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Unofficial Blues Clues Fan Club Newsletter
Vol. 98 No. 9 September 1998
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In this Month's Issue:
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o Articles or Pictures from Blues Fans
o Blue's Clues News
o Member Input
o Blue's Merchandise Update
o Blue's Clues Page of the Month
o Blue's Clues Party Ideas!
o Blue's Clues Trivia
o Blue's Clues Puzzles **NEW**
o Blue's Clues Character of the Month **NEW**
o Newsletter Helpers
o Merchandise Retailers
o Credits
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Articles or Pictures from Blues Fans
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Here are some craft ideas from other Blue's Clues Fans. Some of these
can be used as party favors for your childs birthday party, or just
as a craft to make for or with your child.
Magnets
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1) Character Magnets
- Print out pictures of Blues Clues Characters
- Approx 1 inch square pictures
- Magnetic Tape
Cut the pictures out and put the magnetic tape.
(Might want to print out on thicker paper to be more sturdy)
2) Felt Friends Magnets
- Felt in color of your felt friends
- Glue, Fabric Paint, Magnetic Tape
Cut the different shapes out of felt for the friends.
Glue them together.
Using Fabric Paint, color the face on for the felt friends.
Put the magnetic tape on the back
Can also can also make Pawprint Magnets. But remember to keep away
from little ones, and away from your computers. :-)
Window Decals
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- Download some pics of all the characters and paw prints
- Buy some "Window Decals" forms, Xerox sells them.
- Print the pics on the Window Decals (using Glossy or transparency
mode)
- Cut them out.
You can use them on your car windows, or your refrigerator or even on
a baby mirror in the crib.
Blue's Clues Transfers
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- Transfer Paper and special Tracing pen
- Trace Blue's Clues Pictures with the transfer paper.
- Put the transfer paper onto a T-shirt, pillowcase, crib sheet,
or whatever else you would like to.
- Rub the image on with a spoon, you don't have to iron it on.
- Use fabric markers to decorate it.
You can do this with any cartoon character, not just Blue's Clues.
Mailbox & letter
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Create your child his/her own personal 'Mailbox'.
- Purchase a real Plastic Mailbox (Walmart - $4.95)
- Paint the mailbox Purple just like Mailbox
- Paint the Flag - Pink
- Add Big Eyes and a Mouth
Now you need mail. :-)
- Purchase White 11X14 Poster Board
- Duplicate Steves mail
- Stick Picture of Steve & Blue on the outside
- Postage stamp
- Put whatever you child would like on the inside.
- Laminate it to keep it looking nice.
Lani said she has caught her son standing on the mailbox, so it seems
really sturdy. Also, Lani recommends laminating the Letters, and to
make lots of letters, for even more fun.
This is a great way to keep your child from "mailing" letters to Blue
in your real mailbox. :-) I don't know about you, but Willie loves to
'Mail' letters. :-)
Blue's Clues Painted Room
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Ronald painted two Blues in his son Christopher's room. His son loves
them. Ronald sent us pictures of his Son's room. Stop by
http://www.oocities.org/~willie-dyllan/blue/fans/ronald.gif and see
his Blue's Wall.
He said now, he is going to have to do Magenta all over his daughter
Katrina's room.
Christopher is 3 and Katrina is 5.
Book Marks
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- Print out some of the Character images and cut out.
- Punch a hole and tie some yarn/string
This makes a great Bookmark that your child will love. You might want
to laminate it, to make it last longer.
Sweat Shirts
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With Fall coming soon, even if it doesn't feel like it yet. Here are
some ideas for making Sweat Shirts for your children, expecially if
you have a larger child who doesn't fit into Nickelodeon's sizes.
1) Cut open the side of a Sweartshirt (along the seam) and tehn with
the sweatshirt open, you can stich Felt Blues Clues to the front &
Back of the Sweatshirt.
2) You could use some fabric paints, and paint on Pawprints on the
shirt, or any of the characters. Use the Transfer idea above to put
the design on your shirt.
