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Monday, June 14, 2010

Guidecraft Elephant Pull Along Giveaway Winner

I used random.org and lucky number 74 was selected!

74. Tiffany said...
I'm following you #1

Congratulations Tiffany!

I'm going to email Tiffany and she'll have 48 hours to respond. If I don't hear back I'll select a new winner.

Thanks for entering everyone!

Sunday, May 30, 2010

Guidecraft Elephant Pull Along Review and Giveaway - CLOSED



It’s time for another great Guidecraft review!

For my third review in the series, I received an Elephant Pull Along toy for ages one and up.

Started in 1964, Guidecraft is an award winning company that has over 580 educational toys and furnishings. The company’s mission is to create beautifully crafted wooden products that allow children to use their minds and imagination while having fun.

Guidecraft guarantees the quality and workmanship of all their products, and are about complete customer satisfaction. They also design and test their products to meet or exceed mandatory safety standards set forth by the Consumer Product Safety Commission and the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 to insure the safety of children playing with their products.

The Elephant Pull Along toy is very similar to the first Guidecraft product I reviewed, the Puppy Pull Along. The difference obviously being that it’s an elephant. :)



When I received the toy it was in a very sturdy box and the toy was twist tied down to avoid moving around in the box.

After being opened there is zero assembly required before giving the toy to a child.



The toy comes with a long white pull string (which is nicely tied up during shipping) to allow for plenty of room for the child to pull the toy safely behind them.

The wheels have a nice rubber outline on them so it makes pulling the elephant on a variety of surfaces easy. This really is a nice added feature from other pull toys as it keeps the toy from constantly tipping over.

The head wiggles back and forth just like the Puppy Pull along which in my opinion, makes the toys just that much cuter! The ears are again soft leather that are moveable and just another fun feature of the toy. The elephant’s trunk is also moveable for children to position to their liking. I thought this was a really neat feature as Rosemary at 7 months already loves anything that can be manipulated by her hands.

The quality of this toy is excellent! The paint is vibrant and colorful sure to be admired by children. The toy is made with a hard wood that seems really durable for children to play with. All of the parts like the rubber and the trunk appear very secure and I just know we’re going to have this around for a long time.

I found no flaws in this toy whatsoever and I know it sure captured Rosemary’s attention! She’s a little young still to be pulling the toy, but I let her check it out (under my supervision) just to see what she thought of it. She loved it! Her favorite part was the ears as she loved moving them back and forth, and kept checking them out. She also loved the trunk as it was easy for her hand to hold on to and move.



I would really recommend checking out the Guidecraft website and catalog to see some great educational toys they have for your child today! You can purchase the toys directly from the Guidecraft website. Guidecraft also has a blog where you can find more reviews from people if there was something in particular you were looking for, or if you wanted some ideas on how to narrow your selection down (there really is so many great toys on their website available).

If you like what you’ve read about the Elephant Pull Along, and think this toy would be great for your child, Guidecraft has graciously offered one of my readers a free Puppy Pull Along!

To enter simply visit Guidecraft and return here commenting on which item is your favorite. Please leave an email so I can contact you if you're my winner.

For extra entries you may do any or all of the following:

1. Follow my blog publicly via Google Connect (over on the right side bar). You must follow publicly in order for this to count. Current followers just have to write that you already follow me. (2 entries)

2. "Like" A Mama Stork Knows on facebook - must do this as an individual (adding as your a blog favorite will not count)

3. "Like" Guidecraft on facebook - must do this as an individual (adding as a blog favorite will not count)

4. Follow the Guidecraft Blog, please let me know what email and name your are following under

5. Follow me and Guidecraft on twitter and tweet about this giveaway. You may do this once a day. Please leave a url so I can check your tweets. If you don't tweet, you may instead add this as your facebook status. You may use the following to tweet/post:
"Enter to #win a @Guidecraft Elephant Pull Along toy at @AMamaStorkKnows http://bit.ly/awLKQm #giveaway RT"

6. Add my button to your blog; leave your blog URL so I may check

7. Vote for me on Top Mommy Blogs and/or Picket Fence Blogs. This may be done once daily.

Leave separate comments for all of your entries and remember to leave an email address in at least one of them so I may contact you. You must do the main entry in order to win the Elephant Pull toy. Good luck!!

