We have two more giveaways to announce to start off Week 2 of the Christmas giveaway – there will be two today and two more tomorrow so we can get winner’s announced and prizes delivered before Christmas.
As of today, you can still enter to win the See Kai Run giveaway from last week, and you can still earn extra entries to apply to these contests by blogging and linking.
Here are today’s contests:
1. A $50 gift certificate to BrightOctober.com
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Everyone has stacking, sorting, and pull toys, but Bright October has stacking, sorting, and pull toys like you’ve never seen before with bright and whimsical colors and interesting shapes and designs.
I get so bored looking through the shelves in regular toy and general merchandise stores because they’re all pretty much the same, nothing unique that you can’t find anywhere else. This year especially, probably because I really looked this year, I’ve noticed that toys just aren’t the same as they used to be. The quality and selection is really very poor. So disappointing.
Bright October is the place I go when I need a unique and good quality toy – that’s pretty much all they have!
They carry wonderful toys for children of all ages. These building block sets are another favorite thing of mine – I love the clean, simple, and sturdy wood look that makes it feel like you’re really building something for real, with real wood! These building blocks are great for little hands and creative minds – building with blocks or Legos, etc., is a great way to get your child using his imagination and problem solving skills to build something wonderful. Another great thing about these building blocks is that they are fun for much older children too. I know my brothers played with Legos for many many years, so lots of kids take a while to grow out of a toy like this.
I could go on and on about favorite things, but I’ll stop with this one. I don’t really need to say anything about this little Automoblox car do I? This is going to be a Christmas gift for my son, and I can’t wait to watch him play with it. I know he’s going to love taking all the little pieces apart and putting them back together. He’s really into taking apart/putting back together right now, so this will be perfect.
The base of this little car is solid maple wood and then all the little colored pieces come off. There are little people that can ride as passengers inside and the parts are interchangeable with some other Automoblox cars.
Like I said before, lots of stores have toy cars but nothing like this. Bright October toys are so bright and colorful and so much more intricate and unique than other toys. I have been really impressed with the quality of this little Automoblox car. It doesn’t feel like it’ll break if it runs into something. And once again, this is a toy that suits toddler age children all the way to pre-teens!
Bright October is pretty much the one-stop shop for cool toys this Christmas. Enjoy browsing!
Thanks, Bright October!
2. Holly and Hal Moose gift set by Build-A-Bear
A second lucky person will win these two adorable, soft, cuddly, and festive furry holiday friends from Build-A-Bear.
I first saw Build-A-Bear on Oprah, years ago, and ever since then I have been anxious to have a child old enough to enjoy the pleasure of building their own little animal friend at the Build-A-Bear Workshop. I have been sorely tempted to build one for myself, I love the idea so much. I love that you get to go into a store and customize your friend AND put it together yourself. I think that makes the friend so much more loveable to the child! Such a great idea and such a gracious company for providing two of their special animal friends for one of you.
We actually did go on Friday night to build a bear, but there were sooo many people we decided to wait until another time. Maybe in a year or two, actually – I don’t think my son is quite ready for that unique experience yet since the friend he wanted was a pink bear with hearts. I’m more of a traditional blue for boy/pink for girl kind of mom, so I didn’t go for that. He did really like watching the stuffing/fluff machine spin the batting ’round and ’round and ’round. He also loved the little computers where you name your friend, etc. I can’t wait to go back and do it for real.
I was super impressed with the employees at the store. They were so excited and enthusiastic with the kids, it kind of felt like Disneyland!
A Build-A-Bear is one of those gifts that’s common and unique at the same time. I want to make Build-A-Bear a tradition in our family because I think letting a child choose a special friend and create it himself is a special thing. You still have time left before Christmas to Build-A-Bear!
Thanks, Build-A-Bear!
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Blog Giveaway Guidelines:
- To enter this contest, leave a comment on this post between now and midnight PST on Wednesday, December 17th.
- You can earn additional entries for this contest, and I would strongly recommend doing so to increase your chances – it’s easy!. To learn how to increase your chances of winning, click here.
- One comment per person, and you must include your name.
- This giveaway is only open to residents of the continental United States…sorry.
- The winners will be randomly picked and announced in a new post on Thursday.
If you have a product you would like Vanilla Joy to review and give away, email me at kelsey [at] vanillajoy [dot] com. Thanks!
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Love these!!! Happy Holidays to you!!
