Green Toys for Summer Fun Contest!
May 9, 2008 by Jennifer
Summer is on its way! In hopes of adding a little more fun (and green) to your summer, Tree Hugging Family has the perfect contest launching off today.
Grab your kids (or someone’s kids) and get ready to win a great prize.
Thanks to our wonderful sponsor, Green Toys, we’ve got four amazing toy sets to give away.
We’ll be looking at each toy a little closer over the next three weeks, and we’ll be learning more about Green Toys. But to keep this contest entry post short and sweet; here’s a simple quick run down to kick this contest off.
What you can win:
Green fun:
All of the above toys are made with recycled milk containers as the main ingredient, made in the U.S., so fewer transport pollution issues if you live in the U.S., and the toys contain no traceable amounts of Phthalates or BPA. They are also designed without any external coatings, eliminating the issue of lead paint. Lastly, all Green Toys products are packaged in recycled corrugated boxes with no plastics, cellophane or twist-ties, and are 100% recyclable.
During the month we’ll learn more about this company’s green practices and more about how milk containers are used to create cool toys.
Contest rules & how to enter:
Basic rules:
- Open to U.S. residents only.
- If you’re not a blogger here at Tree Hugging Family named Peggy or Jennifer, then you are eligible to enter.
- You can enter once per household (sibs will have to share).
- One of each set is going to be awarded (four total) but you can’t choose which toy you want. This is a random win. But since all the toys are great, no worries.
- Enter by midnight (west coast time) on May 31st.
- We will randomly draw four winners and announce them June 1st.
- I will then email you for your mailing information. You’ll have five days to email me back, or the prize will go to another randomly drawn winner.
How to win:
Grab your little one, and ask them this question, “What outdoor summertime activities do you love best?” Then tell us what they said, in their words in the comment section of this post. We did this before here’s an example of kids answers.
If you have a little one who can’t talk yet (as in a baby to young toddler) you can enter for them, just let us know what sort of fun activities you do, or plan on doing. If they can talk though we want to hear from them. I.E if you’re a parent leaving a comment about an older kid activity, you won’t be entered.
Questions? Ask in the comments.
Stay tuned for more posts on these very cool toys.
[photo via Green Toys]
For 2 1/2 yr old Riley who likes to go outside to watch bugs, birds and go “fishing” in the pond (using a stick and string that she created). She also likes to garden alongside Mom or in her own pile of soil.
My kids are looking forward to setting up the sprinkler and kiddie pool.
It’s times like these I wish I had children, haha!
Greetings, Great giveaway drawing. I love that I am seeing so many companies going green! Dominic likes riding his bike, his scooter and his Grandma’s swimming pool. Please enter us in your delightful drawing. Many thanks,Cindi
Swim, and then we go to sleep, and then it’s summer, see.
(From my 2 1/2 year old daughter)
My two year old daughter said “ool with ane”, which means the pool with her friend Cane. Thanks for the chance to win such great toys!
My middle son’s answer, “Make summer things and play at the beach and I like to um eat ice cream in the summer and I like to make sand castles with daddy and I like to plant things in the summer and make summer necklaces and that’s all, now what do you have to do?”
These are just some of the things my 3 sons enjoy doing in the summer.
Kyrie (4):
My favorite thing? Be COLD! I like to eat ice and swim in the creek with Matthew (her 15 yr old bro. also known as her FAVORITE sibling)
Can you tell we don’t use Air conditioning?
My soon to be born baby (May 16!) will be spending his summer getting to know all of his relatives and getting his first sight of the beach!
Swim, because I like to dive into it, says my 6 year old.
“Go to the beach,” says almost-three-year-old Gideon.
What else?
“My garden. I can see the ‘Very Hungry Caterpillars’ (after the Eric Carle classic) and I can eat the strawberries!”
My 3 year old first said “Yeah.” Then she said, “go to the park!”
Then I asked “what else?” and she said, “go to somewhere else after the park.”
