2018 Winter Clothing Line: Part 1

The first part of the 2018 Winter Clothing Line has arrived at the KinzStyle outlet, so let’s check out what Pollie Jean Colly has to offer us this season!

Altogether, there are six items in the first half of the 2018 Winter Clothing Line:

1. Fuzzy Purple Sweater: 425 kinzcash
2. Homespun Sweater: 475 kinzcash
3. Pink Pouffy Coat: 550 kinzcash (deluxe only)
4. Quilted Snow Jacket: 455 kinzcash (deluxe only)
5. Quilted Snow Pants: 365 kinzcash
6. Silver Sneakers 375 kinzcash

If you want to buy all six items – and you don’t have any WShop coupons – it will cost you a grand total of 2645 kinzcash.

I decided to try something a little different this time around. All of the outfits I’ve put together are made up entirely of items that you can purchase in the Kinzstyle Oulet – there aren’t any items from the eStore or items that cost eStore points.

Let’s take a closer look at each of these fabulous new clothing items:

First up is the Fuzzy Purple Sweater:

Purple is one of my favorite colors, so I really like this sweater. It looks so cuddly and snuggly, too!

I paired the Fuzzy Purple Sweater with Distressed Stretchy Jeans and Slouch Boots.

Here’s a look at Audrey, my Blue Persian Kitten, showing off the Fuzzy Purple Sweater as she heads down the runway in my Fashion Show Room:

Next let’s check out the Homespun Sweater. I have to admit, I wasn’t sure if I would really like the Homespun Sweater, but that changed when I saw how the sweater actually looks on your pet:

The Homespun Sweater looks very cozy, and I like the way it blends so nicely with earth tones. Lots of Webkinz clothes match best with black, so I like seeing a new item that goes well with brown.

Digger, my Prairie Dog, is wearing the Homespun Sweater with Soft Suede Boots, Eyeglasses and Cool Baggy Brown Jeans.

This is Digger strutting his stuff in his stylish new sweater:

The Pink Pouffy Coat is my second favorite piece in the 2018 Winter Clothing Line. I absolutely love pink! This hot pink color is really bold – it’s definitely the kind of clothing item that makes a statement.

I put the Pink Pouffy Coat on Dali, my Panda Cub. (The Panda Cub was a free pet I got with my one year Deluxe membership a couple of years ago.) Dali is also wearing Black Cowboy Boots and a Pink Bow.

Here’s how the Pink Pouffy Coat looks on a pet:

I combined the Quilted Snow Jacket and Quilted Snow Pants into one outfit:

This outfit is being modeled by Shimmer, the Magical Retriever I won from a pack of Webkinz Trading Cards. To give Shimmer’s outfit some serious attitude, I paired it with a Dude Hat and Red Skate Shoes.

Here’s Shimmer showing off her quilted clothes on the runway:

Last up are the Silver Sneakers. The Silver Sneakers are fun and flashy, but they’ll also match with lots of different outfits. I especially like clothing items that you can mix and match. 🙂

Here is Kensington, my Pretty Kitty, wearing the Silver Sneakers:

Along with the Silver Sneakers, Kensington has on Cuffed Jeans and a Striped Polo.

Check out the Silver Sneakers on Kensington while she shows off this cute outfit:

So what is your favorite item from the first half of the 2018 Winter Clothing Line? Let me know, and I just might send you your favorite item via Kinzpost! 🙂 (Make sure I know your Webkinz name!)

Black Friday Sale – check back for details!

Black Friday sales at the Ganz eStore will start in just a couple of days, and I don’t know about you, but I am really excited!

So what are the sales going to include? I don’t know! That’s right – I have to wait and be surprised just like you! 🙂

The one thing we do know for sure is that a special pet is coming: the Turtle Dove!

The Turtle Dove will only be available during the Black Friday Weekend. After that, this beautiful golden bird will be gone forever! The Turtle Dove will cost 10,000 eStore points for Deluxe Members, 12,500 eStore points for non Deluxe Members.

Be sure to visit my blog – Crazy 4 Webkinz – this week to get the scoop on the Black Friday sales as they’re announced by Ganz. You can even set an alert so you know when I publish a new post!

Let’s get ready for a fun week!

