Michelle of Honest & Truly!, 5 Minutes for Mom writer, shares her insights into this sponsored post for The Croods. We were compensated to write this post, however all opinions remain those of the writer.
It isn’t often that my family heads to see a movie on the day it opens. The Croods was a different story this spring. We saw the first morning showing, and we were hooked. Ever since, the wee ones have been asking when it comes out on DVD so we can buy it and watch it again. And again.
Fortunately, we don’t have too much longer to wait. Â On October 1, the prehistoric family is coming to your home via DVD ($29.98) and Blu-Ray ($38.99). As the last prehistoric family, there are many rules they need to follow to stay alive, but the oldest daughter Eep is a rebellious teenager who stretches those rules as much as she possibly can.
While stretching the rules, she meets another caveman named Guy who knows all sorts of information he’s discovered, including fire. When the Croods’ cave collapses, it’s Guy who joins them in an effort to find a new home. Not surprisingly, Grug (the dad) is set in his ways and does not like his authority challenged, especially by a teenager who is interested in his daughter.
Over the course of the movie, everyone learns so much and there were plenty of valuable lessons for all ages. The humor was appropriate for all ages, although some did go over the wee ones’ heads. We all laughed throughout the movie, although there were portions where I was emotionally connected to the story and potentially sniffling a bit in the sadder parts.
All the character were memorable and entertaining from fiesty Gran, Grug’s mother-in-law, to the baby Sandy who is a vicious Tasmanian Devil to Thunk, Grug’s son, who aims to be his father but lacks brains and talent, sweet as he is. The wee ones kept talking about the movie and characters long after we left the theater. In fact, Little Miss still walks around doing the “dun-dun-duuuuuun” that the sloth Belt repeated each time there was a “dramatic” moment in the movie.
We’ve been counting down the days. Lucky for us, there are some fun ways to build the excitement of the wee ones while keeping them occupied. DreamWorks has developed several fun activities that you can download and complete while waiting for the movie to (finally) be available in stores. What better way to keep everyone excited as there are only a few days to go?
Enjoy these coloring pages and road trip kit to keep your kids busy and make the anticipation of The Croods that much more fun!
While you are at it, take a look at this feature called The Croods Features – Daddy Dearest, which lists some of the best father daughter duos that have ever been seen in any movie.
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One lucky reader is going to win her very own Blu-ray/dvd combo pack of The Croods. To get started entering this giveaway, just put your name and email address in the Giveaway Tools box below.
Michelle may never stop running around Chicagoland, but she always makes time for the important things in her life – her wee ones, cooking, reading, and spending time with friends – and of course, writing. You can see what she’s up to on her blog Honest & Truly! or on Twitter where she tweets as @HonestAndTruly.
My boy liked the ending.
I’m a Grug fan…dad’s rule
Belt is the best!
My son likes Punch Monkey!
I’ve never seen it before.
Punch Monkey is ours.
My favorite character is Gran. I love her relationship with Grug.
I haven’t seen The Croods yet, but judging by appearances, I think I’ll like Douglas.
I love Gran.
Belt looks like a cool character. Thanks.
i haven’t seen the movie, so i can’t say who my fav is
I like Belt.
I like belt.
My favorite Croods character is definitely Douglas! Hes soooo cute!
I like Belt. Thanks for the chance.
I liked EEP
I like Belt.
i think sandy is my daughter’s favorite
Belt is our favorite!
we have yet to see this yet, but the mom looks awesome!
like the Punch Monkey!
I love Grug!!
We haven’t seen it yet so we don’t know who our favorite character is.
I haven’t seen it, so I don’t have a favorite (yet).
My favorite is Belt!
Grug is my sons favorite.
My favorite is Belt.
We haven’t seen it yet, but I have heard Belt is the best
I haven’t see it yet so no favorite
I like eep
I haven’t seen it yet but think I would probably like the granny!
I havent seen it yet! Hopefully we win it looks so cute!
i dont know YET! i havent watched it.
I like gran the best 🙂
My daughter loves Belt.
I love Belt! 🙂
Fun movie. My son loved it.
I like Ugga!
Belt is my favorite character
Ugga is my favorite character.
Grug is my sons fave.
I love Belt!
Gran is my favorite character!
We like Belt
eep is the best and belt
my favorite is gran
I like Belt
I like Belt!
my favorite character is Punch Monkey
I like gran
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After reading the character bios I think Guy would be my favorite
I”m not sure since I haven’t seen the movie yet.
