Your kids can celebrate the season by adorning their JumpStart neighborhoods with their favorite festive decorations. From a fluffy, white blanket of snow to strings of lights hanging from the trees, there are so many ways for your kids to enjoy the December holidays!

What Jumpee wouldn’t love snow-topped trees and a lane lined with candy canes?

To get started, tell your kids to head to their Neighborhood and go to the Neighborhood Decorations kiosk. Here, your kids will have four holiday-inspired themes to choose from. So, whether they want a twinkling winter wonderland or a street lined with candy canes, it’s all up to them!

Each theme is so merry and bright your kids will want to pick a new one each day!

Your kids can even add a matching FunZone that will keep the holiday spirit ringing through the entire neighborhood. All of these wonderful decorations create the perfect setting for a spectacular holiday bash. So, tell your kids to start addressing those invites because it’s a great time for Jumpeez to celebrate together with a JumpStart Neighborhood Party!

To start organizing their shindig, tell your kids to click on their Coin Counter, which will pull up the Party Store. To throw a neighborhood party, have your kids select the Block Party button. Once they purchase a time, the party can begin! But, make sure they don’t forget to choose a theme. Your kids can throw a disco dance party, a pool party or even an ice-skating party. With a quick visit to the FunZone Store, your child can pick the perfect FunZone to match their party theme.

Now your child's Block Party can last up to 8 hours!

Or, would your kids rather throw a party where they have a sky-high view of Poseidon’s Hangout? Then, the VIP Lounge is the perfect venue for their celebration.  Once the party décor is set up, the music is pumping and the confetti is flying, your kids can invite their buddies to join in on the fun. Your kids can also visit other Jumpeez’ parties by going to the party board.

Your kids can show off their sweeping views when they host a VIP Party!

So, what events will your kids host, a Block Party in your their Jumpee neighborhood or a VIP party in their new Lounge?

Is there something your kids want to celebrate? Or maybe they just want to hang out with other Jumpeez on the block. Well, what are they waiting for? Today is the perfect day for some friendly festivities in their neighborhood!

To purchase party time, first click on the Coin Counter in the top right hand corner of the screen to access the JumpStart stores. Click on the picture of the balloons on the second page to go to the Party Store and buy 30 minutes of party time. While they’re there, tell your kids to visit the Fun Zone Store too, where they can purchase a new fun zone to add even more excitement to their celebration! They can give their guests something to do with a super slide, a roller rink, or a challenging maze.

A disco ball sure brightens up this neighborhood party!

Jumpeez can join other neighborhood gatherings too! Click on any of the Neighborhood Party billboards located around JumpStart to view all current parties and their hosts. Then select a party and click the ‘Visit Neighborhood’ button to join.

Who’s having a neighborhood party today?

And with all this neighborly fun, your kids are sure to further their Achievements! Earn an Event Planner ribbon by purchasing fun zones, a Party King/Queen ribbon by hosting neighborhood parties, or a Neighborhood Vacation ribbon by visiting other neighborhoods.

The Jumpee that received this trophy is a master at picking fun zones!

How do your children plan on celebrating Good Neighbor Day?

Jacob WonderWolf’s Room

Kate StarFoot’s Room

Frankie loves to see what Jumpeez are up to, so if your kids haven’t shown off their room and would still like to, they can always send pictures to Frankie@adventure.com.

What do your kids think of these great rooms?

Winter Neighborhood

Since the blizzard arrived at JumpStart, winter festivities have been in full swing. Bring the holiday spirit to your children’s JumpStart house by helping them decorate their neighborhood with snow-capped trees, icicles, and candy canes!

Christmas Neighborhood

Is your kid’s Jumpee dreaming of a white Christmas? Let it snow in their neighborhood and decorate it with Christmas trees, lights, and presents! Santa will have no problem finding their house with these splashes of green and red!

Hanukkah Neighborhood

Have your kids’ Jumpeez join in the Hanukkah celebration by embellishing their neighborhood with sparkly hues of blue! With these illuminating lights and fully lit menorahs, your child’s Jumpee will be shining bright for the Festival of Lights!

What ways do you and your kids decorate for the holidays?

Don't forget to unlock the Surprise Box!

Do your kids need help unlocking their boxes? Here are a few ideas that will help bring friends to their neighborhoods!

1) Throw a Party
2) Add More Buddies

When your children enter their JumpStart house soon, they will see a surprise box right inside their door. In order to get a special ride, kids need to get three other Jumpeez to go to their neighborhood, enter their house, and click on the surprise box.

Clicks by three other Jumpeez will unlock this box and earn the owner a new ride!

Kids can invite other Jumpeez into their neighborhood by throwing a party or by having buddies on their buddy list.  To add buddies, kids can click on other Jumpeez they see in the world and request them as buddies. Once they approve, the Jumpeez will appear on your child’s buddy list.

The area next to your neighborhood is a great place to start! Attend a party or select a buddy who is online to visit a new neighborhood and help another Jumpee earn a cool ride!

