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Summer is the season for adventuring. Back (waaaay back) when I was a little kid, those adventures took the form of hacking my way through wooded areas next to my house (to make rooms for my “house”) and thumbtacking sheets to my ceiling in order to create tentlike rooms for my, well, room.
A) My poor parents. And b) I was more than likely way too obsessed with building rooms.
Adventuring for my city kids looks more like building sandcastles out of playground woodchips and chalking elaborate houses on our backyard gate (because the apple doesn’t fall far from the ol’ tree). And when we can throw a supernatural element into it? Score. Sweet, sweet, imaginary score.
Our friends at Netflix sent us a How to Train Your Dragon kit to celebrate the release of the original series Dragons: Race to the Edge. (I know you’re a Toothless fan. I know I’m a Toothless fan.) Although there were goodies galore (like a special edition Dragons tin lunchbox to store the “dragon claw” Bugles- actual quote: MOM, WHAT ARE THESE CAN WE HAVE THESE EVERY DAY), the treats that really struck a chord were the glittery dragon mask and Viking hat. Who loves to dress up? These two ladies:
There was also a pack of brand spankin’ new sidewalk chalk- which is pretty much currency in this household- and a wonderfully soft and fleecey blanket; the former of which is ideal for making dragon masterpieces on our much-abused fence, and the latter being exceptional for curling up for a post-artistic frenzy nap. Or maybe that’s just my personal hope.
And who knows? I bet that blanket would look phenomenal thumbtacked to a bedroom ceiling.
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(Want more kid-friendly epics of the dragon kind? Check out Common Sense Media’s picks!)
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