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Fox in Socks App is Awesome! (GIVEAWAY!!!)

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fox in socks What is your favorite Dr. Seuss story? Mine was Green Eggs and Ham for the longest time. But I have a new favorite….Fox in Socks. I’m particularly fond of the Tweetle Beetle Battle that happens near the end of the story. It is out of control awesome. I mean, there’s a poodle and a bottle and some noodles and some paddles…sigh…it is EPIC!

Oceanhouse Media is a company whose fabulous apps I have reviewed before. They have several Dr. Seuss books available as apps, and they are AWESOME! The stories come to life and then some, and I find the $3.99 price tag for what you get in each app to be a serious bargain. Darah has had Dr. Seuss’ ABC for several months now, and still interacts with the app on a regular basis. There’s always something new to learn!

fox in socks Fox in Socks is an absolute must for anyone who like me, appreciates this fine literary masterpiece. It is one giant tongue twister, and the narrator deserves a gold star! I also like that my own tongue can get a break from time to time and someone else can read the book to Darah, and read it perfectly! 🙂

Buy it!: Fox in Socks is available for download now for $3.99. It’s a fabulous way to really bring this book to life!

Win it!: One lucky Stuff Parents Need reader is going to win this download! Yipee! The contest will run until February 28th at 11:59pm EST when a winner will be selected using Random.org. The winner will have 48 hours to respond to the notification before the prize is forfeited and a new winner is selected. Open WORLDWIDE! Limit one entrant per household, please.

Mandatory entry: Tell me a book you’d like to see brought to life by Oceanhouse Media (doesn’t have to be Dr. Seuss!).

My answer: Go Dogs, Go!

Additional entries:
1. Sponsor love: “Like” Oceanhouse Media on Facebook
2. Blogger love: “Like” Stuff Parents Need on Facebook

Be sure to enter my other current giveaways, found on the sidebar of my home page.

Disclosure: I received a complimentary download for review purposes. The opinions expressed here are strictly my own.

Coloring App: iCrayonMaker

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When I was a little girl, one of the career ambitions I had was to be a color crayon creator. I wanted to invent new colors for Crayola and also name them. Think about it: somebody out there has that job. For real. Frankly, I’d still like to have that job.

Coloring App

coloring app And now I sort of do! There’s a fabulous new app out called iCrayonMaker, and yeah, perhaps it is designed for kids, but let me tell you, I’m having lots of fun with it! With this app you get to custom create different crayons and then build your own personal crayon box. You guys wouldn’t believe the fabulous blue gray color I’ve already whipped up. It’s positively dreamy and I want to color my whole house with it! Not really joking, folks…

As part of the app, you can color with your crayon, and use it in crayon, felt marker or glitter, which makes the final product look even more awesome. Darah and I have been working on shapes, numbers and a few basic words (we’re doing that teach your baby to read program…too early to tell if it really works).

This app is available on the iPhone and also has a version for the iPad, which we especially love. The iPad becomes a giant canvas to be filled with swirls and squiggles. You can save your masterpieces as wallpaper or email them to yourself or others. What a fabulous (and paper-free) way to capture your little one’s artwork!

Get it!: iCrayonMaker has a free version that you most definitely should download! You can upgrade to the full version for just .99! GREAT BUY!!!

Edit: this giveaway is now closed. 

Win it!: FIVE lucky Stuff Parents Need readers will win the iCrayonMaker app (full version, of course!). The contest will run until February 8th at 11:59pm EST when a winner will be selected using Random.org. The winners will have 48 hours to respond to notification before the prize is forfeited and a new winner is selected. Open to residents of the United States. Limit one entrant per household, please.

Mandatory entry: In honor of my fabulous iCrayonMaker color that I want on my walls, tell me what color you love to have on your walls (it could already be there, or it could be one that you’d like to put there!).

My answer: Besides my beloved new blue-grey color, I also loved this color we had in our old house. It was called chocolate froth, and if you can imagine what the bubbles from a chocolate milk look like right after you mix it up, that was the color! Gorgeous!

Additional entries:
1. Sponsor love: Download the iCrayonMaker lite version and tell me what you think!
2. Blogger love: Follow Stuff Parents Need on Twitter

Be sure to enter my other current giveaways, found on the sidebar of my homepage.

Disclosure: I received a complimentary product for review purposes. The opinions expressed here are strictly my own.