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LifeStraw Personal Water Filter

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by Filed Under: Amazon, Online Shopping

published date: November 19, 2021
modified datt: November 19,2021

Do you like to go camping or hiking? A LifeStraw Personal Water Filter is a must-have so you know you’ll always have clean water to drink. And, we found it on sale today only, 11/19!

You can use this straw to drink filtered water directly from rivers and streams. It filters out 99.999999% of waterborne bacteria and 99.999% of waterborne parasites, so it’s definitely a must-have for your hiking and camping gear.

Details:

  • Removes bacteria & parasites: The microfiltration membrane removes 99.999999% of waterborne bacteria (including E. coli and salmonella), and 99.999% of waterborne parasites (including giardia and cryptosporidium)
  • Removes microplastics: Removes the smallest microplastics found in the environment (down to 1 micron), and reduces turbidity down to 0.2 microns
  • Rigorous Testing: All claims are verified with laboratories using standard testing protocols set by the US EPA, NSF, ASTM for water purifiers
  • Long Lifetime: The microbiological filter will provide 4,000 liters (1,000 gallons) of clean and safe drinking water with proper use and maintenance
  • Make an Impact: For every LifeStraw product purchased, a school child in need receives safe drinking water for an entire school year.BPA Free materials

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16 Fun Thanksgiving Minute to Win it Games

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by Filed Under: Facebook, Games, Instagram, Party, Pinterest, Printable, Social Media, Thanksgiving

published date: October 10, 2021
modified datt: November 18,2021

Join the fun with these Thanksgiving-themed minute to win it games. Thanksgiving games that are fun to watch, easy to play, & inspired by America’s beloved holiday. Perfect for classroom parties, Thanksgiving gatherings or use as a Friendsgiving idea.

Thanksgiving Minute to Win it Games

Thanksgiving is a time of year for reflection and family gatherings and, of course, fall means fun – right?! In the spirit of the holiday, when gathering with family and friends, have your home full of Thanksgiving activities and ideas everyone will love and remember.

What are some Thanksgiving Activities?

Thanksgiving always brings out the fall family traditions.  Thanksgiving day activities can include and outdoor nature walk, watching the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, playing football, sharing in the gratitude game and baking Thanksgiving dinner. If you are looking to change up the traditional activities, introduce something out of the norm like 60 second challenges, aka Thanksgiving Minute to Win it Games.

Fun Thanksgiving Games Minute to Win It

How to you Play Minute to Win it Games?

There are a number of ways to play minute to win it games but one thing that remains the same is the time. Each game is only 60 seconds long keeping things moving along and constant activity and motion. To play minute to win it games, first establish teams so you can quickly tally up points and find the true winner of the Minute to Win it Turkey Bowl.

  • Individual Players: When players play individual they are constantly adding points to their own score. Points are awarded for being the quickest to finish a task or completing the game within 60 seconds. At the end, calculate each players total points.
  • Two – Three Person Groups: You can also calculate points by establishing two to three player groups at the beginning of the game. Teammates work together to complete tasks and add points to their groups total to be declared the winners.
  • Teams: For a gathering, you can split all players up into larger teams. Not each player will participate in each activity but rather a member from their team will work to accomplish a 60 second challenge.

If you find yourself with extra time in the friendsgiving gathering or thanksgiving party, repeat games as needed. This will allow more players opportunities to try out the different Minute to Win it Games for Thanksgiving.

Lets be real, who doesn’t love Thanksgiving and a good Minute to Win it challenge… that’s why we created these fun games for Thanksgiving.

How fast can you turkey legs take you to victory?

Fun Thanksgiving Minute to Win it Games

Here are the most popular Minute To Win It Thanksgiving games. Grab your timer and go ahead give them a try in the classroom, for a Thanksgiving, or grab the entire family and play before the Thanksgiving feast.

Fun Thanksgiving Minute to Win it Games

Acorn Blow

Supplies Needed: Bucket, Acorns, Straws

Using a straw (or turkey baster), blow your acorn to the end of the table and get it to fall in the basket or bucket. Continue this activity until your minute is up!