Those Haba building blocks are adorable! Great prizes today!
Those blocks are great!
Oh those reindeer are so so so cute!!! Thanks for the chance to win all these fun prizes!!!
What a great site – THanks to my friend Erin for pointing it out!!!
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There are tons of great toys at bright october!
I so love build a bear! Those toys are cool, but we wouldn’t do anything with that gift so if this comment is choisen for that please give it to someone else. As for the build a bear it is such a fun idea and lights in the reindeers ears is awesome!
Thanks for all these giveaways. How Fun! I would love to win either.
My husband actually gave me a build a bear for Christmas one year and now my son has taken over the bear so I’d love to have another.
I saw this car in a catalog (I think) for the first time last week and we were quite impressed. Yay for rad toys.
What a great giveaway! Thanks for the chance to win!
What cool stuff. My daughter would love either of the prizes. Thanks!
Wow now these are some awesome and fun giveaway. I just love the build a bear. Thanks for a chance.
What a great giveaway! I would love to win.
oh how cool! My daughter would love any of these! She loves cars and building things! How fun!
These would be fun for me to play with – i mean for my daughter to play with :)
Would love the Automoblox car looks great!
Wow i would love those amazing looking build a bears!!!
Wow, I think my husband would love that car! –Becky
Please sign me up to win the build a bear!
great giveaways!
My kids love plain building blocks, I totally love the castle.
love the animal blocks – anything really that stacks, my daughter is really starting to love building and stacking.
Such cute prizes! Thanks for the chance to win them!
My boys would love these prizes! Thanks for the great giveaways!
My son would love the blocks because he loves to build stuff! And I need to still get a build a bear for our new baby, so would love that too!
I’ve been looking for a good set of building blocks for my son. Those look great! Thanks for the chance to win.
I’ve never done the Build-A-Bear thing but it would be fun! And I LOVE the Bright October toys! Thanks for the opportunity to win!
Love the Bright October toys!
These are both great prizes! I love the wood toys at Bright October! They encourage true creative play and that is SO important! And Build a Bear is a modern classic if you ask me!
great gift to share the wood toys are great and the rain deer so sweet
So many great things! I love the blocks and reindeer couple. This giveaway rocks!!!
Tina W.
With 4 kiddos, I would love any of these!!! So cute! Thanks!
oh my goodness! my kids would love either of these!! thank you :)
I love them both! Very fun!
What fun stuff! I am also anxious for my daughter to be old enough to enjoy build-a-bear. I’m glad it’s not just me. Thanks!
fun! another great giveaway!
I would love the blocks for my boys. wonderful giveaway.
I love it all! Especially all the blocks.
Wow both of these would be GREAT!!
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I just love wooden toys. They are so classic!
Oh, those wooden blocks toys are so cute. I remember I used to have wooden block toys when I was little. But they are not sa pretty and cute as these. And who wouldn’t love to build a bear. Love to win these for my kids.
love those wooden toys!
Wow both of these are great!! thanks for the chance!!
i just love that little car! how fun.
What a wonderful idea! I love Build-a-bear – oh – and so do my kids! :)
Such great prizes, I would love bring those home to the kiddos.
Thank you for introducing me to the Bright October store. Those toys are adorable, everything from the blocks to their play food which my daughter would love! I will definately be ordering from them. We didn’t make it to Build a Bear this year, but those Moose are too cute!.
Awesome giveaway! Would love to win either! Thanks and Merry Christmas and Happy New Year
OMG… I love those Haba blocks!!! And the build a bear mooses are cute!
My boys go crazy for anything they can build with, what great blocks! HAppy Holidays to all of you! Enjoy your families!
Your son is a doll!! The blocks are awesome! The colors are amazing!
I LOVE Build-A-Bear!!!!!
I LOVE Build a Bear! Those are too cute!
These are both cute prizes. I can’t wait to take my kids to build-a-bear soon!
Oh my gosh, I love those Reindeer from Build-a-Bear so much. We were there to let my daughter make a stuffed animal and I saw those, but decided I couldn’t splurge on those too. So cute!
Oops, I said “reindeer”, I meant “Moose’. :)
Both of those toys are cute!!
Oh, those wooden blocks are amazing, as is almost everything on that site. And my daughters both have Build-A-Bear buddies that were created during friends’ birthday parties. Such fun. Thanks for a chance to win!
