Would This Gross You Out?

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male female symbolLet me start by saying that I am a “Girl Mom”.  I have 2 daughters and know nothing about being the parent of a boy.  I can tell you all about girls’ hairstyles, dressing girls, bows, skirts, and nail polish.  But when it comes to all things “BOY” I am clueless.  So here’s what I am curious about.  My girls and I went to a local playground yesterday.  As we were walking up the sidewalk towards the park there was a little boy (I’d say about 5 years old) who was facing the bushes next to the sidewalk with his pants down, tush showing, and peeing in the bushes while his father stood with him.  I get that when you gotta go, you gotta go.  I get that boys pee in bushes, well, because they can. When the boy finished, he pulled up his pants and he went into the playground area with his father.   I cringed as I watched him touch all the equipment with is dirty hands that had just been on his penis.  Even if the father didn’t have wipes, hand cleanser, etc. with him, I am sure in a park full of other parents, he could have asked for something to clean his son’s hands.  Yes, I know that as a father and as a boy himself, his father probably didn’t even think about it.  And yes, I am sure other kids in the park had dirty hands from 101 other gross things.  But the thought of this little boy holding his penis, possibly getting urine on his hands, and then touching all over the same railings and such that my girls were touching really grossed me out.  I know germs are everywhere and that many people don’t wash their hands after they use the bathroom but it’s a lot easier to be in denial about that when it isn’t right in front of you.  Of course my girls were asking why he was peeing there, why he didn’t wash his hands, etc.

So would it have grossed you out at all?

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Lots of Winter Break FREE TIME Coming Up? $200 Worth of Craft Kits for $35!!!!

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I’ve posted a lot about the Fashion Playtes because my girls LOVE designing their own clothes on the Fashion Playtes website and then getting to order and wear their creations.  But I wanted to tell you about some of the other items they have on the Fashion Playtes website.  With Winter Break coming up I know my girls will have lots of free time and be looking for something to do.  I was so excited to see so many awesome craft kits from Klutz available on the Fashion Playtes website plus other fun things like Zeenie Dolls.
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Here are some of the NON-CLOTHES things that you can get on Fashion Playtes.

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Right now you can earn $25 Bonus Cash for every $25 you spend.  Plus 40% off your entire order!  Use code GIFT2013

You will also earn $25 Bonus Cash on every $25 you spend on gift cards and e-gift certificates.  Use code GIFT2013.

Here’s the secret really get the most bang for your buck:

Purchase #1– Buy a $25 FPGirl gift card and use code GIFT2013 at check out.  Make sure to select SEND AN INSTANT eGIFT CARD and not one that gets sent via postal mail.  Complete your purchase for your $25 eGift Card and you will receive a $25 eGift Card and a $25 BONUS eGift Card.
So you are paying $25 for $50 in eGift Cards!!
fashion playtes check out gift card

Purchase #2– Shop on Fashion Playtes.com and order $100 worth of craft kits, etc.   When you check out, pay with your eGift Cards AND use code GIFT2013 to save 40% off your purchase (code good until 12/25 at 11:59 pm).

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Shipping is FREE automatically on any order $50 or more!  Add $100 worth of items to your cart and use code GIFT2013 shipping will be free AND your new total will be $60.
Use your $60 in eGift Cards to check out plus $10 out of pocket.
That’s $35 total for $100 worth of craft kits.

PLUS- With the code GIFT2013 you will also receive $25 in FP Girl Bonus Cash for EVERY $25 you spend.  It is pre-coupon code so when you put $100 worth in your cart, use the code to get 40% off, pay $50 in eGift cards (using the eGift Cards you already bought) plus $10 out of pocket and earn another $100 in FP Girl Bonus Cash!!!!  The $25 BONUS eGift cards will be e-mailed when your order is shipped.   From my experience item that don’t need to be personalized like the Klutz kits get shipped much faster that ones that need to first be made to order.  Once your order ships, you’ll receive the BONUS eGift Cards.   Then you will be able to place another order using the $100 in FP Girl Bonus Cash you earned when you receive them in a few days!!!

IMPORTANT- The estimated delivery with FREE Shipping is AFTER Christmas (12/28 at the time of this posting).  But you can upgrade to GUARANTEED CHRISTMAS DELIVERY for $10.  