I love kids, lol!
“Blow bubbles,” says my 3 1/2 year old daughter. Her brothers wouldn’t answer me.
My three year old says “playing tee ball and playing my “cello” outside.” His “cello” is one of those poppers and the bow is just a stick.
6 year old Amber- “Make a big splash in the water!”
3 year old Terisa- “Plant flowers with you, Mommy.”
19 month old Robbie- “Outside?”
Embryo-”….”
SWIM!
SWING!
if i’m ot to late i like to get in to this one more then any thing would i love to try to win this for my little one. and well she likes to go on walks and just play in the warm sun all day thats abt it so far .
Swimming, jumping on the trampoline, playing ball, walking the dog, catching bugs, lizards and frogs.
(From Corbin, 9 and Xander, 6)
That would be going to the beach with my family and of course, swimming!
Summertime is always fun because our family can go out and have fun. Children love it because they can play with water. Then there’s all those cool fruit drinks that really quench your thirst.
My 11 month olds will be playing in the yard, and enjoying lots of park time and first swims. Great contest, thanks!
L. said that she loves having a tea party at the beach!
My 10 month old and I love going for walks. We live close to a park and he loves all the trees around. He can stare for hours, and most of the time he does. My husband and I enjoy telling him about the different trees and he loves it too.
We did this last summer when he was a month old, but he’s much more into it now.
my 4 year old said, “swimming! and ride my bike! and go to the playground!”. He gets very excited when talking about favorite things to do.
My almost 2 year old son loves to play out in the backyard with his watering can. And he’s recently discovered ants and other bugs, upon sight of which he screams joyfully.
My 1 and a half year old granddaughter Ravyn says , “Bubbooos Gamma!” (Bubbles Gramma)
From my 4-year old son: “I like to play with the markers.” (Translation: markers=sidewalk chalk)
My baby boy can’t talk yet but I plan on letting him play in sand and feel the water in a pool for the first time this summer
Swimming in the pool, planting flowers and watching them grow, crafting outside (sand, seashells, glue and picture frames) and jumping on the trampoline.
“The Pool!!!” Got to say all 3 kids say the same thing. They are all excited about being able to swim whether it be in 2 feet of water or a big lake, give them water and they are happy.
My little one said “Go for walk!”
Play basketball and ride my bike
“roller skates are fun and swimming. I wanna swim with my roller skates on.” As said by my 4 year old daughter
playing at the beach
We look forward to eating outside, swimming in the pool and riding bikes. Would love to win this for my kids. Thanks so much.
Swimming & playing in the dirt!
“Play with Riley and Casey and Phillip… and swim at Mamaw’s.”
Outdoor fun!
My one year old nephew Jimmie likes to watch me and his mommy garden. We break the ground with shovels and work every evening losing the clods of dirt, adding mulch and manure. He loves it when we pick up a wiggly worm for him to see, he would also eat it if given the chance but we never let that happen. Kids are so much fun especially in the summer.
Anything with water!
In the words of my 3 & 5 year olds their favorite thing to do in the summer is play in the sand and water at the beach. And play on the water slide and pool at home.
Thank you so much for the wonderful contest.
We would LOVE to win !!
chasing ducks,and going fishing, and swimming.
My youngest son said “Let’s see (long pause), I like camping, fishing, going to hotels, and yeah, spending time with mommy.”
swimming, playing with squirt guns, riding bikes, going on picnics.
Swimming and lying in the sun!
Playing in our pool they just love it and can’t get enough or jumping on the trampoline.
I love gardening and reading on the deck.
My daughter: SWING! SWING!
My son: Come on mommy lets go swinging!
So I guess their favorite thing to do is…swing.
My 6-year-old said, “Eating popsicles.”
My son Derek age 2, loves to play outside in our fenced in yard. He watches the big fat squirrels climb up and down the trees. He giggles with delight. Nature at it’s best. Gotta love it.
swinging.