Back To School! Win a great outdoor explorer kit from Learning Resourcs

August 1, 2011 by 212 Comments

It’s August, so you know what that means!  Yes, it’s hot, LOL.  I can think of two things that August brings- back to school preparations, and BUGS!  Buggies, buggies, everywhere.  While this is super-lame when the mosquito come out, it’s great for grabbing a magnifying glass and mason jar and going on a bug hunt!  You can even identify your finds with a bug-book before letting them go again.
I recently had the opportunity to check out a great product that puts a fun, new modern twist on this classic summer pastime- the Big View Bug Jars by Learning Resources.

“It is a bug jar and magnifying glass all in one!  They come in a box with 6 containers, each a different colored ladybug that spreads its wings to show you the bug within at a magnified view.
Adorable jars feature ladybug wings that open to invite little learners to investigate insects. “

  • Supports scientific observations with a 3.5x magnifying lens, hidden under the bug’s wings
  • Engages even those children who shy away from bugs, thanks to cute (and secure) design
  • Features screw-on cap and air vents for live-critter observation
  • Durable plastic jars measure 4.5″H x 3.5″ in diameter
  • Grades PreK+

Little Man had so much fun with these, and they are sure to be a hit in my classroom for “Bug Week”.  Back to School is for teachers, too!  We need to be ready for our classes, and projects, activities, and all that goes with it.
You can also use them with your kiddos for projects, identification, show and tell, or just exploring the great outdoors.  Any child from Pre-School age on up to about 9 or 10 would have not only a fun time, but also an educational one with these fun Big View Bug Jars!

Make exploring even cooler with the Early Science Explorer set, with a magnifying glass and washable, plastic, easy grip tweezers-  great for picking up all those things momma won’t let him touch!  And for helping to grab those wiggly bugs, sticks, his dad’s finger when he is not looking….LOL
Little Man LOVED the set, and carried them all around, to school, camping, to the park- you name it!

“Encourage young scientists to take their investigations further with these perfectly sized tools!”

  • Includes durable magnifier with built-in stand for hands-free observation, 4.5x magnification, and 4 1/2″ diameter viewing area
  • Exercises fine motor skills as children use the easy-grip tweezers—depressions on the colorful 6″ tweezers guide small hands into the proper pincer position
  • Washable plastic; colors may vary
  • Grades PreK+

Want to win this set for your little explorer?
Here’s how to enter!

Mandatory entry
You must be a public follower on Google Friend Connect.
Leave me your email so I can contact you if you win.  In  your comment, please.

 Extra Entries
Leave a separate comment for each entry.

– Leave me the link of another product you like from Learning Resources!  
-“Like” me on Facebook -feel free to give me some comment love!  🙂  This is not mandatory, and Facebook is in no way sponsoring this giveaway. 
+2 entries

-Subscribe to Have Sippy Will Travel by email, and confirm subscription  or via RSS
+3 entries

– Follow me on Twitter ( or you can use my adorable button to the side!) and tweet about this contest
#Win a great outdoor explorer kit … http://t.co/3YT1fnZ #backtoschool #kids #win #educational   @HaveSippy
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Please make sure you follow first!
+2 entries

– Follow any of the Collective Media Magic Back To School event Bloggers’ sites! 

3 Princes and a Princess 2, Closer to Lucy, Have Sippy Will Travel, and The Thrifty Things.  You can Follow GFC, Twitter, or Facebook- each is worth an entry. 

– Email a friend about this contest, with a CC to me at  kangabunnie@gmail.com
(you get an extra entry if they enter, too!)

 -Add my button to your blog, and leave me the link so I can find it

– Follow me on “Networked Blogs”

– blog about this giveaway, and link back to this contest (leave me the URL in comment, please)

-Add me to your blogroll, with a link back to me

– Vote for me on “We’re On The Fence!”  (Just Click the Button to the left that says “We’re On the Fence” until it confirms you voted for your’s truly!)   *Can be done daily

– enter another one of my giveaways

– comment on a non-giveaway post

– Like this post on Facebook, Stumble it, or hit G+1 button  (each is worth one entry)

OOO, so many ways to win! Good luck!

DISCLOSURE: I will  receive the above products  for review . I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255.
No purchase necessary.  Void where prohibited by law.  Open to US shipping addresses only.  Limited to US residents; 18 years old and above.  Sponsor is responsible for providing and mailing prize. Ends Aug 19, 2011.