IT IS TOTALLY WORTH IT TO PAY THE $10 EXTRA FOR EXPEDITED SHIPPED TO MAKE SURE YOUR ORDER SHIPS BEFORE THE DEAL IS OVER SO YOU WILL GET THE BONUS GIFT CARDS TO USE BEFORE THE SALE IS OVER TO GET EVEN MORE BONUS GIFT CARDS.
fashion playtes delivery

Of course you could order the gift cards now, print them out to give on Christmas, and have your girls design and order what they want ON CHRISTMAS because you have until 11:59 EST on 12/25 to place your order.

You could order all items that don’t need to be personalized like the Klutz arts and crafts books, etc. for your first order and then let your girls order the personalized clothes with the bonus eGift Cards when they come.  From my experience Klutz books and other items that aren’t personalized such as Zeenie dolls, ship much faster so I *think* they will arrive before Christmas without paying for expedited service.  That is just my best guess though for this scenario.  

Let’s break this down:
Pay $25 to purchase one $25 eGift Card and get a BONUS $25 ($50 total in FP money).
Order $100 worth of things using code GIFT2013 get FREE shipping and 40% off so your total will be only $60.
Use your $50 worth of eGift Cards to pay for your order plus $10 out of pocket.
Earn another $100 worth of FP Girl Bonus Cash when your order ships!!!!

You spend $35.00 total and you get $100 worth of craft kits PLUS another $100 worth of FP Girl Bonus Cash (that you will receive in a week or two when your order ships).
That’s $200 worth of things for $35!!!

MY HEAD IS SPINNING FROM ALL THE SAVINGS!!!
You have until 12/25/2013 at 11:59 pm to place your orders so don’t wait!!!

Of course you don’t have to use the eGift Card right away.  You could just grab a bunch of $25 gift cards and earn $25 bonus for each card you purchase and then give them all out as gifts.  

FYI- If you order now and your items ship before this deal is over on 12/25 at 11:59 p.m. EST you can use your BONUS eGift Cards to place another order (before 12/25 at 11:59 p.m. EST) that would be $100 before the 40% off and earn another $100 in BONUS eGift Cards from that order.  Of course that order would only cost $60 of your BONUS eGift Cards so you would have $40 on BONUS eGift Cards left to place another order.  If you place another order of $100 before the code and use your $40 BONUS eGift Cards, you would need to pay $20 additional out of pocket but you would then get ANOTHER $100 BONUS eGIFT CARDS.  That would be $200 bonus in eGift Cards from your original $100 in BONUS eGift CARDS!
So it is probably worth it to pay the $10 on this order for expedited shipping to make sure your order ships while the sale is still going on so you can place the next two orders for $100 each (before the 40% off) to get the extra $200 in bonus eGift Cards!!!!

Can you see how awesome this deal is?!?!?!
Please let me know if you need help figuring it out!

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If you missed my previous posts about the Fashion Playtes sales, don’t worry.  I have another great offer!!!  First let me tell you a little about Fashion Playtes.  It is one of my favorite websites for girls clothes and girls gifts.  Girls get to pick out and design their own clothes on Fashion Playtes.  They even have matching women’s and doll clothes!  My girls each have a bunch of different outfits that they created themselves from Fashion Playtes and are always asking to design more.

Fashion Playtes Clothes For Girls
My girls in creations they made in the past.

Fashion Playtes Dollie and Me ClothesHere’s an outfit my daughter made for herself AND her doll!

They have all sorts of embellishments from My Little Pony, Littlest Pet Shop, sports, peace signs, ribbons, sequins, and lots more! Something for every girl’s style!  PLUS they also have gift ideas like backpacks, purses, personalized tumblers, EVEN craft books from Klutz, dolls, and lots more!!!

Right now you can earn $25 Bonus Cash for every $25 you spend.  Plus 40% off your entire order!  Use code GIFT2013

You will also earn $25 Bonus Cash on every $25 you spend on gift cards and e-gift certificates.  Use code GIFT2013.

Here’s the secret really get the most bang for your buck:

Purchase #1– Buy a $25 FPGirl gift card and use code GIFT2013 at check out.  Make sure to select SEND AN INSTANT eGIFT CARD and not one that gets sent via postal mail.  Complete your purchase for your $25 eGift Card and you will receive a $25 eGift Card and a $25 BONUS eGift Card.
So you are paying $25 for $50 in eGift Cards!!
fashion playtes check out gift card

Purchase #2– Shop on Fashion Playtes.com and let your girl design her own clothes.  Plus if you grab some of the clearance items you could save even more!  When you check out, pay with your eGift Cards AND use code GIFT2013 to save 40% off your purchase (code good until 12/25 at 11:59 pm).

fashion playtes check out items

Shipping is FREE automatically on any order $50 or more (it needs to be $50 after the 40% off code)!  Add $100 worth of items to your cart and use code GIFT2013 shipping will be free AND your new total will be $60.  Use your $60 in eGift Cards to check out plus $10 out of pocket.  That’s $35 total for $100 worth of clothes and accessories.

