Burnin’ Up Duckey Fever

Name: Burnin’ Up Duckey Fever
Interests: Dancing, rollerblading with disco balls.
Where to Find: Discontinued
Brand: Rubba Duck
Price: $12.00 Cdn

My nickname is disco ducky.

Burnin’ Up Duckey Fever Ducky will be ringing in 2013 on the dance floor. He is looking forward to the year 2013 because 13 is his lucky number. he was hatched on June 10 and he has a disco star on his bum. His whole body is a disco ball and he is wearing a white suit with a royal blue dress shirt underneath.

For the record, I want you to know that I would never spell “duckey” with an e. I only spelled it this way because this is how it is spelled on the Rubba Ducky box.

Poem on his tag:

“Step out on the floor,
my groovin’ queen.

Dance the night away
with your disco king.

We’ll spin & sparkle
for everyone to see.

Stars in the making
hit the 70s scene!”

Pom Pom Toque Ducky

Name: Pom Pom Toque Ducky
Interests: Climbing frozen waterfalls.
Where to Find: Michaels
Brand: Michaels Stores Inc. Irving Texas
Price: $0.45 Cdn

Cats attack my pom poms.

I love finding ducks in unexpected places. On boxing day, I was in Michaels buying scrapbooks for half price (awesome deal) and I found Pom Pom Toque Ducky. He was sitting alone in a huge bin of toys. I scrounged through every bin but he was the only rubber ducky left and he was on sale for an amazing price too. I purchased the Baby bib ducks from Michaels and they still have them in the baby shower area. I didn’t know that they sold seasonal ducks. The lady at the till told me they had Halloween duckies too. I am sure there are more ducks in the Christmas set. I would love to collect them all. Does anyone own the other duckies or has anyone seen them?

Glass Ornament Ducky

Name: Glass Ornament Ducky
Interests: Decorating.
Where to Find: Not sure.
Brand: Unknown
Price: Unknown

People see through me.

Glass Ornament Ducky is an interior designer. She gets along well with most other ducks and she always see things clearly. She can tell you all the styles that will be popular in 2013. Show home beige is out. Grey is the new neutral and brighter colours of paint are making a huge come back. She is a great communicator and has her own business. She is also great at organizing and decluttering houses. Let’s get rid of some junk.

Hippie Ducky

Name: Hippie Ducky
Interests: Arranging flowers and gardening. Watching the TV show “Pushing Daisies.”
Where to Find: Zydeco Gifts
Brand: Oriental Trading Company
Price: $1.98 Cdn 

Flowers = Peace

I love hugging trees and enjoy my important job of hanging on the Beck Christmas tree every year. I work full-time as a florist and daisies are my favourite flower. Green, pink and yellow are the best colours in the world. I love braids. French braids are awesome but pigtail braids are rad too. What was I just saying? I think I just spaced out for a second. It must be time for a nap. May flower children always live on. That must have been what I was talking about.

Train Conductor Ducky

Name: Train Conductor Ducky
Interests: Conducting trains around the world.
Where to Find: Zydeco Gifts
Brand: Oriental Trading Company
Price: $1.98 Cdn 

 

Trains are my life.

Train Conductor Ducky loves trains. He has been a train conductor for 25 years and has even been allowed to drive trains a few times. I looked online and there was a mixed consensus of whether or not train conductors actually drive trains. Does anyone else know?

Train Conductor Ducky has travelled all across Canada via train. He also owns 3 train sets. One runs by itself, one is a Thomas the engine set (his favourite) and one is life size and kids ride on it around his mansion. He is wearing a snazzy green and red outfit.

2nd Set of Boon Ducks

Name: Squish, Bob, Jane, and Slim
Interests: Helping midwives in any way we can. We are trained doulas and babysitters.
Where to Find: Amazon
Brand: Boon
Price: $20.00 Cdn

  

“We are odd ducks.”

Happy Boxing Day everyone! Today is the day that you get rid of all your boxes from Christmas. Therefore, I had to blog about ducks that are still in the box.

