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Back-to-School Giveaway: Smooshies Plush Toys

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Tune in all week for hot Back-To-School Giveaways. We’ve got some great prizes for the kids, with a couple of special prizes to pamper mom!!! Look for a new 48-hour giveaway each morning and each afternoon, and be sure to check out all of the current giveaways for other great prizes!

Today’s giveaway is especially for all the younger siblings who stand at the window longingly watching their big brothers and sisters head off to school!

Aren’t these fuzzy little guys just about the cutest thing ever? Smooshies are basically a fuzzy pillow with velcro arms, legs, features, hair, etc. that allow your child to express their creativity. You can find extra parts to increase the combinations at Michael’s and Joann Fabric’s.

I don’t know which of my kids was more enthralled with the Smooshie. My youngest just loves to snuggle and cuddle with it. But he’s also enjoying ripping off random body parts and waving them around with delight. Note: Smooshies are intended for kids ages 3 and older, but I let me little guy give it a whirl while closely supervised.

The older kids got a little creative and got a kick out of seeing what “kooky creation” they could come up with by putting body parts in unusual places. I didn’t anticipate my oldest showing much interest, but even he surprised me and decided to get in on the fun.

One lucky Deal Seeking Mom reader will win a complete Smooshies kit, ready to be snuggled and played with!

To enter, leave a comment and tell me about your favorite toy as a young child! Was it something soft and cuddly and sentimental or something that sparked hours of imaginative play?

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Every reader has four methods available to enter this contest. Choose one each of any combination of method one, two, three, or four for up to a total of 4 entries!!!

Methods of entry:

1. Leave a comment. What was your favorite toy as a young child? Do you still have it? Do your kids have something similar?

2. Add Deal Seeking Mom to your blogroll or add my badge to your sidebar. Make sure to come back and leave the link to your site in a separate comment!

3. Join the new Deal Seeking Mom Forums to chat about your great finds, special coupon codes, and chances to win exclusive giveaways. Leave a separate comment letting me know you’ve joined or that you’re already a registered user!

4. Subscribe to my feed via RSS or email. You must confirm your email subscription for it to be a valid entry! Leave a separate comment letting me know you have done so. If you’re already a subscriber, simply leave a separate comment letting me know you’re already subscribed. Lovin’ my subscribers! You guys make this all possible.

Prize:
(1) Smooshies kit

This giveaway ends at noon EST on Saturday, 8/22. I’ll use Random.org to select the winning comment. Winner will be notified by email on and listed on my Giveaway Winners page. Good luck!

While you’re in a contest entering mood, don’t forget to check out the Giveaway Gathering for a variety of contests being hosted on Deal Seeking Mom readers’ blogs!

Reader Interactions

Comments

  1. Taylor

    I absolutely loved my barbies, baby dolls, and sit and spin!! I still have some of my barbies/dolls to this day. I no longer have my sit and spin though! Thanks for yet another great giveaway!!! :)

  2. Stephanie

    I had a doll that my grandma made. It’s body was crocheted right into a blanket that folded around it. It’s pretty fragile, so it’s in storage at my parents’ house. I’m pretty sure my kids would tear it apart.

  7. Diana

    These are SO cute! I would love to use one for a diaper cake I’m making for my cousin’s baby shower!

  11. Amy

    I grew up in the 80’s. So my favorite toys were the Care bears. They are so cool. I managed to save the little figure ones with the nylon hair. They don’t make the like that anymore. Any who my 3yr old daughter loves to play with them.
    And for my son, my mother in-law saved all of my husbands toys when he was a youngster in the 60’s. Like snoopy and the jalopy with clown. Wooden car body and clown’s head and hat were my sons favorites.

  12. Andrea

    My favorite toy was Lite Brite. I played with it for hours. No, I don’t have it anymore and they new one just isn’t the same.

  18. Amy

    My son started all day kindergarten today, And my daughter was missing him really bad. =(
    My dog dropped his ball down the steps and my daughter ran down the stairs calling for her brother, she thought that was him. We’ll see how tomorrow goes.

  19. Rhonda Crocker

    My favorite childhood toy was my care bear, and yes I still have it after all these years.

    I too have a young son that asks about every 30 minutes if it is time to go pick his brother up at school, he misses him so much these days.

  21. Valerie

    I had a brown bear with denim overalls and a red flannel shirt. I loved him to pieces, literally. He didn’t survive the trip in the washer one day.

  25. Heather

    I loved dolls as a kid, especially my bald cabbage patch (child of the 80s!). My daughter wants nothing to do will dolls but plays with stuffed animals constantly.

  26. Diane Weller

    My favorite toy had to be barbie dolls. My mom would make me clothes, and she would use the leftover material and make clothes for my barbie. Then we could wear identical outfits. It was the best!

  28. Kari

    I’m a follower! (And since I didn’t mention it in the previous post, my favorite toy was a doll named Carrie that had a little cat in her pocket.)