Let’s Imagine Elmo #ImagineWithElmo #Giveaway
Keira doesn’t always sit down to watch television, generally she is more interested in “cooking” in her kitchen, playing with her ponies or dolls or building with her bricks. As soon as Elmo comes on Sesame Street though, it’s a whole other game. You can usually find her about an inch away from the television or cozied up on the couch under a pile of blankets for an entire 15 minutes. She loves Elmo, especially when an Elmo the Musical segment plays. I love Elmo the Musical too, it really promotes fun and imagination. I have to admit that I usually stop what I am doing and watch Elmo the Musical right along with her.
Keira was beyond ecstatic when she found Let’s Imagine Elmo sitting at her table in the sitting room. Her eyes went incredibly wide and she started shouting “Oh! Mommy! Elmo! … Elmo, Mommy!” It was one of those moments you hope for while you have the video camera out at Christmas.
Keira and Ava have a ton of toys and some are great at encouraging imagination, some are wonderfully educational, and some sit at the bottom of the toy chest mostly forgotten. Thankfully Let’s Imagine Elmo wears a few different hats. Literally. He comes with 3 different hats and 4 different modes of play with games, songs and actions to help your little one get in on some of the pretending , just like in Elmo the Musical.
Playful Prince
When your little one puts the crown on Elmo, he pretends to be Prince Elmo and plays a game of “Prince Elmo Says” which involves Elmo giving a command and your child following through. There are three different commands in this game. Squeeze Elmo’s Nose, Tickle Elmo’s Tummy and Bounce Elmo. The game starts off simple but after your child is successful a few times he starts to combine the commands together in order to increase the challenge.
Counting Cowboy
Put on the cowboy hat, and Cowboy Elmo counts up to 20 with your child and then sings a reward song when they reach 20. Keira has been able to count to twelve on her own for awhile now, and with help can get to twenty so this mode has been a lot of fun for her. She loves pinching Elmo’s nose and counting along with him to get to twenty.
Singing Sea Captain
The sea captain’s hat lets Elmo imagine he’s an ocean-going captain, and he’ll start up a sounds-of-the-sea identification game. Both Keira and Ava (9 mos old) really love this particular mode of play. It’s funny but Ava has really taken to Let’s Imagine Elmo and especially to Elmo singing the song he sings when you squeeze his tummy at his request. She literally cannot take her eyes off him and will start bouncing around. It’s seriously the cutest thing. Keira loves squeezing Elmo’s tummy when she hears the sounds of the different creatures too, she has learned about all new animals thanks to Elmo!
When Elmo isn’t wearing a hat, he loves to play by getting bounced, tickled, and having his nose squeezed which makes him fun no matter what. Keira has really taken to Let’s Imagine Elmo and brings him around the house with her. I even caught her sitting at the front window with him doing her most favourite activity ever, quietly watching cars drive down our street.
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Disclosure: I am part of the PTPA Brand Ambassador Program with Hasbro and I received compensation as part of my affiliation with this group. The opinions on this blog are my own.
Elmo lets her feel like she’s got a friend. She carries on conversations and tea parties and he watches while she does crafts!
Elmo can be a great companion when playing.
My youngest granddaughter loves her Elmo, she likes to sing to it.
My little grandson likes to pretend to read to Elmo.
Elmo encourages him to use his imagination in everything he does, from drawing to telling stories to showing kindness to others.
Elmo is the companion children have always wanted and needed. Someone to talk to, play with and most important to learn with.
my kid loves to pretend elmo is flying and feed elmo
Elmo gives companionship and imaginative play, and learning.
I love watching my little niece react to Elmo on tv. Im sure it would bring out her imagination if she received one
My granddaughter is amazed that he talks to her and she loves getting hugs from her huggs Elmo!!!
Elmo provides companionship by talking with child and encourages imagination play. I think this is a great toy! Elmo rocks
Promotes the use of imagination
he allows my son to use his imagination, and to be able to successfully play independently
He promotes my nieces imagination and she loves to read to the Elmo she has right now, so I am sure the Let’s Imagine Elmo would be a hit with her too!
Elmo can be a lot of different things so the child can create whatever atmosphere and play along.