Last year for Christmas, my husband tried to get me the second set of Boon duckies but they weren’t available yet. This year he found them on Amazon. Bob, Squish, Slim and Jane are back again but in different colours. Bob has always been my favourite and now he is my favourite colour too. He has green stripes on him. The first Bob witnessed the birth our first child and the second Bob will witness the birth of our second child.

Jane is purple with blue bubbles all over her body. So far, she if my daughter’s favourite because she is really into purple. Slim is grey with blue, green and dark grey hexagons all over his body. He has 16 on his body in total. Squish is striped like a fruity candy cane. He has orange, purple, white, green and baby blue stripes all over his body. I really hope that Boon makes a third set of ducks.

Santa Ducky

Name: Santa Ducky
Interests: Eating the different cultural goodies all over the world on Christmas Eve. I love kids.
Where to Find: Old Navy
Brand: ToySmith
Price: $5.00 Cdn 

  

 I love shortbread.

Merry Christmas everyone! I hope you’re all having a great Christmas day and spending time with your family and loved ones because that is what Christmas is all about.

Santa Ducky’s full name is Jolly Santa Ducky, but that’s a bit too obvious. I mean we all know that Santa is jolly of course. He is the best looking Santa Ducky that I own, so that is why I saved him for Christmas Day. He has a nice white beard and a great Santa uniform. He has fresh holly pinned on his hat and rosey cheeks from being outside all night.

Every day is a Holly day - Rubba Duck

Name: Holly Ducky
Interests: Celebrating Christmas and my birthday all at the same time.
Where to Find: Discontinued
Brand: Rubba Ducks
Price: $15.00 Cdn 

Santa Baby...

Happy Christmas Eve Day everyone! Enjoy spending time with your family and loved ones.

Holly Ducky was hatched on Christmas Eve (December 24th) at 8:00 PM. She has holly with a red bow on her bum. She has pine tree green eyes and is wearing a Santa Claus outfit complete with a jingly hat. She loves the holidays and enjoys dressing up and looking cute.

Poem on her tag:

“Loves the fact she jingles
when she moves.

Still can’t believe Santa named
her helper of the year and
earned the Santa Hat Award!

Never needs a reason
to Christmas shop
(she hits a different mall
every day of the year).”

Mistletoe Ducky

Name: Mistletoe Ducky
Interests: Baking bread, cookies, anything. I work for Cobs bakery.
Where to Find: Garage sales
Brand: Russ
Price: $0.25 cents at a garage sale 

I wish everyday could be Christmas Day. 

My mom found me this rubber ducky at a garage sale. I always get excited when I see toys at garage sales because digging through a bin of toys is always worth it when there is a ducky at the bottom. There are a lot seasonal ducks available. I am not big into decorating for seasons but I love bringing out my Halloween ducks and Christmas ducks. We decorate our tree with Christmas rubber ducks every year.

Mistletoe Ducky has a green present under her right wing. She also has a holly barrette in her hair. If you look super close, you can see 3 little red dots of berries in between the holly. They should have been a different shade of red so they are noticeable.

DuckFrost - Cool Man Rubba Duck

Name: DuckFrost Ducky
Interests: Playing with Frosty. Making hotels made of ice.
Where to Find: Discontinued
Brand: Rubba Ducks
Price: $15.00 Cdn 

 

 

Frosty is my best friend.

I am not a huge fan of winter, but I have always thought it would be cool to stay in the hotel made of ice in Quebec. DuckFrost has a snowflake on his bum and it looks a bit like a spiderweb. Today is his birthday as he was hatched today and shares a birthday with my dad. He is wearing a red scarf and has 3 blue buttons down his front. Sometimes Frosty lends him his pipe to play with because the ducks who built him did not give him a pipe. He has tiny snowflakes all over his body and is wearing a black top hat.

Poem on his box:

“First day of Winter
is my special day.

It’s the season of a
blizzardy wonderland -
with sister Spring
soon on her way.

