Friday, 8 June 2012

{Giveaway} ~ No toy or lunchbox gets left behind ...with Stuck On you

My kindergarten boys have settled into school and they know the school routine and pack drill backwards.

Though now they have been catching the bus to school and home again 3-4 days a week - it's out the door by 7.50am . Some days things are hectic and stuff is getting lost or left behind at school..... now mum isn't there to pick the bits and pieces in the afternoon.

I noticed a dozen of the kids , just in our class (80 kinders in total ) , have the similar food containers - not to mention seeing a sea of identical,  on the ground, school jumpers and hats. The school's lost property trolley is overflowing ...but not with our stuff I hope.

Over the years I used a few different labeling methods ...even the big black permanent maker didn't work on the school bomber jacket for my oldest son - he still misplaced it . The iron on labels just fell off or were taken off !

The twins needed name labels for daycare and I've tried a few different kinds ... the little rascals loved peeling them off or using them on artwork at home. They also use them on toys, their Leapsters and anything if I leave them in reach
 ...this won't always work !

we really put their names on the other boot too !
Before big school started I bought one pack of with both their initials and our surname on one set of labels - #scrooge #fail !

My big mistake is now I don't know which kid has left their school jacket or lunchbox or whatever behind .They each claim the item at home is theirs. Cue for many tears and tantrums ..I'm talking about me now. 

I've lost count of the Tupperware lunchboxes my eldest son lost . On Monday,when I do Literacy groups in the classroom, I usually find a food storage container with our label , on top of the kinder's cupboard ...imagine the ones that get left behind.


Sam and Joel are the same clothing size , with 1/2 size difference in Clark school shoes too. As they get older I know identifying their own personal items will be more important ...who wants to wear their brother's undies.

'Stuck on you' comes highly recommended - I've seen a few reviews recently.

The timing was perfect when I was invited to try their products and chose a design for each drummer boy.
 

The boys loved helping me chose, personalising their own design and colours .The website is so easy to navigate and 'KID' user friendly. It would have taken me less time if I didn't let HELP ...just saying !


We chose the Out and About pack because they wanted the personalised drink bottles and we needed spares too.

The products are excellent and I would definitely recommend them to anyone - you can never have enough labels - just ask my boys.

The lovely people at Stuck on you even popped in an extra surprise for the boys. They were thrilled and couldn't wait to take them to school for news.



How she knew their favourite 'quiet' activity is drawing and colouring in-  I don't know. My boys even carry little notebooks and textas to draw with other kids on the bus ...but you know I mean in the notebooks ! The notebooks and pencil cases, pencils and textas included made their eyes pop.

Lucky for me the Artist series activity pack keeps them busy while I'm cooking dinner and then it packs up nicely inside the pencil case ! Seeing them colour-in quietly makes my heart sing !!

Stuck on you's range has expanded incredibly over the years if you haven't checked their website lately- go do it now ...I'll wait.

They don't just have labels - have personalized clothes , wooden name puzzles , sports bags, and home essentials and much more.

I missed seeing the kitchen labels for me !

When you have finished browsing come back and tell me which pack you would like to purchase because I'm giving away your choice to win of any of the value packs to $49.95- someone to suit everyone  ! Two winners !! will be chosen.

The boys spied the wheelie bags and lunch coolers too. As we definitely have enough toys - I'll be sending our family to the website to chose the twins' birthday gifts , they have bookmarked a wishlist.

Tell me your greatest {funny or not} child or item or toy moment or why you should win one of these awesome prize packs ?  ...did you leave someone important behind ! Also tell me what pack you'll like to win.


Terms and Conditions
1. Competition is open now and closes at 11.59pm 24/06/2012.
2. Australian Residents Only.
3. The judges’ decision is final.  If the winners do not respond to the winning email within 7 days, a new winner will be chosen.
4. As per Stuck On You’s website, one name only can be chosen for whatever value pack you decide on up to $49.95.
5. Winners will be chosen for their creative and original answers - This is a game of skill.
6. Extra entries for sharing the giveaway . You must still leave a valid answer to the question for extra entries.

Good luck!

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Disclaimer: I am very thankful we received our choice of two Out & About packs to review , with a surprise inclusion of the awesome Artist Series Activity packs. No financial payment was received and all opinions are my own.

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Not greatest in the good way, more like greatest heartbreak, but when I was about 10 there was a bully on the bus (Leon!) who threw my much beloved Pound Puppy dog out the window of the bus. I was absolutely devastated, but managed to hold it together until I got home, where I promptly burst into tears and sobbed into my Mother's lap for about an hour. If only he'd been labelled, he may have found his way back to me! I still miss than darn puppy!

I'd love to win the lunch pack, such an excellent idea!

