Win Toys for Toddlers! Dora the Explorer's Little Library Set - CLOSED!

As I have mentioned couple days back, Dora the Explorer is one of the most loved cartoon character in our home. Little girl loves it, learns her English and Spanish words with it and interacts in such a lovely way... Ah, gotta love Dora! :)

And I know that many little ones adore this cartoon as much as my little girl, so I've decided to start this giveaway for all those tiny Dora fans out there. This time we have a book set to give to one lucky winner.

Dora's Little Library

contains 5 small sized board books with following titles: 

Count with Dora

Dora's Opposites

Dora at the Beach

Dora Goes for a Ride

Dora's Book of Words

Even if you don't win this set here, you can purchase it really cheap at Amazon.com - price is only $6.99 and it's great bargain for wonderful birthday gift, Christmas stocking stuffer or any other celebration occasion for tiny tots! They will love it!

Now, let's get going with a fun part....

One lucky winner will win Dora's Little Library (5 board book set) for their toddler! :)

To enter (mandatory!):

- tell us who is Dora's fan around your home and what you like the most about Dora the Explorer cartoon! (Please leave your mail address if you don't have it enabled on your profile).

Bonus entries:

- Follow us via Google Friend Conect (1 entry)

- Subscribe by mail or follow us via RSS (1 entry each)

- Follow Best Toys for Toddlers on Facebook - leave your username (1 entry)

- Share this giveaway on your FB wall and leave us a link of the post(1 entry)

- Follow @BestToddlerToys on Twitter - leave your username (1 entry)

- Share following on Twitter . Come back here and leave us link to your tweet (once a day - 1 entry):

Join Dora's Little Library set #giveaway at @BestToddlerToys http://tinyurl.com/63xvty8 #doratheexplorer #ece #toddlers #contest #books #win

- Comment on any post besides this one (max. 3 comments for 3 entries)

Open for US only. Giveaway ends June 18th at 11:59pm. Winner will be drawn by random.org and announced on this blog as well as emailed. Winner will have 48 hours to respond or a new winner will be drawn. Email address must be in at least one comment or visible on your profile to win. 

Good Luck and Enjoy Playing with Your Tots! :)

Win Toys for Toddlers! Toy of Choice from FeltyFun! CLOSED!

As we mentioned in a homemade toys for toddlers post this week, we have a tot treat giveaway this week! Our sponsor is Janice with her store Felty Fun! You can check out her store over at:

Felty Fun

I already introduced Felty Fun in short but if you missed it, here is an introduction: 

Felty fun is run by a parent who also happens to be an elementary educator - Janice, and these two things combined have resulted with an inspiration for toys in her store as well as for posts on her blog. All of the items in this store are created with fun and learning in mind: they are colorful and bright (that's fun for little ones!) and at the same time, they are wonderful for sensory play, development of fine motor skills and other early concepts and skills (color matching, sizing, counting, etc.). 


What I personally like about toys from FeltyFun store is that they are all aimed for learning basic skills for toddlers and preschoolers like fine motor skills, early math skills like sorting, matching, counting, learning about basic colors and shapes, and so many more!

I've picked 2 toys to spotlight here and the rest you'll have to check yourself ;) First toy is this button snake. We have one at home and I have to say, button snake is fantastic tool for developing fine motor skills! My daughter used her button snake first time when she was just pass 2 and it was fun for her to "button" and "unbutton" fabric pieces on the ribbon. As we all know, toddlers are yet to learn how to dress up by themselves but this toy surely can help them get a grip of it faster! :) Another thing I like about this game is that it's great game when you're on the go, visiting doctors office or traveling with toddlers. It's small enough to be easily placed in diaper bag or your purse and it doesn't make noise! Yay!