Now the weather is right
for a lawn covered
with chilly snowmen -
Brrr...out of Sight!”

Strung out Ducky

Name: Strung out Ducky
Interests: Visiting with family and friends over the holiday, which is what it’s all about-quality time.
Where to Find: Zydeco Gifts
Brand: Oriental Trading Company
Price: $2.00 Cdn 

Tangled up.

I have to be honest. The holidays stress me out. Every year Christmas carols are sung sooner and stores hang up and sell decorations sooner. The cheesy decorations and the money that is spent on the depresses me. People should give that money to the food bank or charity instead.

This year my neighbour even turned his Christmas lights on on November 01 and his Halloween decorations were up on September 15-October 31st. I still don’t have my outdoor lights up and every time I try to put them up,I get tangled in them beyond recognition and then I am left feeling strung out.

I don’t enjoy gaining weight from eating too many rum balls and Nanaimo bars. Not to mention the endless eggnog and ciders at parties and the endless cheese and cracker plates too. However, when Christmas Day does arrive, I enjoy spending time with my family and grandchildren which is what the holidays are all about.

US Astronaut Duckies

Name: US Astronaut Duckies
Interests: Visiting the moon and star gazing.
Where to Find: Zydeco Gifts
Brand: Oriental Trading Company
Price: $2.00 Cdn each

We can moonwalk better than Michael Jackson.

The US Astronaut Duckies have both walked on the moon. The ducky in the orange suit mostly works from inside the shuttle. He talks other duckies through the field. The ducky in the full white astronaut uniform mostly works in the field collecting samples. They both have an assortment of cool buttons, speakers and gadgets on their uniforms.

Green Cheerleader Ducky

Name: Green Cheerleader Ducky
Interests: Dancing, doing aerobics and yelling our cheer.
Where to Find: Vending machine at West Edmonton mall
Brand: Oriental Trading Company
Price: $2.00 Cdn

Our school mascot is a fish.

I have the best cheer voice and I am captain of our cheer team. I have always wanted to be the ducky on top of the pyramid but thanks to my large wings, I had to kiss that role goodbye. I get to choose all the music for our dancing and I am dating the most muscular ducky that throws all the girls into the air. He can throw me and often does after practice, but since I don’t meet the weight restriction we keep it pretty hush hush.

Artist Ducky

Name: Artist Ducky
Interests: Painting with oils and watercolours. I also love painting angels.
Where to Find: Zydeco Gifts in Victoria
Brand: Oriental Trading Company
Price: $1.98 Cdn

It ‘tis a masterpiece.

Artist Ducky just finished a beach scene mural on the main wall in his master bedroom. I have always thought it would be cool to have a palm tree painted over my bed. A palm tree that bends down in the curve of a hammock and shoots up to the top on the other side.

Artist Ducky is wearing a purple painter’s hat and a red smock. He was last painting the sun red (hence the red paint on his brush) but he has the orange tube of paint in his hand because he mixes all of his own shades to create the perfect blend.

Mardi Gras Ducky

Name: Mardi Gras Ducky
Interests: Collecting as many beads as possible.
Where to Find: Zydeco Gifts in Victoria
Brand: Unknown
Price: $1.50 Cdn

Give me your beads.

Mardi Gras Ducky is wearing a pink mask with purple feathers. She has 4 strands of green beads around her neck and one of them has a gold medallion on it. She loves watching the snow sparkle in the sun and enjoys building snowmen. Christmas is her favourite time of year and she loves winter. The colder the better. Since I know you're wondering, yes, she does glow in the dark.

Mini Elf Ducky

Name: Mini Elf Ducky
Interests: Eating candy canes and drinking hot chocolate.
Where to Find: Zydeco Gifts in Victoria
Brand: Unknown
Price: $1.50 Cdn 

I’m Santa’s favourite toy maker.

