Ella’s Summer Update
Ella here with a summer vacation update! Summertime in Kinzville is a TON of fun – there’s so much to do! I decided to walk around town this morning and find out how everyone is spending their summer vacation. Dr. Quack: I’m having a barbecue next weekend. It’s going to be amazing! Grilled veggies, tofu burgers…and ice cream cake for dessert! YUM! Stoogles: I am having the best summer! I’ve got SO much planned. We’re having a Googles reunion, I’m going to the beach, my cousins are coming to visit…it’s go, go, go for me! Purr-Cilla: Well, as I mentioned before, I’ve got quite the summer planned. I’m leaving at the end of this week to head to the shore. Sun, fun and fabulous things to do. It’s going to be outstanding. Nibbles: I’m SO BORED, Ella! I knew everyone was going to be busy, but I never imagined I would have SO much time to myself. I’ve tried doing a few different hobbies…knitting, sewing, watching the linoleum peel…I just wish my friends would come and visit me! Ms. Birdy: I’m having a great summer! I love hot weather and I LOVE … Read more
Roberta’s Craft: Craft Stick Easel
Today’s craft is totally fun and adorable. And easy! You’ll be able to create your own little art gallery if you make a bunch! Here’s what you need to make your own craft stick easel: Small cardstock triangle, three big craft sticks, one small craft stick, craft glue, cardstock rectangle (this will be your canvas), larger rectangle with the middle cut out (this will be your frame) What you do: Glue the three craft sticks to the cardstock triangle, one overlapping each corner. Let the glue dry. When the glue is dry, bring one craft stick back (this is what props the easel up) and leave the other two at the front. There’s your basic easel! Now glue on the smaller craft stick so it can hold your canvas and frame in place. Cut out a rectangle from white cardstock. This is your canvas. Draw a picture on your canvas and glue a frame on. You can make as many easels as you like. You can paint your easel before you put a picture on it, if you like!
One Cool Fridge
Have you ever seen the Barrel of Berries Fridge? It’s just one of many awesome prizes that you can win by filling up your jars at Jumbleberry Fields (the Barrel of Berries fridge can be won from filling up your Pickleberry Jar). This fridge is going to come in VERY handy starting on July 18, because that’s when the Berry Festival starts! There are six different types of berries to collect during the festival, and you’ll be able to display them all in this fridge! Stay tuned to Webkinz Newz for lots more information about this berry cool festival!
Wanted: One Designer
Hey everyone, Hailey here. I’m having a pretty terrible day. Why? Because my brother Elwin called earlier and he sounded really, really, really happy. Now, I’m not upset because he’s happy (I’m glad he is, really!), but I AM upset because I don’t think he’s going to come back to Kinzville. Based on that call and the post card I received yesterday, I think life on the road is the life for him. He seems to LOVE touring with the Rockerz. So where does that leave me? Alone with our business, that’s where. And I can’t keep up with all the jobs by myself. So I’ve decided: I’m going to hire a new partner. It’s drastic, sure, but what else can I do? I’ve put up some flyers around town and told all my friends to let their friends know – I need someone to fill in for Elwin. I’m having everyone submit designs to me…maybe I’ll share them with you, so you can tell me who you think has the most talent. I wish my brother was coming back…but I just don’t think he is.
Postcard from Alex
Dear Sparky Hi! How’s it going at your uncle’s shop? I hope you’re not too busy. Science camp is so much fun, but Booger kind of needs to chill. I mean, camp has all these awesome activities, like swimming and hiking and crafting, but Booger gets frustrated any time we’re not doing science all the time. So whenever we have to leave the lab he gets in a mood and is not really fun to be around. The silly thing is – we are doing science all the time anyway. At swimming, we have to try to figure out the time based on the sun’s position in the sky, and when we go hiking we collect samples to study in the biology lab and figure out the height of trees from their shadows. And often our crafting projects are for use in the lab, like when we built this cool volcano out of papier mache and then we made our own lava in the lab. But whatever. Booger usually chills after a bit and we can still have fun. And it really is a neat camp – I’m so glad he talked me into coming. Say hi to everyone for … Read more
Postcard from Elwin
Hey, Hail! Just a quick postcard – things are crazy so haven’t had much time to write. Sorry! Am having a blast! Right now I am sitting in the Craft Services room at the studio enjoying a snack. They have EVERYTHING you could possibly want to eat in here and if they don’t have it, I just need to say the word and they will produce it. A guy could get used to this – I am really getting the star treatment. It’s really fun, recording my album. The only problem is I keep wanting to rearrange all the furniture in the recording studio. I guess I just can’t get the designing bug out of my system! Gotta run – they’re calling me back for more vocals! Later! El
Three Camp Games
Roberta here with some fun camp games to play. We did all three of these this morning at craft camp (it was a special outdoor fun day today). I hope you like them as much as I did! Game 1: Wacky Words This was a warm up game and it was a lot of fun! The counselor called out a word that was three or more letters long and each team (there were five teams of four kids each) wrote it on the left side of a piece of paper. They then wrote the same word backwards on the right side. Then we tried to make words by filling letters in the middle. This is how one of ours turned out: It’s not as easy as it first looks! Also, we had a time limit of only two minutes! Game 2: Veggie Soup In this game, everyone was named one of four vegetables: carrot, potato, cucumber or bean. Everyone was seated on a chair in a circle to begin the game, and then one kid got up and called the name of a vegetable (like “carrots!”). All the carrots had to get up from their seat, run into the … Read more
Sparky’s Summer
You guys will NEVER guess what I started today…swimming lessons! They are SO much fun, I can hardly believe it. Uncle Arte said that since I’ve been such a good sport about helping out at the Curio Shop (OK, OK, I’ve complained a FEW times, but whatever), he wanted to give me an extra special treat. He signed me up for swimming lessons. Initially, I was all, “Um, Uncle Arte? I know how to swim. Sort of.” But really? I didn’t know any of the strokes…and I definitely couldn’t swim for very long. The lessons I’m taking are for kids who have some experience and know the basics, but could stand to learn a bit more. And guess what? It’s SO much fun. We had races in the pool, we practiced holding our breath underwater, and we even learned the backstroke! I can’t wait for next week – by the end of the summer, I’m going to be a swimming expert!