Day 1: Kinzapedia Challenge

I had 3 Kinzapedia Challenge guesses come in yesterday (July 27th), and so far no one has been able to stump me. 🙂

Guess #1: Page 559

Guess #2: Page 150

Guess #3: Page 19

On page 559, the Northern Lights Lamp is featured. Here’s a pic of my Northern Lights Lamp:

On page 150, the Pirate Sheath is featured. Here’s a pic of my Pirate Sheath in one of my clothing storage containers:

One page 19, you’ll find a Berry Season Coat Hook. Here’s a pic of my Berry Season Coat Hook in one of my Jumbleberry Fields themed rooms:

Thank you to everyone for your guesses – keep them coming! If you think you can stump me on the Kinzapedia Challenge, email me at natbrownnat@gmail.com with a page number from the Kinzapedia. The Kinzapedia can be found on Webkinz Newz.

The Kinzapedia Challenge lasts through August 7th, and you can guess once per day. Click here to read the rules if you missed my first post.

Ant Mania Trophy Challenge: Tips and Hints

If you read Webkinz Newz, then you probably know that there’s an Ant Mania Trophy Challenge coming up this month. The Ant Mania Trophy Challenge lasts from July 28th to July 30th.

I’m not very good at Ant Mania, so I started looking for some tips and hints at how to get a better score. I came across some pretty helpful information, so I thought I would share it with all of you. 🙂 Maybe it will help you get the trophy a little faster!

Let’s talk about the game itself – you’re a large black ant trying to pick up pieces of food on a picnic blanket…while avoiding smaller red ants. The more pieces of food you pick up, the more red ants that appear.

Eventually, after you’ve picked up a certain number of foods, a spider appears. (The number of food pieces that triggers the spider’s appearance varies according to whether you’re playing on easy, medium or hard.

If the spider or one of the red ants touches you, the game is over. You don’t get multiple lives or multiple chances – one touch, and the game is done.

There are three boosters or “Power Ups” that will also appear on the blanket:

To collect a “Power Up,” just run over it the same way you do when picking up a piece of food. Don’t wait too long or the Power Up will disappear. Like collecting a piece of food, collecting a Power Up also adds to your score.

Each Power Up gives you a different type of advantage and lasts only a few seconds. A power bar at the top of the screen shows you how much time you have left with your Power Up. It starts out green when it’s full, then goes to yellow, then orange and finally red just as it’s about to end.

Here’s the snail in action – you can see that it slows down the red ants (it slows down spiders as well):

Now here’s the tennis shoe – it makes the black ant (you) much faster:

Last is the lady bug armor – this protects you from the “enemies,” like a shield. If  you’re wearing the lady bug armor, you can touch a spider or red ant without losing the game:

Now that we’ve covered the basics, here are the tips and hints that I found:

1. The red ants are faster than the black ant, so don’t try to outrun them. Only when you have the tennis shoe/speed “Power Up” are you faster than the red ants.
2. The spider moves faster if you stay still. Once the spider appears, you want to keep moving at all times because the spider’s speed increases when you’re standing still…meaning it can reach you much faster.
3. You can move diagonally. You’re not limited to up/down, left/right. You can move in a diagonal line as well by using two arrow keys at once.
4. When wearing the lady bug armor, don’t waste time trying to hit the ants. There’s no real benefit to purposefully running over the ants while you’ve got the lady buy shield. They’re only stunned for a split second. It’s better to use the time getting as much food as possible.
5. The lady bug armor will start to flash/blink when it’s about to run out. This is helpful because you don’t have to look at the bar up top in order to know when armor will disappear.
6. You get a lot more points per food when you play on hard mode. Playing on easy and medium modes can help you get more comfortable with the game so you can play on hard mode and (hopefully) get a higher score more quickly.
7. You don’t have to run directly over the food. All you need to do is graze the side of the food in order to collect it.

Those are all the tips I have for playing Ant Mania. Do you have any hints for getting a higher score? Are you looking forward to the Ant Mania Trophy Challenge? Let me know in the comments!

A Closer Look: New Jumbleberry Fields Prizes

Today we’re going to take a closer look at the new prizes added to Jumbleberry Fields in honor of the 2017 Berry Fest. There are a total of 7 new prizes you can earn by filling up your jars.