I’m an adorable elf. Non-elves drive me crazy because they are always touching my ears. They think my ear are sooooo adorable and and act as if they have never seen tiny elf ears before. When non-elves come to visit the North Pole, I am usually their tour guide. I show them the workshop and my cute little elf house that I live in with my wife and two kids.

Kris Kringle Ducky

Name: Kris Kringle Ducky
Interests: Dressing up as the mall Santa and as Santa at naughty Christmas parties.
Where to Find: Not sure.
Brand: GoodView
Price: $4.00 Cdn 

Check out what’s in my sack.

Does anyone know what a Kris Krinale Ducky is? That is the name inscribed on the bottom of this ducky. I think it's a typo. I am calling him Kris Kringle Ducky instead because that name makes more sense to me. I have quite a few Santa duckies but this Santa ducky’s eyes say that he is up to no good. His eyes are the shape of lime wedges. He has his green sack slung over his right shoulder and he is wearing black boots. It’s pretty rare to see a rubber ducky wearing shoes. Candy canes are falling out of his sack and he has white bushy eyebrows.

Sparkly Tree Topper Ducky

Name: Sparkly Tree Topper Ducky
Interests: Observing. I am a people watcher.
Where to Find: Bath and Body Works
Brand: Bath and Body Works
Price: $4.00 Cdn

Great View.

I have sat on top of the Beck’s real Christmas tree for the past two years and this will be my third year. I have seen a lot and heard a lot. I really wish they would turn me around to face the window instead of the living room. I would be able to see a lot more if I was looking out the window. Don’t tell them, but sometimes when they aren’t home, I will turn around and stare out the window.

It’s a bit prickly sitting on top of a real tree but I enjoy my three weeks of freedom because for the rest of the year I am crammed in a box in the cold dark basement with all the other rubber ducky Christmas tree decorations. We get lonely and bored. At least I have a scarf to keep me warm. I look forward to Christmas morning and watching everyone open their gifts. I get to see Santa on Christmas Eve too.

Peppermint Elf Ducky

Name: Peppermint Elf Ducky
Interests: Collecting toy trains. Playing hide and go seek.
Where to Find: Old Navy
Brand: Toysmith
Price: $5.00 Cdn 

“I’m Santa’s favourite helper.”

I purchased Peppermint Elf Ducky and Jolly Santa Ducky (you’ll have to wait until Christmas Day to meet him) a few years ago from Old Navy. I didn’t name these ducks. These are the names that are printed on the bottom of the ducks. Peppermint Elf Ducky says 2006 on the bottom and Jolly Santa Ducky says 2007 on the bottom.

Peppermint Elf Ducky enjoys all types of mints - spearmint, the soft melt in your mouth mints, and chocolate mints. However, his favourite mint is plain ol’ peppermint. The bell collar around his neck makes him look like a jester elf. He is holding a red Christmas ball ornament between his wings. He made this ornament himself.

St. Nicholas Ducky

Name: St. Nicholas Ducky
Interests: Helping poor people.
Where to Find: Not sure
Brand: Unknown
Price: $1.98 Cdn 

“It is better to give than to receive.”

St. Nicholas Ducky was definitely a Saint. I read the story of who he is and he was a great man. He still lives on today as Santa in North America and as Father Christmas in the UK. Sometimes he has a beard, sometimes he has glasses, sometimes he has neither. Sometimes he is fat and sometimes he is skinny. Sometimes he has eyebrows and sometimes he has none. Sometimes he wears a belt and sometimes he doesn’t. He is often always dressed in white and red.

He may enter your home through your chimney or if you don’t have one he will still magically enter into your house to leave gifts for the children in your house. Often people leave out snacks for Santa and carrots or apples for his reindeer. All year long Santa’s elves work hard to make gifts for children all over the world.

St. Nicholas Ducky is the same brand as Reindeer Ducky and the Penguin Duckies. They all have the same solid black oval eyes.

Top hat Caroller Ducky

Name: Top hat Caroller Ducky
Interests: Singing and attending church.
Where to Find: Not sure
Brand: Unknown
Price: $1.98 Cdn

Church is my life.

