Color Me House Review
Friday, December 19, 2008 Posted by Jolly Mom
I am a big proponent of encouraging children to be creative and explore their imagination. Isn't this what being a kid is all about? I love when I find children's products that promote creativity, which is why I am really excited about introducing you guys to a wonderful company called: Color Me House.
Color Me House is a company founded by April McCray, a mom driven by her passion for creativity. After years of her husband sharing with her countless stories of him making forts out of cardboard boxes as a child , April decided to take a leap of faith and turn a child's love for boxes into something even bigger. She is definitely on to something! I mean, what child doesn't love a cardboard box? You give a child a gift and most of the time, they are more fascinated by the box than the actual toy!The Color Me House line features a house and a rocket made of recyclable, eco-friendly 2ply cardboard and they are made right here in the US. I had the opportunity to try these out and they are awesome! Below, you can see pictures of the playhouse. My plan was to let Lucas paint it, but it's been raining a lot here in HOTlanta and I wasn't about to let a toddler loose in the house with paint. So, Mike and I painted the house to look like a barn and it looks really cool! I also have to say that we had a blast doing it! We think we may even add a little white picket fence around it made of painted yard stakes. I already had ideas for a little girl playhouse. You could take some small boxes and make flower boxes and attach to the windows. Then, fill them with some cute silk flowers. You could add little curtains...oh the possibilities are endless! So adorable! I'm going to wait for a nice day and then let Lucas paint the Rocket. When I do, I will blog about it and show you guys video of the little guy having fun painting!
There are so many things that I love about these forts/playhouses. First, they are totally blank so that your little one can turn it into the fort of his or her dreams. The house could be a barn, a fire station, a castle, a pet shop, a beauty shop...there are limitless possibilities! Or, can't you just see your aspiring astronauts planning their trip to the moon? Your child can use paint, crayons, stickers, wallpaper and much more to decorate or design their fort. The forts can safely be used by small children as well. There are no staples, sharp corners, or anything that can hurt a child. Also great is that these forts can be easily stored! They fold flat, which is great for anyone that lives in an apartment or honestly most of us mom's whose homes are overrun with toys! They are really durable so don't think that because they are made of cardboard they are not going to last. Your little one will get a lot of enjoyment from it. And, finally, best of all, they are SO AFFORDABLE! The Color Me House is $39.95 and the Color Me Rocket is $49.95. You can't beat that for a product that will bring your child so much enjoyment and encourage them to "think outside the box". From now to the end of the year, April is offering Jolly Mom readers FREE SHIPPING by using the code SHIP5675. Below, you can see more pictures of the rocket and house from April's website.
Meet April McCray:
Tell us a little bit about yourself and how Color Me House was started.
I am a mother of three children ages 12,11 and 3 and happily married for 14 years. I have always loved arts and crafts with my kids and watching them be creative is one of the greatest experiences of being a mother. Yes I am one of those that cries every year that I opened my children's school made Christmas gifts as they stared at me in anticipation as I unwrapped their gift - so proud they were, so proud was I. We began making forts for our first born when he was two. My husband had the best childhood stories of making forts out of cardboard boxes and would tell them to us. When child number three came along and the forts began so did my husbands stories once again. This time my creativity got the best of me and Color Me House and Color Me Rocket were born. My kids love them, and now I think they are actually staring proudly at us.
How do you balance motherhood with being a business owner?
Balancing motherhood with a business is a challenge many of us face. To me its more about balancing life. I make a lot of adjustments to my schedule so that I don't miss time with my family. My favorite time is dinner, this is one moment out of every day that I do not sacrifice. Dinner is our family's time to be together at one table, side by side, no phones, no computers, no TV, no interruptions. We talk, ask each other about our day and what the best thing that happened to us today was. I am thankful for this time every day.
April was recently featured at The Mom Entrepreneur. If you would like to know more about April, check out the article Lemons to Lemonade.
December 19, 2008 6:51 AM
I love the house:) I know my daughter would want it to be a princess castle!
