Holiday App Guide – Part 1

Here is this week’s Holiday App Guide – Part 1!  Enjoy!

Wubbzy’s The Night Before Christmas:  For all those Wubbzy fans out there – here is a special Wubbzy Christmas app!  Wubbzy’s The Night Before Christmas is a deluxe storybook app version of the classic The Night Before Christmas holiday poem.  This app features 3 reading modes to accommodate children of all reading levels: 1) Read & Play – in this mode, you can read the story to your child as they tap and interact on each page, 2) Read to Me – in this mode, your child will listen to narration and tap to interact with the story, and 3) Just A Book – in this mode, children will read the story as a good, old-fashioned picture book (all sounds and interactions are turned off – perfect for bedtime/quiet time!).  Kids can enjoy fun games inside the story, there are three mini-games total: 1) Santa’s Sleigh Ride, 2) Wuzzle Tree Dress-Up, and 3) Snowman Dress-Up.  There are even 3 original sing-along music videos for kids to dance and sing to – Gift of Joy, Wubbzy Wiggle and Holiday Light.  But, that’s not all, after kids have read the story and enjoyed the sing-along songs, they can also color some of their favorite scenes from the story!  If you have Wubbzy fans in your house – this is definitely a Christmas app to check out!  Requirements: Compatible with iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, iPhone 5, iPod touch (3rd generation), iPod touch (4th generation), iPod touch (5th generation), and iPad. Requires iOS 4.3 or later.  This app is optimized for iPhone 5.  Price: $1.99 ~ See Wubbzy’s The Night Before Christmas in the App Store

 

Stack-A-Sleigh:  Stack-A-Sleigh is a creative app that is designed as a game for kids.  With Stack-A-Sleigh, children will help the Elves fill Santa’s sleigh with all the presents and gifts the night before Christmas!  This game involves strategy, as it is a challenging tower-stacking game.  There are two ways to play Stack-A-Sleigh: 1) Tower of Gifts – players get one sleigh to fill with as many gifts as they can, but you have to keep them in the sleigh – if the presents topple over it is game over!  or 2) Sliding Sleighs – in this mode of play, the goal is to fill a sleigh with seven gifts, but the sleighs keep coming so you must be fast and precise to see how many sleighs you can fill before nightfall at the North Pole!  Kids will love the challenging gameplay, as well as the beautiful Christmas-themed graphics and cheery holiday soundtrack!  If you are looking for a fun new Christmas-themed game to play – be sure to check out Stack-A-Sleigh!  Requirements: Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad.  Requires iOS 4.3 or later.  This app is optimized for iPhone 5.  Price: $1.99 ~ See Stack-A-Sleigh in the App Store

 

Rudolph’s Gift:  Rudolph’s Gift is a fun new Christmas app that is fun for adults and children!  With Rudolph’s Gift, the goal is to play as Rudolph as he leads Santa’s sleigh and delivers presents to children all around the world.  This app features dual controls – you will move Rudolph with one hand and shine his light with the other.  Players can collect power-ups and upgrade Rudolph’s abilities as they deliver as many presents as possible all while dodging obstacles.  Power-ups include items such as Cloud Busters, Invincibility, 4X Presents and more!  You can fly with different characters as well – Santa, Hermey the Elf, Yukon Cornelius, etc. and choose different sleigh colors!  If you are a fan of Rudolph – check out this fun, free app!  Requirements: Compatible with iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, iPhone 5, iPod touch (3rd generation), iPod touch (4th generation), iPod touch (5th generation), and iPad. Requires iOS 5.0 or later.  This app is optimized for iPhone 5.  Price: FREE ~ See Rudolph’s Gift in the App Store

 

Singing Nutcracker: Holiday Edition – feat. Santa Claus:    Singing Nutcracker: Holiday Edition is the perfect app for children who love to sing Christmas carols!  With Singing Nutcracker: Holiday Edition, kids will choose a preset Christmas tune and then listen to the festive nutcrackers sing!  Or if your kids want to show their creative side, they can play their own original tune using the pull-up keyboard controls!  The nutcrackers will sing using different voices/sounds (again, either from built-in presets or ones that you create/record on your own).  Players can pull up the microphone to have the nutcrackers listen and then answer their yes or no questions.  Kids can even poke, tickle or feed the nutcrackers!  While playing, kids can switch between the traditional Nutcracker character, Santa Claus or an Elf.  The 5 preset holiday tunes included are – Silent Night, Jingle Bells, 12 Day of Christmas, We Wish You a Merry Christmas and Deck the Halls.  If you have kids that love Christmas carols – be sure to check this app out!  Requirements: Compatible with iPad. Requires iOS 4.3 or later.  Price: $0.99 ~ See Singing Nutcracker: Holiday Edition in the App Store

 

Fancy Nancy Dress Up Holiday Collection:  Fancy Nancy Dress Up is the first-ever official Fancy Nancy game app!  With Fancy Nancy Dress Up, your little ones can take Nancy to a splendid soiree after getting her all pretty and fancied up!  Kids can read her storybook as they get Nancy ready for the party by creating fancy outfits on every page.  This is a great app for kids who love to play dress up or have an eye for fashion!  Children can mix and match several combinations of outfits and accessories for endless fun.  And, this installment of Fancy Nancy has a new Christmas Collection of clothing!  Be sure to check out this app if you have Fancy Nancy fans in your house!  Requirements: Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad.  Requires iOS 4.3 or later.  This app is optimized for iPhone 5.  Price: $1.99 ~ See Fancy Nancy Dress Up in the App Store

 

Elly’s Christmas:   Elly the Reindeer is back in her 12th adventure – a seasonal special all about Christmas!  In this app, kids will prepare for Christmas with Elly.  It’s Christmas Eve and Elly is rushing around to get everything ready – wrapping presents, preparing food, decorating the tree and much more!  But then, Elly hears a bump in the night – who could it be?!  The Elly the Reindeer series of eBooks is perfect for toddlers and features a very simplistic design that is also quite creative and cute.  This app features Read-to-Me narration for those children who are not yet old enough to read on their own, or you can read to your child (without narration).  There are also plenty of ways to interact with the story to keep little ones engaged.  If you are looking for a new Christmas storybook app for your little one – be sure to check out Elly’s Christmas!  Requirements: Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. Requires iOS 4.0 or later.  Price: $0.99 ~ See Elly’s Christmas in the App Store