“Church, church, church you should attend to save your soul.” That is the first lyric to a little song I am working on with Earmuff Caroller Ducky. We are roommates and she comes to church with me (not as often as she should though). We are just friends.

I feel it’s important to always dress your best for the lord. That is why I always wear my top hat, but of course I am respectful and I remove it when I am in church. Some people have told me that top hats are no longer in style, but I think I am setting the trend to bring them back in style.

Earmuff Caroller Ducky

Name: Earmuff Caroller Ducky
Interests: Singing.
Where to Find: Not sure.
Brand: Unknown
Price: $1.98 Cdn

Choir is my life.

I always get compliments on my beautiful green eyes. I wear my singing coat, so I don’t even notice the cold as I go door to door. I never have to bring a lyric sheet with me because I have my entire playlist memorized. Nana Mouskouri’s “Old Toy Trains” is not only my favourite Christmas song but it’s my favourite song of all time. Some people call me old school for carolling and some people just slam doors in my face (those people don’t appreciate music).

Stuck in a Present Ducky

Name: Stuck in a Present Ducky
Interests: Mating season and eating fish.
Where to Find: Zydeco Gifts in BC
Brand: Oriental Trading Company
Price: $1.98 Cdn

Do not open ‘till Christmas!

Stuck in a Present Ducky makes a great gift, but it would have been even cooler if he was a pop up ducky and you could push his head down on a spring. The bow tied around his head looks like a ribbon to try to fix a toothache or an earache. I love tastefully wrapped packages. I know there is a lot of wrapping paper waste at Christmas, but you can alway use recycled paper. There is just something about tearing into a prettily wrapped present.

Quote from Stuck in a Present Ducky: “You have no idea how boring it is to be stuck inside a box. I would love to think outside the box, but I have never had the opportunity.”

Penguin Duckies

Name: Penguin Duckies
Interests: Mating season and eating fish.
Where to Find: They were a gift.
Brand: Unknown
Price: $2.00 Cdn each

We love the movie Happy Feet.

Tis the season to hang duckies from your tree. Rubber ducks make the best Christmas tree ornaments and what better way to show off part of your collection. The Penguin Duckies enjoy sharing a branch. They are used to the cold because their bodies are designed for living in the arctic. However, they must be stylish too. The Penguin Ducky in the orange hat is big into toques. Ironically enough, he even owns a ducky toque. However, his favourite toque is his Angry Birds toque. The Ducky in the green hat loves to dress matchy matchy. This is why his toque and scarf are the same shades of green.

Reindeer Ducky

Name: Reindeer Ducky
Interests: Pulling Santa’s sleigh all around the world. Celebrating Christmas. Seeing children excited on Christmas morning.
Where to Find: Don’t remember.
Brand: Unknown
Price: $2.00 Cdn

Why is Rudolph so special anyway?

Before you ask, no I am not into reindeer games. No, I am not friends with Rudolph nor will I get you his autograph. By the way, his red beak is fake. He puts makeup on it and uses a battery operated light to make it flash. He is just another reindeer ducky like you or I. I don’t understand what makes him so popular. He is a phoney. Don’t be fooled.

I am an authentic Reindeer Ducky. My antlers and orange beak are real. I have a necklace of bells around my neck. I fly with Santa. No I don’t lead his sled because my beak doesn’t light up like Rudolph’s. However, I love carrots and apples, so please leave me some on your roof. I like ranch dip too.

Fairy Ducky

Name: Fairy Ducky
Interests: Flying around to visit good girls and boys on Christmas Eve. I leave them a present of fairy dust.
Where to Find: Zydeco Gifts in Victoria BC
Brand: Oriental Trading Company
Price: $1.98 Cdn

Beautiful snow blanketed branches.