December 19, 2008 8:09 AM
These look awesome! We have a second baby arriving in January so the timing would perfect to have a "new" toy arrive for make believe play while baby # 2 is sleeping! I think both are great. My husband would have more fun with the rocket, but being a girl myself I could imagine more make-believe scenarios in the house! Thanks for coordinating the giveaway.
December 19, 2008 9:28 AM
I would love the house for my kids to play in. They would pretend to be the parents or act like cats like they sometimes do. They would color the house with very bright colors and maybe add glitter to it.
samsakara@twcny.rr.com
December 19, 2008 9:41 AM
I wuold love the rocket for my daughter. She's now getting into things like cars, trains, airplanes, etc... so I'm sure she would love the rocket! We'd probably decorate it as a princess rocket...make it more girlish
thanks
yellyjohnsen@yahoo.com
December 19, 2008 9:46 AM
I love the house and I know that my twins would have a blast decorating it together! I think they would use a variety of markers, crayons, and stickers to make it totally unique!
December 19, 2008 9:47 AM
I follow you on twitter and I tweeted!
December 19, 2008 9:48 AM
I follow your blog AND I subscribed to the Color Me House blog!
December 19, 2008 9:48 AM
Your button is on my sidebar!
December 19, 2008 9:51 AM
I would love the rocket since my twins are very interested in space right now. I think they would go crazy with markers and stickers!
tuesdayef (at) aol dot ocm
December 19, 2008 9:52 AM
Those are so cool, my daughter would love the house! She is always having me make her tents in her room out of sheets, so the house would definately amuse her! She would probably decorate it with lots of girly stuff! All of her dolls would go in there for sure!
December 19, 2008 10:28 AM
I love the house I couls see it being made up into a little restaurant
nanja[at]comcast[dot]net
December 19, 2008 10:30 AM
I'm subscribed and I subscribed to Color me
December 19, 2008 10:31 AM
following you and Color me house on twitter
username nanja46
December 19, 2008 10:33 AM
tweeted
http://twitter.com/nanja46/status/1067224207
December 19, 2008 10:37 AM
Blogged this giveaway
http://nanja-nansplace.blogspot.com/2008/12/jolly-mom-giveaways_13.html
December 19, 2008 10:45 AM
This is so fabulous. My daughter and I have transformed many a cardboard box into homes, kitchens and the like.
My daughter was thrilled when I showed her this. She said she would make this into a reading corner in her room. She would love to have the house.
She wants to decorate it like a pretty doll house. Like a collage, with pictures, pom poms, feathers etc. (In her words)
bvbabybv at gmail.com
December 19, 2008 10:45 AM
I follow you on Twitter.
bvbabybv
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December 19, 2008 10:45 AM
These are awesome!!! My daughter would love the house to make into her own princess castle!
Shanna
smed37(at)verizon(dot)net
December 19, 2008 10:46 AM
I forgot to say that I follow COlor Me House on Twitter too. (bvbabybv)
Also I follow your blog and COlor Me House blog.
bvbabybv at gmail.com
December 19, 2008 10:46 AM
I stumbled this post. bvij
bvbabybv at gmail.com
December 19, 2008 10:49 AM
My nephew would love the rocket! He is obsessed with superheroes right now, so I imagine he would decorate it with Ben 10 and Spiderman. He also loves space things (his room is deorated in a star theme), so the mix of superheroes and space would be super cool on his rocket!
December 19, 2008 10:49 AM
I also have your button on my blog
December 19, 2008 10:50 AM
I follow you and I just subscribed to the Color Me House feed!
December 19, 2008 10:56 AM
My 5-year-old twin boys would absolutely love the rocket. We live in Florida, so they know all about NASA and the space program. They'd probably want their rocket to look as realistic as possible so they can pretend to be real astronauts!
December 19, 2008 10:58 AM
Wow! These are SUPER cool! My kids would LOVE them! i think they'd LOVE the Color Me House becasue they've been wanting a little house to go along with their play kitchen! This would be neat to decorate as a alittel cabin! Count me in!
ncpnkr@aol.com
December 19, 2008 10:59 AM
I followed Jolly Mom and Color Me House on Twitter, and tweeted about this giveaway!
http://www.twitter.com/ParentingAuthor
December 19, 2008 10:59 AM
I posted about this giveaway on my blog: http://pankratzfam.blogspot.com/2008/12/color-me-house.html
ncpnkr@aol.com
December 19, 2008 11:00 AM
I follow Jolly Mom and Color Me House on Twitter...and I tweeted about the giveaway!
