Things to Do - LAND OF NOD ART BOX GIVEAWAY!!!

First of all, congratulations to Susan, winner of the $50 Land of Nod giftcard. For our final Monday giveaway, we chose the Land of Nod It's A Draw Art Box (valued at $79).

We spend a lot of time arting around here, so most of our supplies are in a sad state of disarray. My hope in ordering the art box was that if the kids had a beautiful container full of quality art supplies (markers, pencils, crayons, oil pastels, and paints) that they'd actually take care of them, instead of leaving random capless markers stranded on the kitchen floor. And, believe it or not, IT WORKED!!

Every morning, someone opens up the art box and throughout the day new creations emerge. I've grown so accustomed to its presence that last week, when we had friends for dinner, I forgot to take it off the table. "I didn't know arts and crafts were on the menu," a friend commented.

The Art Box is pretty fabulous and the kids seem to realize this, as they take care of it - four weeks in and we still haven't lost a single component. Not even a cap. Now that's holiday magic.

In order to enter you must either:

1) comment on this post, leaving in the comments sections your name and an email address or phone number where I can contact you. THE BODY OF YOUR MESSAGE MUST INCLUDE CONTACT INFORMATION or you cannot win (because I can't find you). Even if blogger makes you enter an email address before you comment, I still need you to renter the email address in the body of your message. Understand? (if not, email me at nomonstersinmybed@gmail.com)

OR

2) "Like" No Monsters In My Bed on Facebook and leave a message on my wall indicating that you'd love to win the art box. (for example: "I would love to win the art box" will suffice).

US addresses only. I will pick a random winner on Sunday, November 25 at 9 pm EST.

THIS GIVEAWAY IS OFFICIALLY CLOSED. CONGRATULATIONS TO CHRIS! AND THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO ENTERED!


RANDOM LINKS:

*1900-1977, a summary. These photos are incredible.

*A handmade Star Wars calendar. Awesomeness. Actually, the whole Etsy calendar roundup is pretty great.

*Washington Post's Best Books of 2012.

*wow, all of these are mesmerizing, but i especially can't take my eyes off the sophia coppola one.

*The belt story made me cry (though I could have done without the half-naked girls on the sidebar).