KidzEyes

KidzEyes.com is an online survey panel where your children tell the companies that make products and services for them how they look through your kids' eyes. Each time your child completes an online survey they will be rewarded for it. It is geared towards children ages 6-12 who have their parents or guardians permission to participate. Parents will be sent the surveys for your children through e-mail, so you get to see and approve of everything before your child gets to look at anything.

How It Works:

From the KidzEyes website: "First, you have to sign up by having a parent or guardian complete our registration form. Then, once we have your parent's permission, you will start to receive email invitations to take surveys.

The surveys will ask you all kinds of questions about all kinds of stuff: movies, food, music, toys, other web sites, etc. Some of the surveys will be short and take just a few minutes to finish and some surveys might be long. Every time you complete one, you get KidzPoints. You can earn anywhere from hundreds to a few thousand KidzPoints (worth approximately $2-$20) for each survey you complete.

At any time, you can look up your KidzPoints total on the web site. We'll also send you a log book so you can keep track at home. It's sort of like having a savings account. You can exchange your points for money whenever you have more than 1000 points ($10). Or you can keep your KidzPoints in your account and save up for a fat check. And from time to time KidzEyes gives away cool games, T-shirts and other fun prizes as an extra thank you for helping us.

For every survey you take, you'll be awarded KidzPoints, which you can trade in for cash. We'll tell you how much each survey is worth in the email invitations we send you. Most surveys are worth between 50 and 1000 points, sometimes more. The longer the survey, the more points we award.

After you get 1000 points ($10) saved up, you can cash them in using our website. Or, you can save them up for something special. When you cash in your points, we'll send you a check in the mail, in care of your parent or legal guardian."

At first I was a little leery of joining, but after reading through their website and receiving their welcome package I was put at easy, and now I'm happy I joined.

The thing I love about KidzEyes is that you don't get a thousand survey sent, maybe one or two a month. My children answer their surveys and get to accumulate points which they can trade in for cash and occasionally can get other fun prizes for participating.

The surveys are all safe and I do get to look at everything before any of my children do.

If your interested in joining visit the KidzEyes website. Make sure you read through their website, especially the FAQS and privacy policy to get a better understanding of their program.

If you should have any questions you would like to ask me in regards to KidzEyes, please don't hesitate to send me an e-mail. If anyone else has joined KidzEyes, please leave us your opinion through comments or an e-mail

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Arthur Activity Book



For those of you that have children who are fans of the Arthur television series and books, I've found a nice free download for a Arthur Activity book.

There are eight pages to the Arthur activity book and inside you will find:

Coloring Pages
Mazes
Word Games
Be an Artist

To get your free download visit nixlice.com and click on the download and print a free Arthur Activity Book.

I have signed up for this download and printed out the Arthur Activity book, it is computer safe and printer friendly.

Parents, you better hurry with this one because I don't know how long it is going to last. If this offer does expire and you still want the activity book, send me an e-mail and I'll try to help you get it.

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The Madagascar Penguins in: A Christmas Caper

Private, the youngest of the Madagascar penguins, goes into the city to buy a present for the lonely polar bear at Christmas. After being mistaken for a toy and bought by an elderly lady, the rest of the Madagascar penguins must venture out of the zoo to save him. Release date October 2005.

The Madagascar Penguins in a Christmas Caper


Click on the box with the four arrows on lower right corner of video for full screen.

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More New Christmas Coloring Pages

Here is the second batch of new Christmas coloring pages. Just click on the image of the coloring page you would like to print out and a PDF of that page will be ready to print. You will nee a Free Scribd account or Facebook account to download or print.

candy cane coloring dog in christmas stocking coloring



christmas coloring - fish christmas coloring - penguins



elf coloring snowman coloring



To view the first six new Christmas coloring pages visit: New Christmas Coloring Pages

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New Christmas Coloring Pages

I would like to give a special thanks to my new friend Jelene for the wonderful job she did in creating these new Christmas coloring pages for Fun 4 The Children. I absolutely love Jelene's work as she has a fresh, fun artistic style and makes it look incredibly easy. When you get a chance, hop over to Jelene's website, jelene.vox.com to say hi and view her other works.

On to the new Christmas coloring pages. These are brand new Christmas coloring pages not found anywhere else on the Internet (at least not yet). Just click on the image of the coloring page you would like to print out and a PDF of that page will be ready to print. You will need to have a Free Scribd account or Facebook account.

christmas wreath coloring christmas tree coloring



christmas dog coloring snowman coloring



santa coloring reindeer coloring



To see six more new Christmas coloring pages that were added visit: More New Christmas Coloring Pages

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Free Santa Letters

I received a bunch of e-mails asking if Fun 4 The Children makes letters from Santa. Unfortunately, the answer to this question is no, we will not be doing letters to Santa this year.

What I have done is found some website where you will be able to print out some Santa letters and it won't cost you anything.

Make sure you read the directions on each website as each of these sites are a little different. Also, for best results make sure you print all letters in color.