Giveaway is open to entrants in the U.S. and ends on June 13, 2010 at 11:59pm EST. A comment number will be drawn at random from random.org. Winner will be contacted by email and have 48 hours to respond. If I don't hear back, another winner will be selected.


I was provided with this product free of charge by the highlighted company and/or its PR agency in order to test the product first hand and to provide you with my personal opinion on it. The opinions I have provided are mine and mine alone. I am in no way required to write a positive review and my review was not influenced in any way by monetary means. Please investigate before any and all purchases as I am not liable nor responsible for any losses or damages you may incur. Please read my Terms of Use before entering this contest.

Saturday, May 15, 2010

Guidecraft Geometric Puzzle Board Winner!

Using random.org lucky number 21 was selected. Congratulations Nicci!

21. Nicci said...
badge on my blog - 2

I will email the winner and she has 48 hours to respond or I'll have to pick a new winner.

Thanks everyone for entering!

Monday, May 3, 2010

Guidecraft Geometric Puzzle Board Review and Giveaway - CLOSED

As I mentioned in my recent review of Guidecraft’s Puppy Pull Along toy, I have a total of six reviews for you from Guidecraft.

For my second review in the series, I received Guidecraft’s Geometric Puzzle Board. Since there are six reviews for you all, I’ll try not to be too repetitive, but there is some information about Guidecraft I’d like to include for all newcomers to my blog.

Started in 1964, Guidecraft is an award winning company that has over 580 educational toys and furnishings. The company’s mission is to create beautifully crafted wooden products that allow children to use their minds and imagination while having fun.

Guidecraft guarantees the quality and workmanship of all their products, and are about complete customer satisfaction. They also design and test their products to meet or exceed mandatory safety standards set forth by the Consumer Product Safety Commission and the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 to insure the safety of children playing with their products.



The Geometric Puzzle Board says on the website it’s for 9 months and up, but on the box it says for 18 months and up. This is a bit confusing, but upon opening it, my opinion would be that it’s for 9 months and up. The puzzle board is for children to learn colors, shapes and sizes. I’m going off of my daughter Rosemary, who is over 6 months, and I think she’ll be ready for this toy soon.

When I received the toy it came in a nice and sturdy box to avoid being damaged. Inside, the puzzle board was wrapped in plastic to secure the toy from being banged around prior to opening.



When opened there is a small amount of assembly, if you can call it that. There are five color coordinated stickers that needed to be applied to the bottom of the puzzle board where the puzzle pieces fit. I actually stuck them on before I even noticed there were directions included that told me what these stickers were for. This took me literally one minute to do.


There are five pieces to the puzzle. All five are different colors (red, orange, yellow, blue, and green) and are all different shapes (oval, round, square, rectangle, and triangle.) There are matching slots on the board where the pieces fit (with matching colored stickers on the bottom of the board) and there is adequate room for the puzzle pieces to fit in nicely. The puzzle pieces have 2 inch high, easy grip handles. The two inch handles are perfect for little hands to be able to grasp well enough to hang onto and fit in the puzzle.



The quality of this puzzle is excellent. The colors are extremely vibrant and I saw no markings on them at all. The wood is very durable and smooth so I really feel this toy will last even for my future children and I’m not worried at all Rosemary may get splinters. I think this puzzle is great for learning shapes and sizes and I look forward to Rosemary using it this summer.

In all honesty, I’ll probably give the pieces to her before she’s 9 months to start playing with. The colors are so bright, I think she’ll love them even before she can understand about what shapes they are.