Blue's Clues Homemade Books
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Chris, mother of Jeremy, Joshua, Daniela, and Nicky wanted to pass
along an idea she came up with.
Her 2 year old loves books, but inevitably rips the pages out. And
with these expensive Blues Clues and Little Bear books, as well as
others, it can add up. So she printed out all the Blues Clues
Characters she could find, two to a page, and cut the pages in half.
She labeled each page, and personalized it for her son, and took it to
Kinkos and had it laminated and bound as a book. It cost her about
$10, but it is indestructable. He will have it forever.
Blue's Clues Pony Beads
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I have been told the latest rage with the oler children ages 6 and up
are these Beanie Critters made from Pony Beads. They attache them to
their backpacks at school. Lisa A. told me about a site that has a
Blue Dog or it could be a Magenta Dog. :-)
http://wwww.makingfriends.com/pc_bluedog.htm Check it out if your
children are into this. But be careful with younger children.
Sponges
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You can cut sponges into the shape of Pawprints. Then use dark Blue
Tempra paint in Shallow containers. Then Get a light Blue Table cloth
and add "clues" to it for decorations. You can also use more permant
paint, and add "clues" to sheets, curtains or other items to decorate
a childs room.
Craft Foam
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Purchase the Craft Foam and cut it out in the shape of a pawprint.
Then your child can use these while they are playing. They are also
good to play with in the bath tub, as they will stick to the walls.
We purchased Light blue, dark blue, and white Foam. And cut the Light
Blue in the shape of Blue, added dark blue dots and used the white to
make Blue's eyes. Then colored in the blacks of her eyes with a black
marker. You can also purchase two shades of pink and make a Magenta.
You can make all the different characters and have fun.
Video Tape Labels
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Heidi makes her own covers for her taped Blue's Clues Videos. She
uses Avery Labels full sheet stickers. She uses Printshop type
program and brings in Blue's Clues Images. She arranges them they
way she wants them, and tehn printing on landscape form. Then she
cuts and paste the sheet so it fits over her vcr tape box. Her little
Boy knows which tape is his Blue's Clues.
Patterns
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If you are creative and have the time to sew. Simplicity 0644 is a
pattern that has a Blue spotted dog with floppy ears. Its suggested
retail is $9.95. Some people have said that the Pattern is being
pulled because of Copyright infringements, but several stores still
carry it. It comes in sizes 1/2 to 4T. You could even make a Magenta
from the costume. If you are not creative, or would rather just have
one already made, check out our Halloween Costume update down farther
in the newsletter.
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Remember, if you have any pictures or drawings or ideas of Blues
Clues, please let us know and we will be happy to put it in the next
newsletter. Or if you would like to submit any articles, send them to
mailto:willie-dyllan@geocities.com?subject=Newsletter.
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Blue's Clues News
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Campbell's Soup & Blue
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Well, the Campbells Blue's Clues Soup is out in the stores. They
didn't have the big advertising campaign that they said they were,
and at our local grocery store, you had to dig way back to find any
cans with Blue on it. But we have sent off for the Free first issue
of Blue's Clues Magazine, that is due out in October. It will contain
Interactive games for you child. If you are not able to find the
BLue's Soups in your local grocery store, you can still order the
first magazine. Send the following:
- your name, address & Zip code on a 3X5 card
- 3 UPC's from Campbell's Condensed Alphabet Soups
- original cash register receipt (dated between 8/16/98-08/31/99)
with prices circled.
To: Department B, PO Box 4715, St Cloud, MN 56398-4715
We have been trying to find out more infomation about The Magazine
from Nickelodeon, but have not been able to find anything out yet.
Mott's & Blue
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If you ordered your Blue and still have not received her, don't worry,
Motts has said that it is taking up to 8 weeks to process your order,
and then 2 more weeks for shipment. Last week they sent out 20,000
Blue's. So hopefully yours is among that group. If you have any
questions, you can contact Motts directly at 800-426-4891 9-6 EST
weekdays.
