Unlock Your Child's Creativity and Imagination with "Colgate Magical Space Adventure"

We love creativity as a family. I believed that being creative is not just a hobby; it is a way of life too. As a mom of two young kids, get involved in creative activities with my kids, always feel great. It is the best way to spend time together while having fun, excitement and learning. We always get an immense joy and satisfaction by reading, drawing, painting, crafting (especially recycled crafts), storytelling etc.

Among all these creative activities recycling and storytelling are my personal favourite. Storytelling is a great art that often involved with improvisation, theatrics or embellishment. It is the best and easiest way to enhance verbal proficiency, improving listening and communication skills, and imagination power. And using some interesting characters (like puppets or dolls) is a way to make it more interesting and appealing to kids.

Second recycling the waste products is my all-time favourite way to feel the spark of creativity in routine days. It always feels great to convert a trash into a treasure. And it is an interesting way to teach kids about the importance of recycling and saving the energy. Kids always had lots of fun and learning with these two awesome activities. But since few days, we really had tight schedules. School, homework, assignments, and appointments…during this super busy life we were not able to carve some quality time to doing our favourite creative stuff.

Suddenly, just a few days ago, when blogadda has approached to join an exciting project called “Colgate magical stories”, I get super excited as this project has involved my two favourite super creative activities.

I know, it might me a little confusing for you, as Colgate is a well-known world class tooth paste brand, and it is associated with kids and creativity. How? Wait for a minute; I will explore it for you.

“Colgate magical stories”- A New creative pack by Colgate

The Colgate “Magical Space adventure” has three packs, with an interesting theme inside of each pack to cut, play and learn concept. Alien planet, float around the zero gravity, spacewalk and experience the thrilling space launch, with more than 15 space characters, these packs will take your kids on an adventurous journey into the magical space world. These packs allow the kids to create their own secret universe by exploring their creative canvas.

, this is inside of pack:

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• My perspective these packs has some great unique feature.
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• As usual superior anti-cavity protection for families.
• ·         Brilliant concept of recycling a cover pack
• ·         New and exciting way to narrate a story with super cool characters
• ·         Easy to understand instructions for making a cut out
• ·         And at the end, of course the hours of fun, excitement with simultaneous learning
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So as soon as we had received our packs, my dolls cannot wait to make a story with these super cool characters and space theme. And without wasting any time, we had started our story formation.  As like all kids my daughters also had a great fantasy about space, different planets, aliens, and other space related things, I had explained them about space in brief. And they had started the story with keeping the name of two main characters of story as “Ravi and Seema”

Here is our story:

Once upon a time, there were two kids Ravi and Seema lived in a beautiful place called Shimla. They were enjoying their life with their family and friends. Like all other kids, they also had a great fantasy about space and aliens. Every night, Ravi and Seema shared their desire to go to space with one another.

“I want to meet an Alien” Ravi has said.

“Oh! Me too…” I want to wear a space suit too. Seema has replied excitedly.

But how? Both have asked to one another. Days were going with fastest speed. And one day, god has heard their prayer. Suddenly, all kids have been called in the assembly hall of school.  Nobody know, what has happened? And within few minutes, principle, teachers came along with the well-known scientist Mr. Sharma. Everyone was so curious about what will happen next?

Very soon, Mr. Sharma has started his speech. He has said, “I know, you all kids love space and you always had a fantasy about space, aliens but unfortunately since few days ago, when we had sent two young astronauts (From another school) to space for a research purpose, their space ship has encountered an accidents. They are in trouble. And to help them, we need your help, we want two volunteer for that purpose. We will send them in a space; we provide them a complete training and all other essential security measures. Please let me who will help us, after taking permission from your parents.

Most of kids got scared. But for Ravi and Seema, it was like dream come true. They had convinced their parents and next day, they had said “A big yes” to Mr. Sharma. Mr. Sharma has praised them a lot for their brave decision. After completing their training, they both were ready for completing the noble mission. They had worn their space suit. And after taking the blessing of their parents, they launched on the space station to refuel the tank. They had a huge amount of excitement for their venture.