I would really recommend checking out the Guidecraft website and catalog to see some of the great educational toys they have for your child today! You can purchase the toys directly from the Guidecraft website. For more reviews, Guidecraft also has a blog where you can find many other reviews from people just like me.

If you like what you’ve read about the Geometric Puzzle Board, and think this toy would be great for your child, Guidecraft has graciously offered one of my readers a free Geometric Puzzle Board!

Main Entry – To be eligible to win the Geometric Puzzle Board, you must go to the Guidecraft website and return here telling me what product your child absolutely must have (other than the toy being given away). There are so many, I just know you’ll find something your child would love. That’s it. Leave that in a comment along with your email so I may contact you if you’re the winner.

Extra Entries – These entries are not mandatory, but are for those readers that wish to increase the chances of them winning the Geometric Puzzle Board. You must do the Main Entry first before these extra entries to be eligible to win. You can do any or all of these extra entries, so please don't feel like you have to do them in order either. Remember to leave a separate comment for any and all entries and to leave an email address so I can contact you.

1. Follow my blog publicly via Google Connect (over on the right side bar). You must follow publicly in order for this to count. Current followers just have to write that you already follow me. (2 entries, leave two separate comments for this one) Please let me know what email and name you are following under.

2. Follow Guidecraft on twitter; please leave your twitter name

3. Fan Guidecraft on facebook; please leave your facebook name in the comment

4. Follow the Guidecraft Blog, please let me know what email and name your are following under

5. Follow me on twitter

6. Tweet about this giveaway mentioning both myself and guidecraft. Please leave a URL where I can check that you tweeted. This can be done once a day to earn many extra entries. Leave a URL for every tweet please. You may copy and paste the following tweet to make it easier:
"Enter to #win a @Guidecraft Geometric Puzzle over at @AMamaStorkKnows http://bit.ly/c8wK9q #giveaway RT"

7. Blog about this giveaway. Please leave a direct URL to the blog entry. (2 entries, leave two separate comments)

8. Add my super fancy, new button to your blog. (2 entries, leave two separate comments)

That's a lot of ways to enter! Do as many as you like, but please remember to do the main entry first. Good luck!

Giveaway is open to entrants in the U.S. only, and ends on May 14, 2010 at 11:59pm EST. A comment number will be drawn at random from random.org. Winner will be contacted by email and have 48 hours to respond. If I don't hear back, another winner will be selected.


I was provided with this product free of charge by the highlighted company and/or its PR agency in order to test the product first hand and to provide you with my personal opinion on it. The opinions I have provided are mine and mine alone. I am in no way required to write a positive review and my review was not influenced in any way by monetary means. Please investigate before any and all purchases as I am not liable nor responsible for any losses or damages you may incur. Please read my Terms of Use before entering this contest.

Saturday, April 24, 2010

Guidecraft Puppy Pull Along Giveaway Winner

Random.org selected lucky number 65 and that is Sherrie!

Sherrie said...
#2

I am following you publicly via google connect.

I've sent out an email and she has 48 hours to respond or else I will draw another winner.

Thanks everyone who entered!

Sunday, April 11, 2010

Guidecraft Puppy Pull Along Review and Giveaway - CLOSED



Started in 1964, Guidecraft is an award winning company that has over 580 educational toys and furnishings. The company’s mission is to create beautifully crafted wooden products that allow children to use their minds and imagination while having fun.

Guidecraft guarantees the quality and workmanship of all their products, and are about complete customer satisfaction. They also design and test their products to meet or exceed mandatory safety standards set forth by the Consumer Product Safety Commission and the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 to insure the safety of children playing with their products.

I recently had the opportunity to review six toys from Guidecraft.

I plan to write six separate reviews for my readers, and today I am going to share with you my review of the first toy, Puppy Pull Along. This toy is recommended for ages one and up. This pull toy is pretty straightforward, making it very easy for young children to play with.