Nickelodeon Stores
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We have some great News! *New* Nickelodeon Stores are opening up this
fall in the following locations:
- Staten Island Mall: Staten Island, NY (Late August)
- Pallisades Mall: West Nyack, NY (mid-September)
- Scottsdale Mall: Scottsdale, AZ (mid-September)
- North Park Mall: Dallas, TX (end of September)
- Huebner Oaks Mall: San Antonio, TX (mid-October)
- Fashion Square: Sherman Oaks, CA (mid-October)
Hopefully you will be close to a new Nick Store, where you can purchase
some of those neat Blue's Clues Clothes and other specialty items.
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Member Input
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July-August Survey
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Since all the Blue's Clues Merchandise is coming out now, our Survey
for July-August was "Of all the Blue's Clues merchandise you've
bought for your child, which is his/her favorite?
There were lots of diffent Blue's Clues items that were everyones
favorites, but here are the most favorite:
- 31% - Suffed Blue (Small, Medium & Giant)
- 15% - Notebook
- 13% - Activity/coloring Books
- 10% - Videos
- 7% - Books
- 7% - Subway Toys
Thank you to all who filled out our survey! We appreciate you taking
the time to fill it out. :-)
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September Survey
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For this months survey, Carrie has come up with a Great Idea! We would
like to know what Blue's Clues items you want Nickelodeon to make. We
will send the results to Nickelodeon, and see what they think. :-) We
have had people suggest Blues Clues Toothbrush, Big house shoes with
Blue's Head, Pillow Pals, slippers, and lots more. You tell us what
you would like to see, and list everything you would like to see. :-)
We will tell the percentage of each item. :-)
Thanks in advance for helping and filling out this survey.
Survey - http://www.oocities.org/~willie-dyllan/blue/survey.html
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If you have a suggestion, for a survey, please let us know. If we
don't get a good response from the next surveys, we will be dropping
this portion of the newsletter. :-)
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Blues Merchandise Update
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Halloween Costumes
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Last Month we told everyone about the Blue's Halloween Costume that is
coming out in September. Well we are able to get these costumes and
pass them along at a 10% discount. They retail for $26 but we are
able to pass them along to you at $24 ea + S/h. There are two sizes
M(2-4) and L(4-6). They are made of Flannel. If you would be
interested in purchasing a costume, stop by our Lisa's Toys site at
http://www.bcity.com/lisa/ for more information, and to see a picture
of the costume. (Black and white picture online as of the printing
of this newsletter, Color to follow in the next couple of days.)
Blue's CD's
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There are two Blue's Clues CD's available. The Blue's Birthday
Adventure sells for $29.95 and the Blue's ABC Time Activities sells
for $19.95 ea. They are really cute and we are enjoying them a lot.
Even my 11 year old was having fun playing it with Willie. If you
would be interested in purchasing one of these stop by our site at
http://www.bcity.com/lisa/ for more information.
Sing-a-long Blue
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Tyco has made a Sing-a-long Blue and is marketing it under FisherPrice,
it is a 12" tall plush Blue. When you press on one Paw, it sings the
Blue's Clues Theme song, and when you press the other Paw it Barks.
It is really cute. Suggested Retail is $32. These are going to be in
great demand, but they are not going to have enough of them made to
supply the demand. We were told this by Tyco.
Pos-a-Blue
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Tyco also has made a Pos-a-Blue, she is a 10" plush Blue that you can
bend her ears, legs, and head into different positions. She is so
week and so much fun to play with. They are advertising her on NickJr,
so you may have seen her. Suggested Retail is $14.
Blue's Clues *New* Video
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They have finally released another Video for Blue's Clues. It is the
Blue's Birthday! This is great, as it is Willie's Favorite Episode.