Elmo allows my daughter to reinvent herself and be creative. I believe that these skills will allow her do well once she starts school and later on in life. A great imagination is a critical ability and a great way to develop social skills
Elmo is fantastic for wee imaginations! Elmo can dance, have tea parties etc.
It makes imaginary friends more alive and encourages imagination even further.
It encourages a child to use their imagination to come with new and exciting adventures for themselves and Elmo.
Elmo is fantastic for little ones imagination
Elmo is simply fun and engaging! How can a child not want to play with him when they see that face?
This Elmo promotes imagination through dressup!
Elmo is helping potty train my granddaughter right now.
Elmo is that great friend who is always there on rainy days. He’s encouraging, engaging and fun! Also with 4 different hats to wear it’s like having 4 different friends in one with each teaching them a different thing. I LOVE Elmo and always have.
By “feeding” him and talking to him 🙂
Elmo would promote imagination by encouraging the child to picture what the sounds match to, for example, in the sounds of the sea game.
Encourages conversation.
Elmo gives companionship and imaginative play, and learning.
Elmo is their friend! They play and go on adventures together and its just wonderful to watch.
Allows my child to role play
Elmo encourages my child to interact and express themselves
My grandson loves to snuggle with Elmo when he’s tired at bedtime, or when he wants quiet time in his room to play with his toys, then Elmo is his friend and they go fishing, or sing together.
Elmo allows them to use their imagination in play and pretend to be pirates or cowboys. My son LOVES elmo!
Elmo gives my daughter a great base for imaginative play! I love he songs he sings.
Our little guy loves Elmo!! The bright colors and his friendly voice make it so easy to love and learn from!
Elmo helps encourage my son with his imagination. My son always changes his mind on what he wants to be when he grows up and Elmo can too.
Elmo becomes a friend to play and interact with and that increases the imagination.
Elmo give them a hint & they follow with their imagination
It helps the kids learn words and interaction
Elmo encourages language and is simply fun for the young ones. My baby nephew would love this!
my kids like to sing and dance to elmo songs.
by communicating directly with my daughter, she becomes engaged in what Elmo is asking about.
ELMO HELPS THEM TO PLAY PRETEND
Elmo allows my grandson to learn how to use his imagination
Elmo encourages a child to use their imagination and to express themselves more
Elmo is her friend, the tea set comes out and cartoons forgotten!
Elmo sparks my son’s imagination by being there for him at bedtime where he can comfort him and hopefully dream about him.
Elmo helps my daughters imagination run free
Allows them to do some imaginative play 🙂
My son use to pretend to be Elmo’s fish Dorothy, lol. Now my nephew loves to sing and dance along with Elmo.
pretend to read to Elmo
Elmo boost my granddaughter imagination when she plays with him. She feeds him and take care of him.
Elmo helps children build their imagination play… With a great imagination play is a wonderful thing.. 🙂
Elmo is great for teaching all kinds of things to my little guy, he has a bed time story that he has to have every night about Elmo.
Elmo is #1 in our house. Love how the little guy teaches life lessons
Most small children like an imaginary friend, so Elmo is just that and it keeps the little one’s mind active with imagination.
Elmo is helping my little one use his imagination more.
Elmo boosts my child’s imagination by allowing my child to be creative and to interact with him. This is important for communication skills and interaction with others. Plus we ALL love ELMO!! 🙂
by providing a playmate with which to share adventures.
Elmo is her friend,they play and share adventures.
Elmo helps build imagination by creating imaginative play and my son creating different scenarios.
Playing with Elmo encourages interaction, role playing, imaginary play and allows for quiet, snuggle time too!
Elmo teaches how to play with friends!
Elmo would be my grandson best friend I know, he would carry & take him everywhere while learn so much from him!
my son loves Elmo! He has a dolly that he calls Elmo and loves to pretend to feed…would love him to have the real thing!
I love to watch my grand niece play with her Elmo. She really considers it her friend.
I am entering your giveaway.
It would be great to win a Let’s Imagine Elmo for my niece.
In response to your question of How does Elmo boost your child’s imagination?
