Happy Monday Friends. Get ready for a month full of handmade plushies so cute you’ll want to squeeze them till their stuffing pops out. Introducing PLUSHIE PALOOZA; a toy festival and swag bonanza celebrating the handmade toy. Read on for all the exciting details + then come back at 12noon today {AEST} for our first plushie of the festival!
A new plushie will be posted every day at 12noon {AEST} until 30 November, 2010. You can vote on your favourites by adding a comment to the corresponding post. There will be a few spot prizes along the way comment posters, so be sure to drop by daily. At the end of the festival, the plushie with the most votes will win the Golden Plushie award along with a big boost to their ego. You are welcome to post comments on all of the plushies that take your fancy, however, please only post one comment on each post.
Voting will end at midnight on Wednesday 8 December, 2010 with the winning plushie announced in our 9 December news. Should there be a tie, the final decision will be made by the {KID} independent team.
*Note: when counting the final comment tally, we will only accept one comment per IP address on each of the featured plushie posts. This is in order to ensure voting fairness.
Entry to the major prize draw is now closed. Winners will be announced at midday (AEST) on Wednesday 1 December, 2010 and prizes will be dispatched promptly to ensure pre-Christmas delivery.
This is our very last week of Plushie Palooza and boy have we had a super fun time! Next week’s news will be filled to the brim with winners, and 30 precious plushies will be jetting off around the globe to meet their new families just in time for Christmas.
We’re so excited that we’ve decided to giveaway two spot prizes this week, Rockin’ Rupert the Bear and Selina the Sunshine Bunny. If you’d like one of these cuties to arrive on your doorstep, just tell a friend about Plushie Palooza via facebook, twitter, blog posts etc and let us know about it in the comments section below. Winners drawn on 1 December, 2010.
Spot Prize Winners
- G. Fitzgerald
- K. OBrien
- D. Childs
- S. Danaher
- J. Entwistle
*These guys have won a handmade stocking stuffer pack just for voting!
The Low Down
- Approx. total prize pool $1000
- Entry is open to readers from around the world.
- Only one entry per person will be accepted.
- Winners will be drawn on Wednesday 1 December, 2010.
- Winners will be notified by email within 7 days of the prize draw.
- Prizes are not transferable or redeemable for cash.
*Images used in Plushie Palooza banners are courtesy of Danger Crafts
Rupert is such a cutie, I would just love to adopt him.
Yup, passed it on to some facebook friends! Both Rupert and Selina are beyond cute!
Hi, I shared with my friend Ella on facebook. I’ll bet she wants one too now!
Selina Sunshine Bunny looks like so much fun and laughter
Shared with a friend who also loves handmade toys. These are adorable.
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Just told all my girl friends on Facebook and emailed them the link. I wish I had of known about your site sooner, your items are sooooooo cute
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Passed on to my 458 facebook friends— how could i not!!!!
I have delightedly shared this with my face book friends.
My Face book friends will be seeing these 30 rockin handmade when they log on tonight- hopefully in time to try and win one.
added to twitter these are so so cute
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