:-) CD Now carries this Video for $9.47, suggested retail is $9.95.
http://cdnow.com/switch/from=sr-934908/target=buyweb_movie/title=BLUE'S+CLUES:Blue's+Birthday
We can't wait to get ours! :-)
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BLUE'S CLUES PAGE OF THE MONTH
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For this months, Page of the month, we would like to introduce
'Cody's Blue's Clues Page' at
http://www.oocities.org/Heartland/Valley/9479/blue.html. Cody lives
in the Mountains of Virginia with his Stay-at-home-mom and his
Mechanic Dad, and 7 year old Sister. Cody's Mom is also a volunteer
Community Leader in Geocities Heartland.
Age : 4 years old
Birthday : August 13, 1994
Sisters: Kayla, 7 years old
Favorite Character: Mailbox
Favorite Episode: Blue's Birthday
Favorite Song: Here's the mail...
Favorite Blue's Toy: Magnetic Blue
The reason Cody loves Blue's Clues so much, is because: He gets so
excited when he finds a "clue" and then he loves writing the clues in
his notebook! He loves singing along with Steve.
From Cody & his Mom:
We just love this show! I tape it for my 7 yr old while shes in
school, and we watch it after school....it gives us quality time
together and helps them learn.
So stop by Cody's Page and see the Birthday Cake his mom made for his
Birthday Party!
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If you would like to create your own Blues Clues Fan Page, you can
get a free page from Geocities (who hosts our page). Go to
http://www.oocities.org/EnchantedForest/ and sign up for a
page in the kids section of Geocities. And then join the Blue's Clues
Webring at http://www.oocities.org/~willie-dyllan/blue/bluering.html.
Let us know if you have any questions, and maybe your site will be
featured here next month. :-)
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Blue's Clues Party Ideas
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Remember we had found out that Nickelodeon has not authorized release
of Wrapping Paper, cards, or other party items until January 1999!
So for now we are going to have to continue to use these great ideas
from other Blue's Clues Fans. :-) For a listing of previous months
ideas, you can got
http://www.oocities.org/~willie-dyllan/blue/partyideas.html.
Everyone started sending us their great ideas, several people were
using the same ideas, so we haven't included names this month, but we
would like to thank all those that sent in their ideas.
Also, there were a lot of people that said "Thank you for the great
ideas, so that their child could have a great Blue's Birthday Party!".
Here are this month ideas.
Cody's Birthday
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The morning of Cody's 4th Birthday, he woke up and found lots of
Blue's Clues all over the hallway from his room. He ran into his
parents bedroom shouting "Blue was her, and left Blue's Clues all
over the place". They got dressed and started following the Blue's
Clues through the house and outside to the garage. When they opened
the garage door for Cody, there was a Jeep he wanted, and a bunch of
paw prints taped on it. Sounds like Cody had a great Birthday!
Party Hats
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Ryan's Birthday - September 1st! Happy Birthday!
Plain Light blue party hats and decorate them with round circle
stickers you can get at the office supply of your store. They used
one color (red, yellow or green) on the children's hats. Then they
used assorted clored pipe cleaners to make the curly things at the
top like Blue's Hats. She only used the Light and dark blue dots on
the Birthday Boys hat. :-) She used a paint pen to draw the white
curly things on Ryans hat.
Place Mats - from Ryan
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Purchase lite blue paper place mats at a party store. Write each
child's name on the top left corner (in large letters) of one and
sponge-paint a paw print on the bottom right corner. Glue picture
of Blue in the center. Then laminate them using clear contact paper.
Ice Cream - from Kathy & Ryan
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Kathy found Wilton tiny cake pans called singles. She found them in
the shape of a pawprint. (I've looked haven't seen any.) She
sprinkled some blue sugar crystals on the bottom and filled them with
softened ice cream. She then put them back in the freezer to harden.
After a couple of hours she set the pan in hot water for a few seconds
to losen it and then put it out on a dish.
Perry found Vanilla ice cream with Blue swirls.
Party Favors
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Landoll's activity coloring books
Shovel & Pail and put a 4 pack box of crayons a container of bubbles,
and black & white pictures of Blue's Clues characters.
