Musical Mondays: OUR LOVE IS A RAINBOW

Welcome back from the weekend!

I just watched the videos that the Captain posted...I am super-jazzed to make my own magic crystal tree.  It looks pretty easy...if you make a tree, will you email me a photo?  Just send it to claraboothecaribou@gmail.com and I'll post your photo here!

My weekend was busy, but fun.  I visited family in Québec (that's in Canada) and celebrated my mom's fête (birthday).  Her favorite treat is ice cream (or crème glacée, as we call it), so we bought her a cake made of ice cream and put a lot of candles in it.  She loved it!

Speaking of love, my Monday music video features a Brownie troop from South Carolina singing a song called "Our Love is a Rainbow" that they recorded with the band Lunch Money.

They recorded the song to raise money to build a school in Tanzania (that's in East Africa). I think that's really neat!!

See you tomorrow, Kangaroonies!

Claraboo 

Scientific Sundays: MAGIC CRYSTAL TREE

Saturday Silliness: Happy 99th Birthday, Joop Geesink!

Step aside, CGI.

Not today, claymation.

Please wait in the hall, ink and paint.

Today our attention is on the paper animation of birthday boy, Joop Geesink...



And a little Andre Popp on the side never hurts ; )

Fairytale Friday: Rise of the Guardians App

Good morning, Kangaroonies!

Remember last November when the Captain told you about an app called The Numberlys?  What about The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore? If not, go ahead and watch those now before we continue.  Pourquoi? Because it's very, very worth it.

All of us here at the Kangaroo Acres love Moonbot Studios (they're the people who make these great books, apps and movies!) and now there is something new!

The folks at Moonbot are working with DreamWorks Animation on a film adaption of their Guardians of Childhood books called Rise of the Guardians. The film won't be out until Thanksgiving 2012 but the app is out now and our friends at Cartoon Brew described it like this...

DreamWorks Animation brings fantasy to life with its Rise of the Guardians app that incorporates incredibly stunning visuals for an epic adventure with the movie’s heroes, the Easter Bunny, Santa Claus, the Sandman…
The new universal iPad and iPhone application unveils a visually stunning world for DreamWorks Animation’s upcoming November 21 movie release of Rise of the Guardians. The app, built from the ground up, targets the new iPad’s retina display. The mix of stunning artwork, the world’s most advanced tablet display, and the latest technology around the in-built gyroscope, results in a truly novel way of revealing each of the Guardian’s spectacular worlds.
You can download it here: http://itunes.apple.com/app/rise-of-the-guardians/id517250596

Have an oh-so amazingly beautiful weekend!

I'll be visiting family in Québec, so I'm leaving the Captain's blog in the capable hands of...well, the Captain  : ) 

Love,

Claraboo

They Might Be Thursday: "Meet the Elements by TMBG

Bonjour Kangaroonies! 

Thank you for hanging out with me this past week and making me feel welcome. I'm looking forward to many more weeks with you here on the Captain's blog...feel free to say hi and continue to make video suggestions; I love hearing from you!

What's that? Some of you aren't sure what "bonjour" means? It's a French word that means Hello! in English. Try using this word when you greet people today!

So did you watch the video I posted first or did you skip ahead to see what I have to say about it? Either way is COMPLETELY fine by me! If you haven't been able to tell already, the Captain and his friends LOVE the band, They Might Be Giants...so much so that we like to feature a video by them every Thursday. I'm not sure WHAT we'll do when we run out of their videos...

Have you visited the Captain on his Facebook page lately? A few days ago, he posted a drawing of himself by his friend Joe Schwartz that I really love:

That looks a lot like him, don't you think? You know what? I'd LOVE to see your drawings of the Captain! Will you draw one for us?

If you're a kid, have your mom or dad scan the drawing and email it to me: claraboothecaribou (at) gmail (dot) com.

If you're an adult, WE WANT YOUR DRAWINGS TOO! Scan and email it to me.  I'll feature the drawings in upcoming posts on here, okay?

So get those crayons/markers/pencils/watercolors out and START DRAWING! :)

See you tomorrow!
Claraboo

What is That?? Wednesday: FUNNY TALKING ANIMALS

Hahahahaha....heeheehee...whew.

Um, oh hello there Kangaroooooonies....HAHAHOHOOOOHAHA...oh, I'm so sorry! I can't stop..hohohoho...laughing. Wow, my eyes are watering, my stomach hurts, and hahaha...

Just watch the video...haha...that's making me laugh so hard...ohhhh heehee *snort*...and I'll be right back!



Please tell me you laughed as much as I did! I've known some talking animals in my day (in fact, I AM one!), but I have never met any who were QUITE that funny.

I hope you laugh a lot today...tell your favorite joke to a friend, watch a movie or read a book that tickles your funny bone, or juggle your stuffed animals while standing on one foot and singing "Row, Row, Row Your Boat" in your front yard. You're sure to make someone smile that way!

Until tomorrow...have an oh-so bea-YOU-tiful Wednesday!
Claraboo

Pocoyo Tuesdays: Dance