Special Happenings at KangarooBoo

17. August 2009 · Comments Off · Categories: News · Tags: , ,

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Download This CD for Free at KangarooBoo! Limited Time Only.

Download This CD for Free at KangarooBoo! Limited Time Only.

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It’s a busy day here at dkMommy Spot – lots to cover! And I’d be remiss if I didn’t include a few goodies from one of our favorite online stores, KangarooBoo.  Featuring “unique, wooden, handmade baby toys and smart children’s products”, it’ll only take you one visit to figure out why they’re special.  

So what are the happenings at this great online store?  Well, for starters you should know they have recently opened a brick and mortar location at 415 5th Street, West Des Moines, IA 50265.  So if you live in the Des Moines area and want to check out their new selection of Boon Ducks or SIGG water bottles in person, stop by and tell them I say “hi”.  Of course these are available online too.  

Also new to KangarooBoo are a series of storytelling CD’s from Plain Tales, a company right out of Des Moines.  You can purchase them digitally for $8.99 each, or get a physical CD for $12.95 each.  But right now?  They’re offering a FREE downloadable version of Animal Tales!  This is free for a limited time, so make sure you take advantage of it right away.  Just go to their Plain Tales page and look for the Animal Tales CD.  Click on it, and they’ll walk you through downloading all three stories in mp3 formate for free!  They’re darling stories your kids will really enjoy.

That’s the latest at KangarooBoo!  Be sure to hop by and take a look.  It’s always a fun place to shop.

Green Toys Tea Set Giveaway from KangarooBoo

16. February 2009 · 361 comments · Categories: Contest, Toys · Tags: , ,

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When we were little, my sister and I used to head outdoors in the early mornings and set up a blanket under a tree or in the sunshine in the warm grass.  We’d pack up our tea set and if we were good, my mother would fill the teapot with something yummy, making sure we had “teacakes” to enjoy as well.  We could spend all morning on the blanket feeding our dollies and enjoying our adult conversation over a steaming cup of Tang. What we would have given for a darling little tea set like this one sold at KangarooBoo!  

What makes this darling tea set so unique?  It’s made of 100% recycled milk jugs and it’s pthalate and BPA-free. (This makes for a better brew, you know.)  Created by Green Toys, the tea set is made up of 17 pieces -a teapot with a lid, a sugar bowl with a lid, a creamer, 4 tea cups, 4 saucers and 4 teaspoons.  Hmm… sounds like my cup of tea!

Want to win one so you can enjoy a tea party with your little one?  KangarooBoo is kindly giving away a Recycled Plastic Tea Set, $24.99 retail (currently on sale for $19.99).

Coupon Code!  Just for dkMommy Spot readers, KangarooBoo is offering 10% off regularly priced items with this code: DKMM10.  Or visit their Sale Pages for more money-saving goodies.

How to enter:

1.) Just visit KangarooBoo and tell me something that strikes your fancy.  (You may enter once a day – following entries don’t require you to answer the question.) Remember, leave an interesting comment. If I cannot contact the winner, you might be chosen instead based on your comment.

2.) Email subscribers get an extra entry for as long as their subscription is active.

Already a subscriber? Leave me a separate comment on this post to let me know you’re interested in this giveaway.

Want to subscribe? Just click here: Subscribe to dkMommy Spot by Email (Please make sure to verify your Feedburner subscription by responding to the email they send you. If you do not receive it, check your junk mail. Only verified subscriptions are entered for all the giveaways.)

3.) Blog about this giveaway on your blog with a link back to this post. Come back and leave me a Comment with a link to your blog post. (If your comment doesn’t show up right away, don’t worry – I may have to approve it first. My blog might think it’s spam but gosh darn, I certainly don’t!)

4.) I’m feeling Twittery. If you Twitter a link to this giveaway, come back and comment here to let me know your Twitter name for another entry!

Feel free to do all four to gather multiple entries to win! You have until midnight EST on Sunday, February 22, 2009, to enter.

To find more like the Green Toys Tea Set Giveaway, visit our More Giveaways page filled with contest fun from around the blogosphere.

KangarooBoo $25 Gift Certificate Giveaway

02. May 2008 · 166 comments · Categories: Baby Toys, Contest, Product Review, Toys · Tags: , , , ,

I’ve been searching for companies that I can comfortably recommend to my readers, and when it comes to toys, that means the best and safest I can find. (And let’s not forget fun!) I’ve recently discovered KangarooBoo, and I’m very happy to be able to share them with you.

Owned by Jennic and Justin Law, this entrepreneurial couple is above the mark in my book! Ten weeks after their wedding, Jennic was diagnosed with cancer (Hodgkin’s Lymphoma). She was 24. Her husband Justin stood by her every step of the way, and today Jennic is in her 6th year of remission! Add to that two gorgeous kids, and you can see why Jennic and Justin are such grateful parents. They show their gratefulness by donating a portion of every sale to child-related charities. The customer even gets to choose what charity their dollars go to! Jennic told me that last year they donated more than a third of the KangarooBoo profit.KangarooBoo carries unique wooden and handmade toys from around the world; you can even search their site according to country of manufacture if you choose. They have toys from some of my favorites like Haba, Green Toys, and Melissa & Doug. These toys aren’t heavily advertised on Saturday morning cartoons. They’re not loaded with batteries, and they won’t talk back or do all the playing while your child sits back and watches. These are real toys for real kids who want to play!

Now, here’s the fun part: KangarooBoo is giving away a $25 gift certificate to one lucky reader. I’ve checked the site, and there are plenty of great options at this price level. Or you can put the gift certificate towards a real dream toy, and believe me, there are plenty of those too! (I’m already eying some of those for my son’s second birthday. We’re really into wooden toys around here.) Browse the site and see what you like!

3 Ways to Enter:

1.) Leave a comment telling me what you like at KangarooBoo. It can be a specific toy, a brand they carry, or a feature of the site.

2.) Subscribers are automatically entered into this and all future giveaways. Just click on the green “Subscribe to dkMommy Spot by Email” button on the upper corner of the right hand column. (Please make sure to verify your Feedburner subscription by responding to the email they send you. If you don’t receive it, check your junk mail.)

3.) Blog about this giveaway on your blog with a link back to this post and www.KangarooBoo.com.

Do all three, and you’ve got three entries to win! You have until midnight on Thursday, May 8, 2008, to enter.