My Twitter username is: amommysmusings
ncpnkr@aol.com
December 19, 2008 11:01 AM
I have the Jolly Mom button on my blog!
ncpnkr@aol.com
December 19, 2008 11:01 AM
I'm a subscriber to both Jolly Mom and Color Me House! :)
ncpnkr@aol.com
December 19, 2008 11:03 AM
I added your button to my blog, Susan Heim on Parenting: http://susanheim.blogspot.com
December 19, 2008 11:09 AM
We would love the Rocket Ship. My youngest would think it's cool no matter what just something to crawl in and out of. My oldest loves bright colors and lot's of action. What a great idea to keep the imagination going!
December 19, 2008 11:18 AM
I would choose the house for my girls. They are really girly girls so they would probably color it with rainbows and flowers. It would be princess like.
December 19, 2008 11:25 AM
Your button is here http://photobugbaby.blogspot.com/
December 19, 2008 11:25 AM
I subscribed to your and Color Me House Blogs
December 19, 2008 11:25 AM
I stumbled you (moose1204)
December 19, 2008 11:27 AM
We would love the house over here, but my boys are 2 and 3 (almost) so we'd probably end up with scribbles all over :)
December 19, 2008 11:28 AM
I follow both of you and tweeted (photobugbaby)
December 19, 2008 11:37 AM
Wow! What a great giveaway! My girls would choose the house, of course! The decor would be as girly as you could imagine.
Thanks so much for the chance!
December 19, 2008 11:41 AM
I love the house! My kids would all color it in differents ways! They would play house and whatever else their imagantion will take them! summrob1@aol.com
December 19, 2008 11:46 AM
My daughter loves to play shopping so I think it would be a store
December 19, 2008 11:58 AM
the space ship! my son entire room is outer space! he is just about 3 years old and he LOVES (dont ask me why!) to draw coconuts!!! he also loves to try and draw his new baby sister but always says "i cant really know how to draw her" but he keeps trying!!
December 19, 2008 12:01 PM
i blogged!
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hiccupapparel@yahoo.com
December 19, 2008 12:04 PM
i added both on twitter and tweeted!!
hiccupapparel@yahoo.com
December 19, 2008 12:06 PM
i am subscribed to jolly mom and now i am subscribed to color me house!
December 19, 2008 12:09 PM
i added your button to my page!
December 19, 2008 12:26 PM
My son would LOVE that rocket! He would probably make it into a Star Wars ship.
elissa at huebert dot org
December 19, 2008 12:26 PM
I subscribe!
elissa at huebert dot org
December 19, 2008 12:32 PM
My niece would love the color me house. She would decorate it like a princess castle. Thanks!
December 19, 2008 12:40 PM
I LOVE these! When I was young, my parents didn't have much extra money, but one year for Christmas, they gave a cardboard rocket ship to my brothers and sisters and I. It was incredible, and I have the best memories of it!
Of course, I'd choose the rocket, and my children agree. :)
leftymylou at gmail dot com
December 19, 2008 12:41 PM
Oops. I forgot to add the second answer you asked for...my girls would turn the rocket ship into just about anything. They currently color on simple grocery store boxes and turn them into all manner of splendor, and I'm sure they'd do the same with the rocket!
leftymylou at gmail dot com
December 19, 2008 1:11 PM
my girls would so go for the house...it would be their "house" because they love to play mommy/baby..
jmbhamilton (at) msn (dot) com
December 19, 2008 1:21 PM
My son would love the rockets painted red and black. He would have so much fun. thanks
vickers at comcast dot net
December 19, 2008 1:32 PM
My favorite is the house...or is it the rocket? Oh my I can't decide. I will stick with my first instinct and say the house and I really don't have any idea what our child/children will make it into because we actually just became foster parents and have been providing intermittent temporary care for several different children so the possibilities are limitless.
hermindwanders at gmail dot com
December 19, 2008 1:33 PM
My little girls would love th house! They are so girlie I am sure they would decorate it all pink and purple! This would be perfect, they are both so into playing pretend and playing house...I see hours of fun in that house! Thanks for the chance.
hostess (at) thoughtfullysimple (dot) com
December 19, 2008 1:34 PM
My nephew would love the rocket. He would decorate it as a spaceship going to the moon.
