Friendship is Magic - Welcome To Ponyville

I always loved My Little Pony as a child so receiving the revamped version on DVD instantly brought back memories of my youth - I was probably more excited to watch it with the opportunity to reminisce than the Mini Mes were! 

While unwrapping the movie I began to remember having my own collection, brushing their tails, placing a doll on their back and making them gallop around my room which made me feel quite warm inside. Childhoods are made of magic and imagination and this is something I definitely want my children to experience too. 

I was really looking forward to sharing a part of what I enjoyed as a little girl with them so we snuggled up under a blanket to watch an episode together.

There are 6 episodes in total, all of which teach valuable lessons about friendship.

Despite Jamster not being keen initially at the thought of watching something aimed at a predominantly female audience he was actually the one to ask to watch another episode so he must have enjoyed it! 

The episodes were all quite entertaining and I liked the modern style of a more traditional show... we ended up watching them all in one sitting.

· Friendship is Magic – Part 1

· Friendship is Magic – Part 2

· Griffon the Brush-off

· Look Before You Sleep

· Swarm of the Century

· Owl's Well That Ends Well

Meet Twilight Sparkle, a very special little pony with a very powerful gift for magical spells and loves to study. As part of her ongoing studies, she has been tasked an assignment by the Royal Princess Celestia of Equestria to learn something new… The true meaning of friendship.

In the quaint, magical village of Ponyville, Twilight Sparkle sets off on her assignment with her best friend, a little purple dragon called Spike and makes some new and adorable friends along the way. Join her and her pony friends Pinkie Pie, Rarity, Fluttershy, Rainbow Dash and Applejack on their enchanting and laughter-filled adventures as they discover the most powerful magic of all time, the Magic of Friendship!

Welcome to Ponyville is rated U making it suitable for the entire family and is available from many retailers.

RRP £12.99.

As a recent survey by Clearvision showed the majority of young children prefer traditional toys to tech gadgets this may be a good gift idea for Santa to slip into a stocking this year!

Do you remember My Little Pony from your childhood?

*We received Welcome to Ponyville DVD for the purpose of this review. 

The opinions given are honest and our own*

Prima Princessa Sleeping Beauty DVD *Giveaway*

Ideal for your little princess, the Sleeping Beauty DVD from Prima Princesses helps to teach your ballerina the basics and features fantastic footage from the Royal Ballet.




After the success of Prima Princessa Presents The Nutcracker, the next show in this children’s series, Prima Princessa Presents Sleeping Beauty, is now available to buy on DVD for £5.99 and is suitable for children aged 3-7.

It contains a mixture of both live ballet and ballet step demonstrations that your children can copy at home. There is an animated ballerina-fairy that guides you through the live ballet and then encourages your child to learn new ballet steps which are demonstrated by students from the School of American Ballet. The steps include piqué arabesque, piqué attitude, demi-plié and several others between the 4 acts.

It's nice to see a combination of both professional ballet with the steps to learn at home as it allows young children to be active while watching. It is easy to follow and the demonstrations are helpful for pre-schoolers.

Once the ballet has finished there are bonus features to view which include a tea party and craft ideas.



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Prima Princessa Presents Sleeping Beauty is a Parents' Choice Award winner.

You can visit www.PrimaPrincessa.com for colouring pages, online educational games for children as well as information on the Prima Princessa product range.

 

 

*We received a DVD for the purpose of this post. The opinions given are honest and our own.*

 

 

Warner Bros DVD review

This time of year is perfect for family snuggles on the sofa with a super size blanket, some treats and a movie so this lovely delivery from Warner Bros was a super, spooky success over half term.

We received a box packed with goodies including sweets, stickers, masks, bubbles and 3 new DVD releases and the Mini Mes were keen to get stuck in.

Tom and Jerry Tricks and Treats
This DVD has 22 cartoons, including 2 bonus episodes, featuring the famous cat and mouse with their fast and fun packed chases. Tom and Jerry mingle with a variety of eerie characters including werewolves, ghosts and witches in over 2 hours of action! It's more entertaining than terrifying seeing what mischief the terrible duo get up to as it's suitable for the entire family (rated Universal). At only £5.99 it's a great value disc to have, especially for rainy and duvet days.



Scooby-Doo Big Top
In this movie Scooby-Doo and chums go undercover at a travelling circus to solve their mystery. The big top is being pestered by werewolves so the gang use their puzzle solving skills to find out who's causing the trouble. This film is 75 minutes long, includes 3 bonus episodes and is rated PG as it may be a bit scary for very little ones. It is however comical in places and fun to follow their adventures - The Mini Mes really enjoyed it as did I.
With this DVD comes UltraVioletTM which enables you to stream and download instantly and watch your movie on various devices including your phone.



Ben 10: Destroy all aliens
Ben Tennyson is stuck in alien form after his Omnitrix malfunctions while exploring the galaxy with Tetrax and with a mechamorph warrior on the loose his life is in danger. With great computer generated graphics this Cartoon Network favourite is bound to please all little fans... Jamster was completely absorbed!

You can purchase all of these Warner Bros DVDs from Amazon and I feel that they would make the perfect stocking fillers for Christmas!

*We received this goodie box from Warner Bros for the purpose of this review. The opinions given are honest and our own*