Elmo let’s my niece pretend she is going to Sesame Street to visit with him and his friends.
She thinks of Elmo has her friend and likes to sing and dance with him.
Thank you for having this giveaway!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Elmo promotes imagination through talking, singing and dressing up.
My son “cooks” for Elmo and changes his “diapers” 🙂
Just with the singing and dancing and doing different fun activities, my little ones love to follow along.
My granddaughter loves Elmo on the TV and sings along with him; she would love to hold and cuddle him.
Elmo always gives us something to dance for, and dance is a great form of imagination
Elmo boosts my child’s imagination by allowing her to play pretend with her friend – she can dress him up, sing and dance with him (her favourite thing to do with Elmo!), talk to him etc.
Elmo uses his imagination and he is interactive
Elmo stimulates laughing and pure enjoyment with my child! He absolutely loves Elmo.
by communicating with him and getting him to be his play friend while paying good ideas come from imaginative play
My little guys love books with Elmo in them. He has helped transition off the bottle, potty train, move out of cribs, etc!
Elmo’s super fun and teaches through play
This Elmo to helps kids imagine what different occupations involve when they put different hats on Elmo
My grand-daughter, Lexie, who is 2, loves Elmo to bits. I bought her Elmo Goes Potty dvd. She loves it, and it’s made a great impression on her. When she uses her potty she informs her mom that “Elmo pee in potty too”…..too cute!
My grandson loves watching Elmo on Sesame Street – he has the hug me Elmo and two others that must go to bed with him at night.
Because of my great grandchldren watching Elmo on Sesame Street, they feel very comfortable with the character. They love to play and snuggle with him.
I’m not sure but he gets all excited to see him on tv.
Elmo boosts imagination because he is so active and loud when he speaks. Make the kids active therefore more imaginative.
He boosts imagination because he encourages interaction.
Elmo encourages a child to use their imagination
Elmo helped my son use his imagination. He would eat with elmo, play with elmo and at one point elmo was his best friend
My 1 old grandson is with me 40-50 hours a week, Sesame street is one of his fav shows. Most programs he looses interest in being that he is young, he might watch a few minutes of this show or a few more minutes of another show, but Sesame Street keeps him captivated during the entire duration of the show…::-) I have a tiny little elmo pvc figure that he loves to play with, I could only imagine how much he would be really excited to see a big size plush elmo, that talks…sitting under the christmas tree …:-) I love that this elmo is designed to take its little owners on different adventures…:-) thank you for hosting this event, luving n sharing..:-)
my son sings with elmo
My daughter loves using her imagination and singing with Elmo
I like how it brings out the imagination out in my child
Elmo is her bff and they go everywhere together
right now my baby is to young but when he sees elmo on tv, I notice him trying to copy what elmo does
Elmo helps my child use his imagination by showing him how to pretend play. I’m a firm believer that children learn a great deal from pretend play.
Elmo boosts my nephews imagination by interacting and making him laugh!
Elmo encourages conversation and provides feedback and company for the little ones.
My granddaughter has a great imagination but there is something special about Elmo as he bring out her funny and silly side. Its so much fun and a joy to watch. She would love her own Elmo , she plays with her sisters at the moment.
I think Elmo would boost my child’s imagination by giving them a toy to play pretend with. I feel like society doesn’t really encourage pretend play, and I think having a talking toy to encourage children might help.
Elmo helps kids use their imagination, helps them learn and is a great friend!
she makes up songs to sing!
Elmo is wonderful for a child’s imagination, the singing, pretending and activities all help a child’s imagination! My granddaughter loves Elmo!
My niece loves to have tea parties with elmo 🙂
Elmo helps facilitate imaginative play by providing scenarios fo make believe.
He is someone for your child to play make believe with
By offering a friend to play with and by creating scenarios in which to let the imagination run free.
Elmo promotes imaginative play. My daughter loves to sing and dance with elmo
He interacts with them which promotes imagination!
Elmo allows them to verberalize any emotion, happy and sad
Elmo is a fun friend for children to share their thoughts with
My grandson is severely speech delayed and he needs to practice, practice, practice .. Elmo would be such a help and someone whose voice he would enjoy!