December 19, 2008 1:35 PM
Your button is in my sidebar.
www.roscoethekitten.blogspot.com
December 19, 2008 1:37 PM
I tweeted!
http://twitter.com/Hostess_Tori/status/1067590817
December 19, 2008 1:38 PM
My little girl would love the house and would probably paint in pink and call it her princess castle
December 19, 2008 2:05 PM
I think my twins will love to decorate the house. They love to color, use glue, and paint. They would have hours and hours of fun playing with this house and hours of fun decorating it.
December 19, 2008 2:11 PM
My five year old would love the rocket ship. He recently told me
"In my entire life, you never let me fly a rocket ship"
aahaft at gmail dot com
December 19, 2008 2:38 PM
My boys would like either one but they would probably really enjoy designing their own rocket!
We've added your contest on ContestforMoms.com
December 19, 2008 2:59 PM
I'd love the rocket for my son. I'm sure my husband would love coloring it with him (hubby's the artistic one in the family) and playing together each morning (while mommy sleeps in).
December 19, 2008 3:33 PM
I would definately want the house. My daughters would turn it into a princess "castle".
December 19, 2008 3:37 PM
i realy like them all but i have to go with a house i use to love to play with card borad box's when i was a kid use to make all kinds of things out of them lost of fun please enter me in for this thanks
December 19, 2008 4:27 PM
I teach kindergarten. The rocket would be great!! I can imagine how much fun my little ones would have PLUS all the great spin-off activities for science, literature, math and ...... I would love it and so would my students!
mj.coward at gmail.com
December 19, 2008 4:41 PM
my guys would love the rocket - think they would like to use some glow in the dark paint or stickers for extra fun!
December 19, 2008 4:44 PM
blogged it
http://sweeps4bloggers.blogspot.com/2008/12/jollymom-color-me-house-giveaway-1508.html
December 19, 2008 5:07 PM
I love the little rocket! My son would love to paint all over it in blue!
December 19, 2008 5:20 PM
I just love things like this. This is so fantastic. My granddaughter would really love the play house and she would decorate it with flowers and butterflys. Then she would add a few stickers of Dora The Explorer. Thank you for this wonderful chance!
December 19, 2008 5:21 PM
I'm a subscriber and I subscribed to Color Me House blog.
December 19, 2008 5:36 PM
I would love to win the rocket for my son. Thanks for the chance.
sweetascandy579 at yahoo dot com
December 19, 2008 6:28 PM
We'd pick the house and we'd decorate it PINK and add in flowers, butterflies, glitter, and whatever it takes to make it GIRLY!
December 19, 2008 6:37 PM
Oh my, I would love the house or the rocket. I have 2 boys and 2 girls! Either would be great!
December 19, 2008 6:37 PM
I'm a subscriber!
December 19, 2008 6:41 PM
My son would want the Rocket and he'd probably make it all blue (his fav color).
bebemiqui82(at)yahoo(dot)com
December 19, 2008 6:52 PM
I've blogged about this here: http://www.dianarambles.com/2008/12/latest-giveaways.html
December 19, 2008 7:00 PM
I like both of them, but we would choose the rocket, b/c we already have a "house" made out of a cabinet cardboard box! J LOVE the Curious George movie where he goes up in space, so I'm sure she would want her rocket to look like CG's. We'd probably try to math it to the picture on the DVD cover.
Thanks for the chance to enter!
December 19, 2008 7:01 PM
Stumbled! (PsychMamma)
December 19, 2008 7:02 PM
Tweeted!
http://twitter.com/PsychMamma/status/1068148786
December 19, 2008 7:03 PM
I have your button in my sidebar!
December 19, 2008 7:04 PM
I follow and subscribe to you and subscribed to the color-me-house blog.
