Toy Tuesday $250 Gift Card ONE DAY Giveaway!! {CLOSED}

I have a very goofy and silly side. (I think you all know that by now.) So you’d think I’d be just as goofy and silly about the toys I pick out. But, I am very picky.

I like toys that have lasting value, that can be played with in all kinds of ways, and that encourage free use of a child’s imagination. If it provides educational value, even better.

Here are the kinds of things that I bought and would still buy for my own kids. I found them all at eToys, by the way.

I love this Shape Up puzzle which combines fun with colors, shapes, counting, and matching. I had something very similar to this for my kids.

This handled shopping basket with groceries and this shopping cart were played with almost every single day. The shopping cart was used for things like races, scavenger hunts, a doll stroller, pick-up games, and of course grocery shopping.

My kids loved to work on board puzzles like this Melissa & Doug alphabet puzzle. I remember they’d put all the ABC’s in place and then immediately dump it upside down and start over.

There’s a reason that medical kits have been around for as long as we can remember. Kids love them! When my daughter played with her kit, she stored her pretend medicine in a plaque on the side of the fridge, and she was constantly refilling the syringe so she could give us more shots.

My kids had this Little Tikes double easel and I think it was probably one of the best investments we ever made in a toy. They played with it all the time for years and years.

I shared some of my favorite toys because I am one of the twelve featured bloggers participating in the Toy Tuesday campaign, sponsored by Bill Me Later (which if you didn’t already know, is a time saving, easy, safer way to checkout when shopping online.)

On December 8, Bill Me Later is hosting “Toy Tuesday”. Visit www.toytuesday.com to find great deals on the holiday’s most wanted toys and gifts from leading retailers such as Toys “R” Us, Walmart.com, Little Tikes, Step 2, eToys, drugstore.com, FAO Schwarz, HP, Overstock.com, MacMall, Mercantila and more.

Each of the twelve days leading up to the official date of Toy Tuesday, December 8th, you’ll have the chance to meet another one of the featured bloggers along with the chance to win a $250 gift card for yourself and a $500 gift card for a local charity! (Gift cards are from Toy Tuesday retailers)

Today, November 29th, is the featured giveaway day right here at A Nut in a Nutshell!

All you have to do to enter is answer this question:

Tell me about a toy you have purchased for your child that has really stood the test of time. If you don’t have children, think back to a toy you remember most fondly.

RULES: Open to US residents. One entry per person and there will be (1) one winner! This is a ONE DAY GIVEAWAY, expiring tonight, 11/29/09 at 11:59 pm EST. The winner will be chosen by Bill Me Later and will be announced HERE tomorrow 11/30/09 at 1 pm, EST. See official rules for details.

*** Remember, there is a new giveaway each day! So be sure to visit the featured blogger every day. Tomorrow’s giveaway is hosted by Lille Punkin Reviews!

I wrote this post while participating in the Toy Tuesday campaign by Bill Me Later. I received a gift certificate to thank me for my participation. In addition, Bill Me Later is providing the giveaway prizes.