Oh my heavens if those toys aren’t just the cutest. My grandson would love those and I have a granddaughter who goes nuts for BAB. Thanks for the opportunity.
Merry Christmas ladies.
I would love to win!
either one of these items would be fantastic to win for one of my children to enjoy! Merry Christmas!
oh my GOSH my kids would love this-I love the wooden toys- so cool! My son is a building block fiend and my daughter is crazy for build a bear!
Those toys look so cute and looks like they would last forever. Thanks for the prizes.
wow, such cute stuff. awesome blog and so many fun giveaways!
What a great giveaway! These would make great gifts for my boys. And no worries, I’m a blue for my boys kind of Mom too!
These would be perfect gifts for the grandkids!
These are so great! Thank you so much!!!
Love these givaways! My grandson would really be happy with either-thanks so much!
These are both awesome prizes….thanks for the chance to win!
I love the haba blocks and what a great way to start of our first christmas with a set of christmas bears! Thanks for the opportunity to enter!
What wonderful prizes! Whoever wins will be very lucky indeed. Thank you so much for the chance!
What a really cool toy store. I’m always looking for new ones with these types of toys. I would LOVE to win the GC to either store, but thanks for the link just the same.
I like the building blocks and build a bear is always popular.
These are wonderful! There are going to be some lucky winners.
Deidre
Great items! I love the holiday animals at Build a Bear! The blocks are very bright!
What great prizes! I love the colors and uniqueness of each company. My youngest loves build-a-bear too; it’s so much fun for kids to create their own new pets! Thanks for the chance. iclipalso(at)yahoo(dot)com
Great giveaway, my girls love BAB!
Great prizes! Thanks.
hi, both prizes are amazing, perfect for my kids !! thanks for the greats giveaways !!
bright october makes some AMAZING toys!!! my lil boy (14 mon) would absoutely LOVE something from there!!!
wow You have great prizes. My kids would love this
These are great! My girls love to build. And they love Build-a-Bear too :) Thanks for the chances :)
murphys(at)rowan(dot)edu
I love these prizes! Merry Christmas!
Thank you!
janetfaye (at) gmail (dot) com
My little boy would love those blocks and the reindeer are adorable!
My daughter would love the build-a-bear. We just walked through the store the other day and she had so much fun and we didn’t even make a bear. Thanks!
Love those blocks!
Oh, the Build a Bear’s are so cute!
I would love to give them to my daughter!
Thanks,
Jennifer B.
NYC
Thanks so much!
Bright October has soome AWESOME toys….can I play with them {giggle}
Wow. Great giveaways!
Thank you for being so generous. Those blocks are so cute. And who doesn’t love build a bear. All my kids still love going there.
Would love love love to get some of those great toys from Bright October! Thanks for the fun giveaway!
Those blocks are great! My daughter still hasn’t been to Build a Bear, but it’s on our to-do list, so this would be great!
awesome giveaway!
Fantastic prizes!!
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Those blocks are so cool and my son would LOVE that car. The moose are adorable. What a fun giveaway!
We are huge BAB fans and my twins have been drooling over the reindeer set for a while now. Great giveaway!
Those blocks look like so much fun! You’re right about trying to find unique toys these days.
oh wow! what great toys :)
Thank you for sharing the link to Bright October! We love finding places that sell/make great educational, creative, fun toys! They are getting harder to find in market that is flooded with toys that are actually just advertising for movies and tv shows etc.
So many great ideas!
Love the blocks and build bear reindeer my kids love build a bear!!
What fun we could have!
Can I just say how much I love this site and all the great ideas you share? Thanks!
What wonderful, bright toys for our wee ones! Thanks ever so much for this opportunity!
Love the building blocks. What a wonderful giveaway! Thanks
Great giveaway! How exciting!
Been wanting blocks for my kids for a long time. Hope I win, thanks!
Those blocks are awesome! And build-a-bear is fabulous as well!! Enter me!!
My son would go crazy for one of those Automoblox cars. And we love Build-a-Bear! We go in every time we are at a mall that has one!
I would love any of these! Errrrr, I mean my daughter would love to play with them. :)
I love all of these giveaways! Thank you!
amazing! My boys would especially love those blocks. One is at the right age to build and the other to knock down.
I just found your site, it’s great. What a cool giveaway! Those are both excellent prizes. :-)
totally cool! I didn’t even know those car blocks existed. They look awesome!
Both of these are adorable!!!
Both of these would make great gifts for my little girls! Love em.
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