December 19, 2008 7:08 PM
The rocket is so adorable. I know we would paint it with robots and tech stuff for a futuristic look.
heidig@gmail.com
December 19, 2008 7:21 PM
I have your button on my left sidebar!
December 19, 2008 7:23 PM
I am a follower of You & Color House on Twitter! I twittered it. ID: FreeStyleMama
December 19, 2008 7:26 PM
I stumbled this. ID: FreeStyleMama
December 19, 2008 7:54 PM
I like the house. My girls like to play house all the time so this would be perfect for them. brewerchickey78(at)yahoo.com
December 19, 2008 8:09 PM
I love this. Its so cute and perfect. Any child would love to color and create. Hope to win.Thanks.
December 19, 2008 8:21 PM
I like the house, my grandkids would have a ball drawing pictures inside and out and coloring it.
December 19, 2008 8:24 PM
I would love to get the house for my kids, they are always pretending to be working at McDonald's, this would be perfact for that. thanks for the great contest
December 19, 2008 9:18 PM
I love the house.. and I think we might decorate it as a fire station! how fun would that be.. if I could do it! You did an awesome job with the barn! SOO CUTE!
Did I win?
December 19, 2008 9:31 PM
I follwo you and I subscribed to Color Me House blog!
Did I win?
December 19, 2008 9:31 PM
The rocket would be perfect. My son's room is vintage space-themed. My son would probably love to paint it blue and orange (his favorites), but I'm sure his big sisters would get some say in the matter and would draw lots and lots of people all over it.
offthespaceship at myway dot com
December 19, 2008 11:06 PM
Roo and Jasper would love either but especially the Rocket. I think they would draw dinosaurs and flowers all over it...
December 19, 2008 11:15 PM
My boys would love the rocket and they would probably design it to look like something from Star Wars Clone Wars because they love that stuff!
jls_wss2003 at yahoo dot com
December 20, 2008 12:17 AM
My kids would love either one! I think I would probably choose the Rocket, because my son has really been interested in space lately. I think he would decorate it to be Pirate Rocket.
Katherine
kccuties(at)gmail(dot)com
December 20, 2008 12:38 AM
Super cool!!! I bet my boys would love to paint the rocket with moons and stars to fly them to outerspace! Thanks!
December 20, 2008 12:54 AM
I'm following you!
December 20, 2008 4:16 AM
My daughter would love to make the house in to a castle.
December 20, 2008 4:18 AM
I have your button.
December 20, 2008 8:21 AM
My kids would play happily for hours in the house.
December 20, 2008 9:14 AM
this is a wondeful choice
December 20, 2008 9:18 AM
I've been admiring these for awhile now. My favorite is the Playhouse. Our kids would be so thrilled with one of these. Thanks for this chance.
December 20, 2008 9:28 AM
The house--which would definitely turn into a pink and purple princess castle.
Jennifer, jennem22 at yahoo dot com
December 20, 2008 9:33 AM
I love the house. This would be great for my daughter!
December 20, 2008 9:46 AM
I totally want to win the rocket for my boys!!! I'd bet they would decorate it to look like they just took off into the sky! With flames on the bottom, and all of the markings of a NASA rocket ship!!
December 20, 2008 9:47 AM
I blogged about your giveaway and Color Me House on my contests for mom blog!!
http://saveyourmoneymama.blogspot.com/2008/12/win-color-me-house-or-rocket.html
December 20, 2008 9:50 AM
Wow-you did a great job with the barn! I would want the house, I am sure my grandsons would turn it into a frontier fort-they love to play cowboy!
smchester at gmail dot com
December 20, 2008 9:52 AM
Hi! I added your button to my sidebar at http://saveyourmoneymama.blogspot.com
December 20, 2008 10:02 AM
my Neice and Nephews would love one of these.
December 20, 2008 10:21 AM
Have to win this house. They are neat, great for my twins but I haven't seen them is a store.
December 20, 2008 10:53 AM
What a great contest! My little girl loves to play in forts and houses, and would love this! Thanks so much for the giveaway!
December 20, 2008 10:53 AM
I follow this blog!