Harvest the Fields

Supplies Needed: Chopsticks, Beans

Using chopsticks, how fast can you move beans from one container to the next?

Pass the Salt

Supplies Needed: Yardsticks, Salt, Pepper

This might be consider a complicated game. Balance the salt and paper jars on a yardstick and carry them from one set of chairs to the next. Concentration and balance are key!

Keep it Up

Supplies Needed: Feathers

Can you keep up light weight turkey feathers? You have 60 seconds to keep them off the ground and flying in the air. Optional: substitute for with balloons.

Pie Face

Supplies Needed: Pumpkin Pie

Have you tried eating pumpkin pie without a fork. How about without your hands. Race to eat the pie the fastest in this fun Thanksgiving game challenge.

Johnny Applestack

Supplies Needed: Apples

Can you balance five apples on top of each other. Get this task completed in one minute.  Bonus points for those stacks that stay up the longest.

Don’t Spill the Corn

Supplies Needed: Candy Corn

Using your mouth and a spoon, transfer candy corn from one bowl to the next on the other side of the room. Careful you don’t spill the corn.

Make Like a Tree

Supplies Needed: Basket, Leaves

Standing on a chair, drop fall leaves into the basket below one at a time. Make sure they don’t land elsewhere.

Potato Roll

Supplies Needed: Sweet Potato

Just like a classic Easter game, grab a sweet potato and get ready to roll. Use your nose to race to the finish line with your potato (or yam). No hands please!

Pumpkin Ring Toss

Supplies Needed: Pumpkins, Rope

This traditional game stays the same only play with rope and pumpkins.

Berry Sticky

Supplies Needed: Corn Kernels, Cranberry Sauce

Can you get the corn to stick to the cranberry sauce? It’s harder than it sounds.

Pantyhose Bowling

Supplies Needed: Mini Pumpkins, Pantyhose

This is a hilarious game. Go bowling with mini pumpkins… attached to your head…. with a pair of panty hose.  Every player needs a turn with this classic game twisted  into something so much better!

Suck It Up

Supplies Needed: Straws, Candy Corn

In this 60 second traditional game, see how fast you can move the candy corn from one plate to the next using only your mouth and a straw.

Shake Your Tail Feather

Supplies Needed: Kleenex, Feathers, Tape

Only a kid that went to college in the early 2000s, would appreciate the name of this fun game. Turn off the volume and shake your tail feather. Try to be the fastest to get all the pink pong balls (or feathers) out of a tissue box, tied to your waist with masking tape.

Cheese Ball Toss

Supplies Needed: Cheeseballs, Whipping Cream

Have lots of fun pegging your teammate with cheeseballs.  Team that gets the most cheese balls stuck to their whipping cream teammate’s face, wins the game.

Pumpkin Pie

Supplies Needed: Whipped Cream, Candy Corn

You might have a whipped cream face after digging for candy corns in this pie. Who can get the most candies pulled from their pie using only their mouth.

Minute to Win It Games Printable

Each of the 16 Thanksgiving Minute Games printable includes instructions plus a full supply list.

These are the best and our favorite family approved minute to win it games for adults or kids. Use for a family game night, friendsgiving, classroom party or family thanksgiving celebration.

Minute to Win it Games for Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving Minute to Win it Games Printable

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More Thanksgiving Games

Stray from board games and a game of football, also enjoy these games for Thanksgiving including printable Thanksgiving party games, Pin the Tail on the Turkey, Thanksgiving Charades, Roll a Turkey, Thanksgiving Bingo and more! Pin to Pinterest.

Instead of a turkey hunt, take your kids on a Thanksgiving Scavenger Hunt. Find a small prize along the way or one big treat at the end of the treasure hunt.

Also enjoy this selection of DIY Minute to Win it Games. Themed 60 second games for the entire year.

Themed Minute to Win It Games

Enjoy summer, Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas and more seasonal themed Minute to Win it games.

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Gathering with friends. These Friendsgiving Thanksgiving Ideas are great for attending or hosting. Pin to Pinterest.



