Final Crayola Winner

Congratulation, Teachmama, you are my last winner for the Crayola Creativity Pack! Send me your address and your prize will be on its way!

Stay tuned, I have some more great reviews and giveaways in the works...

Final Crayola Creativity Pack Giveaway and Winner

Congratulations, Stimey, you are the winner of my third Crayola Creativity Pack! Email me with your address and your pack will be on its way. I know you and your boys will absolutely love it!

But don't worry if you didn't win, you still have one more chance to win this great prize! Crayola and My Blog Spark have generously offered one more prize pack to my readers.

This week's Girl's Night Out topic, sponsored by Crayola, is Back-to-School Tips (making the back-to-school shopping season fun and affordable). So join in the fun on Twitter and share your best tips tomorrow from 9-11 p.m. EST.

If you would like to enter, just leave me a comment and tell me about your back-to-school shopping tips. US addresses only, please. I will pick a winner next Monday.

Crayola Winner Week 2 and Giveaway

Congratulations, melanie, you are this week's Crayola Creativity Pack winner! If you email me your address, your prize will be on its way.

And if you didn't have a chance to enter last week's giveaway, you are in luck because this week I will be giving away #3 of four Crayola Creativity Packs. Crayola and My Blog Spark are sponsoring this giveaway in honor of this week's Twitter event, Girl's Night Out. This week's topic is Creative Connections (building and strengthening relationships and character through creativity). I know I will have a lot to say, because I find that the times I enjoy my girls the most is when we are doing crafts together. Join in the discussion on Twitter tomorrow night (Tuesday, August 11) from 9-11 pm. EST.

We have received our Crayola Creativity Pack in the mail, and in next week's giveaway post I will tell you about all the fabulous things we made with our new art supplies. So enter to win!

To win, just leave me a comment telling me how you build and strengthen your relationships with your children or teach them about character through creativity. I will pick a winner on Monday, August 17. US addresses only, please.

Act Out! Game Review

I don't know about you, but I love shopping online instead of going to stores to choose gifts (especially with free shipping!). I recently found out about a website called ebeanstalk, dedicated to selecting good, safe learning toys and 5 year old toys. The unique side to their site is that all of their toys are chosen by moms that work with them. I was sent one of their toys to try out with my girls. The game they sent is called Acting Out! from Playroom Entertainment, who makes great educational toys.

Acting Out! is a card game geared for girls ages seven and up. It is a twist on charades, where girls have to both act out something (folding laundry, dunking cookies in milk) while at the same time "sounding out" something totally different (thanking parents for a gift, barking like a seal). It is silly fun, perfect for a sleepover.

Audrey, Georgia and I tried out the game a couple of times. Georgia was clearly too young for it, since she can only read a little bit. Audrey thought it was really fun, although I noticed there were some cards that she didn't understand (getting ready to go to a dance, imitate your fave ring tone). I think maybe the game would be better labeled as for ages 9 and up because of some of the more mature themes (NOT inappropriate, just not encountered at age 7 yet).

As far as learning with this toy, it is a great way for kids to learn to portray ideas in a variety of different ways. It stretches their vocabulary since they are not allowed to use any of the words on the cards and it stretches their imaginations, too!

Priced at $14.95 on the website (free shipping with $65 purchase), Acting Out! was fun and will continue to be fun as my girls get older. Especially at sleepovers with their silly friends!

Crayola Creativity Pack--Giveaway and Winner!

Congratulations, commenter #2, wigirl, you are the winner of last week's Crayola Creativity Pack. Please email me your mailing address and your prize will be on its way.

And don't feel bad if you didn't win, because I have another Crayola prize pack to give away this week. Join in the Girls' Night Out tomorrow night on Twitter to discuss Back-to-School Survival tips. Since I will be sending two children to "big kid" school for the first time this year, I am sure I will find some tips to survive the big transition.

I took part in the Girls' Night Out last week, and I will be honest, it was a bit overwhelming. There were tweets flying everywhere, all at once. But it was fun because there were tons of people participating and sharing great affordable activity ideas. So I encourage you to try it out!

If you would like to win the Crayola prize pack, leave me a comment about a back-to-school tip or a fun back-to-school story. US addresses only, please. I will pick a winner next Monday. Good luck and see you at the Girls' Night Out!