Freebies and free stuff

There are two good in-store freebie events this weekend, both of which look like fun but aren’t available to me as an adult. Stupid mother nature and her cruel “aging” process.

Lowe’s Build & Grow is holding their next clinic on Saturday, Nov. 21 from 10-11am where they’ll let kids build a free snowman. As usual, register in advance if you think you’ll attend, as space & supplies are limited.

Next, Borders is hosting a free Polar Express Pajama Party on Saturday from 11am-1pm! If your local store is participating and near a Lowe’s, you could go straight from one freebie event to the next. They’ll have a storytime with The Polar Express, holiday carols, and raffle / giveaways.

The November Huggies newsletter had 27 free points for the Huggies Enjoy the Ride program. We have a section on the forums where we post the codes as we find them, but in case you don’t frequently check it, the codes are as follows:

1 Point Codes
BBQHL-LQQPC-MLPGB
BCCBD-JBCTB-HFPGB
BCCHZ-WFLLX-GGPGB
BCDXM-ZPMFW-SQPGB
BCPBB-XQHPH-RJPGB

2 Points Code
BCXSF-DDGFC-GXPGB

5 Points Codes
BCWPP-SDLLF-SFPGB
PBWSM-QGKCL-BKPGB
TPJNG-DZCQB-HGPGB
WHTZH-NBDQF-XKPGB

The codes can be used to enter into drawing for small prizes (e.g. a $10 Subway gift card) or larger prizes (e.g. $500 in cash). Even if you don’t win anything, you get to watch a cartoon baby fart in a bathtub. So…that’s a nice consolation prize! Right?

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EDIT: Barnacles. As Jennifer pointed out in the comment, some folks are saying their local Kroger isn’t carrying this deal. Instead, the two card games ring up for $2.50 total. Not a bad deal, but not quite free.

Story time! It should come as no surprise that I was a goofball in college and took every opportunity to procrastinate. One year my roommate was studying to be a lawyer and our favorite game was imaging the worst name for his future law firm. The best I came up with involved a local auditorium (The Koger Center), one of my favorite Seinfeld characters (Mr. Kruger), and our nearby grocery store (Kroger). The end result was Koger, Kruger, and Kroger! I can’t even say it once without laughing, but then again, I’m an idiot.

Speaking of Kroger, they currently have a deal where you can get two free Hasbro card games! You’ll need a copy of yesterday’s (Nov. 15) USA Weekend, where you’ll find a BOGO Hasbro coupon on page 3. Then head to Kroger, where they also have BOGO Hasbro sale (no coupon needed). If you then buy two Hasbro games for $6.99 and use the coupon from USA Weekend, you’ll get both free during checkout. This could make for an excellent donation to Toys For Tots or for a Christmas gift!

The Target Coupon Generator also has a BOGO coupon available for the Hasbro Monopoly Deal or Scrabble Slam card games, so you could use the USA Weekend coupon there as well!

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These free Lowe’s Build & Grow Clinics always sneak up on me and I forget to post them. Well take this, faulty memory! I remembered that the next clinic is Saturday, November 14 from 10-11am where they’ll be making a toy car garage. As always, space is limited, so register online if your kids want to attend tomorrow.

[via the freebie calendar]

If you’re anything like me, most of your board games are missing a few dice or pieces thanks to a passionate family member who launched them across the room after losing a game of Candy Land. Luckily, Toys R Us has a great deal going on through 11/14 where you can get seven different Hasbro games for $0.56 each. To start, each of the following games are currently on sale for $3.99:

• Ants in Pants
• Candy Land
• Chutes and Ladders
• Cootie
• Don’t Break The Ice
• Hi-Ho Cherry-O
• Memory

There is a free Toys R Us $10 gift card available when you purchase $25 in Hasbro games, plus there is a $2 Hasbro rebate offer available for all of the games above. So in order to get the cheapest price possible, you could:

Buy all seven $3.99 Hasbro games for $27.93
Receive $10 TRU gift card
Receive $14 Hasbro mail-in rebate
Final price for all seven games is $3.93 or $0.56 per game!

