Winter Fun Day: Totally Awesome!
By Ella McWoof Welcome, readers, to the Kinzville Academy Winter Fun Day! I’m here at the Academy where all of the students are participating in some fun winter events. Let’s talk to some of the participants and find out how it’s going. Ella McWoof: Here’s our school council president, Salley. Salley, can you tell us a little bit about how your school house, the Quizzlings, is doing so far? Salley Cat: Well, Ella, we’re off to a bit of bad start. In the toboggan dash we competed to see which team could get their toboggan furthest. We thought we had a pretty good chance because Laurabeard totally flew on her turn, but then Polly and Alex BOTH wiped out on their turns. They added up everybody’s distance to get the winner so we came in last. EM: Sorry to hear that, Salley. Maybe Nibbles, in the Quackers House, is doing a bit better. Nibbles: Well, we’re right in the middle of the snowball toss where we have to try and get a snowball as close to the target as possible. So far, so good. Cowabelle and Roberta nailed it, when … Read more
Fun Games for Winter
Hey there! Young documentary film maker and reporter Nibbles here with some GREAT ideas for winter activities! Stunning Sculptures – Get your friends together and challenge them each to make a sculpture out of snow. Get bottles of water colored with food coloring and have your friends color their sculptures. At the end, you can vote for which one everyone likes best! Snow Fort Building – Build a snow fort with your friends and furnish it with twigs, fallen branches, rocks, ice cubes – anything you can think of to make it look really fancy! Sled Races – Find a hill and race your friends down it! Be careful to keep enough distance between you, and make sure to check out the hill for stumps or rocks ahead of time. Also, make sure to choose a hill that’s away from the road. Make Snow Angels – There’s nothing quite like flopping down in the snow and making some pretty snow angels! Make Fancy Ice – Get a bucket or pail and fill it full of water. Add things like twigs, leaves or rocks. Leave the bucket outside to freeze. When your … Read more
Winter Fun Day with the ‘Kinz
Good morning, children. I am pleased to announce that Kinzville Academy is throwing our annual Winter Fun Day. Today the school will be broken up into our school houses and we will be competing in various events. The winner of the Winter Fun Day will be named the Snow Kings and Queens for the day and the Winter Fun Day Trophy will be placed in your trophy cabinet in the school foyer. I sent a note home to your parents asking them to be sure to remind you to bring along your snow pants, jackets, hats, mittens and boots. I hope you’re all bundled up well because we will be spending the first part of the morning outdoors before breaking for some hot chocolate and cookies, courtesy of our good friend, Chef Gazpacho. Before heading back outdoors we will be warmed by the exciting adventures of Arte Fact. He has kindly agreed to stop by and treat us to a reading of the book, Arte and the Lost Tomb. I am sure we will all be on the edges of our seats! Then it is back into the snow where we will play some more games before breaking for a … Read more
Contest Winners Announcement!
The winners have been chosen for the Mistletoe Mouse and Poinsettia Lion Contests! Thank you to all who entered and congratulations to the Winners! Check out the Contest Winners page to see the fantastic winners who are receiving an incredible prizes!
Roberta’s Fashion Disaster
Well, today was not the best one in the history of Roberta Rabbit. Guess what happened? I took PJ’s fashion advice…but (unsurprisingly), I got it wrong. PJ told me to “be bold” and “mix my patterns” and “not be afraid of making interesting statements with fashion”. Uh, yeah. So I ended up wearing a black-and-white checkered skirt (cute, right?), a neon pink and blue striped top (still cute?), bright yellow knee socks (they were bold!), white sunglasses (for a hint of glam?) and a puffy black jacket with red zippers. And then I ran into Purr-Cilla and Malena. And guess what they called me? Fashion Disaster. FD for short. And that’s what they’ve been calling me ALL DAY. They pass me in the hall and yell “Yo, FD!” They even came up with a chant. “Roberta went and bought clothes to last her, But instead, they made her a fashion disaster!” Yeah, not exactly nice. Anyway, Ms. Cowoline told them to stop (and gave them detention- ha!). I’m not really worried about Purr-Cilla (who cares what she thinks), but my FRIENDS were a little…shocked…at my outfit. I just can’t get the hang of this … Read more
Winterfest is on Now!
