This influencer video creator kit does not require any app or filters, and can be used on any photo or video streaming platform like TikTok, Instagram or YouTube.

LetsGlow Studio kit comes with a variety of non-toxic adhesive reflective sheets, and over 65 ft of reusable reflective materials to use in your videos. There are also 3 stencils to craft some shapes for your outfit like a heart or a flower, 6 hair clips, 1 pair shutter shades glasses, reflective nails sticker sheet, double sided reflective thread rolls and reflective gloves. Alphabet letters stencil is very helpful to cut out letters you need and design your own messages. 

Everyone can create  their own custom shapes they like, just use reflective sticker sheets for your projects. 

Once your design is ready, attach the LetsGlow LED Clip to any tablet or phone camera and control the reflective LED color of your accessories using the remote control. Light up your accessories and make fun and unique videos with your friends and family! You can choose the shade of your LED color via included in the kit remote control. You can also keep one color in your video or apply the sequence of colors using a mode on your remote. 

There are lots of ideas on how to use reflective materials. For example, Teddy cut out a word LIKE using alphabet stencil and attached it to his shutter shades glasses. He also used thread rolls and a moustache in his videos . It was entertaining to make those videos, they look funny! I think we are going to shop for more adhesive reflective sheets because Teddy has many ideas in mind on how to use them in his TikTok videos. 

The holidays are just around the corner and this time of year represents the perfect occasion to prepare for upcoming festivities, buy gifts and plan gatherings. LetsGlow Studio makes a wonderful gift for both kids and adults, for everyone who loves fun activities. Even if there is no opportunity to meet and have fun in person, there are also ways to share videos and create online video messages including duet.  

LetsGlow Studio is designed for kids ages eight and up and available at Indigo, Walmart, Toys ‘R’ Us and Mastermind starting $24.99.

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Celebrate Magic Bag's 30th Anniversary 🎉 - A Magical Touch Of Comfort | #MagicBag30

These days when everyone is facing stress and uncertainty in the future, taking care of yourself advances to the next level. Although you can’t control the world around you, there are ways you can take control of your health and well-being. From taking a break from chores to connecting with yourself through meditation and yoga, there are many ways to focus on self-care and improve your mental health! 

Aside from exercising or going outside for a walk, some of the best options to help you unwind can be found in the comfort of your own home. Quality self-care products can quickly put you in relaxation mode and support your physical and mental health.

When it comes to self-care, first what comes to mind is Magic Bag, a company that produces Canada’s favorite hot cold compresses to ease pain and relieve stress. For thirty years their quality products became wellness favorites and helped thousands naturally relieve pain and find comfort.

To celebrate the company's 30th anniversary, Magic Bag launched several new amazing products for the whole family to complete its collection of hot and cold compresses. 

New additions to Magic Bag's "Spa Chic" line include aromatherapy wrap, heatable slippers and aromatherapy eye & sinus mask. Tender elegant satin fabric, used in these products, makes your relaxing experience a pure luxury in addition to the aromatherapy session they provide. 

"A Touch Of Comfort" Gift Set belongs to Signature Collection and launched this year to celebrate Magic Bag's anniversary. It includes a classic Magic Bag hot/cold compress and a mug with a matching print which represents a touch of love, friendship and family.       

I think Magic Bag products make a perfect gift this holiday season for both kids and grown-ups, something for everyone and every lifestyle. Want to get rid of tension or anxiety, then try Magic Bag classic hot/cold compresses! Looking for ways to relax and detox from your daily life, then try Spa Line for stress relief and relaxation. Need some pain relief, then place a compress directly on your  sore muscle as an alternative to taking pain killer pills or creams.

Our children feel and experience stress the same as adults. They need help to deal with it in healthy ways. Stressed parents, school, sports, extracurricular activities, assignments and many other factors affect children's well-being. Magic Bag has a whole line of animal shaped compresses Warmy to provide therapeutic comfort and pain relief for little ones ages 3 and up. The children compresses look like plush toys, and this year kids get a new addition, a cute puppy called Raph The Dog. It is ready to soothe little ones and gives soft hugs. Every plush in Magic Bag's collection has a name. They look like cute children's plush toys, but they are definitely more than that!  

