Mele Kalikimaka to True Aloha readers!

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I wanted to wish all of my readers a very Mele Kalikimaka! (Merry Christmas…as if it needed an explanation!) I hope you all are enjoying a day with family and/or friends and remembering the true meaning of the season. Have a wonderful holiday and see you tomorrow!

For the keiki…

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If you live in Hawaii, you may know more about the honu (turtles) than many. But its always good to learn more about them whether you know a little or a lot! Check out this cool printable Turtle Mania worksheet provided by the Maui Ocean Center. It’s really fun! Yes…I did it. Give it a second to load as it’s a PDF, then print off and let your keikis (kids) go to town…Turtle Town!

Click here for the activity sheet.

For the keiki…

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Your little keiki (kids) looking for something to do? They can have fun learning about the underwater friends off the island’s shores with this great activity page from the Maui Ocean Center. It’ll take a second to load up since it’s a PDF but just print it out and let the fun begin!

Click here for activity page.

Halloween Chills, Thrills and Gills at Maui Ocean Center

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If you’re going to be on Maui from the 24th to the 31st then you want to check out the Maui Ocean Center! Keiki oriented activities including exhibits and even a sleepover! Make this Halloween a special one for the whole family!

For more information on all of the activities offered, click here.

One of my favorite Halloween books…

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With Halloween coming up, I felt compelled to tell you about one of my favorite series, the “Hawaii’s Best Spooky Tales.” You’ve got several versions to choose from, all with their own chills and spills to offer. There are all kinds of great ghost stories about ghosts at Iolani Palace, night marchers and various other things that go bump in the islands. Kids can read these books if they don’t scare easily. There’s no gore or anything like that just campfire ghost story material but it’ll also spook the adults as well. So order one of the Hawaii’s Best Spooky Tales today so you’ll have it in time for Halloween and start a new spine tingling tradition!

Stop by the Carnival of Aloha: Part 2

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We hope you went on the ride for the first Carnival of Aloha of which True Aloha participated. This is a great way to see other Hawaii bloggers do their thing in addition to what we do here at True Aloha.

If you’d like to fly on over to the 2nd edition of the Carnival of Aloha, click here. Where our post regarding the Hawaii Tropical Botanical Garden is featured!

(If you haven’t subscribed to True Aloha yet, go to the upper left hand corner and choose how you’d like to keep up on all things Hawaii and aloha!)

Maui County Fair starts today!

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If you live on or are visiting Maui this weekend, make sure you stop by the Maui County Fair in Wailuku which starts today. There are rides, arts and crafts, tons of ono food and lots of great entertainment! If you stop by tonight you can see Da Braddahs, Willie K and Augie T. Admission is $4 for adults and $2 for keiki 5-11. Children 4 and under are free!

For more information on where to park, the entertainment schedule for the whole weekend, etc. then go to the Maui County Fair website.

What could be better than fair food in paradise?

For the keiki…

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In perusing the internet for something fun for the keiki (kids), I came across Doublebrush.com. Full of all kinds of cool homemade candles and body products with island flair, this website has all kinds of great gifts for the holidays or to pamper yourself.

One thing that caught my eye were the Keiki Finger Puppet Postcards of Hawaiian Endangered Species. I got one of each and was excited to see detail of each animal which was hand drawn by one of the owners, Cheryl. The color drawings are on the front with little dotted lines for the parents to cut out the holes where the child’s fingers go. On the back is a bit of information about that animal like its Hawaiian name, where it lives and what it eats. These postcards can be purchased ahead of a trip and sent as a souvenir to a special child in your life or just as a fun thing to buy your child and sneak some education in at the same time! They cost either $1.25 each or you can get the set of four for $4.95. Each card is packaged in a protective plastic sleeve bag and comes with directions. Head on over to Doublebrush.com and pick up these adorable postcard finger puppets for your keiki!

(Picture used with permission)

Got some cool Hawaii pics?

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You got some cool pics you took on your Hawaii vacation or down at the beach while chillin’ with the ohana? Now you can do something extra special with those pics to personalize snail mail, school notebooks, invitations and anywhere else you put fancy stickers.

At Moo.com, you can upload your photos/images and for $9.99 you can get 90 scratch proof personalized vinyl stickers to color your world! You’re not limited to just one or a few images, you can upload 90 of them and have all different stickers. This is also perfect if you have a small business or blog to promote.

So if you’ve got some cool pics hanging around the house, upload them and make a cool momento of your highly sophisticated photography skills!