Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Funny Giveaway - Elefun Family of Games!


MyBlogSpark and Hasbro were very generous to offer me two games free to try out on my kiddos. The first one, Scatterpillar Scramble was named the 2009 Preschool Game of the Year by Creative Child Magazine. My kids and I had loads of fun playing this game. Each player has to balance 7 marbles onto the hands of the Caterpillar. Sounds easy right? Well, how about having that caterpillar moving and squirming while you are trying to do that? Reminds me of trying to get my 3 year old into her clothes when she does not want to get dressed. The marbles were going EVERYWHERE and we were very giggly, which certainly didn't make the task any easier, lol. This is definitely a fun game, but if you have kiddos that like to eat everything in sight, I would caution you. The marbles are very colorful and definitely a potential choke hazard for the under 2 crowd.
I really like this game and think it is great to help preschoolers with their fine motorskills. (You have to use tweezers to place the marbles onto the hands. )
The second game Giraffalaff Limbo was CRAZY! I thought I was good at Limbo until I played this game, lol. My kiddos certainly had the lack of height advantage with this game. This game comes with a spinner with 6 limbo styles: classic limbo, crab walk, crawl, giraffe walk, bend forward or backward. There are 4 height levels and you keep lowering the bar until you have a winner, or you reach the bottom and everyone has had a turn. But I warn you, if you hit the bar or it falls, the Giraffe will laugh at you! The Giraffe got me several times, which broke my kids out in laughter too, lol. The bar also plays some limbo music that will definitely get you dancing while waiting your turn. My kids pull this game out everyday after school and play while I cook dinner. I personally think they are on a mission to make the giraffe laugh, lol. The only thing I really do not like about this game, is that once assembled, the feet do not fit back into the box with the rest of the pieces, so you will need some other way to store this game.
Both games do require batteries(not included) but they are loads of fun. Hasbro and MyBlogSpark are now giving me the opportunity to give a set of these games away to one lucky reader!
Also, right now there is a $4 off coupon for any Elefun and Friends game here. This coupon will only be available until Oct 31 or it reaches it's print limit(coupon does not expire until December though), so print it while you can.
To enter:
Leave me a comment here on what activities you like to do with your kids to make playtime fun.
Bonus entry: One bonus entry for tweeting this giveaway. You can earn one bonus entry PER day if you tweet this:
Win free Elefun and Friends games for your preschoolers http://bit.ly/11xhvk
Contest will end October 27th at midnight!
Disclosure: Hasbro and MyBlogSpark gave me a Scatterpillar Scramble and Giraffalaff game to review and is allowing me to give away another set of the games to a reader. I was not compensated in any other way for this post or giveaway. The opinions reflected in my review are entirely my own, honest thoughts on these games, and were not edited by Hasbro or MyBlogSpark.

36 comments:

Fun times with the Larsen's said...

Great giveaway! Thanks!!

Chau said...

These games sound like so much fun!!! My kids would have a blast with them, I can just imagine it.

In our house, we would each grab a musical instrument and make a parade around the house while I sing.

The Altman Family said...

My kids love any games! Lately we have been playing lots of Go Fish and Old Maid. Since they tend to fight quite a bit, I usually make them take turns playing with me so that they each get a chance to have fun without the other yelling that everything is not fair!

Alex Houston said...

In our house, we love to play Monopoly & Connect 4.

Brandy said...

My family and I enjoy making up our own games to make things interesting.

Jill Folzman said...

My kids and I love anything outdoors. Would love to have this for indoor time!
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Becky P said...

I've tweeted about your giveaway. The games look like a bunch of fun!!

Becky P said...

The only game we currently have is Hungry Hippo. Could really use another one :). We try and have scavanger hunts around the house along with lots of role play.

Dana said...

My 3 year old has recently discovered Go Fish and loves games...this sounds fun!

Unknown said...

Oh boy, McKenna would absolutely love these.

Wendy Rozema said...

We would love to win this! my kids love games! Right now thier favorite is candyland

Lori Sifuentes said...

My son enjoys going for walks to the park. He is at that age where walking is still so much fun.

Thanks
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Sheree said...

We love any card or board game in my house. We try and have a family fun night each week. It's great family time and the boys are learning. Thanks
shereepowell@hotmail.com

Dana said...

We love to play outside, read books, and do puzzles!

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Skersting said...

My kids love to play word bingo! These games sound like lots of fun!!
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Melaine said...

My family loves board games and these would be alot of fun :)
We always play games in my house from bingo monopoly connect 4, all cards games, operation, sorry!! Hope we win these awesome games :)

Melaine said...

Tweeted this giveraway :) We love games these look like lots of fun!!! Awesome giveaway!

momreno said...

These look like they would make family night pretty fun.

Unknown said...

In my house, my son loves to play Yahtzee and Monopoly.

Thao said...

I play with them. They are 8 months and I can still carry both of them and we dance around the room to the music of Baby Einstein.

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Thao said...

http://twitter.com/twinpowells/status/5048415667


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tatertot374 said...

We love to play dance games together. They would love this
Thank you!
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amy and the bad cats said...

i'd love to win this for my 3 yr old niece. we just got her candyland for her birthday a few months ago. she also likes to play catch with her uncle mark, too, with a tiny little blow-up football!

amy and the bad cats said...

i also tweeted at http://twitter.com/scruffycat1970 and included you on the tweet

amy
scruffycat1970(at)yahoo(dot)com

Anonymous said...

These games look like alot of fun, what a nice prize.
Maribel

madalyn and cole said...

Awesome giveaway! We love playing games!!!

Anonymous said...

My son is 2 1/2 years old and these seem to be just right for his age. We love to read books and play with his cars. We haven't started board games yet - but, we will soon. Thanks for the giveaway!!!

Angie R.

Anonymous said...

Mommy to 2 Little Monkeys

This was my original Post....

My kids would love these games. Wonderful giveaway. Oct 28th happens to be my 3 year ild B'Day. We have the Ants in Pants by Hasbro and have a lot of fun with that game. After I bring my kiddos from day care, we normally hit the community park for a few minutes before we head home. After we head home, I put my 3 year old to help me with setting up the dinner table while my husband watch the 6 month old. After dinner is the long bath followed by music, puzzles and book time.

Anonymous said...

Dee from TX...

Our favorite evening activity after dinner is to play this board game called Dont Wake Up Daddy. Its very very fun and kids and I have way too much fun playing this game. Its my sons favorite game followed by chutes & ladders. These giveaway games sounds really interesting.

deepugnath said...

Its me... Anonymous

Wow, What a wonderful giveaway. My kiddos would love it.Thanks for this giveaway and for the many other wonderful bargains that you have on your blog :)

Adriana said...

What an aweosme giveaway. I was just talking to my husband wondering if they make any game for almost 3 year olds. Thanks for the information.

In our home, my little one loves to play ball (baseball, football, soccer, etc). It's an every night rutual!

April said...

we do lots of stuff,One thing: turn on a cd, dance a round and I do something like blowing bubbles. Or turn off all the lights and then when i turn them on, they freeze.

Anonymous said...

My kids love games. We play a variety as a family. right now our fovorite is My Little Pony Memory. -- Megan D.

amy and the bad cats said...

i tweeted today at http://twitter.com/scruffycat1970 and included you on the tweet

amy
scruffycat1970(at)yahoo(dot)com

Steph said...

We just like to be silly! Little things like chasing each other around the house and being noisy are so much fun.

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Steph said...

Tweet:
http://twitter.com/1day1dollar/status/5213121494

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