After completing long journey of 48 years, they had reached on Venus Planet, and took the help of Rover (Mr. Sharma has guided them about it, it is a vehicle that has been used to move around the planet), they were trying to find the next clue to search their astronaut friends. But suddenly, a big UFO has come toward them with a flying speed.  A green alien comes out of the UFO; initially, he was looking so angry on them, but very soon, Ravi has offered some gifts to him and they become good friends. Ravi and Seema has explained their mission to him. And he has made a promise to helping them.

After a search of few hours, they had found their astronaut friend. Alien has helped them a lot. Both friends were feeling so happy to see Ravi and Seema. And they had explored the beautiful planets with spacewalk. Alien was too happy to find the new friends. After exploring the beautiful and unique space world, it was the time to say bid adieu to alien. At the end, they all said a big thanks to alien for his help, and they come back to earth with happy, precious memories.

After coming, everyone has praised Ravi and Seema. They had received “Bravery award” for the government. It was the greatest achievement for their parents, school, Mr. Sharma. But for Ravi and Seema, it was just like the “Dream come true”.

With this beautiful ending, we had completed our story.

“Wow! What a story, my daughters had cheered in a loud voice.  We are feeling like that “We came from the space”, my dolls has expressed their emotions with lots of happiness. We had loads of fun, excitement, creativity…all because of Colgate magical space adventure pack.

Positive parenting (and as a mom too) is absolutely delighted to be the users of these super creative packs. And a big round of applause to Colgate for providing such a wonderful opportunity to create magical stories with kids, with a brilliant concept of recycling. I would strongly recommend to all parents to give a try to this amazingly creative activity with these magical packs. Your child will have a refreshing, innovative and exciting learning experience.

“I am blogging my #ColgateMagicalstories at Blogadda in association with Colgate.

Note: It is a sponsored post.

10 "Positive Parenting Quotes" that Inspire you Instantly

Parenting is a hilarious journey. Raising the kids is one of the toughest but fulfilling jobs in the world. And being a mom of two cute dolls I am enjoying this thrilling ride with powerful mixed of emotions every day. There are many moments when my dolls are utterly delightful and give me an immense sense of pride and joy instantly, but there are some days when our kids seem to push our buttons and it is difficult to be the calm and patient parent that we usually are on good parenting days. During those days I have really no idea that how am I going to make it until their bedtime. The constant demand, the needs makes me crazy sometimes.

 Whenever I am feeling close to losing it myself, I often prefer to use some relaxing techniques. I try to carve out more me time. Think of something inspiring to calm myself down really helps me a lot. And reading the positive inspiring quotes is one of my favourite strategies that moved me in positive direction instantly.

 Sometimes, little words of wisdom can go a long way. I believed that “positive parenting quotes” are the great tool to positively influence your thinking and helps a lot to survive on bad parenting days. Here I am sharing a handful of my favourite quotes, hoping it will help bring a little perspective and inspiration to all of us. And you would also enjoy it.

1.       Being a parent we always want to make our kids just perfect and expect the most correct things from them.  As parents, we always had never ending expectations from our kids. But do not forget making mistakes is a human nature. There is nothing wrong in making mistakes, but more important is to learn from these mistakes. So apart from being a perfectionist, it is equally important to gain the trust of our kids. It is very important to build a trustworthy relationship with our kids.

“To gain the trust of our kids, to teach them to confide in you about their mistakes…otherwise, we had lost them”.

2.      It is all right to be a caring parent and plan a bright future for our kids. But it is also equally important to make them live their childhood to fullest. Once it has gone…it will never come again.

“We worry what a child will become tomorrow, yet we forget that he is someone today”

3.      We are busiest parent, we are always in hurry, and we just want to achieve everything.  As a parent we become jaded and need something spectacular to amaze them, but children find delight in everything around them. To them, every little thing is wondrous because they are still in learning and exploratory stage.

