RSVP for #GNO for a Colorful Chat on Creativity & Kids Crafts Tuesday on Twitter
July 27, 2009 by Jyl Johnson Pattee · 118 Comments
Want some tips on how to survive the season and create your own affordable fun to fire up kids’ imaginations before they head back to class? Then tweet the night away with other Mom It Forward gals at #gno this Tuesday on Twitter.
- What: Crayola Creativitycast on #gno (Click here to learn more about #gno!)
- When: Tuesday, July 28, 9-11 p.m. EST
- Where: Tweetgrid (Use hashtags #gno & #crayola.)
- Topic: Affordable Fun 101
- Who: @ajpassey from Because Babies Grow Up, @cerisecheri from Crayola, @cindyhopper from Skip to My Lou, @emom from Woo! Jr., @makeandtakes from Make and Takes, @razzmatazzrob from Crayola, @skybluestacy from Crayola, @youcanmakethis from You Can Make This
- Party Favors: Click here to check out this week’s giveaway sponsored by Crayola.
- RSVP: The link list is not working this week, so please leave your Twitter ID in the comments.
Join in the Creative Conversation With Crayola and Get Prepared for Back to School!
July 26, 2009 by Jyl Johnson Pattee · 16 Comments
With back to school just around the corner, Crayola wants to help women—whether you are teachers, moms, artists, lovers of all things creative, or allof the above—get ready with tips and creative ideas to make the back to school season less stressful and more fun! Starting July 28 and every Tuesday night (9 pm Eastern) through the month of August, Crayola is sponsoring “Girls Night Out” on Twitter. The weekly Crayola Creativitycast will feature a new topic each week, like Affordable Fun 101 and Back to School Survival Guide, to help you better prepare for the best back to school ever. Tweet the night away with other women and moms, Crayola creativity experts, and noted women and mommy bloggers, and get great ideas to help you prepare for back to school!
Here’s how it works:
Every Sunday through Tuesday, you can RSVP for the party by clicking on the RSVP post here on MomItForward.com. You can include your Twitter URL in the link list and see the list of others that plan to participate in the GNO party on Twitter. (In the event that Mr. Linky is not showing up in the RSVP post, please leave your Twitter URLs in the comments, this will allow everyone to know who is participating and follow them.)
Visit http://momitforward.com each Monday for more information and a custom Tweet Grid for that week´s event.
On Tuesday nights, starting at 9pm Eastern, tweet using the hashtag #gno and chat away.
Click on the giveaways chat bubble in the righthand column to check out the amazing weekly prizes all Mom It Forward and #gno gals can take advantage of. In addition to the prizes that will be awarded during the weekly #gno party on Twitter, many bloggers will be hosting weekly giveaways for Crayola Creativity Packs following the Crayola #gno on Twitter. That’s four winners per blog over the next month.
In the Creativity Pack you will find things like…
- 24 pack crayons
- 10 ct. crayola markers
- 12 ct. crayola colored pencils
- Crayola pip – squeaks colored pencils and glitter glue
- Crayola window crayons
- Tadoodles washable crayon Buddies
- Crayola color explosion black surprises
- Crayola Color Switchers
Sound like fun? Hope to see you Tuesdays from now til September for some creative conversation!
Giveaway—Crayola Color Wonder Gift Package ($200 Retail Value)
July 26, 2009 by Jyl Johnson Pattee · 450 Comments
Do you and your kids love art, creativity, and all things Crayola? Then this giveaway is for you, because Crayola is excited to reward one winner with an amazing Crayola Creativitycast gift package, including tons of classic as well as new products, perfect for arts and crafts and back to school.
Prize
This week, everyone’s a winner. Whether you win the grand prize or not, you can enjoy a discount toward Crayola products by downloading a Crayola coupon here (good through August 31).
One grand-prize winner will receive the following products in a Crayola Color Wonder gift pack (approximate retail value: $200).
- Color Wonder (CW) Coloring and Fingerpaint Art Set (Dora the Explorer)
- CW 3-D Glitter Kit
- CW Magic Light Brush
- CW Glitter Paint
- CW Stow & Go Studio
- 2 30-page Drawing Tablets
- CW Fingerpaints & Paper
- CW Large Paper
- CW Twist-Up Crayons & Coloring Pad
- CW Markers & Coloring Pad (Disney-Pixar Cars)
- CW Markers & Coloring Pad (Disney)
- CW 6 Mess-Free Markers & Coloring Pad (Disney-Pixar Finding Nemo)
- CW 6 Mess-Free Markers & Coloring Pad (Disney My Friends Tigger & Pooh)
- CW Learning Book (Numbers)
- CW Watercolor Paint Set
- CW Markers & Paper
- CW Glitter Paint Set (TinkerBell)
- CW Glitter Paper Set (Disney Princess)
- CW Markers & Coloring Pad (Disney Princess—Sleeping Beauty)
- CW Mess-Free Paint (2 Paint-filled brushes)
- CW Mess-Free Soft Sticks
- CW Watercolor Paint Brushes
- CW 10-ct. Markers
Entry Requirements
To enter for a chance to win, you are required to do three things:
- Leave a comment on this post, including your e-mail address.
- Join the new Crayola Facebook Page.
- Post these messages on Facebook and on Twitter and leave comments here, linking to your messages:
Talk affordable fun 101 (kids arts & crafts) Tues on #gno w/ #Crayola 9-11 ET. RSVP: http://bit.ly/IrbM8
Enter to Win @Crayola’s Color Wonder gift package @ http://bit.ly/INj9Q (ret val $200) PLS RT
Extra Entries
Take advantage of all the many fun ways to earn extra entries this week. Leave an additional comment for each.
- Tweet and/or Facebook the following:
- Love Crayola? Become a Fan of the brand new Crayola Facebook Page: http://www.facebook.com/Crayola.
- Post something you learned during #gno this week on the Crayola Facebook Page wall.
- Take the Summer of Service Challenge this week and comment on that post.
The Fine Print
No purchase necessary to enter. Winners will be selected randomly through http://random.org. Crayola and Mom It Forward employees are ineligible to participate. All entries received after Sunday, August 2 at midnight PDT will not be considered. Entries that do not follow all of the entry requirements will not be considered.