Free Letter From Santa - a bunch of different letters to choose from and requires no registration

Christmas Letter Tips - this website also has a bunch of different letters to choose from. They also have specialized categories for Santa letters such as Baby's First Christmas, letter for pets, new brother, sister, and more. No e-mail address or registration needed.

Free Letters From Santa Claus - this one has five unique letter to choose from. Make sure you explore the bed-time Christmas stories on their website. No e-mail address or registration needed.

Santa's Workshop - click "Make letter from Santa" in the left sidebar for a choice of three different letters with graphics. Make sure you also click "North Pole Postmarks" to add an authentic looking postmark to your envelope. Requires an e-mail address.

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The Year Without A Santa Claus

UPDATE: Sorry everyone, this video has been removed because of copyright.

Santa Claus wakes up with a cold and decides to take a holiday, leaving it up to the elves, Jingle and Jangle, to search the world and find people who still believe in Santa Claus. December 1974

We had to add this video in six parts.

The Year Without A Santa Claus Part 1:



The Year Without A Santa Claus Part 2:



The Year Without A Santa Claus Part 3:



The Year Without A Santa Claus Part 4:



The Year Without A Santa Claus Part 5:



The Year Without A Santa Claus Part 6:



To see the videos in full screen mode, click on the image that looks like a computer screen, located on the bottom right hand side of the video.

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Snow Joke

Snow Joke - upload your child's face and watch them slash along through the snow.

Pick the scene you like and upload your photo(s). Next you get to choose goggles and a hat. You will then get to add a voice to your video. You get a choice of pre-recorded messages, type a message to be spoken, or record your voice by telephone.

When you have finished all your choices, your ready to watch your movie. There are options of embedding your video into a blog or website if you have one, and sending the video to loved ones and friends.

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Santa Snow Boards

Have some fun with Santa and his snow board. Make sure you time your jumps right. Use your space bar and sometimes the up arrow to jump.





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Frosty Returns

The Frosty movies are some of my kids favorites. This animated television special was release December 1992.

Frosty arrives in Beantown and befriends a little girl named Holly. Quickly, Frosty learns he must save winter, and himself from the evil Mr Twitchell and his snow-removal spray.

The Frosty Returns video has been posted in three different parts. To watch the Frosty Returns video "Full Screen," click the four arrows image at the bottom right hand side of each video.







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A Garfield Christmas

Garfield, Jon and Odie go to Jon's grandmother's house for Christmas, where Garfield finds a present for Grandma. Released December 21 1987

We couldn't find a full video of the Garfield Christmas Special, so we have posted it in three different parts. To watch the video in "Full Screen" on your computer, click the four arrow image on the bottom right hand corner of the Garfield Christmas Special video.







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Cartoon Yourself

UPDATE: They have taken down the offer for Cartoon Yourself and I have removed the link to this offer.

I would like to thank Nancy N. for sending me an e-mail to recommend CartoonYourself.com for the readers of this blog.

At Cartoon Yourself, your children can be featured in their own cartoons. There are many different cartoon collections to choose from including some cute cartoon for the Christmas holiday.

Start by choosing a cartoon collection and then select a photo of your child to upload. A little advise, a close up shot of your child's face will work the best. From there you can rotate and resize your photo and adjust the skin tone in the cartoon.

When you have you cartoon the way you like it, you can get your own web address to view your cartoon, embed it to a blog/website, or e-mail it to a loved one. I have also used mine as a background on my computer and printed them out on my printer.

The above option are free of charge, as they also have paid options for posters, framed prints and more.

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Sleigh Coloring Pages - Christmas

How about some coloring pages of Santa's favorite ride... his sleigh.

All of the listed Sleigh coloring pictures have been printed out by Fun 4 The Children and are computer safe and printer friendly. Any problems with any of the coloring pages, please let us know.

Christmas Sleigh 1

Christmas Sleigh 2

Christmas Sleigh 3

Christmas Sleigh 4

Christmas Sleigh 5

Christmas Sleigh 6

Elves Loading Christmas Sleigh

Warner Bros Sleigh

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Holiday Rockstar

Recently we had some fun turning our children into a dancing elf and a dancing scrooge.

Elf Yourself and Scrooge Yourself

Now here's your chance to let the kids become a Holiday Rockstar.

Holiday Rockstar - make a free funny video of your child singing. You get to upload a photo of your children (or yourself) and get a choice of one of three songs.

You will then get to record your child's voice singing the song through your telephone. You will call the phone number listed on the site, punch in the code that's listed and then you have ninety seconds to record the song.

The neat part about this is that the words and the music will appear on your computer screen as you are recording, so be prepared after you punch in the code.

When your finished recording you have the option of dedicating your song/video and sending the finished product in an e-mail to loved ones or to yourself.

Enjoy!!

Parents: For those of you that are wondering about a charge for the phone call, I did not see any charge listed and it is an 800 number, but I did send an e-mail to them to make sure.

I received a message from their Marketing Manager, Brian Richichi who stated " The call-in is a 1-800 number, which are all toll-free. There is no cost to the user, though if you make the call from your cell phone it will use your minutes."