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my son used to have a toy which vibrated and had pointy rubber bits that poked out of it..when he was only crawling he would lay on his tummy with a point in his mouth while it was vibrating all over the place, obviously loved the feeling on his gums..was hilarious!
I love this idea, so great for kindy and school to make sure everything comes home!
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Boyo is 8 and in Year 3 and I have bought 16 hats. I think we actually have 6 in our possession. We do actually need 6 hats. Seriously. I do not know how he does it but he gets hats so dirty I wash them twice a week! As for the lunchboxes - this prompted me to ask him where today's lunchbox is. Apparently, he leaves it under the Big Tree at lunchtime, then collects it at afternoon recess. Except today it wasn't there. Dear gods, give me strength!

Luckily, I label everything with indelible marker pens and Stuck On You labels. It does help. Yes, it does!
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Love the "out and about" pack - perfect for little Cooper and his days out to day care
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Oh gosh I have been so going to get these labels every year for my 5 kids (3 at school) but every year comes and goes and I always run out of time and money to order them. The item we have lost that still to this day breaks my heart is a beautiful Jacket my Mum made my Eldest, she had used wool that was my grandmothers, she had modelled it on my coat of many colours (Dolly Parton just popped into my head LOL) it was beautiful and YEAP you guessed it we left it a playgroup and it was never found or handed in and I always wonder if it had of been named would we of got it back.........There have been many other items that we have lost over the years but this one stands out as the item that we mourned over the most........These labels would be awesome for my 16month old as we are just starting paygroup. We love the out and about package too.
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It's mind-boggling how many labelling options are available these days. When my boys were small, all I had was a permanent marker! I guess that was much less expensive too. :-)
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Kim maxwell · 675 weeks ago

When I was a kid, I was left behind at the library by my Mum, I was old enough to stay there for a while by myself while she did a few jobs nearby, but when she came back she couldn't find me,(I was up in the back cornwr reading), time flew as I have always loved reading and I didn't get worried untill I realised that I had been ere long enou to read a whole book (about 4 hours!), she was pretty frantic by the time she found me, but I'd had a good day!
(ps, my daughter would love the lunch pack!), bet your kids loved their parcels!!!!
Oh, now the twinlets are in daycare I'm all about not losing things in the pile! I love Stuck On You. Have been admiring their stuff for a while now but because the boys were just babies, had no reason to buy any of their products...up until now anyway. Have liked them on FB ;)
When my son was 2, my husband had to go interstate for work and we were lucky enough to go with him. The shopping centre close by was 5 storeys and boasted 2 playgrounds, which was a great way to keep my son entertained. One afternoon I took my son to play, and I sat down to feed my 2 month old daughter. Cheeky monkey that my son was, he took the opportunity to dash away from the playground and over to the nearby elevators. With the baby, stroller etc in tow, and 2 couches full of other mothers in my way I was physically unable to get to my son before he pressed the button, saw the lift doors open and get in (giggling the whole time - he thought it was a great game).. by the time I made it over there, the doors had closed and my son had gone.

Waiting for that lift to return was the longest wait of my life. I didn't know if my son would still be in there when then lift came, and if he wasn't where to start looking as the first floor led out to the local train station! Panic! Relief came when the doors opened and my (now rather somber) son was standing there holding the hand of a lady with an "Optus World" badge. He had made it down to the first floor (horror!) and had apparently (according to the lady) looked very confused when the doors opened and mummy wasn't there. He had seemed unsure whether to hop out of the lifts, so she got in and went floor by floor (I was on the 5th) helping him look for me. I have never been so relieved in my life! Fortunately, it gave both of us such a scare that he *never* goes near a lift without an adult (he's 6 now) and he still talks about the time he got lost in the lift.
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Mary Preston · 675 weeks ago

My daughter came home from school with someone elses knickers on. It had been a swimming day. She said someone took hers, she did not know who, and the teacher MADE her put on strange undies rather than go - literally- butt naked. My baby was not happy. I know how I would feel having to put on questionable knickers!!!