Decorations
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From Megan & Courtney
Create your own
- Shovel & Pail
- Mr. Salt & Mrs. Pepper
- Slippery Soap
by using wiggly eyes on each item.
From Perry
Draw Paw prints on styrofoam cups.
Banner - Paw prints across the top with "Happy Birthday" wrote on it.
Red Cups with yellow spoons for the drink or ice cream.
Goodie Bags - White lunch bags rubber stamped with dark & light blue
Paw prints and stuffed with blue & iridescent cellophane paper.
Activities & Games
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Face paint Blue's Clues characters on each kid's face
Side walk chalk to decorate a 'designated' square of cement. And draw
their favorite Blue's Clue's Characters. Creating a Giant Blue's
Clues Birthday Card.
Pinata - Shovel & Pail, Shovel is the stick to hit Pail with. :-)
- Mailbox - Cardboard and tissue paper. Use wrapping paper for
the post and tie curling ribbon on the bottom. The child who pulls
the right ribbon will open the bottom for all the prizes to fall out.
Bean Bag Toss - make Blue Bean Bags, simple enough for the smaller
kids, but the older kids can do it also. Use Shovel & pail to toss
the bags into. :-)
Musical Footprints - Buy Blue Poster Board and draw 12 footprints and
paint them blue. Laminate the footprints and cut them out. Put them
on the floor to stand on when the music stops.
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You can find all the party ideas on our site at
http://www.oocities.org/~willie-dyllan/blue/partyideas.html.
If you have any other party ideas or suggestions, please send
them to mailto:willie-dyllan@geocities.com?subject=Party_Ideas and we
will list them here next month and our site. :-) Again, thank you to
all those who sent their suggestions in. :-)
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BLUE'S CLUES TRIVIA
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OK Blues fans, here's a chance to test your knowledge.
1) What does Paprika carry around with her?
2) What color is pail?
3) Who is Sudsy?
4) What does Steve sit in?
5) Who is Blue's Friend that looks a lot like Blue?
6) What epidosde do you get to separate Paper, Metal, & Plastic?
7) In the Dream episode, what does Paprika want to be when
she grows up?
8) What does Steve put the clues in?
9) Blue _______, we can too. (When she jumps into pictures, books,
or games.)
10) Who is Blue's Friend that is Brown and furry, and lives with
his Mom and Dad?
Answers:
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1) Rattle & Bottle
2) Red
3) Slipperys Chalk friend
4) Thinking Chair
5) Magenta
6) Recycle Episode
7) Singer
8) Notebook
9) Skadooed
10) Baby Bear
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BLUE'S CLUES PUZZLES
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See if you can figure out who these Blue's Clues Characters are:
1) VEETS
2) PPAAIKR
3) GAEANMT
4) ULBE
5) KOOOBETN
6) EKDDAOOS
7) BNGEEADIGRR YBO
8) YABB ERBA
9) SL MART
10) PRR PSPEE
Answers:
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1) Steve
2) Paprika
3) Magenta
4) Blue
5) Notebook
6) Skadooed
7) Gingerbread Boy
8) Baby Bear
9) Mr. Salt
10) Mrs. Pepper
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CHARACTER OF THE MONTH
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Our friend... Shovel! by Erin
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Shovel a yellow shovel who lives in Steve's garden. He is very cute
and great friends with Pail. Pail and Shovel help Steve and Blue
learn about nature. They go on treasure hunts, build castles, play
games, and the list goes on and on. Shovel first appeared in the
first episode, Snack Time (101). Shovel is just one of the cute
characters on Blue's Clues. So the next time you watch... look for
him!
