droolicious : cinderella

Star Kid: Who's A-Rod's Baby's Baby?

SunnyChanel — Wed, 20 May 2009 20:30:00 GMT

Alex Rodriguez was spotted with his ex-wife and 4 ½ year old daughter in New York City the other day. A-Rod and his daughter Natasha were all hugs and kisses, that is when she wasn’t tending to her own baby. Who is it that she’s strolling? A baby princess of course. Here Natasha strolls a Disney My Baby Princess Cinderella doll by Playmates. This 12” doll comes with a brush, bottle, bluebird and a set of play keys. You can pick one up here for the secondary market price of $79.98 via Amazon.

How to Build Their Fairytale Garden

JeanneSager — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 16:01:00 GMT

Need to get your kids excited about their veggies? Let them grow them.

Even if you only have a teeny weeny balcony off your apartment building, it's easy to get kids excited about the spring season with the Fairytale Gardens line from Potting Shed Kids.

Jack's Magic Beans or Cinderella's Magic Pumpkin come packed in recycled steel cases with everything they need - seeds, garden stakes, activity book, pencil and recipes for the harvest day. The back of the tins sport instructions for all you black thumbs out there, right down to harvest time, so your little sprouts won't be disappointed.

While they're growing, outwit the giant as you read your way through Jack and the Beanstalk and watch Cinderella's fairy godmother turn pumpkin to coach and back again.

Get them from Zola Goods.

Star Kid: Suri Watch – Costumed Cutie

SunnyChanel — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 04:58:00 GMT

You gotta love a kid in a costume. And little girls adore nothing more than dressing as a princess, and odds are their royal choice will be one of the Disney variety. Little fashionista Suri Cruise is not immune to this little girl phenomena.

When her folks, Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes, escorted her to the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World, she lost the Burberry/Juicy Couture/ Bonpoint aesthetic and opted to get in the spirit of things in her very own Cinderalla costume. You can get your own cutie a Cinderella outfit similar to the one Suri wore, here from Leaps and Bounds for $49.95.

Big Deal: Disney Princess and Cars Rug On Sale At FLOR

Chris Ford — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 18:58:00 GMT

I'm a big fan of the interchangeable carpet tiles from FLOR, but one design that they have that is almost never on sale is now on sale. The six tile Disney Princess rug and the six tile Disney Cars rug are now 44% off.

Each rug is 3 feet by 5 feet and is compatible with other FLOR tile colors too, in case you'd like to use it as a part of a bigger floor covering design. I've had FLOR tiles in my home now and I love them. Now I have to make sure my daughter doesn't see these or she'll be bugging me for her own princess rug.

Disney Area Rugs - Princess or Cars by FLOR, $59.99 (was $99.99) at the sale page of FLOR.com

7 Days of Video Games: Disney Princess Enchanted Journey

Chris Ford — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 12:03:00 GMT

If you've got a Wii and a little girl who is really into princesses, then chances are you've probably looked this game over. And while in my experience it's not really a very good video game per se, it does have one thing that makes it better than most of the games on the Wii we have (and I'm not just talking about the fact that it features the Disney princesses). It's a game my three year old daughter and I can actually play together, which is what it's really all about.

The game is pretty simple. You get to be a princess (that you customize with hair, dress, jewelry etc.) that goes around and helps all of the Disney princesses. There are Jasmine, Cinderella, Snow White and Ariel "stories" that you become a part of, and you run around their respective kingdoms helping defeat bad goblins that turn into butterflies with your magic. Sounds mind-numbing, right? Well, it kind of is, but my daughter loved it not just for the stories, but because she could play too.

The game is played with the Wii "Nunchuck" (the thumb controller that attaches to the normal "Wiimote" controller) and the "Wiimote." You use the Nunchuck to run around in the game, and you use the Wiimote to wave your wand and shoot magic at the bad guys. The way my daughter and I played it was she was in charge of the wand and I was in charge of running our character around the map. The system worked out really well, and after a few weeks of playing it here and there we even finished the game.

The game itself doesn't seem to be written very well. It has lots of glitchy moments when you can't figure out where you're supposed to go, the audio levels are all over the place making it hard to hear the story sometimes, and to play you have to be physically much closer to your television than most other Wii games I've played. It also doesn't look nearly as polished as most other Wii games out there, but if you're looking for a game that you can do with someone who quite frankly isn't coordinated or old enough to play a video game by themselves, then this is a game you might want to check out.

Ultimately, it's a good example of how well the unique Wii controller system works, and how it's the best video game system out there for families.

Buy Disney Princess: Enchanted Journey for the Wii for $19.99 (cheap) from Amazon.
And shop Amazon for a Wii System (if you can find one).

Pretty Pretty Princess Game

Chris Ford — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 23:28:00 GMT

Let me say first that there is nothing "cool" or "modern" about this game. But if your young daughter is a princess-loving little girl like mine is, you'll definitely want to check it out. Pretty Pretty Princess is the most basic of games. But even basic games can still be fun.

This is how you play - you spin the wheel and land on an item of jewelry. Then you take that piece of jewelry out of the box and put it on. The person who gets all the pieces of jewelry first wins (there are a few pitfalls here and there, but basically that's it). I realize it sounds mind-numbingly dull, but remember, it's not for you. It's for your little girl. It does help with learning to take turns and being a good sport about not winning, but it's pretty far from an educational toy. And I think some things should just be about doing something fun with your mom and dad.

Pretty Pretty Princess Cinderella Edition, $14.95 from Amazon.com (And for a little girl's birthday, this game and a book are one of my go-to present ideas).