Friday, December 3, 2010

***BABY BLESSINGS-Bright Starts Toys Review & GIVEAWAY***

When Monkey was little his favorite toys were the simple non-noise making ones (thank goodness!) that were made to stimulate and entertain without all of the noise.  He had a few noise making toys that friends and family had bought him but he just seemed to like the simpler toys more (until he got older and now unfortunately he likes the noisy "drive your Mama crazy" toys.)  I loved seeing him learn how to pull on their legs or shake the rattles that were attached. To see his little face light us was the best thing in the world.

Bright Starts sent us a few products for our Baby Blessings Baby Shower for Baby D to try out. We were sent the Bright Starts Bunch-O-Fun-Elephant, Start Your Senses Sensory Giraffe, and the Take-N-Shake Frog

Bright Starts has so many great products that are award winning and everything that they carry is high quality and well made. Their toys all have great features that are bound to entertain your kiddo and keep them smiling. 
(Bright Starts Bunch-O-Fun-Elephant)
I just love the Elephant! It has so many different little sensory features on it that are made to entertain even the youngest kiddo (or even a two year old......Monkey loves playing with all of these toys!). Even though Baby D is too young to be able to actually play with it he loves it when you krinkle the elephants foot by his ear or shake the rattle. He turns his head towards it and you can just see his little brain trying to figure out what is going on.


The Bunch-O-Fun comes in either a lion and an Elephant. They come with many features like.......ears and a foot that crinkle, a rattle on one of the feet, clacker links on one of the feet, a teether on one of the feet,  fabric accents that are made to get your babies attention on the feet, the ears, head, trunk, and tummy, bungee leg, and multiple fabric textures and fun bright colors.
       (Bright Starts Start Your Senses Sensory Giraffe)


      Babies will love to take this cute giraffe with them wherever they go! Sensory Giraffe helps develop baby’s senses of sight, sound, and touch while on-the-go! It has high contrast colors to keep your babies attention, multiple textures, and fun sounds help stimulate baby’s senses. It has a different sensory stimulating activity on each one of giraffe’s legs.  A Mirror, Teether, Rattle, and Bead chaser....one on each of the giraffes legs.

      When it hangs on the car seat it is at the perfect height for your little one to be able to easily reach and play with. It works great for attaching onto your babies car seat, stroller, or anywhere you want to attach it to for entertainment on-the-go.  It is very easy to attach it onto the car seat. All that you have to do is wrap the Velcro on the top around the bar and position it to where your baby can easily reach it.  You can just leave it on the seat so that your kiddo always has something to play with while you are out and about.

      (Bright Starts Take-N-Shake Frog)
      Pull and watch them shake! Rattling fun will make this one of baby's favorites!  The Take-N-Shake come in three fun characters (Frog, Bird and Ladybug) that are also great for On-the-Go. They are easy for a little one to pull on and work great to keep your kiddo entertained.  The Take n' Shake toys are great on-the-go toys with characters your kids will love. When you pull down on each of the characters, they rattle and shake their way back up. These toys are also easily attachable to any baby gear you may have and are a perfect toy for babies.

      Bright Starts has so many great developmental products that you as a parent will love.  Many of their toys are geared for infants under 12 months old so they work great for your babies first toys.  Bright Starts also has many of the other essential items that you as a parent will need like play yards, bouncers, and swings plus much more. Their products are affordable and will work great for Christmas presents, birthday presents, or baby shower gifts.
      WIN HERE!!!
      Bright Starts was wonderful enough to offer one of my readers the same toys that i received for FREE!! 
      MANDATORY ENTRY:
      First you need to be/become a public follower of my blog and then head over to Bright Starts and let me know another product of theirs that you would love to have.


      (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.
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      -2 Entries-Blog about this giveaway (Must be a NEW blog post and link back to this giveaway and to Bright Starts) If you blogged early and commented HERE you can claim your 3 Extra Entries.
      -1 Entry Per-Enter in my other current giveaways (1 entry per) 
      -1 Entry-Follow me on Twitter and tweet about this giveaway (you may tweet 4 times daily-must be at least 2 hours apart-you must leave a comment with the link for each tweet)

      Enter to #WIN Bright Starts toys #giveaway
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      Baby Blessings Baby Shower
      http://bit.ly/hlc5g4 (Ends 12/31)

      This giveaway will close on Dec 31st, 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 their prize before another winner is drawn. I will also post the winner to this blog when their name is drawn.   
       
      Thank you to Bright Starts who provided us with the previously stated product/s at no cost in exchange for our review and will also be providing the winners item/s as well! I was not given any monetary compensation for writing this review. The product itself did not persuade my personal beliefs or views. I was under no obligation to write a positive review . The views and opinions expressed in this blog are purely my own and any product claim, statistic, quote or other representation about a product or service should be verified by the above mentioned store, PR,or product designer. Others may have a different opinion on the same product but this is mine.

      82 comments:

      1. I am a follower.
        I checked out their site and there were so many things to choose from! One thing that I've never had and would love to try is a cart cover. And theirs are so cute!

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      2. the little lights and music toy looks fun

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      3. I am a follower and like the Cute Critters activity jumper
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      34. GFC follower and I like the Contour Bubble™ Cradling Bouncer.

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      45. following you on twitter and tweeted:
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      46. I follow your blog
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      47. http://twitter.com/#!/MissEmmieLou/status/16308589115219968
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      48. I would like one of their bouncin buddies bouncer... I follow you on gfc... mahoganyfrogs at gmail dot com

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      52. would love the grab n stack blocks
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      53. i like the hop along friends play gym.
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      54. would love the bundle o fun gift set.

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      60. http://twitter.com/#!/MissEmmieLou/status/19922546480648192
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      61. I love the Bright Starts InGenuity Cradle and Sway swing too.
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      65. I also entered the Stylin' Mama giveaway.
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      66. I also entered the Magneatos giveaway.
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      68. I also entered the Plow & Hearth giveaway.
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      69. http://twitter.com/#!/MissEmmieLou/status/20915600746352640
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      70. GFC follower and I love the My Little Booster Seat!
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      71. I like Bright Starts on FB
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