Picture and description all thanks to Nire1985@aol.com (or Erin)
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NEWSLETTER HELPERS
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I would like to thank those that have helped with this edition of the
Unofficial Blue's Clues Fan Club Newsletter. :-)
- all those who submitted Party Ideas
- all those who submitted The craft ideas
We have set up a volunteer page, and if you would like to help with any
of the above sections, or if you would like to help create a new
section, please stop by
http://www.oocities.org/~willie-dyllan/blue/volunteers.html and let
us know how you can help. :-)
Note: We would like to apologize to Sonja, we mis-printed her name last
month. :-)
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Merchandise Retailers
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Lisa's Toys
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Hi, Lisa's Toys is our *New* online Blue's Clues Store! We have
purchased lots of Blue's Clues items, and are selling them up to
a 20% discount to all our Fan Club members! We accept Visa, Mastercard,
or checks.
Here is a list of a few of the items that we have purchased:
- Blue's Clues Costumes - M(2-4) and L(4-6) $22
- Bear Costume(Little Bear or Baby bear) - S(1-2) and M(2-4) $14
- Blues Birthday Adventure CD - $29.95
- Blue's ABC Time Activities CD - $19.95
- Blue's Activity Kit - $9.99
- and a lot more
For more information check out our site at http://www.bcity.com/lisa/.
If we don't have something that you are looking for, let us know, and
we will see if we can get it for you.
Start planning for christmas now, because Blue's Clues may be hard to
find later. Several of the items the maufactures are already saying
there is going to be a big demand and small quantity available to
purchase.
You can also sign up for our free Mailing list at
http://www.bcity.com/lisa/bluemerch.html#list and we will let you know
when we receive any new merchandise.
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CDNow
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Several people have been finding the two Blue's Videos that are
available to purchase. If you are not able to find them in a store
near you, you can purchase them from CDNow.com. For the Blue's Clue's
Arts & Crafts Video at
http://cdnow.com/switch/from=sr-934908/target=buyweb_movie/title=BLUE'S+CLUES:ARTS+&+CRAFTS/,
or the Blue's Story Time Video at
http://cdnow.com/switch/from=sr-934908/target=buyweb_movie/title=BLUE'S+CLUES:STORY+TIME/.
Each video is $9.49 (suggested Retail of $9.95).
Now you can also purchase Blue's Birthday at
http://cdnow.com/switch/from=sr-934908/target=buyweb_movie/title=BLUE'S+CLUES:Blue's+Birthday
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Amazon
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Amazon.com has been selling the Blue's Clues books as fast as they get
them in. :-) They are expecting another shipment later this month.
Here is a list of the books that are available for Blue's Clues at
Amazon.com. Here are some Blue's Books that were available for
purchase at time of this newsletter.
- Blue's Felt Friends - Hardcover - Ships in 2-3 days
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0689819102/williedyllansblu/
- Blue Skidoos to the Farm - 20% discount off list price
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0689816987/williedyllansblu/
- Blue's Big Birthday - 30% discount off the list price
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0689821514/williedyllansblu/
- Blues Bubbly Tub - 20% discount off list price
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0689821360/williedyllansblu/
- Blues Picnic (Blue's Clues, No 1) - 30% discount off list price
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0689817460/williedyllansblu/
- The Shape Detectives - 30% off list price
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0689817479/williedyllansblu/
...and more.., you can see at
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect-home/williedyllansblu/.
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Credits!
Editor-in-Chief: Lisap (mailto:lisap@mindless.com)
co-Editor-in-chief: William (mailto:willie-dyllan@geocities.com)
Home Page: http://www.oocities.org/~willie-dyllan/blue/
This unofficial Blues Clues Fan Club Newsletter is published
monthly. To subscribe (it's FREE!) go to
http://www.oocities.org/~willie-dyllan/blue/club.html#join.
Blue's Clues images copyright 1997-98 by Viacom & Nickelodeon.
This Fan Club is maintained for the enjoyment my son, and other
Blue's Clues Fans. We are NOT connected with the production of
Blue's Clues. - bluemail@nickmail.com
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Last Updated: September 5, 1998
Copyright c 1997-98 by Willie
Email: willie-dyllan@geocities.com
Home Page: http://www.oocities.org/~willie-dyllan/