PLUS- With the code GIFT2013 you will also receive $25 in FP Girl Bonus Cash for EVERY $25 you spend.  It appears that is pre-coupon code so when you put $100 worth in your cart, use the code to get 40% off, pay $50 in eGift cards (using the eGift Cards you already bought) plus $10 out of pocket and earn another $100 in FP Girl Bonus Cash!!!!  The $25 BONUS eGift cards will be e-mailed when your order is shipped which is after your items are created.   So you will be able to place another order using the $100 in FP Girl Bonus Cash you earned when you receive them in a few days!!!

IMPORTANT- The estimated delivery with FREE Shipping is AFTER Christmas (12/28 at the time of this posting).  But you can upgrade to GUARANTEED CHRISTMAS DELIVERY for $10.
fashion playtes delivery

Of course you could order the gift cards now, print them out to give on Christmas, and have your girls design and order what they want ON CHRISTMAS because you have until 11:59 EST on 12/25 to place your order.

Or you could order all items that don’t need to be personalized like the Klutz arts and crafts books, etc. for your first order and then let your girls order the personalized clothes with the bonus eGift Cards when they come.  From my experience Klutz books and other items that aren’t personalized such as Zeenie dolls, ship much faster so I *think* they will arrive before Christmas without paying for expedited service.  That is just my best guess though for this scenario.  

Let’s break this down:
Pay $25 to purchase one $25 eGift Card and get a BONUS $25 ($50 total in FP money).
Order $100 worth of FP Girl clothes using code GIFT2013 get FREE shipping and 40% off so your total will be only $60.
Use your $50 worth of eGift Cards to pay for your order plus $10 out of pocket.
Earn another $100 worth of FP Girl Bonus Cash when your order ships!!!!

You spend $35.00 total and you get $100 worth of clothes PLUS another $100 worth of FP Girl Bonus Cash (that you will receive in a week or two when your order ships).
That’s $200 worth of clothes for $35!!!

MY HEAD IS SPINNING FROM ALL THE SAVINGS!!!
You have until 12/25/2013 at 11:59 pm to place your orders so don’t wait!!!

Of course you don’t have to use the eGift Card right away.  You could just grab a bunch of $25 gift cards and earn $25 bonus for each card you purchase and then give them all out as gifts.  

FYI- If you order now and your items ship before this deal is over on 12/25 at 11:59 p.m. EST you can use your BONUS eGift Cards to place another order (before 12/25 at 11:59 p.m. EST) that would be $100 before the 40% off and earn another $100 in BONUS eGift Cards from that order.  Of course that order would only cost $60 of your BONUS eGift Cards so you would have $40 on BONUS eGift Cards left to place another order.  If you place another order of $100 before the code and use your $40 BONUS eGift Cards, you would need to pay $20 additional out of pocket but you would then get ANOTHER $100 BONUS eGIFT CARDS.  That would be $200 bonus in eGift Cards from your original $100 in BONUS eGift CARDS!
So it is probably worth it to pay the $10 on this order for expedited shipping to make sure your order ships while the sale is still going on so you can place the next two orders for $100 each (before the 40% off) to get the extra $200 in bonus eGift Cards!!!!

Here are some of the other things that you can get on Fashion Playtes.

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$5 Frenzy Sale at FashionPlaytes! Design Your Own Clothes For Girls!! FREE Shipping! This Weekend Only!!!

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Fashion Playtes is one of my favorite online stores for girls.  What makes Fashion Playtes unique is that girls design their own clothes on the site and then Fashion Playtes sends them the finished products.  I have ordered from them with my own girls many times over the past few years and I’ve given Fashion Playtes Gift Cards, too.  Right now they are having a $5 Frenzy!

What’s $5 Frenzy? It’s your chance to visit the Fashion Playtes Design Studio, check out the styles that are marked down to $5, and add your own style! As always, they charge a bit extra for the designs that you add, but changing the base price to $5 makes a custom design soooo affordable!!  No coupon code needed.  Just design away! 🙂
Fashion Playtes Clothes For Girls
My girls in creations they made in the past.
Fashion Playtes Dollie and Me Clothes
Here’s an outfit my daughter made for herself AND her doll!