For each Warmy Magic Bag product sold, a percentage of the profit goes to the Make-A-Wish Foundation!

This year Magic Bag celebrates its 30th anniversary and deserved to be the Canadian best brand of hot and cold compresses.  Their products are natural, reusable and 100% compostable, the compresses contain organic compostable Canadian oat grain and the fabric is hand-cut and sewn. Even the packaging is designed to be eco-friendly and sustainable. 

The holiday is fast approaching, it is time to prioritize your well-being and slow down a little bit. Take a look at wellness favorites on the Magic Bag site!

Plus, in honor of its 30th anniversary, Magic Bag is giving away $3,000 in free products till November 30, 2021. There will be 30 lucky winners, so take your chance and enter the giveaway here. Good luck and Happy Holiday Season!

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Green Beaver Natural Fluoride-Free Collection Toothpastes 🦷 For The Whole Family | Moms Meet

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Last couple of years changed our attitude towards health and lifestyle. More and more people started rethinking their life, working habits, and switching to healthier lifestyles by exercising and using more natural and sustainable products. We realize that there are many local, Canadian companies that work hard to benefit our health, communities, and economy.

Launched in 2002, Green Beaver, a family company, was committed to offer only natural and safe products to their consumers. Over the years the company developed and designed the products by sourcing only natural and organic ingredients, safe for the families and for the environment. The company produces a wide range of personal care items including  soaps, face care, sunscreens, body care, antiperspirants and dental care for both kids and adults. We often buy Green Beaver products, mostly cleansers and lotions to sooth skin irritations. 

Recently we had a chance to try their natural fluoride-free toothpastes. They are enriched with calcium and antioxidant vitamin C to maintain good oral hygiene. 

Green Beaver toothpastes offer gently clean, whitening and enamel protection with 100% natural ingredients. You can see the difference once you start using them. I like that Green Beaver products are non-GMO, free of artificial flavours and dyes, and do not contain sodium lauryl sulfate. 

There is a whole line of amazing natural flavors to choose from, honestly speaking, it was very hard to choose the favorite, we like them all. I tried the Fruity Orange and Green Apple flavors first. With Fruity Orange you feel like you have a fresh orange flavor in your mouth, so natural and fresh feeling. Same comes with Green Apple flavour, you enjoy freshness of the fruit. Then I tried Extra Whitening Mint toothpaste, I like that it whitens teeth naturally and mint gives a refreshing feeling long time after you finish brushing your teeth. 

Do not worry if you accidentally swallow your toothpaste. All Green Beaver ingredients are safe and can be swallowed, even for little ones, which often happens to toddlers who start learning how to brush their teeth!  

Safe and natural products are what we seek for our children. We use personal care items daily and do not want to expose our family members to harsh chemicals, artificial flavors and sweeteners. I am glad that Green Beaver offers child fluoride free toothpastes for little ones. 

Teddy tried the Strawberry flavour and the Bubble Gum flavour toothpastes. These are naturapeutic toothpastes designed for kids made from real strawberries and real cherries respectively. Now I understand why kids like these flavours. They contain xylitol which comes from birch extract and helps fight bacteria that cause cavities. I know how hard it is to convince children to brush their teeth but only until they get the flavour they like. Happy Teddy found his favorite flavour and hopefully this will help to prevent cavities, tooth decay, and get a praise from his dentist.  

Though Green Beaver fluoride-free toothpastes we tried do not foam as other toothpastes, I am fine with it and Teddy did not even notice that.

Green Beaver 100% natural, fluoride-free toothpastes are available to purchase online at greenbeaver.com or in store at Loblaws, Jean-Coutu, Healthy Planet,  Sobeys, IGA Rachelle-Berry, Shoppers Drug Mart, and London Drugs. Green Beaver toothpaste typically retails for $6.99–$7.99 CAD.

Save 25% off any purchase of Green Beaver toothpaste at greenbeaver.com with promo code GBSmile25, expires November 30, 2021. Plus get free shipping with orders over $35 CAD. 

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