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Twitter Hop Tuesday!

August 1, 2011 by 4 Comments

Please follow your hosts, the first 3 on the list- we will follow you back! 🙂 Follow as many others as you would like, and please follow back those who follow you. This is great for everyone! 🙂

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Getting the Vote out for a Buddy! Contest and Guest Post

July 31, 2011 by 3 Comments


(Guest post from Closer to Lucy)

For a few days now I’ve been asking you to head over and “like” this yummy recipe... Well the likes as I’m sure you’ve figured out are really votes.

As a rule I don’t post for everyone that asks…but this woman is on a mission!!! She’s even teamed up with one of her friends to offer a giveaway to encourage you to do it!

Here’s what Jill has to say about Scentsy…………..

If you aren’t familiar with Scentsy, or have not had a chance to try it yet, you have been missing out.  Scentsy, Inc. was founded in 2004 and is today one of the fastest growing companies in America. This company is all about safe scent. Unlike candles, that use an open flame to warm it wax and give off it’s scent, Scentsy has designed wax warmers, which use the heat from light bulbs to melt the scented wax.  
Scentsy markets over 80 of its own brand of scented waxes for use in its warmers.

While the warmers ar a huge part of what they have built their business around, Scentsy also markets scent paks, which are small square scent sachets, scent cirlces, which are similar to the cardboard car air fresheners we are almost all familiar with (remember those tree shaped things everyone hung  from  their rearview mirrors years ago?),  and scented room sprays.  All of these come in some of the same scents that you can buy for your wax warmers.  Since we are all getting ready for back to school, I chose to focus on these for my review.

The first product I used was the scent circle, but I wanted to do something different than just hang it from the rearview mirror of my car and call it good. I decided to see where else I might be able to use this. My first thought was to hang it in the closet. Not a bad choice, since it was strong enough to scent the entire closet and leave just the lightest scent on my clothes. 

I also found it was a good option to use these between your garbage can and trash bag. Who needs the new scented garbage bags when one of these will do the trick and save you a ton of money by letting you buy the plain old unscented ones. Another place I see these being useful is in a diaper pail. I personally do not have babies in the house, but it would be a great little extra for that part of the nursery. But for my back to school idea, I liked the idea of using this in the book locker at school. It’s perfect to keep the small space smelling fresh along with the sweater, coat, scarf, mittens, etc, that will get stored there all day while your child (or you) are at school.

The scent pack was a perfect product for the gym locker. No one want to get the immediate rush of “sport scent” (read sweat) when they open up that locker. The scent packs are perfect to stuff into the stinky sneakers or just hang inside. I have used one in my walk-in closet at home and had it last for over 3 months before changing it out.  These would add a nice scent to the towels kept in the locker for those showers after practice or the game too.

Finally I looked at the room spray.  These make perfect teacher gifts, but they are also good for freshening up the car and removing the inevitable fast food snack smell that permeates the car as you run from school to the game or practice. I also like it for quickly freshening up the entrance way to the house right before your kid’s friend’s parents show up at your door to drop off/pick up their child from your home. At the very least they can think my house smells good!

So how do you get some Scentsy to try for yourself? Well, you can contact my Scentsy consultant, Jacqueline Behling. Take a look at her online catalog here:  jacquelynbehling.scentsy.us  
Or you can win some Scentsy by entering below. I have a French Lavender Scent Pak, Lilacs and Violets Scent Circle and Pima Cotton Room Spray for one winner.

One last thought from Lucy, If anyone makes it…………bring it to my house 🙂

I received no compensation for the above mentioned product(s), I only recommend products or services I personally use and believe will be a good match for my readers. I am disclosing this in accordance with Closer to Lucy’s legal disclosure and the Federal Trade Commissions 16 CFR, Part 255 Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising. Prizes shipped by sponsor I hold no responsibility. This giveaway is not affiliated with Facebook in anyway.

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Giveaway Gala! Come by and Link up!

July 31, 2011 by Leave a Comment

Welcome to this week’s Giveaway Gala!   Each week, this linky will be featured on the 5 Fabulous Collective Media Magic blogs.  You can add your giveaways as well, and they will also be featured.  Make sure you check out our featured giveaways while you are here  🙂

 Meet your Collective Media Magic Bloggers!

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Re-Tweet Club! Come and get Tweeted!

