Crayola Outdoor Challenge Giveaway

by Shannan on May 14, 2009

outdoor-challengeThese days, between pollen counts that are out of this world and the swarm of mosquitoes that has taken up residence in my front yard, getting outside is a bit of a challenge for me. The kids don’t seem to care about my suffering, however. They want fresh air and sunshine whenever they get a chance and who am I to tell them no?

Crayola has issued a challenge to parents everywhere this summer, asking us to leave the comfort of our air conditioning and get outside with the kids — EVERY DAY! They have teamed up with Dan O’Brien, Olympic Gold Medalist, to encourage families to get outside this May, during National Physical Fitness and Sports Month, and throughout the entire summer! As a part of the challenge kick off, I was given some great Crayola outdoor play products to review.

The package included:

crayons

Sidewalk Crayons offer kids more than pretty pastels to create outdoor masterpieces. Once reserved for bringing coloring books to life, this new technology offers the richest, brightest, boldest colors for creating extraordinary outdoor artwork. The difference is striking, as the smooth, creamy colors lay down on driveways and sidewalks with unmatched brightness. For children 4 and up, suggested retail price is $4.99 for a set of 15 colors.

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• The Rainbow Rake is a fun new way to create chalk messages and designs! Kids can adjust the arms for close lines or far-apart lines; use the rake to write giant messages and draw swirling, swooping lines! For children 4 and up, suggested retail price is $11.99 for one rake and 5 pieces of chalk.

3dkit

• Kids can watch their art come to life with the 3D Jungle Safari Activity Set. Create a jungle safari, put on the 3D glasses and kids will feel like they are in the jungle! The set includes 1 bottle of sidewalk paint (7 fl. oz.), a paint brush, 1 pair of 3D glasses, 8 dual-ended sidewalk chalk sticks, 4 giant stencils and 1 how-to book. For children 6 and up, the suggested retail price is $13.99.

The little boys and I took our goodies outside and had a blast decorating the driveway. The Rainbow Rake was absolutely awesome, and K was using it to make racetracks for his little cars. D just drug it around, saying “Pretty! Pretty!” Definitely a fun find for the preschool set.

The colors of the Sidewalk Crayons were absolutely unbelievable. Compared to the cheapy sidewalk chalk I usually buy, this stuff was amazing! They are also much more durable than some brands, even standing up to being dropped. (Yeah, that would have been me)

The ultimate hit was the 3D Jungle Safari Activity set, though. After drawing on the driveaway with the chalk, I handed the glasses over to K and all he could say was “whhooooaaaa!” It looks like your drawings are popping right of the pavement! Very awesome! The sidewalk paint was pretty neat too, with a very vibrant green color. My only suggestion with that is to make sure you’re working in a clean area with the paint. Our driveway is a bit dirty and the brush collected quite a bit of gunk, but it was easily rinsed off.

Crayola wants to give one of my readers a chance to win the same fun products that I got to review! To enter to win this awesome prize pack from Crayola, all you have to do is leave me a comment telling me what you and your family love to do outside in the summer.

For extra entries, you can:

  • Subscribe to my feed
  • Tweet about this contest on Twitter (up to 3 times)
  • Blog this contest on your own blog

That’s a total of 8 possible entries! Please leave a separate comment for EACH ENTRY for them to be properly counted!

AND I will be holding a live contest sometime on Friday (5/15) for a second Crayola Outdoor Challenge Prize Pack, so keep an eye on my Twitter (@slpowell) to see when that will kick off!

Contest will end Monday, May 18th at 11:59pm and winner will be selected by Random.org and contacted immediately.

Time is of the essence with this contest, so if prize is not claimed within 24 hrs, a new winner will be selected.

Product was provided for this review.

THIS CONTEST IS NOW CLOSED!!

Random.org was used to select the winner:

Random Integer Generator

Here are your random numbers:

13

Timestamp: 2009-05-19 15:09:18 UTC

Lucky number 13 was Michelle @ Women Who Win! Congratulations Michelle!! I’ll be emailing you in just a moment. 

Thanks to everyone who entered this and the live giveaway from Crayola! More goodies coming soon!

{ 44 comments }

1 royal_3 May 14, 2009 at 5:14 pm

Just tweeted it.

royal_3s last blog post..My ‘To Do’ list before my son’s party in 6 days!

2 Cari May 14, 2009 at 5:16 pm

Our favorite activities are water fights! Buckets, water balloons, the hose, squirt guns, whatever we can use to get wet.

Caris last blog post..Friday Favorites – Rain Rain Go Away

3 Tara @ Feels like home May 14, 2009 at 5:16 pm

Our favorite thing to do in the summer – indoors or out – is to swim. We turn into little fishies when the warm weather comes! :)

Tara @ Feels like homes last blog post..Grace’s Kitchen – Cranberry Lemonade

4 Tara @ Feels like home May 14, 2009 at 5:17 pm

I RT’d for you. :)

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5 Cari May 14, 2009 at 5:18 pm
6 Carolyn G May 14, 2009 at 5:18 pm

I made the pledge

Carolyn Gs last blog post..**WINNER** Pevonia Botanica Tropicale De-Aging Gift Set Giveaway

