Freebies and free stuff

THANK GOODNESS! Every time I visit home, I bring along any Box Tops For Education I’ve recently collected. Yet every time I go to pack them, I notice that only a quarter made it in the Ziploc bag I use while the rest are scattered throughout my junk drawer. Heck, whenever I’m digging through my tupperware cabinet (which is underneath my junk drawer), I find five or six freaking box tops codes. I don’t even know how they get down there or what my siblings’ schools use these for, but now there’s a free collection bin that I can sign up for in exchange for joining their newsletter.

Holy moly, that flu was evil! I apologize for taking off in the middle of the week, but here’s a secret: I’m a big wimp. As soon as my temperature hits 100, I curl up in the fetal position, suck my thumb, and start crying out for my mommy. It’s also what I do when confronted with physical violence or spiders, but that’s beside the point. I’m a semi-functioning human again, so back to the freebies and thanks to everybody who sent in their regards over the past few days!

Oh, whoops, I almost forgot about the freebie. The next free Lowe’s Build & Grow Clinic is this Saturday, October 10, from 10-11am. They’ll be building a ball toss and space is limited, so register now if you think you’ll go!

[via the freebie calendar]

Walmart has a new link up for free Goodnites Underpants, but it’s linking directly to a StartSampling page and in the world of freebie blogs, that’s like trying to enter a black hole. Usually their links just reload the current page. I don’t know what they’re doing over there at StartSampling, but they’re making me look like a genius.¹

In case you’re having trouble getting the link to work, I’ll post it in the comments so that you can copy and paste it. Luckily for you, I have nothing better to do on a Saturday afternoon!

1. when initially typing this, I misspelled genius. [↩]

This free Subway Teacher’s Kit is only available for subway riders…wait, that doesn’t sound right…

Ah, yes, teachers can sign up for the free kit which comes with “tools they need to bring fitness and nutrition education into the classroom.” I haven’t been able to find out what exactly is in the kit, but then again I’m not a teacher. The state still won’t certify my license even though I teacher people how to get freebies every day!

Disney announced on Good Morning America yesterday that if you spend a day volunteering with a participating organization, then starting on January 1, 2010 you can get a free one-day admission to Disney World or Disneyland. They haven’t released a list of the participating groups yet, but if you think you might want to take part in the offer, they suggest signing up for e-mail alerts which will let you know when pre-registration starts since ticket quantities are limited.

A maximum of 8 family member can participate and children must be at least 6 years old to qualify. So you could theoretically get a free day of admission for the entire family during your next vacation. Not too shabby! Although I’m not too sure I ever want to ride It’s A Small World again. It creeped me out when I was 4, it somehow got even creepier when I was 10, and I don’t want to risk seeing what’s it’s become now!

Holy. Crap. A fifth in-store freebie for tomorrow? Am I being punk’d? Sure, Toys Backwards-R Us is hosting a free Geoffrey’s Birthday Party this Saturday, September 26, from 12-3 pm. There will be a birthday parade, activities and free giveaways. But this just doesn’t seem right. Five in-store freebies on the same day has never happened before and frankly, I’m scared. I’m pretty sure this was one of the ancient Mayans predictions of the impending Armageddon.

Umm…folks, we’ve got a problem here. The very first sentence on the site for this free Safety Around Dogs video states “Children and dogs go together like peanut butter and jelly.” I hate to ask, but I think somebody needs to. Who’s eating children and dog sandwiches? Isn’t this sort of, maybe, potentially a crime and worth looking into? Why are we being so nonchalant about our nations dwindling children and dog population? Am I the only person worried here?

The video is designed for children in grades K-6 and is offered to teachers, librarians, youth group leaders, animal control officers, animal shelters, veterinarians and community and civic leaders. In order to get it, simply e-mail orderdesk@akc.org and include your name, school or affiliation (for example, the Boys and Girls Club), mailing address and daytime phone.

October is Safety Month, so let’s give kids power tools to build a fire truck at the next free Lowe’s Build & Grow Clinic! Whatever could go wrong with that?!

I kid, of course. Every Hiffer that’s written in about these free clinics have said their children had a great time and that they’re well supervised. As usual, the clinic is from 10-11am this Saturday and you’ll need to register online ahead of time.

[via the freebie calendar]

I act big and tough, but anybody who gets this free youth hunting license from Meijer could probably kick my butt. I one time accidentally killed a fish and spent months in therapy. If I was ever transported back in time to a hunter-gatherer society, I’d last approximately 8.4 seconds before being eaten by a bear.

The coupon is valid until September 26 and says there’s a maximum value of $15, which is…good? Bad? I have no idea how much hunting licenses cost and a Google search produced a picture of a dead moose, which brought on the waterworks. Uh-oh, here they come again just thinking about it. I need to get away from my laptop before it gets wet!

Am I the only adult who will listen to these seven free children’s audio books while driving around thanks in part to the British voice they’re being read in? You could hire a British speaker to read the phone book and I’d not only want to listen, but feel as if I should wear a tuxedo in keeping with the elegance of the occasion.

The stories are a bit on the short side, but they might be useful for driving around town and doing errands.

If you join the Luvs Network, you’ll be sent a free $5 Luvs coupon in the mail. There’s also a Welcome Kit that you can download, which has coloring pages for your child, but I find baby drawings to be a bit lacking. They tend to stare blankly at the page for way too long and then they opt for drooling on the page rather than using any crayons. Before you know it, they’re trying to eat the darn thing and start crying when they realize it tastes horrible. Well what did they expect?! Everybody knows you can’t eat paper without a little salt and pepper.

I have absolutely no idea what these free Snikiddy Snacks are, but you and I can try them out for ourselves by putting babybix sample in the comment form and signing up.

One of their sign-up questions had an option of “Media/blog/internet” and that got me thinking about how on some sites there’s an option to type in where you came from. What’s the best guess for number of times “heyitsfree.net” has been written in over the years? Heck, how many free samples have people gotten total via HIF ever since I first started making bad jokes over three and a half years ago? Are we close to a million yet? We have to be.

In other words, that’s awesome.

[via BabyBix]

Similar to the free Lowe’s workshops we’ve posted many time, there’s a free Home Depot kids workshop tomorrow (Saturday, September 5) where they’ll be making a … free bean bag toss?

Okay, usually they make a toy or something they can use, like a bird feeder, but this bean bag toss looks a little weak. Isn’t it just a board with a hole in it? Heck, I make those all the time! Granted, I’m usually trying to make something else entirely, but that’s beside the point.

The workshop is available to kids 5-12 and runs from 9am-noon. Call your local store to reserve a space.

[via the freebie calendar]

While at the beach this summer, I could have used this free Ready to Read bookmark. After finishing a chapter, I wanted to go take a dip in the ocean but didn’t have a bookmark. I started to dog ear the page, but then came up the ingenious plan to make a bookmark! I grabbed a handful of sand, mashed it together tightly, and stuck it in the book.

Yeah, that didn’t work.

You’ll want to click “Online Order Form” at the bottom of the page and then simply enter your info. There are some extra fields on the form that aren’t necessary, so don’t fret.

Aw man, this free Beech-Nut Starter Kit is for babies, not literal beach crazed fans as the name suggests. How would a beach starter kit even work? They send you an envelope full of sand and a little umbrella from cocktail drinks?

This freebie includes coupons for Beech-Nut products as well as a newsletter with “helpful advice.” I can dole out advice as well, such as be prepared for babies to pee on you. I’ve got dozens of younger siblings¹ and they just love to surprise unsuspecting diaper changers.

1. number may be exaggerated [↩]