Another educational toy I like a lot from Felty Fun is this Apple counting game. And what I like the most, is the fact that it can grow with a child! At each age and stage of development, it can be used differently. For 2 year olds, it can be used as a story prompt when you explain about seasons - autumn and apple picking. At this age it can be wonderful sensory and fine motor skill tool as toddler uses pieces to form pictures on the table or a felt board. As child gets older, at age 3, you can add dice and play simple game of adding as many apples to the tree as resulted in thrown dice. Excellent for practicing social skills (taking turns in cooperative and competitive play) as well for basic math skills counting numbers 1-6. For kids 4+, this game can be turned into addition and subtraction game using 2 dice.

We have one really nice surprise for all the readers of our blog! For the time this giveaway is open (May 29th - June 11th) all of our US & CAN readers can purchase any of the toys from Felty Fun store and they will get FREE SHIPPING! :) Trust me, as these toys are pretty un-expensive, shipping is h-u-g-e addition to the price! You have to use code SHIP4FREE at check-out to apply for free shipping.

And now.... let's get to the giveaway part! :) 

One of our readers will win EDUCATIONAL TOY OF THEIR CHOICE from Felty Fun store!

To enter (mandatory!):

- Visit Felty Fun store and tell us which toy you would pick, for whom it would be and how child could use it! (Please leave your mail address if you don't have it enabled on your profile).

Bonus entries:

- Pay a visit to Janice's blog Baby Brainstorm and follow her via GFC (1 entry)

- Follow us via Google Friend Conect (1 entry)

- Subscribe by mail or follow us via RSS (1 entry each)

- Follow Best Toys for Toddlers on Facebook - leave your username (1 entry)

- Share this giveaway on your FB wall and leave us a link of the post(1 entry)

- Follow @BestToddlerToys on Twitter - leave your username (1 entry)

- Share following on Twitter. Come back here and leave us link to your tweet (once a day - 1 entry):

Win educational felt toy at @BestToddlerToys http://tinyurl.com/3bzeb4p #toddlers #preschool #win #ece #toys #handmade #etsy #giveaway

Open for US & CAN. Giveaway ends June 11th at 11:59pm. Winner will be drawn by random.org and announced on this blog as well as emailed. Winner will have 48 hours to respond or a new winner will be drawn. Email address must be in at least one comment or visible on your profile to win. 

Good Luck and Enjoy Playing with Your Tots! :)

Very Beary Birthday Party - Giveaways winners!

Two week celebration of our bear's 1st birthday has come to an end. As we promised at the beginning, we shared great deal of teddy bear printables you can use with your toddlers, along with number of giveaways for our old and new readers.

Today is the day to pronounce the winners. All of the winners are picked using random.org random number generator.

Winner of the hand animal puppet set is:

Lizzie

Winner of the finger animal puppet set is:

Putti Amma

Winner of the Baby Bear, Baby Bear What Do You See? book is:

Monica

Winner of the Polar Bear, Polar Bear What Do You Hear? is:

Rainbowartist

Winner of the Bear family dress up puzzle is:

Karen Propes

Winner of the Bear expressions dress up puzzle is:

ninajoleisa

All of the winners will receive mails shorty. They have 48 hours to respond. In case we don't get response by mail, we'll pick another winner. If you don't receive mail by the end of the day, check your spam filter and contact us by mail on besttoddlertoys@yahoo.com

Congratulations! Hope your kids will enjoy playing with new toys!

Very Beary Birthday Party - Bear puzzles giveaway! CLOSED

Third and final giveaway we'll host on our blog as a part of our bear's birthday party also has BEARS! :) After hand and finger puppet giveaway and bear books giveaway, we decided to give our followers some puzzles. And they also have bears! As you can see we're trying to share toys that are fun, educational and mostly, age appropriate for toddlers. So, here is what you can win:

Melissa & Doug Wooden Bear Family Dress-Up Puzzle

OR

Melissa & Doug Bear Dress Up Puzzle

We have these puzzles and we love them! They are wooden, cute, educational, easy for little hands, and they help toddlers learn about emotions! For a full review, read Bear dress up puzzle: Parent's review.

There will be two winners! We're giving away one bear family puzzle and one bear dress up puzzle!

