Sing (and Shop) Your Heart Out with Disney FROZEN and Kohl's! #FrozenFunAtKohls #Sponsored

I participated in an Influencer Activation Program on behalf of Influence-Central for Kohl's. I received a sample to facilitate my review and a thank you item for participating.

In past years, I usually start my Holiday shopping by the beginning of summer at the latest.  This year is no different.  Kohl's is your destination for gift shopping for your Disney FROZEN fan!  We stopped into Kohl's because I some some really cute FROZEN graphic tees on the website.  We ended up finding so much more.  In the girl's Disney section alone, there were FROZEN knit tops, skirted leggings, and sleepwear.  We also saw FROZEN headphones, DS games, books, bedding, and tree ornaments.  The gift-giver inside of me nearly exploded.  I got all these ideas about how the tree ornaments would make beautiful gift toppers and how the headphones would be a great item to gift with a CD player and the FROZEN soundtrack for a young music-lover!  Who doesn't love the song 'Let It Go!' after all?  I hear my children singing it while they're busy doing something and can't help but smile.  When I hear them singing 'Let It Go!' (and sometimes 'Do You Wanna Build a Snowman'), I know that they're feeling good, happy, and all is right with the world.

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

If you or your child loves to belt out the theme song to Disney FROZEN, here's your chance to be on a national television commercial for Kohl's this Holiday, which will be airing during the 2014 American Music Awards!

What do you have to do to enter?  Submit a video of you and up to 5 other people performing the song 'Let It Go!' to the Frozen Sing Your Heart Out Contest by Monday, September 29th, 2014.  Everyone featured in the top ten videos will win a trip to L.A. for filming and the winning act will appear in the commercial spot during the AMAs!  Don't know all the words?  No worries!  You can find the sing-a-long karaoke video here.  (Remember to read the official contest rules before entering.)

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

Before you film your video, be sure to dress the part!  How cute would all the children look singing in this Disney Jumping Beans FROZEN Elsa Plush Vest layered with an Elsa graphic tee or dressed in FROZEN pjs and night gowns?!  What will your family and friends wear in your video?

To see what Kohl's has in store for you in FROZEN fun this fall, visit your local Kohl's department store or shop online at Kohls.com, where you'll find everything FROZEN from bikes to boomboxes!

Have Some #FrozenFun with This DIY Disney FROZEN Castle Bingo Game (Free Printable) #shop #cbias

I am a member of the Collective Bias® Social Fabric® Community. This Walmart toys shop has been compensated as part of a social shopper amplification about FROZEN toys for Collective Bias and its advertiser.  All opinions expressed are my own.

Whether your children have had the chance to see FROZEN the movie by Disney in the theater or not, it is likely that an Olaf toy, an Elsa toy, or an Anna toy is on their wishlist.  We were saving a trip to see this film as one of the family activities we could do to celebrate our daughter's birthday this month.  Still, even not having seen the film yet, she was super-excited when we went to shop at Walmart for FROZEN toys.  I was particularly looking for a variety of figures from the movie to do a photo bingo game craft for my children, but there were not enough different figures in stock to do what I wanted.  Then we saw the Disney FROZEN Castle Play Set and decided to purchase it because my idea began to evolve.  Plus, who could resist this pretty-pleeeeeeease face . . .

Since the play set only comes with an Olaf figure, we agreed that our daughter would use her own Christmas and birthday money to buy the Anna and Elsa dolls to go with the castle.  In the meantime, the castle will be used with her other fashion dolls and may very well be turned into an evil lair or a secret hideout by her two brothers at some point.

After we shopped that day, we stopped into the Subway at Walmart for lunch. Along with their Fresh Fit Kids Meals, the twins received an Olaf keychain (a Walmart Subway exclusive), a FROZEN jigsaw puzzle, and their meals came in two different styles of FROZEN-themed reusable bags.  The twins were wondering what they could put in their new bags, but I already knew what they would be perfect for . . . our DIY Disney FROZEN Castle Bingo Game!

What you'll need to make your own FROZEN Castle Bingo Game:

• Print out pages 1 and 2.  Then cut out the 4 bingo boards.
• Print out page 3.  Then cut out each individual bingo calling card.
• (Optional) Print out page 4 if you would like a reference for the names of the items shown in each picture.
• Small items to use as bingo markers (see suggestions below)
• A paper or reusable lunch bag to store the bingo calling cards (bag should not be see-thru)
• A sandwich bag to store the bingo markers
• A small tote to store all the items above

TO PRINT:  Be sure your printer is on and ready to print.  Click on the desired image to enlarge.  Then right-click and select print.  Use your browser's back arrow to return to this page.

What can you use for bingo markers?

I really wanted bingo markers that were fun and went well with the theme and colors of the bingo boards.  I wandered around Walmart for awhile and then I found this set of 4 faux gem elasticized bracelets in the party favors section for just $2.97.  That's when I got the idea to cut the elasticized string and use the individual gems as bingo markers.  I also had some sparkly pompoms I had picked up in a craft store and thought those looked like they could be snowballs.  I really could not decide which bingo markers I liked better, so I decided to use them both!

Some other ideas for small items to use as bingo markers would be blue and white M&Ms, buttons, foam shapes, and pennies.  What else could you use?

Making this bingo game was easy, although a little time-consuming.  All I had to do was take photos of different things in the Disney FROZEN Castle Play Set.  Then a resized the images, cropped them into identically sized squares, and digitally pasted them onto a large solid colored square.  To make the calling cards, I just used the same images I used on each bingo board and digitally pasted them onto one page.  You could really make this bingo game with any theme as long as you have enough items to photograph.

In addition to enjoying this DIY Disney FROZEN Castle Bingo Game with your children on a rainy or snowy day, it would also make a fun inexpensive party favor for a FROZEN-themed birthday party.  You can just print and cut out a set for each guest and include a little bag of M&Ms to use as bingo markers in the goodie bag!  What do you think?!