Belt is the fave here.
I haven’t seen The Croods yet so I’m not sure who my favorite character would be yet.
Belt is my favorite but I’ve also heard that Gran is really funny!
I like Belt
My favorite would be guy
I haven’t watched it yet, so I don’t have a favorite character.
I like Belt the best.
My favorite is EEP!
I think “Punch Monkey” is cool.
We haven’t seen it yet but my kids like the monkey, punch
I believe punch monkey is our favorite
I like Gran!
We love Belt!
Sandy is my favorite! Great movie
Gran is our favorite
I really liked Eep. She is extremely independent and tough.
My favorite character is Belt
We all loved Belt!
Belt is my favorite!
My favorite character is definitely belt.
My favorite character is Gran.
I like Punch Monkey!
I like Grug.
My wife and I’s favorite is Belt!
I haven’t seen it yet, but I think Belt will be my favorite 🙂 He’s cute!
I don’t have a favorite, we haven’t seen this movie yet
grandma is the best one
Definitely Belt, he is number one
Grug is our favorite
Eep is my favorite character!
I haven’t seen the movie yet.
gran is my favorite
I like the grandma
i like douglas
I’m not sure because I haven’t seen the movie yet.
I’m not sure because I haven’t seen the movie yet
I like the Punch Monkey
Grandma is my favorite!!
I love Eep.
I haven’t seen this movie yet, but Gran and Sandy tickle my funny bone. 🙂
my favorite character is belt.
I liked Eep and Gran. We loved the movie.
I haven’t seen the movie, but I bet I would like Belt best… I love sloths!
we liked Belt
I have not seen the movie. I think that I’m going to like Gran.
I haven’t watched it yet…
I like Eep
Guy is my grandson’s favorite Crood character.
Gran, hands down!
Hmmm.. hard to choose, but I would say the Dad, because he made paranoia funny!
I love BELT!!! my kids crack up when he does his song 🙂
The sloth is SO funny. dun dun duuuuuuun
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I loved the dad! He was awesome.
I loved the dad!
My kids like Punch Monkey
I like Thunk the best!
belt
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I liked Belt!
I haven’t seen the movie yet, but people say Belt is pretty funny
Gran is my favorite!
My favorite is belt
EEP is our favorite!
My kids like belt, I like the grandma
Belt is my favorite
I haven’t seen the movie, so I have no favorite character, but Gran looks interesting.
I like Belt!
Haven’t seen The Croods yet, but Sandy looks pretty cute!
We loved Eep and Gran!
Have not taken my granddaughters to see the yet, but know we will have favorites.
I have not seen the movie yet so I don’t know.
I like Belt!
granny is our favorite
Punch Monkey is our fave
I have never seen the movie, but by the commercials my kids love the monkey that goes dun dun dun.
Sandy is who my son told me to say.
I don’t know. I havne’t seen the movie
Belt is my favorite character
Belt is my favorite character
Belt is our favorite character.
We love Gran!! 🙂
Ugga is one of our favorite characters!
guy is our fav character
My favorite character is Belt.
I think the granny is the funniest.
Belt is my fave
the grandsons say Punch Monkey
I like Gran the best
Eep is my favorite because she reminds me of my teenager 🙂
My favorite character is Eep! : )
Belt is my favorite character
Belt is my favorite.
My favorite character is Guy!
Thanks for hosting a great giveaway. It was a really cute movie.
Don’t know yet, but Gran looks fun…
I loved the dad so funny and loving
We haven’t seen the movie yet, but I think I would like the monkey.
sadly I havent seen the movie. But we want to so we can make a favorite character
The grandma cracked me up!
We love punch monkey!
My daughter loves Guy. And the crazy cat that tries to eat them. 🙂
Crocopup is cute.
I like Belt.
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DOUGLAS is my favorite.
I like Ugga the most.
We like Grug the best!
Belt is my fav. character!!!
Belt is my favorite
I love Grug. He is a great dad.
I haven’t seen it, but Belt looks cute!
EEP is our favorite!
I liked EEP
My favorite is EEP
Punch Monkey is our favorite.
My favorite is EEP
Gran is definitely my favorite. Thank you!
We like the Punch Monkey!
I have never seen the movie to know what is my favorite character.
My son said he likes Grug.