“There are no seven wonder of the world in the eyes of a child but there are seven million.”

4.      We lived in a materialistic world but there is one thing that is beyond these materialistic pleasures, that is “our time”. Our presence and guidance is much more precious than any other gifts.

“Your child needs your presence more than your presents.”

5.       It is true that we are the “role model” for our kids. We are the first mentor of our kids. So be a little cautious because actions speak louder than the words. Never permit ourselves to do anything that we are not willing to see our kids to do.

“We should never permit ourselves to do anything that we are not willing to see our children do.”

6.       There are no magic ingredients for a happy family. Just add the power of love, gratitude and respect for each other and then see the magic.

“Make good use of time and cherish what we have. Treat one another with love, respect and gratitude”.

7.       Practising mindfulness is very important.  Being in moment, enjoy togetherness is a true treasure of life. And as parent it is the best gift that we could ever get. It is true that we need to slow down to speed up.

“I have observed that sometimes we need to slow down to speed up. Busy and faster does not always lead to bigger and better.”

8.      Each child is unique with different learning style and capabilities. Let them what they are and enjoy the true spirit of parenthood.

“Children are not colouring books; you do not need get to fill them with your favourite colours”.

9.        Spending quality time with kids and making a good interaction have profoundly positive effects on their cognitive and emotional development. It is the best way to shower your love and affection for your kids. It is more precious than any expensive toy.

“Interacting with mom and dad will help develop a child’s cognitive skills. Toys are great but you are far superior to any item you can buy.”

1 0.Words are powerful, use them wisely. Just because we think it, does not mean that they automatically know it.   Appreciate your kids; share your proud feeling of them. Sharing your positive thoughts is the foundation of long-term success and happiness.

“Never hesitate to tell your kids, you are proud of them. The effects of making your parents proud should never be underestimated.

I hope you enjoyed the reading these inspiring quotes, which one you liked most? Do you have any favourite inspiring quotes? Please share with us. I would love to read it. Until then happy parenting!

Positive Parenting Radio

Hellow everyone,

It has been said that words that we speak had enormous power and huge impact, and now I want to use this power for sharing my thoughts. very soon, I am going to launch positive parenting radio, it will be an audio series where I would love to discuss different parenting and mommy issues.

so as a first episode, I am sharing a little about me and my parenting journey, hoping you would like it. please share your feedback.

This is How Being a Mom Changes My Emotions Everyday

Being a mom is a gift that is unimaginably precious. It is a love that never ends; it is a relationship that never dies. Nothing else can produce the true joy and satisfaction that motherhood allows. It is a journey that made us happy every day. Being a mom and enjoying the sweet tiny moments of motherhood is a dream of every woman.

Of course, it is a life altering experience. It shows us wide spectrum of emotions in a single day. It is true that,

“When you are a mother you are never really alone in your thoughts. A mother always has to think twice. One for herself and one for her child”- Sophia Loren

For me, it has been an amazing journey so far. I am fortunate enough that I had gotten this golden opportunity twice in my life. Being a mom of two cute dolls I feel my selves the luckiest person in the world. I had a beautiful life that always filled with some ordinary, some extraordinary, some crazy and some mad moments. I love to celebrate the divine spirit of motherhood every day. Of course, we all love the warmth of being a mom and we all love to enjoy this hilarious journey. But the glimpse of real life is the messier and more complicated than the assumption.

 Being a mom, every morning I love to wake up my dolls. I love to see their little faces and feet every morning.  Their giggles and laughter filled my house with a great positive energy instantly. I absolutely enjoy their hugs and kisses. I love to cook healthy breakfast for them, and then get them ready for the school; Morning Prayer and weaving a goodbye….I love each and every moment. I want to teach them all good things that I had learnt from my mother. I tried my hardest to teach them about love, compassion and honesty. I want to make them a strong and confident individual. They are beat of my heart and the energy of my soul. Yes! It is true that every morning I fall in love with them all over again and again.