December 20, 2008 10:53 AM
I'm a subscriber! Thanks!
December 20, 2008 10:55 AM
These look like a bunch of fun! I would choose the rocket for my son who is two, but I could see my ten year old daughter taking the lead on decorating it.
Thanks for the giveaway!
~Jenny~
December 20, 2008 11:08 AM
My kids would love the house! Both of my girls love to play pretend and they both love to decorate and design so I'm sure they would come up with something amazing as a design for it.
December 20, 2008 11:11 AM
I would choose the house for my daughter and I am sure she would make it into a fairy giveaway!
Thanks! foxsquirrelrabbit at gmail dot com
December 20, 2008 11:12 AM
I am a subscriber with Google Reader!
Thanks! foxsquirrelrabbit at gmail dot com
December 20, 2008 12:24 PM
my daughter would turn the house into a little playhouse...she is 3 and loves to play pretend...we have a new baby so she also likes to play "mommy" with her dolls and she would love this:) thanks!
christinbanda@yahoo.com
December 20, 2008 1:20 PM
I am sure my grandson would love the rocket. how would he decorate it,I am not sure, probably with crayons and stickers that grandma provided.
barbaraeford@yahoo.com
December 20, 2008 1:21 PM
I am a subscriber. thanks
barbaraeford@yahoo.com
December 20, 2008 2:14 PM
my kids would love this i hope i win thanks for the giveaway bad_girl_4_u_1984@yahoo.com
December 20, 2008 2:28 PM
I love the rocket. My son would make it a spy rocket.
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December 20, 2008 2:29 PM
i have your button on my blog
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December 20, 2008 2:30 PM
i'm a subscriber
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December 20, 2008 2:54 PM
I am certain that my dughter would want the house; I am equally certain that it would end up covered in every sparkly, pink or purple itme she could lay her hands on, and stuffed with dolls!
December 20, 2008 3:42 PM
My daughter would love the color me house playhouse
abfantom (at) yahoo (dot) com
December 20, 2008 4:32 PM
the rocket would really impress little pete, 2 1/2 yrs.
December 20, 2008 4:34 PM
I just subscribed.
December 20, 2008 5:03 PM
The Rocket would interest my great grandson age 4 1/2
December 20, 2008 5:23 PM
I would love the house! My daughters would make it into a fairy house I am sure!!
ajcmeyer AT go DOT com
December 20, 2008 5:33 PM
My great grand kids would go nuts over the rocket. Thanks for the contest.
December 20, 2008 7:01 PM
The rocket would be WONDEFUL for my boys. My 3 year old sees airplanes way up in the sky and says "look Mom, a rocket ship!". We could have a 'blast' decorating it and letting thier imaginations take flight
December 20, 2008 7:59 PM
the kids would probably like the house. It would be very colorful. As there are 5 of them ranging from 2+ to 7. Everyone would want to leave their mark.
Thank you for the giveaway and send April a thank you as well.
December 20, 2008 8:04 PM
I would love to win the rocket for my 3 children. They would love the house too but I think they would prefer the rocket as they have an astronaut costume to wear in it :) Thank you!
tatertot374@sbcglobal.net
December 20, 2008 8:08 PM
I would choose the house because it can become so many different things with my grandchildren. One granddaughter may want it to be her "castle"; a grandson may want to turn it into his "shop" or business where he "goes to work". The ideas are endless.
December 20, 2008 9:35 PM
how cool - rocket please. My little boy would love either but I can imagine him decorating a special rocket with doggies so he can save all the woofs woofs from earthly harm. 8)
tvollowitz at aol dot com
December 20, 2008 10:27 PM
I think my son would love either one, but the rocket might be his fav...maybe. :) And if Daddy has his way, he'd decorate it like something from Star Trek! haha
December 20, 2008 11:36 PM
I would get the house. My daughter is still a little young to paint it, so I would have to decide whether to paint it now or wait until she is older so she can decide how to decorate it, thanks!
December 20, 2008 11:36 PM
Your button is posted on my blog here:
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thanks
December 21, 2008 12:50 AM
I would like the house, and I would let my kids be creative and decorate it how they wanted!
