Free stuff here
Nothing like the word "free" in the title to draw you in, right? Well, it's no joke. A representative from CSN Stores e-mailed me this week about the possibility of reviewing and giving away a product from one of their many websites. When I say "many," that's no joke either. CSN--which according to wikipedia is the fourth fastest growing private company in Massachusetts--runs more than 200 different shopping websites, most of them devoted to a particular product. House stuff, office stuff, pet stuff, kid stuff...there's even an entire website for mailboxes. Yep, mailboxes. Just in case you were looking for a way to fritter away your evening looking for a new mailbox, now you know where to do it. You're welcome.
I was of course drawn to the kid stuff. The CSN site Toys and Games Online has pretty much everything your heart could desire in the way of toys for your kids. Outdoor toys, indoor toys, dolls, bikes, puzzles--they've got it all.
Since my girls' rooms are already stuffed with Barbies, ponies, Polly Pockets and every other girly thing imaginable, I've requested something a little more gender-neutral to review.
This Fiddlestix wood construction set looks like the kind of creative toy that you could build just about anything with. It's entirely possible that my daughters will build nothing but magic wands and tiaras, but hey--at least they'll be building something, right?
I will post a full and completely honest review of the set once I get it and my daughters have had the chance to experiment with it a little bit.
In the meantime, if you think this looks like something your kids would like to have too (or if you are an adult who enjoys making little creations out of wooden pegs and dowels), you can leave a comment to be entered in a giveaway of the Fiddlestix set!
Tell me this: when you were a kid, what was your favorite toy?
If you don't have a blogger/gmail account, be sure to leave me some way to contact you to tell you that you've won.
The giveaway will be open until Wednesday, January 27th.
I was of course drawn to the kid stuff. The CSN site Toys and Games Online has pretty much everything your heart could desire in the way of toys for your kids. Outdoor toys, indoor toys, dolls, bikes, puzzles--they've got it all.
Since my girls' rooms are already stuffed with Barbies, ponies, Polly Pockets and every other girly thing imaginable, I've requested something a little more gender-neutral to review.
This Fiddlestix wood construction set looks like the kind of creative toy that you could build just about anything with. It's entirely possible that my daughters will build nothing but magic wands and tiaras, but hey--at least they'll be building something, right?
I will post a full and completely honest review of the set once I get it and my daughters have had the chance to experiment with it a little bit.
In the meantime, if you think this looks like something your kids would like to have too (or if you are an adult who enjoys making little creations out of wooden pegs and dowels), you can leave a comment to be entered in a giveaway of the Fiddlestix set!
Tell me this: when you were a kid, what was your favorite toy?
If you don't have a blogger/gmail account, be sure to leave me some way to contact you to tell you that you've won.
The giveaway will be open until Wednesday, January 27th.
16 comments:
does the swimming pool count? Nina
@Nina: Absolutely!
What fun!
Loved: Fisher Price barn that "moos", a tape recorder, and my purple Popple.
OK, I've been wanting to kid those for my boys.
I loved my Smurf Guitar and My Little People.
Legos
Fun giveaway! It's hard to be sure what my favorite toy was. I loved dolls, especially my Cabbage Patches.
Hey Jen - My favorite toy as a little kid was Bride Dolls. I think I got one every Christmas for about 4 or 5 years. I think I have wanted to be married since I was two. :)
Now this is sad: I can remember the toys I DIDN'T get much better than the ones I had and loved! Pitiful! I really loved my game, "Girltalk". I also had a "My Child" doll that I really only cared about fixing it's hair.
These look great! They look like the Tinkertoys I loved as a child.
Favorite toy huh? That is a tough one. I absolutely LOVED the tree house my mom built for us in Lebanon. Oh, and Great Grandma Shaw's old dresses that she gave to us! And of course if you are dressing up then you need baby dolls to play with too!
I have to say my Cabbage Patch dolls were my favorites. I even kept a couple and their accessories, and now my girls have their own!
My Little Ponys and I totally forgot about Popples!!
My little ponies and strawberry shortcake.
I had a soft fabric set of a family of woodchucks, no joke; they lived in a soft little "log" that had a handle for carrying and opened up on the side so you could see and play inside their little "log" house. This totally opened up my imagination and soon I was seeing adventure and play spots in all kinds of unlikely areas. Best toy ever.
I loved my Strawberry Shortcake dolls. And we also had some kind of puppet hedgehog family that we loved to play with. I think my parents might still have it! (and I have all my Strawberry Shortcake stuff)
My favorite "toy" as a kid??? Definitely the card game Uno! I played and played and played Uno until I wore through several sets of cards. I was the Uno champ mind you, and to this day none of my family will play me because there's no chance they'll win!!! Yep, I'm that Awesome!!!
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