Casio Image Square Sweepstakes
Five (5) Grand Prize winners will each receive a trip for 2, to New York City (ARV $3650).
Twelve (12) First Prize winners will receive a Casio TRYX Digital Camera (ARV $249.00).

Entrants have a far better chance of actually winning something on blogs, rather than in the big corporate sweeps, and most blog giveaways offer extra chances to win, such as tweeting about the contest.  I have seen from the drawings I’ve done on my primary blog, that these extra entries really make a big difference. 

To those linking up:

• Blog giveaways of children’s toys or gift cards that can purchase toys only.
• Primary entry must not require purchase.
• Link directly to giveaway

Columbus Day weekend has started, and all the elves are now taking up bar stools at Frosty’s Pub (hopefully none of them will get arrested).  Even the reindeer aren’t around, they are off at training camp.  To cut the boredom, I’ve decided to spread a little early holiday cheer, and give my reader’s a shot at crossing one gift off their list, without opening their wallet.

The nice folks at CSN stores have offered to send the winner of this giveaway a $35 gift code.  There are a ton of great gift choices you could scoop up with that.  Here are a few children’s gift options from CSN, that caught my eye. All are well under $35.

To Enter:

Mandatory Entry: Visit CSN Stores and tell me what you would pick.

Extra entries:

• Subscribe via email
• Subscribe via RSS
• Follow both @PoorSanta & @CSNstores on Twitter and tweet about the giveaway with a link back to this page. (can be done once per day)
• Like Poor Santa on Facebook.
• Enter the CSN giveaway at Yankee Kitchen, for a chance at another gift code. (leave a comment here telling me you did)

One winner  will be randomly selected from all valid entries, and will have 48 hours to respond to their prize winner email notification.  If winner fails to respond, within that time period, a new winner will be selected.  Contest ends October 27, 2010 at 11:59 pm CT.  Open to residents of the US and Canada, age 18+.

This is a new feature to Poor Santa this year and I am starting it early, so that it will be in full swing by the time the season rolls in.  I am using an image linky, to make it feel more like a catalog.

Feel free to list your giftable giveaways.  Items should be appropriate to be given as holiday, or special occasion gifts.

 PoorSanta.com is one of a select number of Momfluence Network blogs offering readers an exclusive chance to win one of two “Where the Wild Things Are” Prize Packs.  The winners will be selected from the combined entries of participating blogs. 

The Where the Wild Things Are Prize Pack contains:

-          A pair of IMAX movie tickets

-          Where the Wild Things Are book

-          An adult Where the Wild Things Are t-shirt (L or XL)

-          A kids Where the Wild Things Are t-shirt (size large)

-          A Where the Wild Things Are Crown

-          An exclusive Where the Wild Things Are IMAX poster

To be entered to win you must first become a  fan on the IMAX Facebook Page. 

Then fill out this  Entry Form .

The contest ends on Friday Oct. 23rd at 11:59 pm ET, and is open to all U.S. residents 18+ years of age.

For even more chances to win tickets and “Where the Wild Things Are” swag, join the Where the Wild Things Are Twitter party on Monday October 19th from 9-10 pm ET.  We will be tweeting with the hashtag #IMAXWildThings.  Resourceful Mommy will have an RSVP page available prior to the party. 

Good Luck, and I will see you at the Party.

There is a great giveaway going on at Blogger Mommies.  Skitters just offered to upgrade the giveaway they have been doing there, to 1 winner out of every 100 entries.  Your chances could actually be far better than 1/100, with 10 different ways to enter, including up to 3 Twitter entries per day,and bonus entries for spreading the word in a blog post, like this one.

The Skitter is a self propelled Ride-On toy. It is suggested for ages 18 months to adult,  and can support up to 150 lbs (up to 220 with upgraded wheels). The rider propels themselves by turning the wheel back and forth, there are video examples of the toy in use on both Blogger Mommies and the Skitter website.

This would be a great toy to find under the tree, for kids of all ages.  Enter at Blogger Mommies through October 14th.

The first of the giveaways is from Mommy Goggles. She is giving away a Step2 Lifestyle Deluxe Kitchen, on her blog. The deluxe comes with all the bells and whistles, and retails for $219.  Here is a link to her giveaway (ends Oct. 17th) which also features videos of the kitchen itself: http://bit.ly/7dl4N.

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The next blog giveaway that I found for a Step2 Kitchen, is from “The Dirty T Shirt”.  She is giving away a sleekly styled Modern Lines Kitchen, loaded with kid friendly features.  Her giveaway runs through Oct. 8th.  Here is a link to this giveaway: http://bit.ly/1vwciZ.

The final of these great giveaways can be found at “Coffee with the Mrs.”.  On her blog she has a LifeStyle New Traditions Kitchen, that you can win, complete with accessories.  This giveaway will end on Oct. 12th, and here is a link to this drawing: http://bit.ly/PC0aQ.

A child would be thrilled with any of these great Step2 Kitchens.  Too see yet more options from this great brand, check out the Step2 website.

They have a giveaway for a Stokke TRIPP TRAPP high chair going on right now. This sturdy and well designed chair retails for $250-$300, and readily converts for use by older children. Hurry, the Contest ends Wednesday, September 23, at 11:59 p.m. EST.

Enter here: http://www.momcentral.com/reviews/stokke-tripp-trapp-highchair-giveaway-and-review.html

Another contest of note here is the one for an AT&T Dual Handset Answering System. It looks like a great phone system. This drawing ends on Sept. 20^th.

Enter here:http://www.momcentral.com/reviews/win-an-atat-phone.html

Drawing for a $75 Children’s Place Gift Card: http://www.momcentral.com/reviews/win-a-childrens-place-gift-card.html    

Above is just a sampling of the drawings which most appealed to me, but Mom Central has many more going on right now, and add new ones regularly.  Check out the rest here: http://www.momcentral.com/giveaways-and-freebies/mom-central-giveaways-and-freebies-roundup.html

http://mommymandy.com/08/hp-photosmart-web-giveaway/  

 http://momfuse.com/2009/08/hp-photosmart-premium-with-touchsmart-web-printer-giveaway  

http://freeanissa.com/2009/08/giveaway-hp-photosmart-premium-with-touchsmart-web/

http://www.thepixelboutique.com/2009/08/hp-photosmart-premium-with-touchsmart-web-a-giveaway/

This is one sweet printer and would be great for holiday crafts.  You could make some wonderful custom cards with this, and what would be more frugal, than a free printer.  This printer even has automatic 2 sided printing, now that’s both green and frugal… Poor Santa likes

Today is the last day to get in on this drawing, but Amanda (mommymandy.com) announced on her twitter page last night that she will be doing another drawing for one of these, right after this one.

Good Luck!