I'd love a 5+ pack thank you.
Im a mum of 3 7yo, 6yo and 4yo and the one thing we lose or get mixed up with other kids isnt at school but at sports trainings or games is drink bottles and being a small town small choice to buy, Im seriously eyeing of the drink bottles as there is no way no one could mistaken ours for theirs vica versa. Ive seen serious tears over a drink bottle as small as it is after having a child run around for a hour and to not have there drink or its forbid someone accidentaly drank from it , sorry didnt have a funny story but sharing a moment these labels would be handy
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Michelle Vamvas · 675 weeks ago

My choice would be the Artist Activity Pack.
Although I have three daughters of my own who would love this, I would give it to my beautiful niece Kiara.
She is almost two, and has an immense love of art. She 'draws' on everything, and even takes a pencil case and notebook when she goes visiting. She can literally spend hours 'drawing.' It may just be a phase, who knows, but if not, and this is something she will continue to enjoy as she grows, I would love to encourage her, and her love of all things arty. Who knows, she may be the next Van Gogh!!
It's been three years since I needed labels from stuck on you. Man has their range grown? I have just spent half an hour looking at all the things I could use. Firstly school bag labels. I need them!!! Every bag is the same at school and my daughter keeps getting confused. The birthday invites would be a hit too, as we have a party coming up. also you really can't beat the clothing labels. It makes a huge difference when your kids clothes have a name ironed onto it. I really need more of those, especially with another child off to school next year too.
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Fiona Arthur · 674 weeks ago

I love stuck on you! My boys are the same size although 2 years apart in age so it gets tricky remembering which shoes/jumpers etc belong to whom. The shoe dots in particular have been useful. I'd love to win the artist series pack. (is it wrong to say I'd like it for myself?!)
My daughter started Kindy this year, so we got the basic labels and decked her out with new bag and uniform. By week 2 of the term she had picked up another child's jacket (not her's)! The jacket she picked up was second hand, very worn, stained and had no name on the label. I had hand written my daughter's name on her's.
So, I was so upset to have spent money on all new things and this happen in the first term, so I sat down and hand wrote 19 identical notes to all the parents asking to check their son/daughter's jacket - my hand hurt at the end of it and no jacket!!!
So if I had to pick a pack it would definately have iron-on labels in it - won't be making that mistake again!!!!
Ahhh, a funny kid story? I have a few a day.
Tonight he was on the longe room floor playing cars and I asked him to come and clean his teeth. He moans "I'm just not in the mood for this kind of business". Huh? And who taught you that?
I love the designer collection name labels - such cute designs.
My story is about a toy that was given to our son Connor for his 2nd Christmas- a Tombliboo with red hair (just like Connor!) Connor didn't really care about it and dropped it to go and play with his other toys...but Riley (18 months older so nearly 3 at the time) loved it instantly. Funnily enough he called him ''Denny'' and they have been inseparable ever since...Denny has been everywhere, sleeps on Riley's bed and is his absolute favourite toy!
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Kimberley Belford · 673 weeks ago

One morning after a very long night - still up cleaning and washing etc at midnight and restless kids , my daughters starts screaming in her room . I run in to see what was wrong and she has a pair of her brothers undies in her fingertips screaming at the top of her lungs. Baby brain or sheer tiredness had taken over the night before and I ended up putting my sons clothes in my daughters drawers and vice versa. What a saga to a 5 yr old LOL
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kimberley belford · 673 weeks ago

Ooops theres that tiredness again lol - I would chose the 5 + pack :D
When I was little I had a Tawny Scrawny Lion plush toy which I lost during a shopping trip... even though my poor parents searched high and low for it they had no luck and had to deal with me (a screaming 2 yr old) after losing my favourite toy! Love to win the 'out and about' pack :)
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I was left behind! When I was little our family (Mum, Dad and 4 girls) were going on a holiday. Sensibly we all had to go to the toilet before leaving home- and I was the last one, as I was the youngest. Anyway, everyone and everything was loaded in the car- except me! I was still on the toilet! This is long remembered and laughed about even now! (I would love to win the starter pack- time to get my son organised for daycare).
Little Foxy, my daughters best friend was left in the aisle of Mitre 10 just a couple of weeks ago. He laid there waiting for his bestie to return and retrieve him. We got to the car and realised Foxy was nowhere to be found. After retracking our steps throughout a shopping centre. Foxy was found hanging at the registering meeting Handy people. We were all glad to have him back.
The Bag and Tag pack would be great because we have recently lost little mans bag. Did we leave it at a friends? At the park? In a trolley? Who knows . . . but maybe this (the toddler calls it a tra-gedy . . . or similar) wouldn't have happened if he'd had an awesome bag with his name printed on it!
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This might be slightly pathetic, but here goes...
I had a Patty O'Green doll (one of Rainbow Brights friends) and I loved her. Anyway, my dad threw it out in his 'wisdom' when I was 16 and when I discovered her missing I flipped out. It wasn't that I slept or played with her anymore, I was just attached and I wanted to keep her for my kids. I am 27 and it still makes me sad. :( I know, pathetic.
My kids names are Polynesian so you have to buy custom personalised stuff, like what Stuck On You does, and winning this would mean their dad won't throw out their favourite things.

As for which pack - bag and tag - my daughter has broken 2 bags and 2nd term isn't even over. She's only in preschool!
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