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Elf on the Shelf Read Aloud Your Favorite Book

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by Filed Under: Christmas, Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, Social Media, The Elf on the Shelf Ideas

published date: November 18, 2021
modified datt: November 18,2021

Reading to Elf is a great elf idea for emergent readers. Have your child enjoy an Elf on the Shelf read aloud and read their favorite book to Elf and their stuffed animals. Plus download a miniature Elf on the Shelf book so Elf can read along. New creative, funny, and original Elf on the Shelf Ideas daily.

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Having an Elf on the Shelf is a perfect time to fostering reading in toddlers and emergent readers. With your Elf Doll, you can encourage your child to practice reading.

Elf on the Shelf Book

First, learn about Elf on the Shelf by using the Elf on the Shelf Book only. As a fun Elf idea, you can also incorporate a miniature Elf on the Shelf book for your elf to read beside your child.

We encouraging reading with our Elf on the Shelf idea for toddlers and kids. Adding an Elf on the Shelf Note – will you read me your favorite book? we ask a child to read aloud to the Elf.

Early reader tip: Did you know one of the best ways your child can practice reading is reading aloud to stuffed animals or their Elf doll. This eliminates fear and anxiety about reading aloud and also eliminates embarrassment when your child stumbles on a word. As we know, elves can’t talk and are great listeners.

Supplies Needed

Elf on the Shelf Read Aloud

Another way to incorporate the love of reading through Elf on the Shelf is with an Elf on the Shelf read aloud. Record your voice reading the Elf on the Shelf book and let your child press play and listen over and over.

Or find the Elf on the Shelf book online. Visit YouTube Elf on the Shelf read aloud and hear the Christmas story from Ms. Gallina.

This is the original Elf on the Shelf book and will remind your child frequently asked Elf on the Shelf questions like – Who is the Elf on the Shelf and why does he visit.

Elf on the Shelf Printables

Want easy Elf ideas? Our most popular Elf on the Shelf printables can be found in our Elf Store. Shop Elf costumes, our Elf Twister board, Jokes for Kids, our Magic Shrinking Machine and so much more!

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We are back, so is the Elf on the Shelf! If you have been with us a long time, you know we have brought you a new Elf on the Shelf Ideas daily (in the months of November and December) for the past seven years. You can view our Elf on the Shelf Master List for a full list of ideas including every idea we have ever done.

For many of these Elf on the Shelf ideas, make sure you have an elf that can bend. You can do that easily with our Bendable Elf on the Shelf tutorial.  You also can shop our collection of Elf Printables for ideas to cover the entire season!

Elf on the Shelf on Social Media

Save these ideas because you will want to stay up to date on these ideas each Christmas season. We do our best to mix up easy and hard Elf on the Shelf Ideas.

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Multiple ideas are added each day to our Elf on the Shelf Ideas Facebook page. This is a great way for you to share your own Elf on the Shelf Ideas and share our ideas to your page. There are some good ones! Be sure to like the page!

Elf on the Shelf Pinterest Boards

We also are in charge of a Elf on the Shelf Ideas Pinterest board. On this board, we have invited other bloggers to share their ideas and free Elf on the Shelf Printables too! Be sure to follow the board!

Our goal, to make Elf easy for you!

What is Elf on the Shelf?

Elf on the Shelf is a Christmas Tradition. The tradition has a book and a elf doll. The book is poetic and in rhyme sharing the purpose of the Elf’s visits. The Elf visits each Thanksgiving. He/She goes and returns from the North Pole each evening. Every morning he can be found in a new location in the house. The Elf has been found in the refrigerator, fishing in the toilet, writing messages on the mirror or hanging from the lights. It is VERY IMPORTANT, the Elf is not touch each evening or his Christmas magic will be lost! Each family is able to name their special elf. The elves return to their home (Santa’s North Pole Work shop) every Christmas Eve. An Elf’s Story can also be found on DVD.


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Blippi the Musical at Hershey Park

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published date: November 18, 2021
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Your kids can sing and dance along with Blippi live at Blippi the Musical at Hershey Theatre on Mar. 3, 2022 at 6 p.m. Tickets are available for pre-sale now online at www.HersheyEntertainment.com and www.Ticketmaster.com.