July 31, 2011 by Leave a Comment

Want help sharing your posts, reviews, and giveaways? Want to increase your Klout? Then you’ve come to the right place!

Let’s help each other out with retweets!

Join the Retweet Club!

With your hosts:

@Syrana, @Marirene74, and @HaveSippy

The Rules:

1 – The first rule about the Retweet Club is to talk about the Retweet Club.

2 – Tweet the last entry on the spreadsheet (copy and paste!) – The first spot will always be about the RT Club post!

3 – Choose any post you want that’s family friendly!

4 – Add your tweet to be retweeted – typed AS you want it tweeted (refer to the first spot for an example).  Please make sure it is only 140 characters.

5 – Use bit.ly or tinyurl to shorten your post links.

6 – You can retweet more than one and post more than one request.  We ask that you retweet one for each that you post.  We will randomly tweet off the list too.

Optional – You can follow the hosts and send us a tweet telling us you are part of the #RTClub and we’ll follow you back!

If you’d like the code to post the listing on your blog, please contact me and I’ll send it to you.

**PLEASE NOTE** It takes about 5 minutes for the spreadsheet on this post to update with your submission.  To see the spreadsheet and confirm your information was recorded you may CLICK HERE.


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Win Kids DVD- Timmy Time: Picture Day!

July 31, 2011 by 132 Comments
Timmy Time, Picture Day!  is the cutest little DVD, and it came at an appropriate time- because we are doing summer photos at the Pre-K!  I have discovered that I really like Shaun the Sheep and all his buddies- I had never watched it before, but since seeing a few of these DVDs, I am a fan, and the kids all really like them!
 I like that the show is appropriate for kids, not over the top, or with characters behaving badly or talking back to adults.  No bad messages or poor role models.  I really dislike shows that give kids the wrong idea, and show them all the wrongs ways to act and behave.  Perfect for the Pre-K and kids of that age- because there are great social skills to be learned, just like Timmy is learning them at his PreSchool. 

HIT Entertainment, makers of such wholesome shows as Barney, Roary the Racecar, and Angelina Ballerina, have a wide variety of great DVDs that your family will love.  We loved Timmy Time, and your children and family will (in my opinion!) have a great time watching as well.  If you have never heard of this fun show before, give it a whirl!  


Timmy Time has a great website, where you can play games, do activities, watch clips, and so much more.  Timmy is going to a PreSchool, where he has to learn about sharing, feelings, and getting along.  All things that our kids will need to learn- so it’s fun to learn along with Timmy! 
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
The fun and learning never stops when Timmy, of new preschool series Timmy Time™, is ready for his close-up! The all-new Timmy Time: Picture Day! comes to DVD June 28, 2011 from Lionsgate and HIT Entertainment just in time for back to school. Whether struggling to keep clean for class photo day, celebrating the color blue, jamming with the school band or just playing with his pals, you know you’re in for a barnyard-sized bunch of hilarious antics and adventures with Timmy!

With slapstick humor yet not a single line of dialogue, Timmy Time follows a day in the life of a preschooler where they learn lessons about friendship and trial and error to which every young child can relate.  Timmy Time airs weekdays (5:30 a.m. and 7:15 a.m. ET/PT) on Disney Channel’s Disney Junior programming block for kids ages 2-7 and their families, airing in more than 99 million U.S. homes.

DVD SYNOPSIS:
Come along for a picture perfect day of fun with your preschool pal Timmy! The Oscar®-winning creators of “Wallace and Gromit™” and “Shaun the Sheep™” will make you smile in these fun-loving adventures featuring Timmy and his nursery friends. From good, clean fun during school photo day to drumming up music lessons, these wonderful stories filled with surprises will have you laughing in a flash. So snap up these five adorable tales with a big focus on fun!

  • “Snapshot Timmy” – It’s time for the class photo, but Timmy just cannot keep himself clean – jumping into puddles, kicking muddy footballs and getting splattered by jam sandwiches!

  • “Timmy Wants The Blues” – Timmy is having a blue day, collecting all the blue toys, blue cushions and blue paint. But when it comes to painting a picture, he quickly discovers he’s going to need more than just one color!