To enter (mandatory!):

- tell us who would love to play with these puzzles (please leave your mail address if you don't have it enabled on your profile).

Bonus entries:

- Follow us via Google Friend Conect (1 entry)

- Subscribe by mail or follow us via RSS (1 entry each)

- Follow Best Toys for Toddlers on Facebook - leave your username (1 entry)

- Share this giveaway on your FB wall (1 entry)

- Follow @BestToddlerToys on Twitter - leave your username (1 entry)

Open for US only. Giveaway ends May 1st at 11:59pm. Winner will be drawn by random.org and announced on this blog as well as emailed. Winner will have 48 hours to respond or a new winner will be drawn. Email address must be in at least one comment or visible on your profile to win. Good Luck!

And, check and enter other giveaways and free printables we're sharing for bear's birthday party by clicking on the logo bellow:

Very Beary Birthday Party - Bear books giveaway! CLOSED

Since our little mascot is a bear, it's only natural to giveaway some bear books for his birthday! :) So, we'll be giving away 2 books as prizes to 2 of our followers. If you win, you get to pick one of the following popular, bestselling books for toddlers and preschoolers by Bill Martin and Eric Carle:

Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?

Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear?

Panda Bear, Panda Bear, What Do You See?

Baby Bear, Baby Bear, What Do You See?

Images of the book from Amazon.com (you can also purchase them there!):

For additional ideas how to incorporate some learning and fun time with your toddlers when reading these books, check this article!

Two followers will get one of these books! You get to pick which one if you win!

To enter (mandatory!):

- tell us who would would enjoy these books and which one you would pick if you win (please leave your mail address if you don't have it enabled on your profile).

Bonus entries:

- Follow us via Google Friend Conect (1 entry)

- Subscribe by mail or follow us via RSS (1 entry each)

- Follow Best Toys for Toddlers on Facebook - leave your username (1 entry)

- Share this giveaway on your FB wall (1 entry)

- Follow @BestToddlerToys on Twitter - leave your username (1 entry)

Open for US only. Giveaway ends May 1st at 11:59pm. Winner will be drawn by random.org and announced on this blog as well as emailed. Winner will have 48 hours to respond or a new winner will be drawn. Email address must be in at least one comment or visible on your profile to win. Good Luck!


If you haven't already, you can still enter our hand and finger puppet giveaway! 

Very Beary Birthday Party - Puppets giveaway! CLOSED

For our very 1st giveaway throughout next 2 weeks while we celebrate Beary Birthday! we'll be giving away 2 prizes!

1st prize is Hand Puppets set containing 12 animal hand puppets which are wonderful way to introduce story time to your toddlers, along with pretend play and lots of imagination! Here is the image of the prize:

2nd prize is set of  Finger Puppets, also containing 12 animal puppets only finger puppet size. Here is what you can get:

To enter (mandatory!):
- tell us who would you like to win these puppets for and which of the animals your child loves the most (please leave your mail address if you don't have it enabled on your profile).

Bonus entries:
- Follow us via Google Friend Conect (1 entry)
- Subscribe by mail or follow us via RSS (1 entry each)
- Follow Best Toys for Toddlers on Facebook - leave your username (1 entry)
- Share this giveaway on your FB wall (1 entry)
- Follow @BestToddlerToys on Twitter - leave your username (1 entry)


Open for US only. Giveaway ends May 1st at 11:59pm. Winner will be drawn by random.org and announced on this blog as well as emailed. Winner will have 48 hours to respond or a new winner will be drawn. Email address must be in at least one comment or visible on your profile to win. Good Luck!

Some new toys to bring home to your toddlers!

We'll keep weekly suggestions of great giveaways around web with fun, educational and plain cool toys, books, etc. Here is our pick for currently ongoing giveaways:

Eric Carle Brown Bear and Friends Board Book Box Set

Playmobil's My Take Along Farm

Chuggington Books

2 Deluxe CD Rom Collections 

Oh, fun!

Go and enter!