They have all sorts of embellishments from My Little Pony, Littlest Pet Shop, sports, peace signs, ribbons, sequins, and lots more!
Something for every girl’s style!
Where else can you get a dress, shirt, shorts, skirts, etc. for only $5 plus the cost of the embellishments you add?  I ordered a few outfits for my girls a few weeks ago but when I saw this sale last night I jumped on ordering some skirts and shorts for my younger daughter.  She never seems to have enough plain skirts or shorts that fit her so for $5 each I grabbed some skirts and shorts in her size and then next size up in several different colors.  Normally my girls add embellishments and design everything that we order from Fashion Playtes but in this case getting plain shorts and skirts for $5 was too good to pass up.  Of course when I tell them about the sale I am sure they are going to want to order more.  And at such a reasonable price, they will make great holiday presents.

Plus if you spend $50 you get FREE shipping!  That’s 10 pieces shipped for $50!!!!
(not counting embellishments)

Select styles, base garment only, additional embellishments cost extra. No code necessary. $5 Frenzy ends Sunday 11/03/13, at Midnight (11:59 PM PDT).

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Here’s a review we did on Fashion Playtes on my old blog- Fashion Playtes Review.
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SciGirls PBS TV Series For Tween/Teen Girls

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SciGirls

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My girls and I recently discovered a wonderful PBS TV Series that is geared towards Tween/Teen Girls and fostering their love of science.  SciGirls is charging into its second season full-STEM ahead!  Ten new episodes showcase bright, curious, real girls using science, technology, engineering and math in their everyday lives.  They design an underwater robot, engineer a “chill” ice-cream-making bike, apply real forensic methods to solving a mysterious crime, and more!  Animated characters Izzie and Jake are back, getting into jams that can only be solved by the real-life SciGirls.

I received a screener DVD that contained a few episodes of SciGirls and I put it on for my girls to see what they would say.  They were immediately drawn into what the real girls on the show were doing.  In the first episode the SciGirls were designing a real underwater robot.  My girls were fascinated that real girls around their age could actually create a real working underwater robot through trial and error and then do real world experiments with it to research 2 different underwater areas to see which had more species living there.In Season Two, there’s even more of the unique combination of TV and web that won the series a Daytime Emmy for “New Approaches” in its premiere season. Every episode of the TV show features onscreen clues that lead girls to a “mash-up” game on the website, where they can create their own, unique SciGirls stories. Plus, in other new interactive games, kids can search for underwater treasure, care for a colony of honey bees, and design wildlife dioramas.

Our favorite episode on the screener was one that was all about forensics.  This episode was all about a “crime” that was committed at a camp and the SciGirls used forensics to collect evidence and figure out who the guilty person was.  Someone stole an important mask and the SciGirls took pictures of the “crime scene” and collected evidence.  They went over the interviews of the suspects.  They learned how to observe different types of evidence using various techniques including using a microscope, making an overlay, and testing the ink from different pens.  It was so exciting for my girls to watch as the SciGirls put the pieces of the crime together to finally discover who the thief was.SciGirls’ sophomore season will empower girls – and their parents and educators – to tap into the collaboration, exploration, and authentic discovery.  Every girl can be a SciGirl!  My girls are now asking me to do science experiments at home.  We received a kit recently from LittleBits with various snap together electronic modules and my girls and I will be experimenting with it this afternoon with a post to follow.  I am sure we’ll be posting more science experiments soon.  I love that my girls are now very excited and motivated to explore the hands-on possibilities of science that we can do together.

If you can’t find SciGirls on your local television, you can access SciGirls anytime at http://pbskids.org/scigirls.
Here’s a preview of SciGirls:

PBS SciGirls Second Season Sizzles
Bringing STEM to Every Screen: Let the Games Begin!
Got a tween?  Then you’ve probably got a screen. Or two, or maybe three.
SciGirls gets screens.  As the PBS series that’s all about engaging girls 9-13 in science, technology, engineering and math (or STEM), SciGirls understands how today’s “digital native” kids largely live online.

So as the series premieres its second season in October 2012 on PBS stations nationwide (check local listings or watch online at scigirls.org), SciGirls is shaking up screen time as we know it, unleashing inspirational, innovative and flat-out fun STEM videos and games across all of the digital platforms girls love.