  • “Timmy Wants The Drum” – During a music lesson, Timmy decides he wants to play the drum! But when it is given to Yabba, and a triangle to Timmy, he goes about trying to get the drum for himself…

  • “Timmy’s Puppet” – On his way to preschool, Timmy’s homemade sock-puppet falls out of his backpack. Poor Timmy doesn’t realize until he arrives to see everyone playing with their own puppets! Crestfallen, he begins an unsuccessful search until Harriet offers to help him make a new one.

  • “Timmy The Builder” – Following Otus’s example, the class begin building dens for themselves. Otus offers to help Timmy with his, but Timmy’s pride gets the better of him – he can do this on his own! However, the little lamb soon has to admit that two heads may be better than one…
 Want a change to win this cute DVD for your home?  Here is how to enter!


Mandatory entry
You must be a public follower on Google Friend Connect.
Leave me your email so I can contact you if you win.  In  your comment, please.


 Extra Entries
Leave a separate comment for each entry.


– Like HIT Entertainment on Facebook.  Feel free to tell them Have Sippy Will Travel sent you! This entry is not mandatory, and Facebook is in no way sponsoring this giveaway.   

– What is your favorite game from Timmy Time ? 
 
-“Like” me on Facebook -feel free to give me some comment love!  🙂  This is not mandatory, and Facebook is in no way sponsoring this giveaway. 
+2 entries


-Subscribe to Have Sippy Will Travel by email, and confirm subscription  or via RSS
+3 entries


– Follow me on Twitter ( or you can use my adorable button to the side!) and tweet about this contest
#Win Kids DVD- Timmy Time: Picture Day! http://t.co/8C5wHiW  #kids #movie @HaveSippy
*can be done daily


Please make sure you follow first!
+2 entries
– enter a giveaway at any of the Collective Media Magic Bloggers’ sites! 
3 Princes and a Princess 2, Closer to Lucy, Have Sippy Will Travel, Tales From the Nursery, and The Thrifty Things.


– Email a friend about this contest, with a CC to me at  kangabunnie@gmail.com
(you get an extra entry if they enter, too!)


 -Add my button to your blog, and leave me the link so I can find it


– Follow me on “Networked Blogs”


– blog about this giveaway, and link back to this contest (leave me the URL in comment, please)


-Add me to your blogroll, with a link back to me


– Vote for me on “We’re On The Fence!”  (Just Click the Button to the left that says “We’re On the Fence” until it confirms you voted for your’s truly!)   *Can be done daily


– enter another one of my giveaways


– comment on a non-giveaway post


– Like this post on Facebook, Stumble it, or hit G+1 button  (each is worth one entry)


OOO, so many ways to win! Good luck!


DISCLOSURE: I received this product for review from the sponsor.  All opinions are mine, yours may differ.  I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255.
No purchase necessary.  Void where prohibited by law.  Open to US shipping addresses only.  Limited to US residents; 18 years old and above.  Sponsor is responsible for providing and mailing prize. Ends Aug 19, 2011.

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Looking for Coupon/Savings and Recipe Guest Posts

July 31, 2011 by 1 Comment

Hey guys- If you are interested in doing a coupon/savings or recipe guest post, please let me know!  This can be a one time deal, or you can have an ongoing slot.  Please email me at;

kangabunnie@gmail.com

Thanks!
Samantha

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For a Perfect Pedi…

July 31, 2011 by 4 Comments

Have you ever looked down, and wondered where the hobbit feet came from?  Well OK, not hobbit feet but you know what I mean.  It is summer time, so walking around bare foot is quite common.  And even more common is breaking in those new sandals just in time for the strap to break and you have to start the cycle again.  Not to mention you are showing your feet almost all the time, so your feet need to look nice!

So you want them to look pretty, but maybe you have some callouses and hard spot on your feet.  Or dry skin, I know I do.  Especially on my heels, ugh.  The only way to really get rid of them is moisturizing and slowly breaking away at the hard spots, by scrubbing away the dead skin.  There is a great new product out there called Emjoi.  Emjoi will help breakdown the hard spots with minimal effort.  It will actually do a whole lot more then you think it is doing- I thought nothing was happening, because that is what it felt like.  Nothing.  But then I looked at all it had pulled off, and ew.  It had been working.

I am used to a rougher treatment, like a pumice stone and the like.  This was way more gentle.  In just a few seconds, quite a bit of dead skin came off my heel.  When you are done using Emjoi, it is easy to clean too, just use a moist paper towel and wipe it down.  Easy breezy.

DISCLOSURE: I  received the above products  for review . I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255.

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