You can win it for your toddlers! :)

Winner and reminder for Magic Christmas for Toddlers! :)

We have a winner for our Dora or Diego t-shirt giveaway! Looks like a little guy will get her own Diego shirt from Santa! Using random.org, we have choosen a winner:

Congratulations to Jen M!

(Winner will be contacted through mail and has 48 hours to clame the prize! After that, we'll redraw another winner! )

For the end, I would like to thank all the wonderful bloggers who have contributed in our Magic Christmas for Toddlers linky! We have there links to activities, games, crafts, books, toys and giveaways - all related to Christmas and toddlers! If you haven't seen them, stop by! You'll surely find something just right for your Toddler's Magic Christmas! :)

Christmas Giveaway - Dora the Explorer or Diego T-shirt!

I seriously doubt there is a single toddler who doesn't love Dora the Explorer and her little cousin Diego! :) For this reason, we picked 2 t-shirts featuring these cartoon characters and you can win one of them by entering our giveaway! Take a look at the prizes!

Dora The Explorer - Dora with Flowers by doratheexplorer

or

Go Diego Go! by GoDiegoGo

To enter (mandatory!):
- tell us which of these t-shirts you want and for whom, along with size (you can view available sizes by clicking the pictures above) AND leave your mail address

Bonus entries:
- Follow us via Google Friend Conect (1 entry)
- Subscribe by mail or follow us via RSS (1 entry each)
- Follow Best Toys for Toddlers on Facebook - leave your username (1 entry)
- Share this giveaway on your FB wall (1 entry)
- Follow @BestToddlerToys on Twitter - leave your username (1 entry)
- Visit The Best Toys for Toddlers Club and pick a toy you would love for your toddler, tell us why you think it would be great for your toddler (up to 3 toys = up to 3 entries)
- Tweet about this giveaway - You may Tweet daily and gain an extra entry each day that you tweet - limit 1 per day. Copy/Paste this tweet:
Win Dora or Diego t-shirt! #giveaway #Christmas #toddler @BestToddlerToys http://tinyurl.com/38tsgla ends 12/15


Open internationaly (check if your country is on the list here). Giveaway ends December 15th at 11:59pm. Winner will be drawn by random.org and announced on this blog as well as emailed. Winner will have 48 hours to respond or a new winner will be drawn. Email address must be in at least one comment or visible on your profile to win. Good Luck!

We got winner! $25 gift certificate goes to.....

Patrick and Emillie from Peters Family Adoption will get their prize through mail and can use it to purchase what ever they fancy from Zazzle.com! :) Congratulations!

Giveaway - $25 Zazzle Gift Certificate

This giveaway is now closed!

Well, this is first ever giveaway on this blog! :) Hope it will be a success! And, hopefully you'll like what we're giving away!

To one of our readers, we'll give away $25 Gift Certificate for any product you choose from Zazzle.com!

If you haven't purchased anything through Zazzle.com, here are some basic information:

Zazzle is the world's leading platform for quality custom products. Zazzle's proprietary technology enables individuals, professional artists, and major brands, including Disney and Hallmark, to create and offer billions of unique products for customers worldwide. Zazzle's rapidly expanding product base covers every topic imaginable and includes t-shirts, business cards, invitations, in addition to a variety of custom gifts. When ordered, each product is made on-demand, typically within 24 hours.

How to participate in a giveaway? Each one of these activities counts as one entry:

- Subscribe to our blog using Feedburner and get updates through mail (link is on the top of the right column)

- Follow our blog through Google reader 

- Follow BestToddlerToys on Twitter 
- additional entry... tweet: 
#Giveaway - $25 Zazzle Gift Certificate @BestToddlerToys http://nblo.gs/9jZT8 

- Click "Like" on the Best Toys for Toddlers page on Facebook

Rainbow Sticker by Willowdesign

This giveaway will be open until October, 31st and one winner will be chosen through random.org.

If the winner doesn't reply on a mail and claim a prize in 2 weeks, next one in the line will receive a prize.
You must leave a comment here telling us what activity you did and it will count as an entry!