Winterfest is one of Webkinz World’s favorite events. Just log into Webkinz World and keep your eyes on the skies for snow. If you see a snowflake, be sure to click on it and you’ll get a prize. There are five new prizes – you’re going to LOVE them! Winterfest is running from January 7-13, so be sure to visit every day and watch for snowflakes!
Nibbles and the Film Fiasco
Well, I told my friends about the film contest today and you’ll never believe it, but now THEY’RE considering entering. What?! That wasn’t part of my plan! They were supposed to want to help me! Now they might be competition. I was trying to discourage them, and I think it mostly worked…except for Cowabelle. She seemed pretty intent on making a film of her own. Ugh! What if my film beats Cowabelle’s? What if hers beats mine? I hope she just forgets about the whole thing.
One Snowy Deed
Well, even though I didn’t get to help out at the soup kitchen yesterday, I did get to do a good deed today. I asked mom if she had heard from, Mr. Badgerly, our elderly neighbor. Mom said she hadn’t, and I suggested that we visit him to make sure he was OK. Mom was really happy to hear that. We got on our winter clothes and trudged over to Mr. B’s house and knocked on the door. After a few LONG minutes, he answered (he doesn’t move so fast these days). He invited us in for tea, but I said I had something to do first. I took the shovel that was next to his garage and shoveled his entire driveway. When I finally went inside, Mom and Mr. B were enjoying a cup of tea. Mr. B. asked what I had been doing, and I told him. His eyes got all misty and he thanked me about ten times! He made me a cup of tea and brought out these delicious biscuits. He said I could have as many as I wanted, but I only ate two (Mom would’ve freaked … Read more
Salley & Stoogles, BFFs
Dear Diary, Today, I nearly lost my best friend. Quite literally, lost! See, I had been trying to reach Stoogles ever since the snowstorm hit. And hit it did! It was absolutely the worst blizzard I’ve ever seen. Anyway, I called and called and emailed and emailed and – nothing. So I told Mom we should go and investigate. She agreed that it was very odd that no one had heard from ANY of the Googles. As soon as the plow went by, we headed out. Mom drove REALLY carefully (and slowly) to the edge of the forest and we hiked our way in. The whole time, we were calling ‘Stoogles! Stoogles! Any Googles?’ We walked all the way to where Stoogles’ house is. Or, rather, was. His entire house was buried in the snow. I could barely tell where it was! Mom and I started to dig and dig – and finally we uncovered the doorway to Stoogles’ house. I knocked and, after a few moments, I heard a faint waddling. It took us a minute to chip the ice away from the door frame, but eventually the door flew open and there … Read more
Recipe: Snow day hot chocolate
Chef Gazpacho and Chef Sophia here with a YUMMY recipe for a snow day! Get your adult assistant to help you whip up this treat. What you need: 2 cups milk½ cup whipping cream½ tsp. vanilla¼ cup powdered sugar3 ounces chopped white chocolate½ tsp. cinnamon What you do: Have your adult assistant help you to warm up the milk in a pot. While the milk is warming, have your adult assistant help you whip the whipping cream. Gradually add the vanilla and powdered sugar. When the milk is warm, add the white chocolate and stir constantly. When the milk is hot, have your adult assistant pour it into mugs. Top each mug with a dollop of whipped cream and a sprinkling of cinnamon. Enjoy!
Snow Day
To: Polly PandaFrom: Molly PigSubject: It’s a snow day!!!! Dear Polly, What a crazy two days it has been huh? I’m stuck here at Roberta’s house, but that’s OK. No Millie! Roberta and I have had a great time. We had a sleepover last night and watched movies until two in the morning! We figured it was going to be a snow day (and we were right!) so we slept in really late. Roberta’s mom said that the plow should be around soon, and then she’d walk me home. I think we’ll need to take a sled! Talk soon! Molly To: Cowabelle CowolineFrom: Alex TigerSubject: I can’t believe it snowed so much. Dear Cowabelle, Sparky and I have been hanging out for…24 hours. That’s a really long time. Have you and Roberta ever hung out for that long? Don’t get me wrong; Sparky is a great guy…I just…want…to…read. But he loves video games. Dad says the storm is almost over, so we should be walking him home soon. Hooray! - Alex To: Stoogles GooglesFrom: Salley CatSubject: Where are you??? Dear Stoogles, What’s up? I hope you’re OK. I called … Read more
Winterfest Is HERE!!!