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Christmas Tree Coloring Pages

Oh Christmas tree, Oh Christmas tree, of all the trees most lovely. Print out the listed Christmas tree coloring pages and see how lovely you can make yours.

Besides coloring the Christmas trees, your children can also decorate them with stickers and glitter. Use your imagination to make your trees the best.

We have printed out all the pages listed, and all are printer friendly and computer safe.

Make sure you click Read More at bottom of the post for many more Christmas Tree coloring pages.

Christmas Tree 1

Christmas Tree 2

Christmas Tree 3

Christmas Tree 4

Christmas Tree 5

Christmas Tree 6

Christmas Tree 7

Christmas Tree 8

Christmas Tree 9

Christmas Tree 10

Christmas Tree 11

Christmas Tree 12

Monkeys decorating Christmas Tree

Smiling Christmas Tree 1

Smiling Christmas Tree 2

Smiling Christmas Tree 3

Smiling Christmas Tree 4

Smiling Christmas Tree 5

Christmas Tree with Presents 1

Christmas Tree with Presents 2

Christmas Tree with Presents 3

Cristmas Tree with Presents 4

Christmas Tree with Presents 5

Santa with Christmas Tree 1

Santa with Christmas Tree 2

Santa with Christmas Tree 3

Bear Decorating Christmas Tree

Bear, Gifts, Christmas Tree

Bring Home the Christmas Tree

Stained Glass Christmas Tree

Boy with Christmas Tree

Davey and Goliath with Christmas Tree

Elf with Christmas Tree

Animals with Christmas Tree 1

Animals with Christmas Tree 2

Dancing Christmas Tree

Man at Christmas Tree Place

Snow Globe Christmas Tree

Make sure you visit all of our other Christmas and Hanukkah Pages!

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Christmas Seals 2007

From the American Lung Association comes the 2007 Christmas Seals® which you can download and print out for the kids to color.

There are five different images to choose from including: a home with a wreath, snowman, present, angel and a Christmas ball decoration.

Visit ChristmasSeals.org to print out your 2007 Christmas Seals.

I have also listed the separate links for each of the coloring seals:

Home with Wreath
Snowman
Present
Angel
Christmas Ball Decoration

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Plucky's Snowball Bash Game

Help Plucky hit the penguins using snowballs. Try not to miss the penguin because you will lose snowball.

If you would like to make the game a little bigger, click view in toolbar at the top of you screen, then click full screen. You can also click F11 to make the screen bigger.

Free Online Games From Free2ChatUk.com

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Santa Coloring Pages - Christmas - part one

Here's an important man for this time of the season. Below you will find plenty of Santa pages to print out and color. Being that there are so many coloring pages of Santa, we will break this post into two parts, with this being part one.

If you know of any not listed here, please let us know. If anyone has any Santa pictures they have drawn and want to add to Fun 4 The Children, please send us an e-mail.

All the Santa coloring pages listed have been printed out by us and are printer friendly and computer safe.

Santa waving #1

Santa waving #2

Santa holding Christmas decoration

Santa with lantern

Santa pointing

Santa with gifts

Santa with present

Santa with arms in air #1

Santa with arms in air #2

Santa with lantern and stars

Santa putting on boots

Santa with Dog

Santa holding cookie - with reindeer

Santa picture frame - Caught in the Act

Santa 1

Santa 2

Santa 3

Santa 4

Santa 5

Santa 6

Santa 7

Santa 8

Santa 9

Santa 10

Santa 11

Santa 12

Santa 13

Santa 14 - Ho Ho Ho

Santa 15 - Happy Holidays

Santa 16 - with December 25 calendar

Santa 17

Santa 18

Santa reading Christmas List #1

Santa reading Christmas List #2

Santa reading Christmas List #3

Santa up High

Santa with Reindeer

Old fashioned Santa

Santa and Mrs Claus

Santa on Train

Four Santas

Santa Relaxing #1

Santa Relaxing #2

Santa Relaxing #3

To read part two of the post visit Santa Coloring Pages - Christmas - part two

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Santa Coloring Pages - Christmas - part two

"A Wing and a Prayer" free children's book

Free Children's Book "A Wing And A Prayer"


"In A Wing and a Prayer, by best-selling author Franklin Graham, readers will experience the uplifting tale of a little boy who finds a new home, a new hope, and a new faith in Christ. Since losing his parents in a raid, Raimundo's life in the lush, tropical village of Alto Riesgo has been filled with only danger and sadness. But one day an unexpected gift, from a boy who can relate, shares the life-changing message of Jesus' love.

Through the help of an adoptive family and a gift from a faraway friend, the danger and sadness that filled Raimundo's life is replaced with safety and hope for the new life that awaits him. Based on the Franklin Graham film, Last Flight Out, this book is warmly illustrated with the true-to-life art of Kevin Burke."

Recommended for ages 4 to 8.

I/O Free Children's Book "A Wing And A Prayer"


Parents, if you would like to order this book for your children, you can do so by clicking A Wing and a Prayer, which will take you to the Samaritan's Purse website to order your free copy.

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