To help other Jumpeez unlock their surprise box and earn coins for helping, kids can get to the other neighborhoods in two ways:

1. They can attend a party thrown by another Jumpee. A list of all the parties can be found on the party board near the entrance to their Neighborhood.
2. They can click on their buddy list or visit the Buddyz Booth, select a buddy that is online, and click the visit neighborhood button.

The Buddyz Booth shows Jumpeez what friends are online and allows them to visit their neighborhoods.

If your kids are enjoying pirate month at JumpStart, we think they will love the fabulous ride they will receive with the help of their friends! For two weeks they’ll be cruising around JumpStart in style!

Are your kids building up their buddy lists and getting ready to help their friends earn a cool prize?

Parties allow kids to invite other Jumpeez to their Neighborhood to join in on the fun! Kids can safely interact with other Jumpeez, see other kids’ neighborhoods, and have a blast, all at the same time!

Parties allow kids to play with and meet other Jumpeez!

Soon, there will even be a prize in store for kids who have other Jumpeez visit their Neighborhood. We’ll be telling you more about that in a few days, but before we do, we want to give Jumpeez a chance to practice throwing and attending parties!

How do Jumpeez throw a party?

Click on the bag icon next to the coin total in the upper-right corner of the game screen. This is a shortcut to the stores. Then, click on the balloons. This is the icon for the party store.

Then, purchase party time. It’s only 30 coins for a 30-minute party!

Once they’ve bought party time, your kids can head on over to the Neighborhood to meet other Jumpeez!

The Neighborhood is fun and festive when Jumpeez throw parties!

How do Jumpeez attend parties?

Have your kids head on over to one of the party boards. There’s one right next to the entrance to the Neighborhood.

 A list of parties going on will pop up. Clicking on any one of them will give kids the option to see what the host’s Jumpee looks like and to attend the party.

Jumpeez are automatically brought to the host’s Neighborhood, where it is time to celebrate!

Jumpeez can explore and play on Fun Zones they haven’t explored yet when they attend parties!

Have your kids thrown a JumpStart party yet? What do they think?

Bounce House

Bounce House

Price: 100 JS coins

Have you ever wanted a bounce house in your yard? Well, now you can have one! See how high you can jump in this colorful contraption.

Birthday Cake

Birthday Cake

Price: 100 JS coins

Use this festive cake to celebrate a birthday, another holiday or for no reason at all! See if you can hop all the way to the top tier.

Garden

Garden

Price: 75 JS coins

We wanted to give you a close-up view of this Fun Zone because its coolest feature is that you can personalize it! Once you have your garden installed in your Neighborhood, you can add flowers and decorations to make it your own.

Blarney Castle

Blarney Castle

Price: 125 JS coins

If you’re nostalgic for March or just wishing you could jump on a giant pot of gold, then this Fun Zone is for you! We’re reintroducing a streamlined version of our March feature, Blarney Castle.

Skating Rink

Skating Rink

Price: 100 JS coins

Rumor has it that the skating rink in MainStreet is going to be moving soon to make room for the incoming Dragon Sanctuary. Never fear! If you’d like to get your skate on, just pick up this skating rink Fun Zone.

So don’t forget to make your Neighborhood a more exciting place to hang out – pick up a new Fun Zone!

Let your friends know about the exciting new Fun Zones!

Take the house from empty to all-about-you by stopping at the House Hut in DownTown for all your room-decorating needs!

Do you think your children might like to live in the Stone Age? Well, we can’t send them there, but we sure can provide enough fixtures to have them thinking that they’re living right next to the Flintstones!

With all the choices available, we know all your children’s rooms will be out of this world! Maybe even literally! If your child loves planets, aliens, or rockets, the Rooms Store carries an astronomical selection of room appliances revolving around outer space!

If your daughter finds pink pleasing, she will definitely be happy with the House Hut’s supply of furniture designed with her in mind! We have flower-filled, princess-approved, ballerina-inspired furniture ranging from beds to tables and much more!

Maybe your child is the shin guard-wearing, helmet-carrying, basketball-shooting, baseball bat-swinging type! Why not have him or her sport their sport? From hockey tables to football-shaped couches, everyone wins with the Rooms Store’s athletic décor!

After you purchase items for your home, how do you actually decorate it and position furniture?  In order to get into decorating mode, click the button on the bottom of the screen as shown here:

Once you place the item in your room, you have the option to move it around, rotate the angle it is facing, or even put it back into your items list. To do any of these, simply click on the buttons that correspond with your desired actions as seen here:

Click to Enlarge the Button Functionality Screenshot

Be sure to tell your children to earn as many Jump Stars as they can, because the more they earn, the more items they will be able to unlock for purchase!

We’d love to see what your kids come up with while decorating their rooms.  We recently opened a contest, promising to give 300 coins to the owner of the best room we see. There’s still plenty of time to participate!  Follow the contest directions to show off your kids’ rooms, and then stay tuned to our Facebook fan page and the JumpStart Blog. We’ll be choosing a winner on March 15th!

We hope you and your children enjoy decorating your houses together!  From everyone here at JumpStart, welcome to your new home!

Tell your Friends “Welcome Home!”