Winterfest is going strong and snowflakes are falling fast in Webkinz World! Have you won all the brand new Winterfest 2012 prizes? This year there are a LOT more snowflakes floating around BUT be sure to choose your snowflakes wisely as there is a limit to the number of prizes you can win each day! On Saturday and Sunday (January 7th and 8th) you can catch 10 snowflakes each day per Webkinz account On Monday through Thursday (January 9th – 12th) you can catch 5 snowflakes each day per Webkinz account On the last day of the event, Friday, January 13th you can catch 10 snowflakes per Webkinz account Don’t forget to play the Winterfest Peek A Newz here, on Webkinz Newz! With Peek a Newz, you can win: Roasted Chestnuts, Peppermint Snowflake, Peppermint Hot Chocolate, Egg Nog, Snow Bear Sugar Cookie, Gingersnap Snowflake, Snowman Cookie, Snow Cone, Potted Ice Flower (rare), Icicle Wind Chime (rare), Googles Ice Sculpture (rare), Wool Scarf Jacket (rare), Magic W Toque (rare), and the Potted Icicle Tree (really rare).
Mistletoe Mouse Contest Winners
Congratulations to Samantha, Lochy, Jing, Claire and Kailee, our winners of the Mistletoe Mouse contest! They’ve each been sent a Secret Code for an eStore exclusive Mistletoe Mouse. We wanted to know what the Mistletoe Mouse did this Christmas. Read the winning entries below! Once on a Christmas Day, Misletoe Mouse walked down her minty chocolate stairs with her sister Minty Cow. They were astonished to find nothing under the Christmas Tree except black, chalky looking, smoke-smelling coal. Although they were very good, they got what they didn’t deserve. Later as they dressed for the day, they tagged along Sweet Tooth Tiger and Wintermint Deer to find out what went wrong. After the stimulating conversation, they used the tremendous slide of the ferret to launch themselves all the way to the North Pole. During the talk with the adorable, cookie-odor elves, they learned that Santa had a malfunction with his navigation system. With the permission of Santa they went on his sleigh with presents for Misletoe Mouse’s town. She giggled and laughed and gave presents to everybody in her town later that afternoon. She came home with her presents. Misletoe Mouse spent her Christmas with loving family and friends and … Read more
One Snowy Sunday
You’ll never believe what a crazy day it’s been! Right now, I’m stuck at my buddy Alex’s house. I’ve been here for…let’s see…twelve hours! And I’m likely to be here for another twelve. Why? The snow! It’s really insane outside. It looks like someone shook a snow globe too hard. I called my parents, but the line was really scratchy. My mom said to stay put and that she’d send Uncle Arte to get me in the morning – he’s the bravest member of our family! For now, I’m pretty happy to be at Alex’s. His mom made us a delicious dinner, and his dad said we could play video games for an hour!
Cowabelle’s Snowy Day
Dear Diary, Today was the craziest day ever! It all started with me and getting ready to head over to the soup kitchen (I’m volunteering there every Sunday afternoon). I peeked out the window and noticed it was snowing. The weatherman said we were going to get snow, so I wasn’t too surprised. I put on all my winter clothes and told Mom I was going to head out. She wasn’t very happy to hear that. She said that the snow had really piled up, and that the sidewalks were going to be slippery. I assured her that I’d be careful. I just HAD to get to the soup kitchen! As soon as I opened our front door, I started to question my decision. The wind was SO cold…and the snow! The snow was whipping from every direction. It was intense! I walked down our driveway, and got as far as the end of the block when I realized: I really couldn’t see anything. There was so much snow falling that I could barely make out the other side of the road. It was totally unsafe (I couldn’t really tell if a … Read more
Poinsettia Lion Contest Winners
We wanted to know what your top 10 gifts for Christmas would have been, and Webkinz pets received the most votes! Congratulations to Mitchell, Laurlaur, Dora, Avery and Caroline, our randomly selected winners. They’ve each been sent a Secret Code for an eStore exclusive Poinsettia Lion.
