*GIVEAWAY* $500 in Gift Certificates -10 winners!
Congratulations to the winners of this great giveaway! They have all been notified by email on how to get their address to us to claim their prize. From the comments section: Tina, Beth, Janice, Shannon Bryant, Angie S, Courtney, Bobbie, and Michelle. From Facebook: Julie Williams. From Twitter: Jillyrh. Thank you so much for entering! Several of our readers have the same name so please check your inbox to see if its you! Gratefully, Christy
It’s that time of year again.
Cotton is in bloom…
Apples are being picked
and the last bit of summer is ours for the taking!
and MAYBE sharing.. 🙂
But you know what else is right around the corner? It’s time to start thinking about our Halloween and Harvest costumes! I’ve recently been introduced to a wonderful company called Sensational Beginnings. They are a toy company 
that offers educational toys, that stimulate the imagination, the mind, and the senses!I don’t know about you, but if I had a dime for every time I spent money on plastic toys that barely outlived the life of the cardboard box they came in, I’d be a wealthy woman today!
I love the toys at Sensational Beginnings and I know you and your child will, too.
As a special offer JUST to Southern Plate readers,
Sensational Beginnings is offering a 10% Discount on all orders over $75.00 through September 20th, at 11:59 PM.
To get this exclusive discount, enter the code SOUTHERNPLATE at checkout. Click here to shop.
I always like to start buying Christmas the moment fall hits and I get it a little at a time to make it more budget friendly, so this is a great opportunity for you to do that.
They also have an EXTENSIVE Costume department. Katy Rose was thrilled when she first laid eyes on this pink super girl costume:
We rounded it out with the Strawberry Shortcake Wig. Of course is Super Girl is Super, it only stands to reason that she’d have pink hair (according to my Katy Rose).
Bradybug will be going the Deluxe Iron Man route this year…
Even though I REALLY tried to talk him into this one – if it was in my size I’d soooooooo be wearing it!
In addition to offering us an exclusive discount code, Sensational Beginnings is also offering an exclusive giveaway!
TEN Lucky Southern Plate Family Members
will each receive a $50.00 Gift Certificate to
Sensational Beginnings!
Get your child a costume or get a head start on Holiday shopping! I’m so excited to be bringing this giveaway to you and I want to thank the wonderful folks (who are also parents!) at Sensational Beginnings for being so generous with our Southern Plate Family.
Here is how to enter:
- Leave a comment below telling me about your favorite toy as a child or your child’s favorite toy. ( 7 Winners chosen from the comments!)
- Tweet the Following:
- Link to this giveaway on your facebook and come tell me you did it on the Southern Plate Facebook page.( 2 Winners chosen from Facebook!)
@Southernplate is giving away $500 in gift certificates! http://snipurl.com/12rn83 ( 1 Winner chosen from Twitter!)
There are 3 Ways to enter and 3 ways to win!
1 Winner will be chosen from Twitter
2 Winners will be chosen from Facebook
7 Winners will be chosen from the comments on THIS POST!
All winners chosen at random. Contest closes at midnight Sunday, September 19th. Winners will be notified Monday, September 20th and announced on this post.
Disclosure: I was not financially compensated for this post. However, Sensational Beginnings did provide me with a catalog and a gift certificate for review purposes. They are providing the discount code within this post as well as the gift certificates for this giveaway primarily because they are really nice and we think they rock :).
My favorite toy had to be my puzzle blocks. The blocks had fairy tale pictures on them and you pieced them together to make 6 different pictures.
Ah, Creepy Crawlers set. I loved my horse models, but I do remember getting the Thingmaker. Thingmaker & Vac-U-Form by Mattel 1963 – 1964. It was the perfect toy for Halloween. Creepy Crawlers was the first Thing Maker set made by Mattel in 1964. Set consisted of die cast metal molds. You filled these molds with different colors of a liquid substance called “Plastigoop.” Then, heat the mold on a open electric hot plate – which was included in most sets. When the mold cooled you would have a neat rubbery figure. I know some of you remember the Creepy Crawlers.
With 2-year-old granddaughters, I am sure we could put a gift certificate to good use.
Susie Bake Oven!!! Please enter me too!
Both my boys love trains right now as well as dinosaurs!
For years my sons favorite “toys” were the “keys” my Mama would give him to play with. They were actually the “keys” that you turned to open cans, such as corned beef. He would put those “keys” on a key chain and use them to drive his pretend cars around. 🙂
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I loved my Light Brite. I was not aware of the fact that there was refill paper available. In my little girl mind, when the paper was used up–that was it. So I continued to make the SAME designs over and over to conserve paper. I guess my imagination was stifled by that, but I did love the way that Light Brite glowed in my dark bedroom! Cool beyond belief!