I warned you I had a few fun things up my sleeve to help celebrate Let’s G.O. (Get Outside) Month! As promised, each week this month I’ll be hosting a “Get Outside” giveaway featuring one of our favorite things.
Our favorite things for encouraging nature explorations, that is.
This week’s item: Kids Clear Bubble Umbrella
Why we love it: We love playing in the rain. Mostly jumping in puddles, really. But the explorers also dig their clear bubble umbrellas (which you can check out in detail here).
The reason I prefer this umbrellas to others is that it’s kid-sized and provides great coverage, is simple to use, and is light and easy for little hands to hold on to (even my 2 ½- year old can carry his own).
It’s also ideal for twirling and spinning in puddles. But best of all, it’s completely transparent – which means young explorers can look up at the rain from underneath. How cool is that!?
To enter: Leave a comment sharing your favorite outdoor rainy day activity. Please be sure I can find an email address for you from the profile you use to leave your comment.
The nitty-gritty:
- This giveaway will run through midnight PST on Saturday, April 9, 2011.
- Sorry, but this giveaway is open to U.S. residents only.
- The winner will be chosen using the nifty random number generator at random.org.
- Winner will have 24 hours to reply to my notification; if I don’t hear back after that, I’ll pick another winner.
Good luck!
Note: The item I’ve chosen for this giveaway was not donated or offered up to me in any way. I’m simply sharing one of our favorite things with our favorite nature friends.
Thanks to everyone for sharing your favorite things to do outside in the rain. Congratulations to this week's winner: Sarah. 🙂
besides puddle jumping we love looking for frogs, worms and toads that come out after the rain<br /><br />Nature Trails and Nature Tales<br />http://butterflywishesandwonderlanddreams.wordpress.com/
watching the rain water all of Mother Natures pleasures, and seeing them sprout and grow!
Pretty original here, love stomping in puddles too…with a twist…the kids love riding their bikes through them and splashing mud.every where!<br /><br />blu821@hotmail.com
Stomping in puddles & watching the rain!
I just walking barefoot through tall grass in my folks back yard in MN summer during rain storms. It's so great. Living in an apartment these days, it's a pleasure I hope my son will be able to experience some day.
Our favorite rainy day activity is sitting on the covered porch and eating popsicles while watching, smelling, and listening to the rain.<br /><br />livingandlearningnow (at) gmail (dot) com
We like going for walks in the rain, making sure to splash in puddles along the way. <br />karners@sbcglobal.net
Best rainy day fun….dancing in it….my daughter's fairy Godmother's favorite picture is of her, 2 years old in a t-shirt and training pants rocking out in the rain like she's at woodstock….<br /><br />Catherine.schrader@yahoo.com
Oh my gosh I JUST did a rainy day post! Such funny timing. We love making little boats and then floating them in the puddles but my girls also really love throwing things into the puddles and then waiting to see if they float or sink. <br />So hoping that I win this one!! <br />greeningsamandavery at gmail dot com
Nothing beats jumping in puddles and catching rain drops on your tongue!<br /><br />smj.walton@gmail.com
We love making "soup" in the big puddles by adding leaves, rocks and other bits from nature and stirring with big sticks<br /><br />abbazabba16@gmail.com
We like to stick out our tongues and pretend we are catching candy falling from the sky!<br /><br />rdposcar@aol.com
We love jumping in puddles, especially mud puddles!: ) <br /><br />mamabubblering@yahoo.com
Love stomping in puddles and looking for worms, snails and any other bugs! <br /><br />lgrossman27@yahoo.com
We love putting on the rain boots, puddle jumping, looking for worms, and making mud pies!<br /><br />Just found your blog yesterday and am in love with it! Thanks for all the time and effort you put into it!<br /><br />sarachrobot@hotmail.com
My daughter loves to take worms from the road and put them back on the grass.<br /><br />runninbarehyde@gmail.com
@Val: Thanks for your comment – please leave me an email address to complete your entry. 🙂
Stomping in the puddles and looking for worms!