 But, being a mom, there are days, when I am tired of the monotony. Sometimes there are days when I just do not feel like doing anything. I just do not want to get from the bed. Indeed, I want to sleep for hours uninterruptedly until my body wake up by themselves. During these days I felt that waking up my dolls is the most daunting task in the world. Because I know they would not listen to me easily. It will take 20-30 minute to just make them wake up. Their morning tantrums driving me crazy.  And then again the same sequence of routine tasks (breakfast, get them ready…) make me feel made. I felt a sense of stagnation and boredom in life.

Oh! You may think I am a pessimist and a low-spirited person. But it is not true. I still love feeling of being a mom each day. Seeing my kids happy is the one of the best feeling in the world for me. When my little dolls get bored, I love to gather all craft supplies and create beautiful crafts with them. I adore the each moment when we read a book together, go for a walk, snuggle with them in bed. 

These sweet tiny moments filled my heart with an undefined pleasure immensely.  I want to preserve these great moments for future as a precious memories. Because I know that, very soon they will be grown up, get married and will have their own lives. And I realised the grim realities of empty nest. I know, one day they wouldn’t need me anymore.  I will be alone and will miss the every single moment of their childhood. So I do not want to miss these delightful moments and love to celebrate the spirit of motherhood every day. I just love the feeling of being a mom.

But some days, I am over exhausted as a being a mom.  I get up and just go through the mommy motions even really finding any joy and creativity.  I feel irritated when they do not listen to me. I shout on them when they do not finish their food properly. I get angry when I finished a clean-up and they messed up again within few minutes. I feel made when I heard “we are getting bored” sentence 100 times in a day.  And then I just want to run away from these never ending tasks and pressuring responsibilities. I just want only me and my time.

But very soon I realised that realised that motherhood is a precious gift of god.  It is a one of the most treasured blessings in my life. I suddenly had a realisation that yes! Motherhood is hardest….but is greatest too. It is the glorious life force. And there are so many women who want to be a mom but they cannot. And I get to fall in love with my job all over again. And enjoy the amazing feeling of being a mom.

 Of course, as a mom, it feels great when my daughters won awards and appreciation in school. I experience a great sense of joy in volunteering in all school activities. It seems that their all crafts and projects are mine and I want to make them best with my all efforts. I love to cook ten different dishes in a single day, when they show food tantrums. I watch all kids show and rhyme videos with absolute pleasure. I like to shop for them and want to buy most elegant clothing for them. I want to make them “prettiest princess” in the world.

But it is true that sometimes, I feel very depressed that I had left my carrier only for my family. Sometimes, I miss my individuality. I missed my job. Sometimes, I want to shop only for me (that is rarely happen). I want to cook only those dishes which I love (I did not remember the last moment when I had done that), I want to watch only my favourite shows and movies (usually, I did not get a chance to touch the remote)

Last but not the least I missed my mom so much, especially after being a mom. Now, I can realise that how much she loved me? How she has sacrificed her all desires only for us? I missed each moment of her love and care. And along with this, I missed my life as a daughter who always shows tantrums on smallest things but had an amazing mom who always loves me.

So yes! I feel fortunate to have a wonderful family. And I enjoy each moment of my life as a daughter, mother, sister, and a wife. I love to celebrate the spirit of motherhood every day. Definitely, it is an absolute pleasure and the most amazing feeling that is most extreme measure of being alive. I really love everything about “being a mom”.  But it is also true that I also want to celebrate a life of an individual too. I want some quality time for my selves every day. I love to cultivated a purpose in my life that is uniquely my own. I want to be able to do things which I want to do. I get to contribute to the world by any mean. I always want to feel better about my selves with a positivity of “self-identity”.

You may think I am a “Selfish mom” but it was an honest confession of me. What is your? Do you also get the powerful mix of emotions every day? Please with us.