Campkinz Room Challenge
Campkinz Room Design Challenge Hailey here! So I am thinking about maybe working with a new designer since Elwin is gone. I’ve been talking with Wiggles Pig about the possibility of the two of us collaborating on some projects. I also had an application for a summer intern job from a surprisingly young applicant – Plumpy asked me if I would consider letting Nibbles help out around the office while she’s off school. Apparently Nibbles has always had a passion for designing in her own room and Plumpy thought it would be good for her to have something to occupy her while she gets used to the fact that her newlywed big sis wouldn’t be around so much. I could certainly use some help keeping this place in order since I’m on my own now so I thought it was a great idea. I also thought it might be fun to see how my style meshes with both Wiggles and Nibbles by setting us all a design challenge: we are each going to design a Campkinz-themed room! We each started with the same room with Campkinz Flooring and Wallpaper. You can let me know what you think of each design. … Read more
Fun from Science Camp!
Dear Mom, I know that I said I didn’t want to go when you first mentioned it but I am sure glad I did because Booger and I are having a great time at Science Camp! It’s cool having a friend from home to hang out with while I’m here and Booger knows all about science so he helps me out with our experiments. We just finished a project today that was so much fun! We made a volcano! You know when you mix baking soda and vinegar and you get this really wild reaction? Well, the counselors challenged us to come up with the most realistic looking volcano. Both the volcano and the lava were supposed to look real so Booger and I spent hours building our mountain out of paper maché and then we painted. Booger is all about research so he downloaded lots and lots of pictures of real volcanoes and I added the detail to ours really carefully with a tiny paintbrush. Then, the really hard part was coming up with the right mixture for the lava that would look like real lava. Booger had the idea to mix equal parts of white glue and water … Read more
A Sweet Collection
Collecting marshmallows is all the rage this summer in Kinzville! Aside from a grand prize when you collect all 30, you’ll also get smaller prizes along the way. After you get five Marshmallows, you’ll get a Marshmallow Pit. At ten Marshmallows, you’ll get a camping out fit. And at twenty Marshmallows, you’ll get Marshmallow Seeds! Time to start your collection!
Salley’s Summer
Dear Stoogles, I’m writing to you from the train. As you know, I’m on my way to see my dad. I’m pretty excited – he said we’ll do lots of fun stuff while I’m visiting. My mom said she’d miss me a ton, but she told me to have a great time and to send her lots of emails. I hope your summer is going well – I know you have big plans this year, and I can’t wait to hear about how things are going! Have fun! Your BFF, Salley
Cowabelle’s Awesome Summer
Dear Roberta, Wow, what a summer! It’s only the sixth of July and already I feel like I’ve been on vacation for, like, EVER! My days have been insanely busy. I know I was pretty disappointed for not winning Kinzville Sings, but I realized something: if I had won, I wouldn’t have been able to visit Dacey this summer. And honestly? We are having THE BEST TIME! I actually got a small part in the movie – I have TWELVE lines! I’ve memorized them all already (of course) and I know I’ll do a great job. How are things back in Kinzville? I hope you’re not TOO bored. I know you’re at craft camp, so I bet you’re enjoying that. You HAVE to call me as soon as your brother or sister is born. I hope it’s a boy – you don’t want to have a sister like Millie! Anyway, I’ve gotta go – we’re about to head out for dinner again. That’s another thing: I’ve been to THE best restaurants! Call me soon and I’ll tell you more! Love, Cowabelle
Last Summer’s Design…
‘Tis the season for camping, right friends? Even though it’s been a tough summer for me so far, what with my brother touring and having a BLAST living life as a rock star, I’m still trying my hardest to design rooms. It hasn’t been easy. I just haven’t been very inspired. For inspiration, I decided to take a look back at last year’s cabin design that Elwin and I did. What do you think of it? Ah, those were the good old days. I just miss Elwin so much. Maybe he’ll come home to visit soon. I sure hope so.
