Around Christmas/Hannukah/Kwanza/Winter Solstice you an expect the Peppermint Puppy Webkinz to brighten your holiday.

The bat is so cute.  Here is a photo:

We are thinking of names for him.  Here is our brainstorm list for Webkinz Bat names:

• Velvet
• Darky
• Blood Dorcula
• Midnight
• Weeny (Short for Halloween)
• Bloody
• Fruity
• Smiley
• Toothy
• Bob
• Fuzzy
• Blacky
• Fang
• Dracula
• Count
• Night Shade
• Demon
• Obsidian
• Black Hole
• Godzilla

I decided to go with Fang since it reminds me of a Jack London book I like. 

My daughter has decided that she wants the bat, so I made an agreement with her that if she finished a book I want her to read by the end of the week, she can have the bat and I will get a different new Webkinz pet.

I saw the Cocoa DInosaur webkinz at the store today and I think that may be my next choice.  Here is a photo:

Some names we thought of for the Webkinz Cocoa dinosaur are:

• Cocoa
• Chocolate
• Dino
• Deeno
• Raspberry
• Little Foot
• Spots
• Scales

Here is more info about him from Webkinz World:

As you can see, he is grayish white, has cute little whiskers sticking out and has soleful black eyes.  You know you want one! Why not get one today?

Here is info about the pet of the month from the Ganz Webkinz site, in case you are not familiar with it:

When you finish adopting your Pet of the Month, and you go to your pet’s room, you will receive a Loot Bag. Click on the Loot Bag and it will open to reveal your prizes! You will receive:

• One random Pet of the Month Item not available anywhere else!
• One of our latest special recipe foods. Many of these recipes are still undiscovered!
• A W-Shop Coupon to use however you’d like
• Between 500 and 1000 KinzCash as a special bonus!

If you choose to adopt the Webkinz Pet of the Month during their featured month, your adoption will include special online gifts, including bonus Kinzcash and one of the new special Pet of the Month virtual items. The Webkinz Pet of the Month items are hard to find after their month is over, so they do become quite exclusive in local stores.

 

Other Webkinz Pet of the Months are:

August: Bullfrog

September: Pug

The first week back to school, stay home parents often take a “staycation” and even treat themselves to a spa retreat.  I know I have been relishing the relative calm that surrounds my house during this week.  Even when my daughter is at overnight camp, life is not as calm feeling as when she is in the regular rhythm of school. 

Here is a nice article about the feature: http://www.kinzblog.com/50226711/webkinz_travel_agent_tropical_island_vacation.php

Animated Items

To use these items you must have an account in Webkinz World. These items cannot be sold back to the W Shop, traded or sent via KinzPost.

The items for sale cost a whopping $4 to $10…almost as much as a Lil Kinz.  Previously, Ganz has made purchases of Webkinz items a way to get extra kinz cash and bonus virtual items: you had to buy real Webkinz stuffed animal clothes, Webkinz trading cards and Webkinz charms that come with a code that unlocks extra kinzcash and bonus items.  Now they have made it even faster for Webkinz owners to spend extra real cash to buy special items that other owners cannot buy by earning Kinzcash by playing games.

My daughter, of course, wants to buy the special items, but so far has not used any of her allowance to do so.  Since she plays Webkinz with her friends often, having a special item online is almost as good as having a real item in terms of envy rights.

I guess the purchases go to good use paying for more fun games at Webkinz world.  I know my daughter often loves these games more than any other she plays online or off.

The Parakeet is an example of another type of pet that you can actually get at the  real pet store.  My daughter and I were discussing yesterday which was better, exotic Webkinz or “regular pet” Webkinz.  She said the regular pet Webkinz, such as dogs, cats, and birds, were boring.  She preferred the exotic pets, like manatee, bat and toucan. 

I pointed out that regular pets were good since they allowed kids to get the feel of having a kind of pet they wanted that their family did not have.  She agreed and realized she wanted a Webkinz cat.

My daughter found this out accidently by creating two accounts with her first two pets.  She was inconsolable when it first happened and now I can see why.  Her pink pony Webkinz has moved on to virtual pet heaven.  I guess she can buy a new Pink Pony Webkinz  and add it to her collection of 9 animals.  One more and she gets a bonus for having 10.  Someone at Ganz is a marketing genius!!

One really cute item is the Lil Kinz Hummingbird.  My husband is obsessed with hummingbirds and feels they bring good luck.  Maybe the webkinz hummingbird will bring good fortune to it’s owners.

My daughter now has 9 webkinz plush toys including the Webkinz Clydesdale and the Pink Pony.