We just started digging out our Christmas decorations today and we’re going to put up our Christmas tree this weekend. Therefore, every duck post from now until Christmas will be a Christmas rubber duck or a non-Christmas rubber duck that still has the privilege of hanging from our Christmas tree. This is the third year in a row that I have decorated our tree with rubber ducks. I am not big into Christmas decorations, so it’s nice to hang mostly ducks on our tree.

Fairy Ducky is wearing a beautiful pale blue dress and she has matching pale blue fairy wings. Winter is her favourite time of year and even though it’s freezing cold, she loves to fly from one frosted tree branch to another (spreading her magical fairy dust and holiday cheer).

Lucky Ducks (the game)

Name: Lucky Ducks (the game)
Interests: Going round and round and round our plastic pond. Practicing our great memorization skills.
Where to Find: Kids Stuff and My Favourite Aunt’s
Brand: Milton Bradley
Price: $5.00 Cdn

Colour matching fun.

Since we just purchased “Risk Legacy,” we were cleaning out our games in the basement to give away our old risk game and I discovered my Lucky Ducks game. I used to play this game with kids that I babysat. Kids always get a kick out of it. My daughter’s favourite colour at the moment is yellow so she enjoys finding the ducks with a yellow sticker on the bottom. However, she also likes watching the ducks on the pond, so if I take a duck out of the pond, she gives me a strange look and puts the ducky back in the pond. It’s very cute. My only complaint about this game is that I wish it had a volume control.

Brass Ducks in a row

Name: Brass Duckies in a row
Interests: Playing with frogs and dragonflies in the pond.
Where to Find: From a family friend.
Brand: Unknown
Price: Unknown

Duck crossing.

Brass Duckies in a row belonged to a family friend’s mother. Unfortunately, she passed away and I inherited these duckies. I am not a huge fan of the colour brass so I may paint them black or green one day. My parents have brass legged end tables and they painted them black. It gave the tables a modern look. However, I am sure if I wait long enough brass will be back in style. I love how one baby duck is looking straight ahead like his mother, another is looking down in the water for food and another is looking up to the sky for her food. These duckies are also the same ducks in Brass Duckies in the rain.

Brass Duckies in the rain

Name: Brass Duckies in the rain
Interests: Splashing in the rain and floating toothpick boats in the gutter.
Where to Find: Kids Stuff and My Favourite Aunt’s
Brand: Unknown
Price: $5.00 Cdn

My boat won the race.

I remember as kids my brother and I loved racing toothpick boats down the gutters and the streams in the alley. Brass Duckies in the rain enjoy doing the same thing. The mommy ducky is holding the umbrella and the 3 baby ducks are being sheltered by it. My mom bought this ornament for me from the secondhand store that she works in. A few months after I received this ornament, I received a set of brass duckies from a family friend. The set of brass duckies look the same as the 3 duckies under this umbrella.

Cancun Ducky Keychain

Name: Cancun Ducky Keychain
Interests: Drinking margaritas and eating coconut shrimp on the beach.
Where to Find: Cancun
Brand: Unknown
Price: $2.00 US

Mango Margaritaville

Cancun Ducky keychain is made of a squishy neoprene material. He has an orange life preserver to float on. My father-in-law bought this keychain for my daughter when he was in Mexico. When my daughter got a hold of this keychain, she bit it and took a chunk out of him, but I was able to glue him back together again. I would say this keychain is definitely for kids 3 and up.

Clover Patch bud Ducky

Name: Clover Patch bud Ducky
Interests: Playing games on my ipad. Words with Friends is my favourite.
Where to Find: Funusual in Boston
Brand: bud
Price: $12.95 Cdn

Lucky, lucky luuuuccckkkyyy!

I use my ipad for everything. It has replaced my computer. I have 20 games of Word with Friends going with 20 of my friends. I usually win most of the games and no, I do not cheat. I am naturally a wordsmith. I used to play angry birds and Draw Something but I don’t anymore.

Everyone wants to be friends with me because I am so lucky. There are 16 four leaf clovers on my body. The quote on my box says: “A best friend is like a four leaf clover hard to find and lucky to have.”