I've known about the return of the favorite kids bowl free all summer deal since February, but I kept telling myself I'd “wait until summer” to post it. However there's snow on the ground and we're already two weeks into spring, so at this point I'm not convinced summer will ever arrive. Better publish this before the frozen hellscape swallows us all!

Anyway, sign up and your children will get two free games of bowling every day this summer. That's valued at over $500. Not a bad deal if you ask me. Though to be fair nobody asked me. I guess that's what I get for being single, living alone, and working from home.

[thanks to everyone who sent this in!]

This freebie from March 2016 is available again!

Today's free Child Safety kit is designed to help out in unfathomable situation where a child goes missing. The last time I check, there were children everywhere in America, but this freebie is unfortunately only available to select areas. However, you can enter your zip code to see if they have any for your region / state / town / neighborhood? I don't normally post offers that are only available in certain areas, but we're in a bit of a freebie drought and this could be a literal life-safer for those Hiffers who do qualify!

Has anybody signed up for this the past few times I've published it? What did you ultimately get in your kit?

PETA Kids had a collection of freebies that I've written about over the years. However, I've consolidated all the old posts from 2010-2012 into this single post, where I'll keep a running list of their offers.

I first published these free stickers in 2009 and when they arrived, my little sister stuck them all over our family house. A few of them are even still there today! Every time I go home, I'm reminded of how cute animals are. It makes it 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 meat obviously comes from.

Right now, you can request the following freebies:

• Free PETA Kids stickers – https://www.petakids.com/spotlight/free-peta-kids-stickers/
• Free PETA Kids comic books – https://www.petakids.com/comics/peta-kids-comic-books/
• Free PETA Kids guide to helping animals magazine – https://www.petakids.com/spotlight/free-kids-guide-helping-animals-magazine/

I wonder what the guide to helping animals will say. My guess is 1) Don't eat meat. 2) Stop dressing your pets in creepy sweaters.

[thanks to Hiffer Jessica for reminding me about these!]

Update: I believe this is still active, though it doesn't seem to work on mobile. It works best in Chrome or Firefox and you'll need to let the page load completely before the link to the signup form appears!

Walmart has restocked their free baby welcome boxes! In order to access the signup form, let the page completely load. Then look for the pink “Welcome Box” text near the top left. It looks like this:

After clicking that, a new page should load with a signup form. If that page doesn't load, please let us know in the comments, as that means the free sample box has probably expired for now.

[Thanks to Frugal Coupon Living for the reminder!]

Verizon is giving away free backpacks filled with school supplies on Sunday, July 23, from 1-4pm! Your child must be present and hopefully they're not dressed like the daper young man above, because that means they're 100% better dressed than me.

A full list of participating stores can be found below.

Click here for a full list of participating stores!

I was a nerdy, smart kid with my nose perpetually in a book and that trait carried over into adulthood. I'm the guy at the end of the bar more interested in reading my Kindle than socializing with strangers. Yet I've never been offered freebies based on how much I read or how smart I am! Oh, to be a kid again.

I should note I started this post in May, but kind of lost track of time 🙂 No worries though, as all the offers below should still be active for the rest of this summer or beyond. There are a lot of sites with dated lists on freebies for good grades, so I only included offers I could 100% verify.

Rewards via Report Cards

Cheryl's Cookies – As of 2017, their new program is called Cookies for A's. K-8th grade students can enter for a chance to win cookies for their A's. Simply upload your students report card here. At the end of every month through out the school year, they will randomly choose 5 lucky winners who each receive a box of cookies AND an extra box of cookies to hand deliver to their favorite teacher!

Applebee's – While not quite nationwide, they confirmed on Twitter that it's up to your local Applebee's as to whether or not they give out freebies for good grades.

Baskin Robbins – They also confirmed on Twitter that giving away free scoops is “at the discretion of each franchise owner.” So call your local creamery!

Chuck E. Cheese – Anybody can print their Super Student Award 🙂 It's a redeemable certificate for 10 free tokens per day, however a food purchase is required.

Jason's Deli – They replaced their old JDPickleCards offer with a new Kids Cash system. Kids under 12 got a free kid's meal at participating locations.

Kudzoo – Download their app either on iOS for iPhones or Google Play for Android. Students aged 13 or older can submit up to 5 report cards a year and earn Kudzoo cash. This can be redeemed at local stores, restaurants, and more.

Pizza Hut – Each marking period, any child who has 3 A’s or the equivalent thereof, will receive one Personal Pan Pizza and a small soft drink or carton of milk by presenting his or her report card to the manager. This offer is good for Elementary and Middle School students. Dine-in only. Students must be present and the original report card must be presented. Available at participating locations.

I'll keep this list updated as I find new offers, so if you find anything I missed, please let me know in the comments!

EDIT: This freebie quickly died in April, but Size 3 has restocked!

By the time I eventually have kids, I’m going to have so many samples like these free Huggies Overnites diapers saved up that I won't ever have to buy diapers. At least that's my plan. I never was great at sketching out my future. Cases in point: my history degree, the fact that I don't presently have kids, this “career.”