December 21, 2008 1:42 AM
My kids would love the Rocket. They'd totally play space aliens with it. Thanks!
December 21, 2008 1:48 AM
I follow both on Twitter, and I've twittered the contest, coriwestphal. Thanks!
December 21, 2008 1:49 AM
I follow your blog, and I subscribed to Color Me House via google.
December 21, 2008 1:50 AM
And I've stumbled the post, coriwestphal. Thanks!
December 21, 2008 2:35 AM
These are really great. Thanks for showcasing them. I think my girls would go for the house and turn it into a fairy hideaway.
December 21, 2008 5:39 AM
I'm sure my toddler son would love both, but the rocket is definitely unique. He's been talking about wanting to be a pilot lately, so we would probably decorate it with scribbles of many colors and take it on many a pretend trip around the world.
December 21, 2008 10:52 AM
This is definitely on the list of things we need. For now we're counting down the days (96 to go) until Bells' arrival.
December 21, 2008 11:46 AM
I love the Color ME House, I like how the little ones can color and draw and decorate it
December 21, 2008 2:20 PM
My son would love the rocket and I can tell you my husband would paint it as detailed as possible
December 21, 2008 3:11 PM
well done thanks
December 21, 2008 4:12 PM
Very Cute idea, my duaghter would like the house. She would love to play and decorate it.
thanks for another wonderful contest.
December 21, 2008 5:32 PM
How cool are these? I love them! We would pick the Rocket. All four of the kids would love it and it would be so cool to watch them use their imaginations to go to the moon or other planets. They would want to put some of their glow in the dark stickers inside the rocket to make it seem like they really are in outer space. It would probably be painted along the lines of the space shuttle.
Thanks so much!
December 21, 2008 5:34 PM
I subscribed to both!
Thanks again!
December 21, 2008 5:40 PM
Both of my kids would love the Color Me Rocket! I imagine my daughter would paint it pink (yes, she's a bit girly) but my son would ever so sweetly come along behind her with his two year old scribbles.. either way, it'd be their creation and they'd have a blast playing in their rocket.
December 21, 2008 5:58 PM
My son would love the rocket and decorate it with markers, paint and stickers I am sure@! thanks, justicecw@hotmail.com
December 21, 2008 6:41 PM
This is great. Thanks for the contst.
December 21, 2008 8:46 PM
my nephew would love the rocket and he would probably color it orange and green, his favorite colors!!
jayme[dot]bouwens@yahoo[dot]com
December 21, 2008 9:05 PM
We'd definitely take the rocket for our son -- he loves this sort of thing -- and I am convinced he'd paint it completely blue all over -- his favorite color of them all!
Thanks!
Megret
musesofmegret (at) gmail (dot) com
December 21, 2008 9:27 PM
I like the house. I'm sure my kid would want it to be her barn or farmhouse for her stuffed animals.
wedgeford(at)hotmail(dot)com
December 21, 2008 10:30 PM
I'd love the house. I'd get this for my daughter, she is super creative so I'm sure it would be very colorful :)
December 21, 2008 10:31 PM
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December 22, 2008 12:42 AM
I would love the rocket
December 22, 2008 2:58 AM
i would actually like either one, I have 2 boys and 2 girls, they would love to color this!!!
December 22, 2008 2:59 AM
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December 22, 2008 2:59 AM
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December 22, 2008 2:59 AM
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December 22, 2008 3:00 AM
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December 22, 2008 3:00 AM
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December 22, 2008 4:44 AM
That is the cutest rocket for the female astronauts in this house! I can just see them eating their space meals and drinking Tang inside their ship.
December 22, 2008 8:06 AM
My niece would love to have this so she could pretend she had a nursery for her baby dolls.
December 22, 2008 8:26 AM
I would love a rocket for my grandson.
December 22, 2008 8:49 AM
My kids would love the rocket, and they would each have to color a side themselves. It might not be beautiful to our eyes, but they would have a "blast" doing it!
Corey
jcwaters2002@yahoo.com
December 22, 2008 9:03 AM
I would like to win the rocket for my grandson. He will be two next month. I have never met him so I am not sure what he would do with it but I send him gifts at Christmas and birthdays anyway. I am sure he would have a blast with it!