I’ve been saving up my berries for quite a while now, and I was lucky to have full jars to trade in for these new prizes. It can take a long time to fill your jars, especially with moonberries, so I think it’s good to see what these new prizes look like and how they function when you add them to your pet’s room.

Let’s start with jumbleberries. The two new jumblerry prizes are the Farm House Shelf and the Bundle of Pickleberries.

The Farm House Shelf matches with the new “Farm House” theme that has been introduced into the Jumbleberry Fields prizes. (We’ve already seen the “Country Kitchen” theme, which included wallpaper, flooring, windows and even place settings.)

I love all the details in the Farm House Shelf, like the red and white towel hanging on the bottom and the jars of preserves on the shelf. It’s a perfect addition to any kitchen, especially a jam making kitchen.

Here’s a look at the Bundle of Pickleberries lined up in a berry themed kitchen:

The Bundle of Pickleberries completes the set of berry bundles, as we’ve already had the jumbleberry, sugary berry and moonberry bundles to choose from and add to our rooms.

Next up we’ll check out the sugarberry prizes. The new sugarberry prizes are the Farm House Flooring and the Farm House Wallpaper. I love the wood and stone look of the Farm House Flooring and Wallpaper.

The Farm House Flooring and Wallpaper coordinate with chocolate colored wood, greyish brown wood and dark grey/brown stones in all different shapes and sizes.

As you can, the two match each other very nicely:

Now let’s take a look at the pickleberry prizes. We’ve got another addition to the “Farm House” theme with the Farm House Window, and there’s also the Berry Farm Stand.

I’m going to want to collect a few of the Farm House Windows to complete my Farm House room. The Farm House Window has a nice view of a tall wheat field with green trees off in the distance:

The other pickleberry prize is the Berry Farm Stand.

The Berry Farm Stand is a beautiful dark wood and features the Jumbleberry Fields logo:

The Berry Farm Stand matches really well with prizes like the Fresh Pie Stand and the Jumbleberry Fields Sign. I’ve used some of these prizes to create a berry farm complete with places to sit, fresh berries to buy and other fun activities fit for a day at the farm:

Last up is the moonberry jar’s new prize, which is the Farm House Cabinet.

I’m sure you’ve caught onto the pattern by now. 🙂 The Farm House Cabinet is made out of the same grey toned wood to match with the other Farm House prizes. It’s actually a dresser that holds 12 clothing items:

So, if you put all the new prizes together, you get something like this:

If you love Jumbleberry Fields, the Ganz eStore offers a couple of different ways to enhance your game play. You can buy seeds to grow all four types of berries in your pet’s garden. These berry seed packets are available in the Ganz eStore for purchase with eStore points.

You can also purchase “Bonus Plays” right from the game itself. Use your eStore points to buy 1 Bonus Play or 3 Bonus Plays:

Speaking of the eStore and berries, there are also lots of really cool items you purchase with eStore points to design and build an awesome Jumbleberry Fields room or farm.

Here’s a few examples:

These items are available for Berry Fest, but they may not last for long, so check it out while you have the chance.

Which of these new prizes is your favorite? What prize are you saving up for? Let me know in the comments for a jumbleberry prize via Kinzpost! 🙂

6 Free Codes for Webkinz Berries

Last weekend, Ganz gave out free codes for each different type of Webkinz berry in a “Find the Ad” promotion on Webkinz Newz. These free berries will help you complete the Jumbleberry Fields Trophy Challenge! I’ve collected all of the codes and posted them below. Be sure to hurry…community codes have an expiration date. 🙂

Jumbleberry: W24G-VJCL-LDZP-XAQU
Sugarberry: W24M-455V-FWXV-WWPG
Pickleberry: W248-CYDA-AJFK-CUB6
Moonberry: W24C-LU8C-YDL2-HFT4
Goo Goo Berry: W245-3BG5-YCUM-64W4
Polarberry: W248-X4GM-YT6F-C8EY

Jumbleberry Fields Trophy Challenge

The 2017 Webkinz Berry Fest kicked off yesterday, and one of the activities to enjoy is earning a Jumbleberry Fields Trophy. To win the trophy, you must feed your pet 12 jumbleberries, 8 pickleberries and 5 moonberries.

