15th October 2012
ZODIAK KIDS LAUNCHES NEW MISTER MAKER WEBSITE AND TEAMS UP WITH
ABBEY HOME MEDIA FOR NEW MISTER MAKER DVD DEAL
Zodiak Kids announces today a new partnership with Abbey Home Media to produce the latest
Mister Maker DVD Mister Make Watch and Make 4 on sale from 5th November. It has also teamed
up with developers Bionic Communications Ltd. to launch an all new website for the show at
www.mistermaker.com.
Mini art lovers can let their hands, imaginations and art skills run wild with the new and improved
Mister Maker website at www.mistermaker.com. Packed full of fun and simple ‘makes’, imaginative
games and colourful and inspirational ideas, the Mister Maker website is perfect for inspiring
children to experiment and have fun with art.
Hugely popular with children from Southend to South Africa, CBeebies’ favourite making man Mister
Maker finds bright ideas for art from everything around him – making objects, pictures and
constructions magically come to life on screen. Now young mini makers can be inspired themselves,
as they follow Mister Maker’s step-by-step guides, enjoy the interactive games and display their
efforts on the website’s “Frame It” section.
“I want to encourage children to try their best and have fun with art. Whether you’re holding a
computer mouse, a crayon, a pen, a pencil or a paintbrush, it’s a great feeling starting with a ‘blank
canvas’ and creating something new,” says Mister Maker. “Now children can go onto the website on
a rainy day and have hours of fun with art and play.”
And young Mister Maker fans can also be inspired by their have-a-go hero on screen when his new
DVD Mister Make Watch and Make 4 (Abbey Home Media) is released on 5th November 2012. Set
in a magical arts studio where everyday objects are transformed into fun pieces of art, the DVD
features five fun-packed episodes including Mister Maker Makes a Surprising Picture, Mister Maker’s
Burst Out Picture, Mister Maker Makes an Ancient Picture, Mister Maker Creates a Sliding Eyes
Picture and Mister Maker Makes a Woolly Spider. Available from all good DVD stockists from £9.99,,
the DVD also includes a free craft pack for youngsters to make their own Twiggy the Giraffe toy,
from the Mini Makes range by Creativity International.
Devised to inspire young preschoolers to have a go at making things, Mister Maker proves that
anyone can be creative by demonstrating how easy and satisfying it is to make things. Over the past
five series, Mister Maker has inspired children to create over 500 makes and inspired a range of Let’s
Make It books, DVDs, arts and crafts sets, greetings cards and, most recently a Mister Maker Dress
Up Kit. And Mister Maker isn’t just a hit with British children. The show is broadcast in over 100
countries worldwide and he is a huge star in South Africa, Australia and Asia where during his 2012
crowds of up to 15,000 turned up to see his show.
The new Mister Maker website can be found at www.mistermaker.com.
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Zodiak Kids/Rights Consumer Products
Zodiak Kids Consumer Products is a dedicated division that specialises in all aspects of licensing, with
highly experienced teams based in London and Paris.
Key properties for the London team, headed up by Jennifer Lawlor, include: pre-school hit
Waybuloo; new animated series Tickety Toc; Little Princess, on-line phenomenon Simon’s Cat; the
ultimate interactive arts and crafts show Mister Maker and Mr Bean. Key properties for the Paris
team, headed up by Patricia De Wilde, include the recent boys hit Redakai based on the awardwinning TCG, brand new Ddee, Gormiti, The Saddle Club, Where's Wally, and iconic brand Totally
Spies!.
Zodiak Kids is the global independent leader in kids’ entertainment, combining Zodiak Media’s
dedicated kids’ Production Companies, Consumer Products and Sales Division.
Zodiak Kids represents a yearly output of over 350 episodes of new programming produced by
prominent producers: The Foundation (UK); Marathon Media (France); Tele Images Productions
(France); and Zodiak Active Kids Entertainment Division (Italy).
Sales for Zodiak kids are handled by a dedicated team within Zodiak Rights, one of the leading
international distributors in the industry.
Zodiak Kids boasts one of the largest, high-quality kids catalogues in the world, which
includes Totally Spies!, the international hit animation series; Waybuloo, the CBeebies pre-school
hit; Redakai, a brand new series on Cartoon Network US; Mister Maker, the ultimate arts and craft
show; Gormiti, based on the extraordinarily successful figurine range that sold over 100 million
pieces ; Street Football, one of the top rated animated shows in France and Italy and the newly
launched Tickety Toc.
Abbey Home Media
Abbey Home Media is the UK’s leading independent distributor of children’s home entertainment. It
is a fully integrated children’s business including all areas of Intellectual Property exploitation:
Broadcast Sales, DVD, Video and Audio Distribution, Licensing and Consumer Products, Coproductions and Development of Series and Specials.
Abbey has been at the forefront of creating quality children’s programmes for over 15 years and
currently distribute DVD releases such as Horrid Henry, Sesame Street, Paddington, Mister Maker,
Justin Fletcher, The Carebears, Strawberry Shortcake, Beyblade, The Milkshake Show, Grandpa in my
Pocket and many more.