A GEEK DADDY: penguins of madagascar

Tuesday, March 31, 2015

Family Movie Night: PENGUINS OF MADAGASCAR

Spring may be here but last weekend we had fun chillin with the Penguins of Madagascar for our most recent Family Movie Night. Our friends at Fox Home Entertainment generously provided us with a great movie watching kit to help us chill out while enjoying the show. With the addition of this newest Penguins movie we now have all of the Madagascar animated films in our home entertainment library and my kids never seem to get tired of watching them over and over again. We missed Penguins of Madagascar when it was out at theaters so my 6 year old twins were ecstatic when we surprised them with the movie and a few other special treats.

A few of the characters from Penguins of Madagascar dropped by to watch the film with us. My wife baked up some delicious cupcakes which we ate on the movie themed plates and napkins in our movie watching kit while trying to prevent Skipper from devouring all our snacks by himself.

Another nice touch in our movie watching kit was a DIY ice cream maker. With my kids peanut allergies, ice cream is often off limits because of contamination issues when it is being produced. Of course making it ourselves is safe. So it was nice to enjoy a frozen treat while watching the movie. It was pretty easy and fun to make the ice cream ourselves...in fact we made a game out of it. The ball shaped device works by it being constantly shaken and rolled around until the ingredients are mixed together into the wonderful concoction known as ice cream. My kids had a blast throwing, tossing and rolling the ice cream maker around the house.

Plus the final product was delicious!

Our whole family enjoyed the hilarious hijinks of the Penguins in this DreamWorks Animation film. My kids especially enjoyed the scene which shows how Private joined Skipper, Kowalski and Rico in the Penguin crew. If you are looking for a good selection to chill out with for a Family Movie Night the Penguins of Madagascar has A GEEK DADDY nod of approval for being funny, entertaining, and suitable for younger viewers. My kids really thought it was "flipping awesome" and the addition of the North Wind team was a nice touch with new characters they really liked.

Thursday, February 26, 2015

PENGUINS OF MADAGASCAR - Movie Prize Pack Giveaway

What do the zoo and the movie theater have in common? For our family it is that my kids love to go see the penguins whether that be at the Detroit Zoo's penguinarium or the penguins in the most recent Madagascar movie at our local AMC or MJR cinema. So my 6 year old twins are pretty excited that we are able to bring the penguins home with us on March 17, 2015 when the Penguins of Madagascar is released on Blu-ray and DVD. It will be joining the three other movies and a Christmas special we also have on DVD from the computer-animated Madagascar franchise in our home entertainment library.

In DreamWorks’ PENGUINS OF MADAGASCAR, your favorite super-spies—Skipper, Kowalski, Rico and Private—join forces with the elite undercover organization of animals known as the "North Wind" to stop the villainous Dr. Octavius Brine from destroying the world as we know it.

In recognition of the Blu-ray/DVD video release of Penguins of Madagascar, our friends at Fox Home Entertainment have provided a Blu-ray/DVD/Digital Download movie prize pack to give away to one luck A GEEK DADDY blog reader. For a chance to win this prize pack you must be a US or Canadian resident over 18 years old and submit one or all of the following entry methods to earn up to 5 entries prior to 11:59 pm EST on Sunday March 15, 2015:

UPDATE (3/17/15) - Congrats to Karen from Chesapeake Virginia who won the movie prize pack!

EMAIL (1 ENTRY) - Email thegeekdaddy [at] yahoo [dot] com with your name, mailing address and name of your favorite penguin from the Madagascar movies with subject line NORTH WIND.

COLORING CONTEST (4 ENTRIES) - Color one of the pages posted below, scan it, and email tothegeekdaddy [at] yahoo [dot] com. Coloring Pages will not be judged but they could possibly be posted on this blog, twitter, facebook, or google+ for all of our followers to appreciate. Kids are encouraged to do the coloring but adults can too.

DISCLAIMER: Each entry will be assigned a number based upon the order in which it is received and one random number will be generated to select a winner. A Geek Daddy Blog will be responsible for selecting the winner of this contest, but Fox Home Entertainment is responsible for fulfillment and delivery of the prize. By participating in this contest you waive any liability towards A Geek Daddy Blog or its publisher that may arise from your involvement with this promotion. If you win this prize on another blog, you will not be eligible to win again. Winner is subject to eligibility verification. Prize will be delivered by UPS or FedEx so no P.O. Boxes are allowed as mailing addresses. A Geek Daddy Blog did not receive any financial compensation but did receive a review DVD for the blog and the prize that is being awarded to one of our readers for this contest. A Geek Daddy Blog is hosting this contest as a benefit to our readers. Any opinions in this post are my own. By submitting a coloring entry you grant permission for it to be shared on this blog and through our social media outlets.