7 Carolyn G May 14, 2009 at 5:19 pm
8 Cari May 14, 2009 at 5:19 pm

Just tweeted about it @kotibeth

Caris last blog post..Friday Favorites – Rain Rain Go Away

9 Carolyn G May 14, 2009 at 5:19 pm

I subscribe

10 Carolyn G May 14, 2009 at 5:23 pm
11 ~Michelle @ Women Who Win May 14, 2009 at 7:42 pm

My family loves to do two things: Go on the roof and relax in the sun, or walk to the park in the warm dusk of summer!! Thanks for the giveaway- we’d definitely use those prizes! –Michelle blogattoday ({at| gmaildotcom

~Michelle @ Women Who Wins last blog post..Win EA Sports Active For Nintendo Wii

12 ~Michelle @ Women Who Win May 14, 2009 at 7:43 pm

Tweet! https://twitter.com/sweepstakesgirl/status/1799292398. –Michelle blogattoday ({at| gmaildotcom

~Michelle @ Women Who Wins last blog post..Win EA Sports Active For Nintendo Wii

13 ~Michelle @ Women Who Win May 14, 2009 at 8:30 pm

Blogged about the giveaway! http://entersweepstakes.today.com/2009/05/14/win-a-crayola-outdoor-pack/. –Michelle blogattoday ({at| gmaildotcom

~Michelle @ Women Who Wins last blog post..Win A Crayola Outdoor Pack

14 Mel @ A Box of Chocolates May 14, 2009 at 10:02 pm

We love Crayola and outside so this is the perfect summer vacation package for us. Please sign me up for this awesome giveaway!!!
Mel

Mel @ A Box of Chocolatess last blog post..Walk-It Challenge (Setting Goals)

15 judy brittle May 15, 2009 at 2:30 am

We spend a lot of time at the park. Its only a block away. We walk everyday and we enjoy having scavenger hunts. The grandkids love playing outside so that will not be a problem during summer vacation. Thank you so much!

16 judy brittle May 15, 2009 at 2:31 am

I took the Outdoor Challenge pledge.

17 judy brittle May 15, 2009 at 2:31 am

I’m a subscriber.

18 judy brittle May 15, 2009 at 2:31 am
19 Taylor Clark May 15, 2009 at 1:31 pm

Just tweeted this @newsinschools! Please enter me. Great family prize!

20 MJ May 15, 2009 at 3:14 pm

We love to boat!

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21 MJ May 15, 2009 at 3:14 pm

I took the pledge.

mj.coward[at]gmail.com

22 MJ May 15, 2009 at 3:15 pm

I subscribe.

mj.coward[at]gmail.com

23 Terra Heck May 15, 2009 at 5:57 pm

We like to go to the local campground and camp out, play at the playground, listen to live bands, and go swimming. We also like to have cookouts with family and friends.

24 Terra Heck May 15, 2009 at 5:58 pm

I’m an e-mail subscriber.

25 Ellen C. May 15, 2009 at 9:20 pm

We like to go metal detecting and fishing. Thanks for the chance.

26 Felicia May 17, 2009 at 1:30 pm

We have a four car garage so our drive way is huge! We COLOR!! I mean seriously we color on the drive way all summer and fall long! This would be great to build up our collection for this year!

27 ~Michelle @ Women Who Win May 18, 2009 at 1:16 pm

I added your button to my sidebar! :) –Michelle blogattoday ({at| gmaildotcom

~Michelle @ Women Who Wins last blog post..Coming Soon: Tips To Promote Your Giveaway

28 ~Michelle @ Women Who Win May 18, 2009 at 3:10 pm

Tweeted! http://twitter.com/sweepstakesgirl/status/1838804198. –Michelle, blogattoday ([at} gmaildotcom

~Michelle @ Women Who Wins last blog post..$50 Up For Grabs From Kleenex

29 Liz L. May 18, 2009 at 3:11 pm

We love playing in the sandbox and swinging on our swings. We also love bubbles and swimming!

Liz L.s last blog post..Weekly Meal Plan

30 Kim @ What's That Smell? May 18, 2009 at 3:25 pm

We love to go to the spray park and watch the kids run under the sprinklers and have a great time!

Thanks!

Kim @ What’s That Smell?s last blog post..Protect-A-Bed $300 Blogher Scholarship WINNER ANNOUNCEMENT

31 Sarah N May 18, 2009 at 3:27 pm

We love to play with bubbles and go for walks!

32 Sarah N May 18, 2009 at 3:29 pm

I took the Outdoor Challenge pledge!

33 Sarah N May 18, 2009 at 3:30 pm

I subscribe to your feed.

34 SavingDiva May 18, 2009 at 3:36 pm

We love to go out on the lake. My favorite is water skiing!

SavingDivas last blog post..You keep your EF where?!

35 Ann May 18, 2009 at 5:52 pm

There’s so much we love to do but it includes badminton, playing catch, going to the park, frisbee, going hiking, and going on picnics.

36 Ann May 18, 2009 at 5:53 pm
37 Ann May 18, 2009 at 5:53 pm

I took the outdoor pledge!

38 Ann May 18, 2009 at 5:54 pm

I subscribed to your feed through google reader.

39 Babette May 18, 2009 at 6:19 pm

Just took the Pledge!

40 Babette May 18, 2009 at 6:20 pm

… And subscribed to your feed.

41 Babette May 18, 2009 at 6:21 pm

Just Tweeted it as well! :o )

42 Babette May 18, 2009 at 6:22 pm

Oh yeah, and we love to go out for walks in the evening and run down to the playground to swing.

43 Alice May 19, 2009 at 12:16 am

We love to go on walks or bike rides around the neighborhood.

Alices last blog post..Thanks to the Mothers

44 Alice May 19, 2009 at 12:16 am

I took the pledge.

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