Tuesday, 6 September 2022
Where Oh Where Is Bluey?
Parties
I've thought up a lot of ideas while out with my support worker. I can't wait to share them with you!
Mind Control is the original concept for the Bluey episode Magic. Tired of being told what to do by their parents, Bluey and Bingo are struck by lightning overnight and get equipped with magical powers that allow them to control their parents and let them do whatever they tell them.
Parties is an original concept for Pass The Parcel, where Bingo and Lila's friendship progresses through the parties they attend. But when Muffin's birthday comes, Bingo fears she'll never see Lila at another party again, but with Bluey's help, she learns to cope with it.
Lonesome Jack sees Jack encounter a pathway into the bush, and he regresses into a toddler learning to cope with loneliness and being cast out.
Six's Scars is a heartbreaking story about Six and Dr F being the last two people on a war-struck battlefield, and their search to find a refugee home.
Shopping For Love is an app which sees you helping me and Luella by selecting the right ingredients to help complete a love potion.
Skeleton Check mixes stop motion with live action as Dr Skulley needs your help to complete Dr Chris and Xand's questions to get Billy Bones back together again.
Carsick
My support worker and I went on a long car journey to Dingwall, then Loch Brora, and finally back home again - at first, I had a filling meal, but seriously, I felt my tummy churn like a cow's tummy churns milk to make butter on the way back. I needed a well earned rest after all that rattling and rumbling about.
Monday, 5 September 2022
Crate Shuffle App Review
WARNING: this app review is entirely made up.
Recently, I was picked to road test the new I.B.F.Fs app ‘Crate Shuffle’ by MediaWorks Enterprises, Inc.. The app in general is aimed at kids aged 9-12 years old and encourages matching and sorting skills, a subject most common for preschool children to learn. It was done in the style of old British educational games for the computer, such as Noddy: Let’s Get Ready For School and Pingu: Barrel Of Fun. I’ve played these games when I was a kid, and they have been engraved in the back of my mind. I tried playing with them on Grandma’s old computer before, but they didn’t have any sound. I also had a Noddy DVD game, which is based on the Let’s Get Ready For School CD rom. In America, it’s known as Playtime In Toyland. Anyway, the graphics are pin sharp and the voice acting is superb, especially Tyger Drew Honey, who voices Luke in the Scream Street series and on the app, and Claire Skinner as Six.
The cutscenes, featuring Luke, Resus, Cleo, Six and Sybil trapped in crates, are done in the style of the stop-motion animation used in the original Scream Street series, and it is based on one of the activities from the Petrifying Puzzle Book, available soon in bookstores. The plot is difficult to follow for little ones, but for big kids, it is easy: Sybil, Luke, Resus, Cleo and Six are all held captive and taken overseas, and they are bored out of their wits. Sybil decides that the only way for them to be freed is to round up all the other monster kids that are taken overseas with them. Players have to match the monster kid with their shadow inside the crate, each monster being fairly different whether a werewolf, a mummy, a vampire or a simple multi-coloured fuzzy one. Once you’ve located all the kids, you have to tilt the iPad so that the crates can fall into the sea. The last cutscene, which shows the gang reuniting with their parents on the beach, is sure to bring a tear to your eye. I was in incredible amounts of tears by the time this showed up.
I tried the app, and it proved to be a stimulating experience for the mind, something you can do when you’re bored. It is autism-friendly, simple to play, and is available on the CBBC website too. I hear they’re airing new episodes of Shaun The Sheep, but I prefer the original to the new ones. I would recommend you check it out on various iPad stalls before you continue onto playing it on the CBBC website. The game is totally ad-free and it’s definitely free to download. Free of in-app purchases? You got it. Series 2 of Scream Street? NO WAY!
Scream Street: The Petrifying Puzzle Book will be available in bookstores and on Amazon from the 6th of October.
Sunday, 4 September 2022
Scream Street Apps
With the sighting of pages of the Petrifying Puzzle Book online, it seems like I had a lot of cool ideas in my mind. Come along and see them!
Angelina Ballerina Baby Lotion
A sweet, strawberry scented baby lotion for the most delicate skin, themed around Angelina Ballerina.
A Goofy Movie Goofy Blueberry Suncream
An HP50 suncream with an awesome blueberry scent, safe for kids and used to promote A Goofy Movie.
Spelling Ghosts
An online/tablet game. Six, Dixon, Indy and I need your help to spell out words using letters from the word 'Ghost' with our ghost friends.
Crate Shuffle
An online/tablet game. Luke, Resus, Cleo, Six and I are kidnapped and taken overseas, and in order to help free us, you have to match the monster kids to the correct shadows.
TP Tangle
An online/tablet game. Dig and I love playing with toilet paper, but we get scolded sometimes for wasting it. When Dig unravels Cleo's bandages, you have to help us unravel the bandages to reveal Dig.
Memphis Maze
An online/tablet game. Cleo and I are chilling in the Sahara desert when Uncle Memphis comes and locks us away in a pyramid. Using the arrow keys and tilting the iPad, you have to help us escape.
Odd Squad Cheese Sauce
A nutritiously delicious cheese sauce for kids, designed to make meals as odd as ever when added to bread, salad or sausages.
Saturday, 3 September 2022
Scream Street Joke Book - It's Not Usual
I love picturing segments that are based on jokes in the Scream Street Joke Book, and this song by Sir Tomb Bones is actually a fun, bouncy song sung by me. Remember this song sequence which is a PSA for road safety from those lovable hedgehogs?
First, try to imagine Luke, Resus, Cleo and me walking along to the park while walking Dig and Lulu. Along the way, we pass many of our friends, who wave hello, and at one point, Luke plays with a football the same way the little hedgehog kicks an apple around in the video above.
Listen to the song's music here:
Berry Parties!
This mother threw a Strawberry Shortcake vintage party for her little one using not only things themed around Strawberry Shortcake, but also a literal SS! It's so pink and red your cheeks will literally blush.
Disney Fairytale 30th Birthday Party
It's a long time before I turn 30, but...
But look at this cake! I would love to have a cake made for me on my birthday, but I'm also proud to have this Disney Princess cake from my 22nd birthday.
Still, everyone would love to have a Disney castle cake like the one featured in the link below, as well as all these delicious cupcakes and biscuits!
Story Activities - Dreamlike, Beautiful, Emotional, Horror
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For the dreamlike Aboriginal folk tale like atmosphere of Travel Sickness:
Let's Be Monsters is an emotional story about the big feelings felt by children when they are separated from their loved ones.
It is also beautifully written and tenderly told, just like these good moral value-filled tales.
As for my latest story, Pretend Play, it is a horror story, and not suitable for kids at all, just like the horror trailers shown before Peppa Pig: My First Cinema Experience.
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