Make sure you only buy the standard version of the games – specialty versions, like Dora the Explorer and Winnie the Pooh, cost more. There are also some Hasbro games on sale for $7.99 and $9.99, but they’ll obviously end up costing a little more than $0.56 each.

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If you collect Disney Reward points, give E389VNV23C a whirl and earn five free points. It went out in their newsletter today and should work once for everyone during the month of November.

Who exactly are these free Kirkland Supreme Diapers from Costco for? Bigfoot? Look at the photo up there; I’m pretty sure that entire family could climb into one of these.

Not content with giving away free toys on Halloween (more on that soon!), Sears is also giving away a free Halloween-themed portrait collage worth $44! You’ve got until Saturday, October 31 to use the coupon and the fine print says nothing about making an additional purchase.* So if your kid looks especially cute in their costume this year (and come on, how can they not?), you might want to take advantage of this.

*According to Freebies 4 Mom, some people have had mixed success with this. If you’re interested, make sure to call your local store and confirm they’re participating.

The site for these free Pampers Extra Protection diapers via Walmart have these little stars that are … twinkling? I guess. It’s kind of a flickering to me; as if they need to have their light bulbs changed.

They only have size 4 and 5 available, so these are for giant babies or average-sized kids who are a bit older.

[via the forums]

I have no idea what a Frankenstring magic trick kit is, but that’s what they’re building at the next free Lowe’s Build & Grow Clinic this Saturday, October 24 from 10-11am. Anybody with half a brain knows that magic is fantastic, so this should be a fun little toy to build. I just wish I could actually do some magic. I always end up picking the wrong card or setting my sleeve on fire.

[via the freebie calendar]

With Christmas approaching faster than I’d like, it’s time to start thinking about presents and looking for coupons we can use. Because if there’s one thing I learned last year, I’m too old to give out “One Free Hug” coupons as gifts.

SmartSource has the following coupons available:

• $2.00 off for Ice Age, Ice Age 2: The Meltdown or Spaceballs DVD
• $2.00 off for Bend it Like Beckham, Aquamarine or Flicka DVD
• $5.00 off for Ice Age or Ice Age 2: The Meltdown Blu-Ray
• $5.00 off Horton Hears a Who or Spaceballs Blu-Ray

Meanwhile, Disney has three coupons available for some of their shows. The coupons are $10/2, $20/3, and $30/4 and the DVDs they can be used on are:

• Sonny with a Chance: Sonny’s Big Break
• The Suite Life on Deck: Anchors Away!
• Wizards on Deck with Hannah Montana
• JONAS: Rockin’ The House

Wow. I’ve heard of all those shows. There’s something wrong with that fact.

Anybody know of any other DVD coupon offers available? If so, let us know about them in the comments!

Disney has a free rewards program where you find and enter codes that earn you points which can be redeemed for prizes. We have a thread on the forums where we’re beginning to collect any codes we find, but to get everybody started, here are five codes that collectively will earn 105 points:

1. TINA – worth 20 points
2. GOBLOON – worth 30 points
3. GRAVEYARDS – worth 40 points
4. EN9FNF93N2 – worth 5 points
5. LIGHT – worth 10 points

If you happen to know of any valid codes, please feel free to join up on the forums and post them in the Disney thread.

There’s a coupon available for a free Happy Baby Organic Food product. I don’t have a baby and doubt I can get one before the 11/10/09 expiration date, but if you happen to already have one and live near a store that carries this product, you’re all set.

Oh man, not these again! My sister has these free PETA stickers for kids and every time I go home, I have to see them and be reminded of how cute animals are. You know, it’s really hard to eat meat when you’re constantly being reminded of where it comes from. I enjoy my ignorance and would appreciate it if I could continue believing in the Meat Fairy, which is where all delicious food comes from obviously.

EDIT: They’re out of their 30,000 samples!

Wait a minute…this free Little Duck Organics baby food isn’t actually made from little ducks, right? I admit, I’m not up to date on the current organic trends, but I’m hoping making food out of baby ducks isn’t the latest craze. We have to put our foot down someplace, people! I’m not afraid to lead the way and be the first to say no to feeding cute, adorable ducks to our children! Who’s with me?!