{"id":398,"date":"2010-09-29T12:40:48","date_gmt":"2010-09-29T18:40:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/ranny\/2010\/09\/29\/check-out-the-possibility-shop-an-original-web-sereis-by-the-jim-henson-company\/"},"modified":"2010-10-05T10:43:22","modified_gmt":"2010-10-05T16:43:22","slug":"check-out-the-possibility-shop-an-original-web-sereis-by-the-jim-henson-company","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/ranny\/2010\/check-out-the-possibility-shop-an-original-web-sereis-by-the-jim-henson-company\/","title":{"rendered":"Check out &#8220;The Possibility Shop,&#8221; an original web series by The Jim Henson Company"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" align=\"left\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/images\/Blog\/Possibility.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Disney Online, part of the Disney Interactive Media Group, today debuts a second season of \u201cThe Possibility Shop\u201d (www.Family.com\/PossibilityShop), an original web series produced by The Jim Henson Company.\u00a0 The site, which can be accessed through Disney Family.com, will be updated every two to three weeks with content designed to inspire the imagination of the entire family through creative projects, activities and games.\u00a0 The Clorox Company returns as the exclusive sponsor for all 20 webisodes in season two of \u201cThe Possibility Shop.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Building on the success of its first season, season two of \u201cThe Possibility Shop\u201d features creator and host Courtney Watkins engaging directly with moms as they discover their own \u201chow to, can do\u201d attitude on projects that will surprise, intrigue and delight their families and themselves. The second season will run through August 2011 with webisodes focusing on finding whimsy in the every day, as well as fun, out-of-the-box ideas for celebrating holidays, the change of seasons, and more.\u00a0 New to season two, each webisode will also feature one of Courtney Watkins\u2019 \u2018Bright Ideas,\u2019 a quick and easy family activity related to that webisode\u2019s content that will also feature products from The Clorox Company.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are excited to debut a second season of \u2018The Possibility Shop\u2019 with the goal of reaching\u00a0 and engaging an even broader audience of moms, building on the success of the first season,\u201d said Emily Smith, vice president, Disney Online Mom and Family Portfolio.\u00a0 \u201cMoms specifically, will benefit from the useful and creative advice the show offers for finding fun in their everyday lives.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe&#8217;re known for fostering imagination at The Jim Henson Company and Courtney Watkins\u2019 irreverence, whimsy and ability to inspire creativity make her a perfect partner in bringing \u2018The Possibility Shop\u2019 to DisneyFamily.com,\u201d said Lisa Henson, CEO of The Jim Henson Company, the licensor for all merchandising and licensing for the property.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhether it\u2019s designing and building a haunted house, offering instructions for a make-your-own board game, jump starting a conversation or finding ways to carry the spirit of the holidays throughout the entire year, season two of \u2018The Possibility Shop\u2019 is going to energize parents and kids alike to pursue the infinite possibilities for every day creative adventures,\u201d stated Courtney Watkins.<\/p>\n<p>Season two kicks off with Courtney stepping outside the shop and into the real world as she visits a real family experiencing a creative conundrum.\u00a0 Courtney assists the family with fantastic ideas on how to refuel the imagination and spark creative adventures.\u00a0 Future episodes from both inside The Possibility Shop and out in the world will highlight creative ideas for themes and holidays such as Halloween, Winter Wonderland, Father\u2019s Day and Summer Fun!<\/p>\n<p>About Courtney Watkins &#8211; Teacher, author, artist, mom, TV personality and creative guru, Courtney Watkins is at the center of \u201cThe Possibility Shop.\u201d Courtney faces creative challenges, introduces new ideas, demonstrates how-to-techniques, seeks answers to befuddling questions and all the while unearths the \u201cAha!\u201d moments hidden in a child\u2019s every day.\u00a0 Revealing creative ideas for art, games, conversations, experiments, inventions, decorations and explorations, Courtney energizes viewers to pursue limitless fun, on-your-own, at-home activities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Disney Online, part of the Disney Interactive Media Group, today debuts a second season of \u201cThe Possibility Shop\u201d (www.Family.com\/PossibilityShop), an original web series produced by The Jim Henson Company.\u00a0 The site, which can be accessed through Disney Family.com, will be updated every two to three weeks with content designed to inspire the imagination of the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-398","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paSd8M-6q","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/ranny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/398","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/ranny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/ranny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/ranny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/ranny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=398"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/ranny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/398\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/ranny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=398"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/ranny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=398"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/ranny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=398"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}