Thanks to Litzky PR, The Mom Maven has something for your preschooler..PLAY-DOH! I have always been a PLAY-DOH lover. The smell of PLAY-DOH actually takes me back to memories of Sunday School, where they had huge canisters of PLAY-DOH we could play with before class started.

The PLAY-DOH BURGER BUILDER set is back and better than ever! Interchangeable molds offer everything kids need to create the perfect PLAY-DOH hamburger including tomatoes, lettuce, buns, and more. In addition, kids can crank out pretend potato or pickle chips with the exciting TWIST-A-CHIP Super Tool. Set includes five 2-ounce cans of colorful PLAY-DOH compound. Available at most major toy retailers nationwide and on HasbroToyShop.com.

We had a blast playing with The PLAY-DOH BURGER BUILDER set. My son and I played for over an hour creating hamburgers, cheeseburgers, pickles, lettuce, tomatoes and french fries.

LitzkyPR is giving one of The Mom Maven’s readers their own PLAY-DOH BURGER BUILDER set!

Mandatory 1st Entry Leave me a comment sharing one of your favorite PLAY-DOH memories.
Bonus Entries

• 3 entries for posting my Back2School bash badge on your blog’s front page. Leave 3 comments with the link to your 1st page in it.
• Subscribe to my blog (click on the orange heart in the side bar) leave me a comment letting me know you are a new or current subscriber
• Follow @MomMaven on Twitter AND tweet this “I just entered to win PLAY-DOH for your preschooler from @MomMaven you can too! http://bit.ly/h3XOs” leave a comment with the tweet URL in it **You can do this 1x a day

This give away is open to US residents only. This giveaway ends on 8/17/09 at 8:00pm. I reserve the right to  remove comments that do not follow the above entry rules.

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GoPicnic meals are ready-to-eat meals featuring natural ingredients, no artificial flavors or colors, no trans fat, HFCS or MSG. GoPicnic meals are shelf stable and require no refrigeration nor do they need to be heated. GoPicnic meals are great for school, work, field trips, car trips, picnics or any other time you want to eat!

Our Monday schedule this fall is going to be crazy. We leave the house at 8:45am and head across town to the chiropractor for a 9:15 appt. Then the Homeschool Bowling League bowls from 10:00-11:30. Aaron has English class at the community college from 12:00-1:00pm before we head back home for the rest of our school day. I wasn’t sure what we were going to do for lunch. I didn’t want to spend $9.00 per person on burger meals at the bowling alley, they are expensive and not healthy. We will be eating GoPicnic meals instead.

GoPicnic has a full line of 20+ ready-to-eat meals which fall into 3 brands.
GoPicnic BreakMeals contain protein, whole grains, dairy, fruit and a sweet indulgence for dessert and retail for $6.99. We tried the AnywhereBreak meal which contains 16g of protein and is gluten-free, and has no fish & shellfish ingredients. The AnywhereBreak meal includes Jack Link’s beef steak nuggets, Corazonas Squeeze of Lime tortilla chips, Ortega mild salsa, Copper Cowbell white cheddar cheese slice, Mrs. May’s cashew crunch, Mariani dried cranberries, and Swiss Delicato dark chocolate. This was my family’s favorite meal.

GoPicnic GoMeals contain five to six choice food items plus any necessary utensils and moist towelette in each meal. We tried the GTrek Meal. It contains 18g of protein and fewer than 340 calories. It is gluten-free and contains no fish or shellfish ingredients. This meal ncludes Jack Link’s beef steak nuggets, Copper Cowbell Swiss cheese slice, Sheffa zesty snack mix, Mariani cranberries & pineapple blend, and Swiss Delicato milk chocolate. This meal was good but the pineapple was tasteless/ The GoMeals retail for $2.50- $4.99 each.

The third brand is the MightyMunch Kids Meals. Each kids meal is balanced to limit overall fat, saturated fat and sugar content, and contains protein, grains & fruit as well as a sweet treat and a fun surprise. Natural ingredients are at the core of MightyMunch kids meals – our food contains no trans fats, high fructose corn syrup, MSG, artificial flavors or artificial colors. MightyMunch kids meals also have no peanut or tree nut ingredients. We tried the GalaxyMunch Meal. It has 70% of DV of Vitamin A and 11g of protein, and no fish or shellfish ingredients.The GalaxyMunch Meal includes Old Wisconsin beef salami slices, Copper Cowbell cheddar cheese spread, Late July classic rich organic crackers, Sensible Portions apple-cinnamon multigrain crisps, Mariani Ultimate apricots and Surf Sweets all-natural gummy bears. TheMightyMunch Meals retail for $5.99 The box this meal comes in has games and riddles printed on the inside, making it more kid-friendly. We also enjoyed this meal.

The generous people at GoPicnic are giving 1 TheMomMaven.com reader their choice of any 5 GoPicnic Meals! Thet are also giving my readers a 20% discount on all orders placed during the month of August! Just use code GPMOMS at checkout.

1st Mandatory Entry (please follow instructions, I have had to disqualify several entries lately for people who do not follow the rules) Go to GoPicnic’s website and look around. Come back here and leave me a comment telling me which meal you want to try.

Bonus Entries you may do as many of these as you choose after completing the mandatory entry.

• For 3 entries-Grab my Back2School Bash button from my sidebar and display it on your blog’s front page for the rest of the Bash. Leave me a link o your blog. (Leave 3 separate comments) **If you already have this badge you get 3 entries too!
• Subscribe to my blog (click on the orange heart in the sidebar) and leave me a comment telling me you subscribe. Current subscribers of course you get an entry too!
• Follow me on Twitter and Tweet “There is such a thing as a FREE lunch! @MomMaven is giving it away. http://bit.ly/3E07Ka” you may do this 3x a day. Leave a separate comment for with each tweet’s URL

This giveaway is open to US residents only and will close at 7:30pm on 8/15/09. The winner will be chosen by Random.org.

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“To ensure that every child goes back to school in style this year, Goodwill Industries International and Family Circle have teamed up to launch a five million pound clothing drive which will run from Saturday, August 1 through Wednesday, September 30, 2009. The partnership will be featured in the September issue of Family Circle, the magazine’s first ever issue dedicated to Back-To-School, as well as www.shopfamilycircle.com , the brand’s new e-commerce destination.

Family Circle and Goodwill invite parents to put their gently used adult and kids’ clothes to work by donating them so that another child can have a “new to them” outfit for their first day of school. The donated items will be sold at more than 2,300 Goodwill® retail stores, making affordable, contemporary clothing available to families on a budget. The program will also generate revenue that funds Goodwill’s job training programs and career services to help families achieve economic success.

“Not only is donating to Goodwill a great way to clean out closets and teach your children about gratitude, responsibility and the opportunity to help others, but your donation will help fund support services such as youth programs and childcare so that people can stabilize their families while finding good jobs,” said Jim Gibbons, president and CEO of Goodwill Industries International.

Readers can help Goodwill and Family Circle reach their five million pound goal by attaching this donation couponwith their clothing contribution.”

Let’s all do our part and help with this clothing drive.

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The bash will be held August 3-15th and will be filled with tips to make back-to-school fun and organized. I have also lined up product reviws and giveaways from 7 companies so far, and I hope to get a few more. I’ll have giveaways for school supplies, food, clothes and even some concert tickets!

If there is a back-to-school topic you would like me to cover during the bash please leave me a comment on this post. I am here to help you be the best mom you can be.

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