Blippi The Musical brings the energetic and loveable character Blippi onto the stage with world-class production, audience engagement and amazing music. Children across the world have quickly taken to Blippi’s charismatic personality and innovative teaching lessons. In the live show, they will continue to learn about the world around them while singing and dancing along with this one-of-a-kind experience. In just a few years since his inception, Blippi has become a global sensation with over 34 million YouTube subscribers and one billion views per month.

If your kids love Blippi, they will have a blast seeing Blippi live! This would make a great Christmas gift, too. Experience gift are so much fun, and this is a gift your little ones will love!

For information about Hershey Entertainment, visit www.Facebook.com/HersheyEntertainment.com. Tickets are available online at www.HersheyEntertainment.com and www.Ticketmaster.com.

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Good Deal on Orgain Organic Kids Chocolate Brownie Bars

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published date: November 18, 2021
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Pay only $10.93 for a pack of 10 Orgain Organic Kids Chocolate Brownie Bars when you check out with Subscribe & Save. Even better, if you have 5 or more subscriptions in the same month, your price will drop to $9.78!

Orgain’s organic, whole grain kids bars are packed with goodness, not sugar. With 40-50% less sugar than leading brands, these bars are the MVP of snacks. Perfect for kids on the go and parents on the move, these bars are great for breakfast, snack, before sports or even as dessert! Yummy to them. Wholesome to you. Compared to other leading brands.

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This sale price was accurate as of 11/18/2021 1:45 PM ET. Amazon prices are subject to change.

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Low Price on PLANTERS Nuts Variety Snack Packs

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published date: November 18, 2021
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Pay only $14.24 for 36 PLANTERS Nuts Variety Snack Packs when you check out with Subscribe & Save. Even better, if you have 5 or more subscriptions in the same month, your price will drop to $12.74! You get Salted Cashews, Salted Peanuts & Honey Roasted Peanuts.

Planters Nuts Cashews and Peanuts Variety Pack Snack Nuts let you easily satisfy any craving. Choose from salted cashews, salted peanuts or honey-roasted peanuts, all packaged in single-serve bags for grab-and-go snacking. Irresistibly flavorful, these Kosher nuts are a great source of fiber and healthy fats, which can help you stay energized and satisfy your hunger.

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FREE Kindle Books 11/18 Read on Any Tablet, PC, Kindle and More

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published date: November 18, 2021
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Below is a list of some of the best FREE and Cheap e-Books you can download on your e-reading device today! Don’t have a Kindle? That’s OK! You can read Kindle books on computers and most smartphones and tablets – iPhones, iPads, Android Devices and more!

FREE Kindle Books 11/18

Books That Are Not Free but Trending on Amazon

Amazon has a selection of Kindle Readers and Fire Tablets where prices start at $49.99. As always, amazon prices and freebies are schedule to change.


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TCL 40-Inch HD LED Smart Android TV

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by Filed Under: Amazon, Online Shopping

published date: November 18, 2021
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Are you in the market for a new TV and looking for some Black Friday deals? Today only, 11/18, you can get this TCL 40-Inch HD LED Smart Android TV on sale!

Details:

  • Full HD (1080p) Resolution: Full high definition (1080p) resolution for excellent detail, color, and contrast.
  • Google Assistant Built-in: Search for movies and shows across thousands of available apps, get entertainment recommendations, access media playback controls, change the temperature, dim the lights, and so much more. Ask questions and see the answers on your TV, including Google Photos, your calendar, sports scores, and more. Even automate and control your smart devices. The Google Assistant is always on, ready to help, and makes life in your living room that much more relaxing.
  • Chromecast Built-in: Easily cast movies, shows, and photos from your Android or iOS device to your TCL Android TV.
  • Speedy, simplified home screen: Simplified home screen allows you to enjoy all your entertainment in one place. Get quick access to the apps you love, cue the latest episode, or pick up where you left off in no time.
  • Thousands of streaming apps: Stream 700,000+ shows and movies, live sports and news, or your favorite music from Google Play, YouTube and your favorite apps.

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