Back-to-School Picks & Giveaway 2008

[Update:  The giveaway for the "Wrap Master" has ended -- CONGRATULATIONS, Melinda Toungette!! -- our Back-to-School Event BEGINS THIS MONDAY, August 25th and ends on September 1st.  Readers will get a chance to win a prize, every day!]

Welcome to our Back-to-School Picks & Giveaway sponsored by some awesomely generous people who have graciously agreed to provide some really cool stuff for you (yes, YOU!) and your...I mean, mine...okay, isn't it time we ALL kicked our kids...back-to-school!?!?

Seriously.

Having 4 kids, attending 4 different schools this year (yes, in the same town) my husband, Garth (not his real name) and I try really hard to pick and choose our children's back-to-school supplies very, very carefully!

It doesn't always work.  Sometimes, we score...big time.

Like now (during the week of August 25th and September 1st) I've got lots of great stuff to share with you.  These picks, as always, are advertorial free.  No one is paying me, to talk about their product.  It's just some really nice stuff that I thought you guys would like, too.

Oh, did I mention the really cool prizes and awesome giveaways!?!?

In addition to having some fun articles to read, with tips on how to make going back to school fun, you can win some amazing prizes... like backpacks, books, childrens clothing, games and really fun homework aides from Microsoft, just in time for school to begin.

Let's start now, okay?

All 4 of my kids schlep their lunches to school (buying pizza on Fridays, only) and guess who gets to pack them?  THEY DO!  But, wrapping up their sandwiches in plastic wrap, or foil can be a real pain.  Literally, I end up slicing my finger, or ripping the box to shreds in frustration...every gosh-darned time.

Then, I heard about a great new kitchen gadget - it's called the WrapMaster and, in my opinion, it is a perfect solution of easing the morning-rush for busy moms (and dads) like us!

So, what's it do?

It is an inexpensive, lightweight, safe and easy to use, totally child-friendly, aluminum foil and plastic wrap dispenser.  It comes in single or combo units that can fit in a drawer, sit on a counter, or be tucked into a picnic or tailgate basket.

Want one?

To kick-off our week long Back-to-School event, the lovely makers of WrapMaster will send one of our lucky readers an Aluminum Foil & Plastic Wrap Dispenser Combo Pack!

(Retail Value:  $29.95)

FIND IT HERE: Linens & Things, QVC and The Shopping Channel

WIN IT:  Just leave a comment on this post by 5:00 p.m. on August 21st (Thursday) and you ARE automatically entered to WIN IT!   One winner will be picked (via random.org) and announced on August 22nd (Friday) via email and post on PRIZEYWinners!

Help us spread the word by posting our button on your website (shown below) or blog about This Full House Back-to-School Event and you'll be automatically entered for 3 extra chances to win!

Button, button, who's got the button?

Oh, and here's the nifty little code, just so you know:

<a href="http://thisfullhouse.com/reviews"><img src="http://www.thisfullhouse.com/badges/back-to-school-200.jpg"></a>

Join us here Aug. 25th to September 1st to celebrate our week long Back-to-School Event and get a chance to win something really cool each day!

Good luck and, you know, wake me when September ends!

Anything else?

You can take a look at all of our fantastic picks, as their added each day during the week-long event, by visiting our Back-to-School Page! 

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Comments

[Amanda A]

1.

I hate the box plastic wrap dispensers! It seems like my finger always gets cut somehow :)

[Cathy]

2.

This looks like a much better method than my "pile of long skinny boxes under the sink" method.

[Lisa C]

3.

So put me in for the wrapmaster for other things in the fridge however might I suggest some reusable boxes to eliminate waste for the kids lunches. I think Bento Boxes is one brand that gets high reviews amongst kids and parents...or plain old gladware that have diff compartments.

[bunny]

4.

I'd love to win one :)

[Kini]

5.

This sounds like a great little device! Our current method? The line up of boxes on the pantry shelf!

[the mama hood]

6.

I would love to win this great prize! It would be a great tool for my kitchen! Thanks!

I also blogged this HERE!

[Liz Cranage]

7.

This sounds very handy, especially since I buy in bulk and then have to divide everything up

[bunny]

8.

I've linked my direct blog post! Thanks!! :)

[Sena]

9.

I'd love to win that! *__*

[Doreen]

10.

This sounds perfect!! I really, really hate the plastic wrap boxes! :)

[Doreen]

11.

I have your button on my bloggy for the extra entries!! :)

[Doreen Hayes]

12.

Blogged ya too!! ;) http://doreens-scrap-wonderland.blogspot.com/2008/08/win-aluminum-foil-plastic-wrap.html

[Cindi]

13.

I thought it was difficult having two children attend two different schools in the same town! LOL. You are sponsoring such wonderful contests. Please enter me in your drawing. My husband buys large quanities and such, thus using large amounts of plastic wrap and tin foil. He would love this prize and it is his birthday in September! Thanks very much.....Cindi

[Kam A]

14.

I would love to be entered! Thank you for ther giveaway

[Janet F]

15.

I would love to win this!