First, there are ten new half-hour episodes of the popular television series that the PARENTING Magazine calls “cool stuff” and the New York Times says makes science “downright enjoyable.” Shot in reality TV’s verité-style, SciGirls’ bright, curious, real girls work with female mentors to engineer a ‘chill’ ice-cream-making bike, design a groundbreaking earthquake app, get the buzz on urban beekeeping, use real forensic methods to solve a mysterious “crime,” and more! And of course, animated characters Izzie and Jake are back, still getting into jams that can only be solved by the real-life SciGirls – and STEM.

In Season Two, SciGirls really soars beyond broadcast, into the interactive space where the series snagged a “New Approaches” Daytime Emmy Award for linking its shows and website in inventive, fresh ways.  The episodes will seamlessly introduce and “tease” cool new online games, activities, and other content, including:

  • ·         Pick ’m Stick ’m: SciGirls is throwing a search party, with a unique online game that starts during the show! Each episode features onscreen clues that lead girls to a corresponding “mash-up” game on the website.  So while kids are enjoying the new episodes, they’re already playing the game! With the clues, girls go to the SciGirls website to solve an “iSpy”-style puzzle (Pick’m !), unlocking pictures they can use to create a their own collage about the show (Stick’m!).  Pick’m, Stick’m and Share’m, SciGirls!
  • ·         Aqua Bot: In this game, girls take what they learn from the “Sea Perch” episode and engineer an underwater ROV—remote operated vehicle—that doesn’t sink to the bottom or float to the top.  Once the ROV is ready to roll (or, um, swim?), deep sea-divas can navigate a multi-level game, helping Izzie and Jake find lost treasure.
  • ·         Busy as a Bee: Got honey? That’s the golden currency of this simulation game, which extends the adventures of beekeepingSciGirls on the TV show across the website’s social network.   Part Farmville, part Tamagotchi, kids nationwide will grow their gardens and help their hives by depending on each other.  Sweet!

“Texting, social networking, smart phones, gaming—digital technologies are more than just diversions to kids.  They are educational tools as common to our viewers as pencils and notebooks were to their parents,” said SciGirls executive producer Richard Hudson.  “SciGirls’ second season marries the onscreen adventures of our remarkable SciGirls to the power of the web, to ignite girls’ curiosity and change the way they think about STEM.”

The SciGirls creative team is headed by Twin Cities Public Television’s Director of Science Content Richard Hudson, Executive Producer  of the long-running PBS children’s science series Newton’s Apple and creator of DragonflyTV and the SciGirls initiative.Co-Executive Producer is Kathleen Shugrue co-creator of Fetch! and producer of ZOOM at WGBH. Animation is created by Soup2Nuts, producers of PBS’ WordGirl. The website is developed by Big Bad Tomato Interactive, and SciGirls is generously funded by The National Science Foundation.  Additional funding is provided by L’Oreal USA.
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Blingles Product Review

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If you have daughters or love bling then this is the product for you!
My daughters and I received several Blingles kits to review and we had such a great time.  It was so easy that my 6 year old was able to make and apply her own designs by herself.  You can add Blingles to any hard, smooth surface such as a cell phone, laptop, picture frame, sunglasses, and more!  The Blingles Accessory Pack shown above comes with a frame, trinket box, keyfob, and cards to add Blingles to.  They also have several different theme packs that include lots of gems, templates, and adhesive to use to create Blingles to put on your own items.
Here’s how:
Lay the rubber gem mat on top of the template you want to use.  Place the gems in place using the Gem Pen tip.  TRICK- Pick up the gems by the color side up to make it easier.Peel the center square off of the white sticker and place it over your design.Gently peel the sticker up with all the gems still in place.Peel the center out of the blue glue roll sheet.Place the blue glue roll sheet sticky side down over your design.
Press firmly over the design to surround it with the glue sheet.
Peel the design off of the glue sheet.  You will notice that the design is now sandwiched in and surrounded by the glue.Press the design in place.Peel away sticker backing to leave gems remaining in place.Enjoy your beautiful new design!
Here’s our video on how to make Blingles!

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FPGirl.com Fashion Playtes Product Review

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If you’ve been a fan of Cori’s Coupon Corner for a while I am sure you have seen me mention FPGirl.com before.  My girls absolutely LOVE this website.  On FPGirl.com, girls can design and create their own clothing.  They have everything from shirts, pants, dresses,  to pjs, accessories, and more.  They even have doll clothes that girls can create to match their own clothes!
I like that my girls get to express their creativity and they feel so proud when they get to wear clothes that they created.
Right now you can score a great deal on a Fashion Playtes voucher and get a $30 voucher for only $15!!!
Click here to order yours!

Fashion Playtes certificates make great gifts, too!

Please watch out video review here:

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