Reactorz Soccer Ball | COOP Sports

** A Geek Daddy received the featured product for free to review **

My kids are enjoying soccer camp this summer and they just can't get enough of the sport right now.  In addition to learning dribbling and passing techniques during the day at camp they want to go outside every night to practice kicking the ball around.  Thanks to the Reactorz Soccer Ball from COOP Sports, which lights up when it is kicked, darkness is no longer an obstacle that can prevent my kids from playing the game.  They've been having fun playing soccer from dawn to dusk with their Reactorz ball.

You may not be able to see my kids but the Reactorz Soccer Ball they are passing around sure is visible! Reactive light technology emits a burst of light with every touch, bounce, throw or kick of a COOP Sports Reactorz Ball.



Playing with their Reactorz Ball my kids discovered that the best light effects are generated the faster it spins.  That is because the micro-prism inner core of the 8 inch diameter youth soccer ball refracts the light from its motion activated LED module for the cool effects you see while playing with it.

The soccer ball also has a semi-rigid outer shield that both protects the LED module inside plus provides a texture that makes it soft to kick.  The lighting mechanism is so light and well calibrated you can't distinguish the feel of kicking or catching it from a normal children's playground ball.  A nice aspect of the ball is the pressure/motion sensitivity of the LED module.  It can be held in a hand or resting under a foot without illuminating preserving its battery life but a tap or putting it into motion will easily make it glow.

My kids really have had a lot of fun playing outside at night with this light-up soccer ball.  Meant for ages 5+,  Reactorz Soccer Balls are available at Toys R Us.  Non-replaceable batteries are included within the ball so it is ready to go as soon as it is removed from the packaging.  For more information, visit coop-sports.com.

If you have kids in your life that love soccer as much as mine do pick them up a COOP Sports Reactorz Ball!

Trick Out Party Cups For A Fun Halloween Treat Making Fanta & OREO Jack-O-Lantern Jigglers

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Boo-Ha-Ha-Ha!!! From A Geek Daddy's Spooky Snack Lab we have a great treat featuring Fanta and OREO cookies that any kid will be thrilled to enjoy at a Halloween celebration. Let guests at your Halloween event decorate and personalize their plastic party cups to make Jack-O-Lantern Jigglers!!!

Ingredients:

18 oz Plastic Cups
Fanta Orange Soda
Orange Sherbet
OREO cookies

Start off by providing each of your guests with a clear 18 oz plastic cup and a black Crayola marker.  Encourage them to trick out their cup by drawing a wacky pumpkin face on it.  Shout out kudos to your guests who do the nicest job personalizing the drawings on their party cup with the scariest and zaniest images.

Next in each cup add a few scoops of orange sherbet and pour in some Fanta Orange Soda to fill up the remainder of the glass.  Boil Boil Toil and Trouble you'll begin to see a witches brew froth of bubbles top off your drink. Finish off the drink by crushing up some OREO cookies and mixing them in with the witches froth to add a sweet delight to go with the creamy deliciousness of the Fanta and orange sherbet in the cup.

 

 

Voila you have yourself a Fanta & OREO Jack-O-Lantern Jiggler!!!

For some extra fun, in addition to OREO cookies set out a candy bar with an array of sweets like gummy worms and sweet-n-sour aliens that your party guests can add to their Jack-O-Lantern Jigglers.  We were able to pick up everything we needed to make our Fanta & OREO Jack-O-Lantern Jigglers so we could enjoy them during a Halloween themed family movie night watching Tim Burton's animated flick FRANKENWEENIE in one convenient trip to Walmart.

What was great about including OREO cookies in our Jack-O-Lantern Jiggler recipe was that we were able to pick them up in a 30 count box with the cookies 2 to a pack in these really great Glow-in-the-Dark wrappers.  So the OREO cookies that we have left over from our Halloween family movie night snack should be a great hit as they glow-in-the-dark as we pass them out to trick-or-treaters.

Looking for some more creative Halloween treat ideas?  Evette Rios, host of the CBS show Recipe Rehab has created some spooky fun recipes exclusively for Walmart that combine Fanta and OREO products.  Check out these great Halloween party treat ideas at the Walmart Spooky Snack Lab website.   What is your  favorite snack idea from SpookySnackLab.com?  Mine is the Orange Fanta Pound Cake - yum!!!

Happy Halloween everyone! Cheers!