Over the weekend, the Libby and I had the pleasure of hosting a Xia-Xia Hermit Crab Pet Party. Xia-Xia Pets (pronounced Sha-Sha); are the new colorful, collectible hermit crabs. From a distant island, these crazy crustaceans live to dance and play because everyday is a celebration with XiaXia! Start the parade by pressing XiaXias claw and watch it do its wacky walk.

We received a whole bunch of Xia-Xia goodies to host our party and have lots of fun! We started our evening off  by setting up all 3 of the Xia-Xia play sets.

The play sets were very easy to assemble, and we didn’t really need to follow the directions. Everything snapped right into place and was very sturdy. The girls thought the sets were pretty neat looking and loved how colorful they were.

Of the play sets the girls definitely enjoyed the Rio de Trio Village the most and loved watching their pets chase each other around inside.

Once we had the play sets ready to go, we checked out all of our supplies. There we were, armed with 8 Xia-Xia pets and 8 Xia-Xia Shells along with 2 new little friends in each shell!!

From there, we broke the Xia-Xia’s out of there cute little packages and began to play. The only complaint we had was that they were each in cute little packages but they were difficult to open, but once we got past that part, the fun really began!!! The girls played for over an hour straight acting out different stories with their Xia-Xia pets, changing shells and interacting with their little friends. At one point they were discussing a town that included a shell museum and a shell emporium.

I think it is safe to say that they had lots and lots of fun!! Each of the girls was also super excited that they got to take their Xia-Xia pets and accessories home with them too. I really enjoyed listening to them ooggle and ahh at the different little friends and make up cute stories as they played.

Of the 4 different Xia-Xia pets the overall favorite was Bimini. I think that had part to do with they loved saying her name. The girls also decided that the least intelligent of the bunch was Turks because she kept losing her way when traveling through the play sets.

The Little Friends were also a big hit. The girls thought the cutest and most clever Little Friend was the one that looked like a macaroni noodle. I personally loved the penguin one.

All in all, the girls had an absolute blast and look forward to getting together again to play with all of their new friends!! Xia-Xia Pets are already on the Toys ‘R’ Us Holiday Hot Toy List. Xia-Xia playsets and accessories range in price from $5.99-$19.99 and are recommended for ages 4+.

We will also be giving one lucky reader of The Megalomaniac Mommy their own Xia-Xia pet and shell set!

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This giveaway will begin on October 23rd 2011 and end on November 6th 2011 at 12 NOON CST and is open to US Residents Only. Winner will be notified via email and will have 48 hours to respond and claim prize. For more information on giveaways hosted by The Megalomaniac Mommy, please read the Policies page.

Disclaimer:  I was provided with the materials and products to host a Xia-Xia party on behalf of MomSelect and complete an honest review.  All thoughts and opinions are my own.