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Surprise Giveaway-Sleepy Sillys

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I’m excited to announce the first giveaway EVER on this site!! 

Sleepy Sillys, an Etsy shop, sells a fabulous Rainy Day Craft Caboodle full of essential supplies for creative projects. It holds well over 100 items including contruction paper, glitter glue, buttons, stencils, felt pieces and much more!!

And, Sleepy Sillys has been generous enough to offer ONE LUCKY COMMENTER  a Rainy Day Craft Caboodle of your very own!! This giveaway is open to residents of Canada and US ONLY.

To enter this giveaway:
1. Click on Sleepy Sillys and take a look around.

2. Come back here and leave a comment on THIS POST telling me what you love most in the shop.

3. For an extra entry, add a link to Lesson Plans on your blog sidebar.  Come back and let me know that you did it.

4. Please, please either leave me your email address or blog link so that I can contact you if you win. Comments with no email address or blog link will be deleted. If I cannot contact you, I will choose another winner.

5. You have until Sunday, February 15th at midnight MST to enter. Check back on Monday to find out if you are the lucky winner!

**BLOG ABOUT THIS GIVEAWAY FOR ANOTHER EXTRA ENTRY!! Then come back and let me know where you posted.

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  3. I love the White Tooth Fairy Pillow with Blue Pocket and Purple Bow.
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  6. What a great idea this Craft Caboodle is!
    I also love the Adorable Cuddley Car Seat Blankets. Thanks so much.

  18. I liked the Girls Sleepover Autograph Pillowcase for Slumber party. What a clever idea! The Craft kit looks like my kids would be kept very busy during those rainy days.

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  22. i just love the tooth fairy pillows and the recycled crayons–just too cute for words. I would ABSOLUTELY LOOOOOVEE to win this caboodle! It would be perfect to keep the kids entertained on cold, wet days!

    Thanks!
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  23. I love the Girls Sleepover Autograph Pillowcase for Slumber Party! That is such a great idea!!
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  24. I’m SO glad that I’ve stumbled on to this amazing site!! Thanks for the chance to win…what a cool idea from Sleepy Sillys! I love her shop, and besides the Rainy Day Box…I LOVE the Autograph Pillow case…my daughter would flip over it! So fun!

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  32. I also love the Adorable Baby Car Seat Blanket in blue camo!

    Thanks for the giveaway!
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  38. I love the purple tooth fairy pillow! So sweet and I think it would make getting something from the tooth fairy extra special!

  39. I like her Car Seat Blankets – they look sooo cuddly soft! My favourite of them is the Blue Camo one.

  40. I really like the Adorable Baby Car Seat Blanket–Purple with Stars. Love the print. thanks for the chance to win.

  41. I really like the Girls Sleepover Autograph Pillowcase for Slumber Party. That would be a great keepsake. Thank you!

  44. As a busy Mom I can really appreciate her etsy store. I love the idea of being able to pull out the a jar ready full of ready to craft items. The recycled crayons are cool too, I remember making those as a kid. Fun stuff!

  45. Rainy Day Kids Craft Caboodle Kit ITS THE MOST I LOVE.
    I want participate from Spain, and i post you in my giveaway blog (sorteos y concursos).
    My email is in my profile of the blog.
    Thanks

  49. The White Tooth Fairy Pillow is a riot! So cute and creative. I am always looking for things my son can do to channel his imagination…this giveaway would be wonderful.. thanks so much!!!!

  50. Great idea! I’ve been wanting (and looking) for something like this for my son! I like the tooth fairy pillows, way more creative than my envelopes that I used when I was a kid! Thanks for the giveaway!

Have you read?

Book Review: The No-Brainer Brain Explainer

Human brains are pretty amazing, allowing us to think, feel, create, communicate, move and more. But humans aren’t the only animals with cool brains, as Crab Museum explains in the book The No-Brainer Brain Explainer (illustrated by Bruno Valasse).

This book, aimed at kids in grades 1-4, is colorful and silly but also educational about how brains actually work, with billions of neurons sending electrical and chemical signals around the body.

“Everything we think, feel and experience comes from an electrical relay race, with neurons passing chemical batons to each other,” the book says. “The constant chatter of billions of brain cells creates your entire world.” 

The book compares the brains of mammals to those of crabs (the book is “written” by a crab after all) and notes that crabs have fewer neurons and of course are much smaller, but they have separate parts of their brains that control their eyes and their legs. Crabs are also capable of remembering things, using tools and solving puzzles. 

Some animals’ brains allow them to know more about their world in different ways from humans, such as spiders being sensitive to vibrations in their webs and catfish having an amazing sense of taste, with taste sensors all over their bodies. 

It notes that 95 percent of brain activity goes toward things we do unconsciously, like breathing, walking and catching a ball flying toward us. It also talks about dreams, memory, how our emotions try to predict the future, where brains came from and fun facts about brains. For example, did you know a sperm whale is believed to have the biggest brain of any creature that’s even lived? Their brains weigh 18 pounds, compared to just 2.5 pounds for humans. 

Information on what creatures have the smallest brains, the toughest brains, the most brains and those who actually eat their own brains will delight kids (and maybe gross them out a little bit). They’ll also enjoy learning about the mycelium network of fungi, which is like a brain without a body, and slime molds, which are like a brain without a brain. 

It ends talking about why human brains are so special because we’ve found ways to work together, communicate and build communities on a scale bigger than any other animal. 

Kids and adults alike will enjoy this colorful, silly and informational book about brains!

About the book: 64 pages, hardcover. Published 2026 by Wide Eyed Editions. Suggested retail price $19.99.

 

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