I received the toy packaged in a nice box so it wasn’t damaged when it arrived. There was no assembling required at all with the toy, so you take it out of the box and it’s ready for children as is.


The toy comes with a long string (which is nicely tied up when it arrives as to avoid tangles) for
pulling.

The wheels have rubber on them to make it easier to pull on different surfaces. I remember when I was a child, our pull toys didn’t have this and it would constantly tip over. Well, as my daughter at 6 months isn’t quite ready to pull this around herself, I pulled the puppy all around my home myself. It did great on both carpet and wood flooring! I really like this added feature to the toy.

The head wiggles back and forth when you pull the puppy. I thought this was so cute! The wiggling makes it more life-like for children. The ears are also moveable as well as soft. The ears don’t move automatically when you pull it like the head, but they move when you play with them and even a bit when you’re pulling just from being moved.


Overall, the quality of the toy is really good. The paint is bright and colorful, sure to be loved by children (and adults too). It’s made of hard wood, so it’s really durable when children start to play rough. I did notice there was a tinge of black discoloration on one of the wheels, and it was a little dusty. The color isn’t very noticeable, nor was the dust, but since they were there, I wanted to let my readers know. I just lightly dusted the toy before testing it out further.

Other than those little things, I think the toy is great. I really love the colors used and the durability of the Puppy best. I know my daughter is a bit young for it yet, but I’m excited for her to try it out in just a short time.

I would highly recommend checking out their website and catalog to see some of the great educational toys they have for your child today! You can purchase the toys directly from the Guidecraft website. For more reviews, Guidecraft also has a blog where you can find many other reviews from people just like me.

If you like what you’ve read about the Puppy Pull Along, and think this toy would be great for your child, Guidecraft has kindly offered one of my readers a free Puppy Pull Along!

Main Entry – To be eligible to win the Puppy Pull Along, you must go to the Guidecraft website and return here telling me what product your child absolutely must have (other than the toy being given away). There are so many, I assure you, you’ll find something your child would love. That’s it. Leave that in a comment along with your email so I may contact you if you’re the winner.

Extra Entries – These entries are not mandatory, but are for those readers that wish to increase the chances of them winning the Puppy Pull Along. You must do the Main Entry first before these extra entries to be eligible to win. Remember to leave a separate comment for any and all entries and to leave an email address so I can contact you.

1. Follow my blog publicly via Google Connect (over on the right side bar). You must follow publicly in order for this to count. Current followers just have to write that you already follow me. (2 entries, leave two separate comments for this one) Please let me know what email and name you are following under.

2. Follow Guidecraft on twitter; please leave your twitter name

3. Fan Guidecraft on facebook; please leave your facebook name in the comment

4. Follow the Guidecraft Blog, please let me know what email and name your are following under

5. Follow me on twitter and tweet about this giveaway. Please leave a URL where I can check that you tweeted. This can be done once a day to earn many extra entries. Leave a URL for every tweet please. Copy and paste the following tweet:
"Enter to #win a beautiful pull toy from @Guidecraft over at @Inthknowgivawys http://bit.ly/a4G4o4 #giveaway"

6. Blog about this giveaway. Please leave a direct URL to the blog entry. (2 entries, leave two separate comments)

Giveaway is open to entrants in the U.S. only, and ends on April 23, 2010 at 11:59pm EST. A comment number will be drawn at random from random.org. Winner will be contacted by email and have 48 hours to respond. If I don't hear back, another winner will be selected.


I was provided with this product free of charge by the highlighted company and/or its PR agency in order to test the product first hand and to provide you with my personal opinion on it. The opinions I have provided are mine and mine alone. I am in no way required to write a positive review and my review was not influenced in any way by monetary means. Please investigate before any and all purchases as I am not liable nor responsible for any losses or damages you may incur. Please read my Terms of Use before entering this contest.