***ImagiPLAY review & GIVEAWAY***

As I  have said many times before, I LOVE toys that my son has to use his imagination with. Also ones that are made of wood and not that all too popular plastic that most toys are made with nowadays. Thankfully my son isn't one to like watching tv or movies, so playing outside or inside with toys is the way to entertain him.  I am a mother who wants my son's imagination to blossom and grow with things besides loud annoying noises and sounds from toys. We decided long ago to keep the toys that need batteries to a minimum in our house. We do have some, but most of the ones that we have were bought by family and friends.  I try to focus on getting toys that Monkey will need to use his imagination with. Imagiplay's is a new online toy store that carries only “Toys with Integrity” that are made out of wood and only wood.

"For over a decade, ImagiPLAY has been creating high-quality educational toys that inspire children's imaginations and the desire to explore. With the abundance of toys available for children today, ImagiPLAY sets itself apart from the rest through its motto: "Toys with Integrity." By producing quality products that connect with nature, have eco-friendly sources, and hold educational value, ImagiPLAY works to benefit the earth we share and the people that inhabit it.

They produce toys using only materials and processes that show respect for the planet and all the people and creatures upon it has remained ImagiPLAY's promise and challenge. All of ImagiPLAY's toys are made from eco-friendly materials, with plantation-grown rubberwood being a favorite. Rubber trees produce a sap that is used to make latex products. At the end of their latex-producing years (generally 25-30 years) the trees are harvested and new ones planted. But these wonderful trees have one more gift to give us -their beautiful, splinter-free hardwood, from which ImagiPLAY makes many of its award winning, heirloom quality toys. Products for which Rubberwood is not suitable are made from wood from managed forests. ImagiPLAY's factories are placed close to the neighborhoods where its craftsmen live so that the majority of them can walk or ride their bikes to work each day, enabling its craftsmen to maintain quality relationships with their own children while they make toys for others."

ImagiPLAY was wonderful enough to send us their 3-chicks puzzle set to review. It is a 6pc hand-crafted, hand-painted puzzle that will stand up all by itself to brighten any room or your little one can use it as one of their first puzzles. All of the pieces are double sided which makes this 6pc puzzle into 12 different options for putting together. They are all hand-crafted & hand painted with child-safe paints and are made from plantation-grown rubberwood, an environmentally-friendly hardwood. These ducks are so cute and so much fun to play with. My son loved puzzles......he hasn't figured out exactly how to put them together yet but I'm sure he will soon.

WIN ONE HERE!!! Now for the best part!! Tammi over at ImagiPLAY has offered one (1) 3-chicks puzzle sets to one of my wonderful readers-----a $12 value!!

• Mandatory Entry: First you need to be/become a public follower of my blog (on right sidebar- click follow) and then head over to ImagiPLAY and tell me another product of theirs that you would love besides the ones shown on here.  Come back here and leave me a comment saying that you follow and your favorite product.  Make sure to do both parts! (Mandatory entry has to be done before ANY others are valid)

Be sure you leave me your email address in your comments so I can contact you if you win.  

EXTRA ENTRIES: 

• Subscribe to my blog by e-mail (2 entries)
• Blog about this giveaway for Three extra entries-Make sure that you link back to this giveaway and to ImagiPLAY on your blog post and leave the link for your post in your comment so that I can verify it if you win)  
  
• Tell me how you found my blog (1 entry)
• Grab my blog button (1 entry-on right side bar) 
• Follow me on Twitter and tweet this giveaway (you may tweet twice daily for extra entries -must be at least 4 hours apart-leave a comment for each tweet including the perma-link)   Just copy paste from below-
  
  
  
  Enter to win a set of ImagiPLAY 3 Chicks natural wooden puzzles
  from @Gravsie3 #giveaway 
   Enter Here: http://bit.ly/cGmH2s(Ends 5/20)"  
  

• Purchase anything from ImagiPLAY from April 22nd-May 20th and recieve 5 extra entries. (This will be verified if you win)
• Enter in my other current giveaways (list on left side bar-1 entry per giveaway) 
  
• Leave a relevant comment on any non-giveaway post (1 entry per comment-tell me which post you commented on)

This giveaway will close on May 20th, 2010 at 9pm CST and is open to U.S. addresses only. The winner will be drawn via random.org - Winner will be contacted by email when their name is drawn and will be given 48 hours to claim the prize before another winner is drawn. I will also post the winner to this blog when name is drawn.  Thank you to ImagiPLAY who gave us the 3-chicks puzzle set for free in exchange for our review!