My Little Pony Play Doh Cutie Mark Creators Review

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Another Christmas gift from me to Brianna is this My Little Pony Play Doh Cutie Mark Creators set. I found this at the very last minute and decided to buy it for my little girl.

The set comes with 4 small cans of Play Doh:

There are two shades of blue, a purple can, and what looks like a salmon pink colored dough. Like any other Play Doh...uh...doughs, they hardened easily. And just like the other cans we had, I didn't know how to soften them up.

There were two ponies in this set, the first one being Pinkie Pie.

You can mold clay onto her mane and her tail, just like what Brianna's doing in the photo below:

There's also a roller that comes with Pinkie Pie

which produces this:

Those are horseshoes and those with balloons have Pinkie Pie's cutie mark. A cutie mark is a tattoo of sorts that symbolizes the girls'/ponies' destinies. As for Pinkie Pie, she has balloons which apparently means that her destiny is to become a party planner.

The second mold is of Twilight Sparkle:

Like the Pinkie Pie figure, you can mold clay onto her mane, her tail, and her wings. There's also a mold under her hooves, instead of a roller:

and it produces this:

Those are molds of Twilight's cutie mark, the symbol inside her cutie mark, and her crown when she became a princess.

Brianna loves this set so much. She can't get enough of the two figures, she plays with them even without the dough. She also watched a review on YouTube for this and made herself her own video "reviewing" the My Little Pony Play Doh Cutie Mark Creators set. If your child loves My Little Pony, you have got to get her this.

Christmas Gifts Review Part 2: My Little Pony Equestria Girls Dolls

Brianna got 3 My Little Pony: Equestria Girls dolls last Christmas and two of them were from me. She loves My Little Pony so much, as we've all established here, so I thought that getting her the Equestria Girls dolls would freak her out - in a good way - and it did! She can't stop carrying them everywhere we go.

To be quite honest, I found these dolls cute so when she requested for these, I didn't flinch one bit. Hehe.

Pinkie Pie

The dolls are a lot smaller than Barbie and a lot thinner. I think they're made of hard plastic like those mean girls in the greatest chick flick ever made. Their skins are the same colors of their pony counterparts and they have pony ears on top of their heads so they kinda look weird in a way. They also have their cutie marks tattooed on their faces. All of them have lapel microphones on their heads which you can remove and put on the other dolls.

Rarity

The first two dolls right here have rubber tops and shiny skirts while the last doll has one huge puffy dress:

Twilight Sparkle

All of them have lapel mics and shoes made of the same material as the tops. Best of all, you can mix and match the parts - which is Brianna's favorite part:

Here are what the dolls look like wearing clothes different from their own:

I love Pinkie Pie wearing Twilight Sparkle's dress! Okay, I might be biased because I love the Pinkie Pie doll itself.

Brianna has 3 dolls now and she's requesting to get the 3 remaining dolls - Applejack, Fluttershy, and Rainbow Dash - on her birthday...which is in February. Haha! Gusto talaga niya kumpletuhin.

All in all, I love these dolls. They're so much lighter than Barbie dolls so carrying all of them in my purse is not a big deal and this is probably better than the mix and match thing. At the rate Brianna's going, I might have to carry all 6 dolls all the time once she completes them.

Christmas Gifts Review Part 1: Disney Books

Brianna received a whole lot of gifts this Christmas, mostly from my dad's side of the family, and most of them are toys but I am so happy to say that some of them are books. I love reading myself, so I teach my daughter that reading is a fun activity that she could do when she needs to pass time...or want to travel.

Anyway, here are two books she got last Christmas:

Both books are made of cardboard, just the way I like my children's story books. The Disney Princess Ballerina Beauties book was sooooo girly with all the pinks, the flowers, and the ballet shoes while the Toy Story 3 What A Team book is the exact opposite with action scenes from the Toy Story 3 movie.

The Disney Princess Ballerina Beauties is a book that describes the princesses in their ballerina poses in a sort of sing-song kind of way. Let me make it easy for you by saying that the lines rhyme. It's kinda cool (for me) because the recall is easy and somehow, that one's important for me.

This book is Brianna's favorite as of the moment just because Jessie the Cowgirl is in it. The Toy Story 3: What A Team book crammed a 1-hour, 40+-minute movie into 5 small boxes in 10 cardboard pages. Whoever summarized the movie into this book is one helluva editor. Hands down talaga ako!

I would've loved for Brianna to have received more books than toys last Christmas but that doesn't mean that I am not thankful for all the gifts and blessings that were bestowed on us over the holidays.

KinderCrib Learning and Childcare Center Christmas Party 2014

Earlier today, we attended the KinderCrib Learning and Childcare Center's Christmas party. KinderCrib is Brianna's school, where she's in the Toddler Program. The Christmas party was held at the Pasig Youth Development Center. We had a hard time knowing where exactly it was located -  I haven't really explored Pasig since we moved here in 2001 -  but thanks to Waze, we actually got there just in time.

There were some the usual booths you'd expect in a children's party: A photo booth, the face painting booth (which Brianna didn't get to try), the animal balloons booth, and of course, Santa!.

Anyway, upon registration, we were handed a passport for the event (mostly for the food and the raffle) with our table number on it:

Brianna's group was second to perform.

They danced to Ang Pasko Ay Sumapit and it's always fun watching little kids dance. I don't know about you but the more they get the steps wrong, the cuter they are. Haha! I don't know if that's the instinct of everyone else or if I'm just plain mean.

Anyway, after every performance, the teachers call out numbers - the ones written on the passports - for the raffle. Brianna won on the first round of the raffle:

There was a puppet show slash magic show after the meal which was a big hit. That Kuya Bodjie guy's something.

Find the hidden Brianna!

After all the merriment, Brianna wanted to go visit the My Little Pony booth in SM Megamall so we went there after the Christmas party.

It's my first time to attend a Christmas party with - and for - my daughter. It's always necessary for me to document these firsts for both Brianna and I so here we are.