December 22, 2008 9:06 AM
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December 22, 2008 9:35 AM
My kids would love the rocket! We had a huge box from moving that my kids colored and we cut hole in for them! It was pretty much just scribbles but it was adorable! We finally had to let it go after being in the living room all summer! They love a "real" one like this!
December 22, 2008 10:01 AM
Color Me House playhouse for my neice
December 22, 2008 11:05 AM
my daughter would love the house, she would paint it all pink and make it her castle. well, she is a princess!
mommy2skie@yahoo.com
December 22, 2008 11:05 AM
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December 22, 2008 11:06 AM
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December 22, 2008 11:21 AM
I would love the rocket one for my 7 year old son. He loves rockets!
bewell75 at gmail dotcom
December 22, 2008 12:20 PM
my grandson would love the house, or the rocket!
December 22, 2008 2:43 PM
Love it! I think they're both great and would be happy to win either one, but my top pick would be the house. My daughter would probably ask me to help her paint the Bear in the Big Blue House characters on it. :)
December 22, 2008 3:21 PM
A house that my two princesses could turn into a castle....
December 22, 2008 3:22 PM
My son would definitely want the rocket! He's obsessed with all things outer space and alien so he would want it to be a spaceship to go in his bedroom aka "Outer Space!"
katiekarr at gmail dot com
December 22, 2008 3:48 PM
I like the rocket, but I think that Emma would prefer the house. I'd let her just go crazy with it and color it however she likes. Since she is just barely 3, her coloring is still mostly scribbles.
December 22, 2008 4:23 PM
My daughter would love the house but my son would love the rocket and because he is older than she is I'd choose the rocket for him.
I think my son would either decorate it as the curious george episode or the word world episode.
December 22, 2008 5:12 PM
I love this playhose idea!
So cute was the one Painted like a Barn!
December 22, 2008 6:12 PM
the house is beautiful
December 22, 2008 7:05 PM
Definitely the rocket. My son would want it to be orange and he would probably wrap himself in foil to visit the "aliens."
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adams006 at hotmail dot com
December 22, 2008 7:23 PM
I love the rocket! My daughter has had house type things before but never a rocket! I think she'd love to decorate the gadgetry type details!
jessica at bellavalentinaphotography dot com
December 22, 2008 7:26 PM
I would choose the house for my girls and I know they would love it because they are always making their own "houses" out of pillows and boxes so they would LOVE to have this!
stacie_vaughan@hotmail.com
December 22, 2008 7:28 PM
I follow Jolly Mom and I subscribed to the Color Me House blog.
stacie_vaughan@hotmail.com
December 22, 2008 8:34 PM
I love the rocket. It would probably be covered in stars and possibly star wars. Maybe an alien or two. The boys would love to play pretend with this.
Thanks.
December 22, 2008 8:49 PM
My nephews would love the rocket! They would probably make it into a "construction sight" rocket lol.
December 22, 2008 9:06 PM
My son would love the rocket and he would probably decorate it in a patriotic theme.
hetz-junk(at)hotmail(dot)com
December 22, 2008 9:08 PM
My son and I would love the Rocket. I think we would paint it with a combination train/dinosaur theme.
lindakpeters@gmail.com
December 22, 2008 9:51 PM
The rocket is fabulous! My kids would work on it together so it would be quite unique. My daughter would draw serious pictures on it, some animals, some sponsor signage, and my son would be putting stripes & polka dots & every sticker he could find onto it. It would be very bright with every type of design there could be room for!
December 22, 2008 10:19 PM
I follow your blog. I love the house, and I know my Grandkids would love to have the house. I have told them stories of how I would make my own forts or houses when I was a child. I would hang quilts over a card table to make a house to play in. Or, I would make tents on the clothesline using quilts and blankets. I can remember getting a huge cardboard house when I was a child. I thought it was the best thing ever to play with. I know my Grandkids would love this.
December 22, 2008 10:27 PM
I would love to have the rocket!!
I have a new grandson that will be the perfect age this summer !