There are a few different ways to get your hands on these berries. The first way, of course, is to play Jumbleberry Fields. Because moonberries are harder to win, you could consider buying some moonberry seed packets from the Ganz eStore.

Then there are the floaty clicky events. You’ll find different types of berries floating around Webkinz World all during Berry Fest (which lasts through June 28th). Also, be sure to stop by Webkinz Newz and find the floaty clicky berry there each day, too.

And remember to check the Daily Activities. There will be berry giveaways during Berry Fest, and you can earn more berries when you spin the Wheel of Yum.

If you get down to the last minute and still don’t have all the berries you need, you can use eStore points to “skip” a task. (You can purchase eStore points online at the Ganz eStore.)

I’ve earned the Jumbleberry Fields Trophy on my GABirdGirl account because I had enough berries saved up to fulfill the tasks. You see, all of my jars in Jumbleberry Fields are currently full, and I’ve been leaving them full so I could trade them in for the newest prizes.

Here’s the Jumbleberry Fields Trophy, front and back:

And here’s how the trophy will look on a pedestal in your trophy collection:

When you win the Jumbleberry Fields Trophy, you also win a Moonberry Gift Basket:

Drag the Moonberry Gift Basket into your pet’s room, and you’ll be awarded 5 moonberries:

Are you excited about the Jumbleberry Fields Trophy? Do you have lots of berries already saved up or are you going to have to win them? Let me know in the comments for some Jumbleberry Fields via Kinzpost. (Friend me on my TreeHuggerJess account. My GABirdGirl account is full right now.)

Webkinz Berry Fest 2017 Prizes

Berry Fest 2017 kicked off today, and I’m already having “berry much” fun! 🙂 I’m loving this year’s Berry Fest prizes, and it’s great that floaty clicky prizes are back in the rooms and arcade. It makes it sooo much easier to collect all of the day’ prizes.

If you’ve been on Webkinz today, or remember Berry Fest activities from the past, then you know that there are 6 kinds of berries you’ll find floating around Webkinz World:

But…the REAL stars of the show are the Goo Goo Berry and the Polarberry. Why? Because feeding one of these types of berries to your pet will earn you a special prize.

There are two different sets of prizes, but they’re basically the same – just swap out one berry type for the other.

Here’s a picture of the Goo Goo Berry prizes from Webkinz Newz:

And here’s a look at this year’s Polarberry prizes:

As you can see, the prizes are divided into three categories: common, uncommon and rare, which means that you’ll win more of the ice cream cone than you will the car.

I’ve had great luck so far this morning, and I’ve got 3 Goo Goo Berry Cars total. The only prize I don’t have yet is the Polarberry Car.

If you’re wondering how I could have already won so many prizes, it’s because I’ve saved up my Goo Goo Berries and Polarberries from previous years. I like to keep my “special” foods and store them in rooms filled with refrigerators, like this:

This morning I went searching through my refrigerators and found plenty of both kinds of berries stored away:

Let’s take a look at some of the prizes you can win when you feed your pet a Goo Goo Berry or Polarberry during Berry Fest!

First are the preserves…these are fun because you can rotate them and get four different looks:

Here are the 4 ways you can display the Polarberry Preserves:

And here are the 4 ways to display the Goo Goo Berry Preserves:

Next is the chairs, which have a cute country/farmhouse look to them:

You can see that these wooden chairs are adorned with a cushion, and the cushion is decorated with either Goo Goo Berries or Polarberries.

Last up is the Goo Goo Berry Car (I’ll update my post when I finally get a Polarberry car). Take a look at this gif to see what the Goo Goo Berry Car looks like when your pet rides inside (notice the window on the back!):

So, what do you think of the 2017 Berry Fest prizes? Which are your favorites? Let me know in the comments for a Jumbleberry/Berry Fest prize via Kinzpost!

Free Webkinz Codes: Winterfest Clothing

In case you missed it on Webkinz Newz, Ganz is giving away three free community codes! Each code unlocks a piece of Winterfest clothing from past years.

Here’s the three pieces of clothing you can unlock with these free codes:

And here are the free community codes!