Should your kids see the Mary Poppins sequel? Check out this Mary Poppins Returns Movie Review | Safe for Kids?, an honest parent review of the latest Disney film release. No spoilers! #MaryPoppinsReturns May contain commissioned links.

Mary Poppins Returns Movie Review | Safe for Kids? #MaryPoppinsReturns

The Golden Globes really put a damper on this review already. 4 nominations including Best Actress, Best Actor, Best Score and Best Musical/Comedy – it’s easy to gloss over a kids movie review with praise as high as this. But if you’re reading this, perhaps you are willing to pull back the blinders just a little. Because there’s ONE scene we need to talk about in this Mary Poppins Returns Movie Review | Safe for Kids? as we breakdown the visuals, the story, and that PG rating for parents – always from the perspective of if you should bring your kids to see this film.

Is Mary Poppins Returns “Practically Perfect” in every way? Or did Disney go too far to recreate a classic? I’m giving you a full parent review – no spoilers, please.

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Make your own DIY Disney Pixar Christmas Tree complete with DIY Luxo Ball Topper + add the new Pixar Short Films Collection: Volume 3 to your family’s holiday wish list. This post is sponsored by Disney Pixar. All magical opinions are my own. May contain commissioned links.

DIY Pixar Christmas Tree + Pixar Short Films Collection: Volume 3 GIVEAWAY

If there’s anything our whole family can agree on, it’s that we LOVE the Pixar Short Films. Whether it’s an after school mind break or a Friday night snuggle fest, Pixar knows how to do film shorts and do them right. And just in time for the holidays, you can now own the latest collection of family favorites with Pixar Short Films Collection: Volume 3, now available on digital and Blu-Ray combo pack. From Bao to Piper and even that catchy Lava tune, it’s the holiday must have collection to put under the tree this season.

Speaking of tree, you gotta check out our Pixar Christmas Tree – with lots of Disney ideas to add to your holiday decor too! Check out the bonus features, our first ever Disney Christmas tree and be sure to scroll down for a movie GIVEAWAY!

Pixar Short Films Collection: Volume 3 + Blu-Ray Bonus Features

11 short films, 2 mini-movies and a partridge and a pear tree! Pixar Short Films Collection: Volume 3 is the perfect holiday gift idea for your Pixar fans! With tons of great animation, bonus features and more, it’s the must-have movie collection this season.

Pixar Shorts Favorites Like:

• Bao
• Lou
• Piper
• Sanjay’s Super Team
• Riley’s First Date?
• Lava
• The Radiator Springs 500 1/2
• Party Central
• The Blue Umbrella
• The Legend of Mor’du
• Partysaurus Rex

Bonus Mini-Movies:

• Marine Life Interviews
• Miss Fritter’s Racking Skoool

Blu-Ray Bonus Features:

• Filmmaker Commentaries
• Making Bao Featurette with Director Domee Shi
• Caricature: A Horrible Way of Saying “I Love You” Featurette

Our DIY Pixar Christmas Tree

Inspired by the new Pixar Short Films Collection: Volume 3, I wanted to bring some of the “JOY” of Pixar into our holiday decor. Grabbing a mini Christmas tree, our Pixar Cars mini tree skirt (how cute is that?!) and these Pixar Short Films ornaments, we now have a permanent DIY Pixar Christmas Tree to smile at every season.

How cute are the ornaments that Disney Pixar sent us, by the way? You could totally make your own with a printer, string, hole puncher and laminator! Such a cute mini tree idea!

DIY Luxo Ball Tree Topper for Our Pixar Christmas Tree

Our first Disney Christmas Tree? Sign me up. Our Pixar Christmas Tree is such a special edition to our home this season and really encompasses our family’s love of everything Disney Pixar. With a mini tree, a few special Pixar ornaments (all from the new short films collection!), and this DIY Luxo Ball Tree Topper, we proudly display our little magical tree just in time for the holidays! Ready to make your own?

What You Will Need:

• mini gold tree ornament (go for matte or shiny instead of glitter)
• red construction paper(or red scrapbook paper)
• mini star paper punch
• glue
• blue glitter glue
• ornament hook

Directions:

1. Punch out your little red star out of your red paper. Glue to center of ornament (not where the seams are).
2. Following the seam of the ornament, use your blue glitter glue to make a small even blue line along the seam. Dry.
3. Turn ornament upside down and add your ornament hook. Wrap and affix to the top of your Pixar Christmas Tree. So cute, right?

Celebrate the holiday season with a little sprinkling of Disney and this adorable Pixar Christmas Tree with DIY Luxo Ball Tree Topper! And be sure to add Pixar Short Films Collection: Volume 3 to your family’s holiday wish list this season, now available on Blu-Ray and digital!

Pixar Short Films Collection: Volume 3 GIVEAWAY

Want to bring the magic of those Pixar Shorts to your home? Enter now to win a digital copy of Pixar Shorts Collection 3! Open to U.S. residents only. Ends 12/10. Here’s how to enter:

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Where did the Comfy Princesses come from? Go behind-the-scenes in an exclusive Pamela Ribon Interview & see Why the Ralph Breaks the Internet Disney Princess Scene Matters + Easter Eggs Revealed. This post is sponsored by Disney. All magical opinions are my own. May contain commissioned links.

Why the Ralph Breaks the Internet Disney Princess Scene Matters + Easter Eggs

“I’m sure it’ll never get made.“

Panic attack, laying on the floor and worried about getting fired – these are just a few of the moments behind one of the most anticipated scenes in Disney’s newest animated movie, Ralph Breaks the Internet. Let me introduce you to the genius behind this epic movie moment. Thank co-writer Pamela Ribon for that Ralph Breaks the Internet Disney Princess scene that has had the internet buzzing ever since the intro at D23. ALL of the princesses together in 3D? Yes, please! In this exclusive interview, we go behind-the-scenes and find out how the “comfy princesses” came to be, what Easter Eggs were revealed to us (spoiler alert!), and the bigger picture – why this scene MATTERS beyond the sequel.

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Should your kids see the Wreck-It Ralph sequel? Check out this Ralph Breaks the Internet Movie Review | Safe for Kids?, an honest parent review of the latest Disney animated release. No spoilers! #RalphBreaksTheInternet May contain commissioned links.

Ralph Breaks The Internet Movie Review | Safe for Kids? #RalphBreakstheInternet

Did we “wreck-it” or was it “wrecked?” Disney has been pumping out the sequels lately – and it’s been a mixed bag of emotions for me. After Incredibles 2, I was worried about Ralph and Vanellope leaving their wonderful gaming world for the internet in the new film Ralph Breaks the Internet. Bad plan? Maybe. Find out if 6-years was worth the wait in this Ralph Breaks the Internet Movie Review | Safe for Kids? – where I fully break down that PG rating from a parent point of view, give my thoughts on the plot line and of course, no spoilers.

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