I added your button to my blog.
http://grammyjanetsplace.blogspot.com/

Thank you!

janetfaye (at) gmail (dot) com

[Katy]

16.

I love it when someone comes up with a product that is clever like this...

[Amy]

17.

This looks like a handy gadget. Love it!

[Helen]

18.

This product would save me from a lot of problems in the kitchen. I hope I win!

[Kimberly V.]

19.

Oh I could so use this! I too have cut my fingers so many times on the boxes, especially plastic wrap. I can NEVER get that wrap to cut off right. I always end up getting half of it stuck on the box and it gets all over the place. You know how that stuff sticks to it's self and then you have to peel it apart.

I think these are a "must have" for every kitchen.

Thanks for the GREAT giveaway!

[LOIS PAYTON]

20.

I really need this in my kitchen, I don't have one right now in my kitchen

[Marilyn Wons]

21.

This would be great - I dislike plastic wrap - I waste so much trying to grasp it and tear it

[Cheryl F. (The Lucky Ladybug)]

22.

I always have a problem with foil and plastic wrap boxes too. *Thanks* for the giveaway!

[Xenia]

23.

What a great idea, I would love to not have to fight with the aluminum foil or plastic wrap all the time! Thanks for the giveaway!

[Kathleen Luman]

24.

This would be very useful. Thank for a chance to win.

[Deborah Wellenstein]

25.

Thank you for this giveaway!

[Cheryl F. (The Lucky Ladybug)]

26.

Your button is in my sidebar for an extra entry:

http://cherylfree.wordpress.com/

[Michael Capp]

27.

I want to win!

[Dara Nix]

28.

These are such a great idea! My boxes ALWAYS seen to get fall apart -- rendering plastic wrap practically USELESS!

Thanks for a great giveaway!

[Cheryl F. (The Lucky Ladybug)]

29.

I blogged about the contest for extra entries:

http://cherylfree.wordpress.com/2008/08/11/thisfullhouse/

[Jacquelyn Cannon]

30.

I love this giveway!

[Mama Zen]

31.

That is really cool!

[Patricia Hill]

32.

I would love to win this. I need to have my wraps organized.

[Kristie]

33.

Very neat idea!

[jeanne]

34.

This product looks great. I so hate wrestling with the plastic wrap boxes.

[Staci J.]

35.

What a good idea!

[Theresa N]

36.

I love wrapping food, this would be great for me.

[Melissa]

37.

This is such a great idea! I would love one! Right now, plastic wrap is banned in my house because I always end up destroying the entire roll out of frustration. I could actually buy it again with this!

[shannon Baas]

38.

cool product.

[Louise Brouillette]

39.

What a great storage idea!

[Lee Klein]

40.

This would be so useful because I am always trying to do things one-handed. Having the wrap in a container that makes it easy to tear off would really help me multitask!

[Hil'Lesha]

41.

Sounds great!

[Elizabeth Ray]

42.

My mother had something a bit similar back in the late 50s. (Larger, more awkward.) It was for aluminum foil, waxed paper, and one more that she didn't use much, which may have been for plastic wrap. This was mounted to the wall under the kitchen cabinets.

[gillian]

43.

great giveaway!

[karissa]

44.

I had read or about these but was unsure of them, If it is good enough for you with 4 kids, I want and need one!!!!!

Of course I have added your button! kagey10.blogspot.com

[Carrie H.]

45.

Neat idea. Thanks!

[susan wiener]

46.

Would love to win this prize! It would make my kitchen a little less cluttered. Many thx.

[Karen B]

47.

Sounds wonderful for us seniors, too!

[Stacy F.]

48.

Such a handy idea! I have a stubborn roll of foil in my pantry right now that refuses to unroll in the box. Stupid foil.

[Anne]

49.

These products look tres handy and really useful!

Would love to win and try these out.

Thanks

[jennifer bowen]

50.

wow now this would come in hand for well allthem left overs as well as other things i would love to well win this it is realy grate prize thanks

[Sharold]

51.

What a great idea!! Everyone has problems with plastic wrap jumping out of the box and running away.

[Tracie]

52.

These are so cool!! Thanks for the contest :)

[Linda]

53.

Ohhhh, yeah. Cling film and I have a long-standing adversarial relationship. It always wins.

[Spoodles]

54.

I'm in! I could really use that.

[Sue Luther]

55.

This is a wonderful item! It will help many people who have arthritis and any other difficulties with the hands!

[Stacy]

56.

what a great giveaway!

[Alyce]

57.

This is a wonderful giveaway! I would love to give up wrestling with my plastic wrap box.

[Clifton Wade]

58.

What a great home idea. Thanks for this excellent contest and prize!

[Roseann Kies]

59.

Every kitchen could use one of these!!!

[Jordan]

60.

Great invention. Saran wrap is so hard to keep control of, and I know I am not the only one who thinks this!

[Samantha]

61.

Wow, what a neat gadget--thanks for sharing!

[Christina]

62.

Yea! I need this!

[Mildred Perez]

63.

I would love to win these. How great!

[Maja]

64.

I could really use this.

[SANDY]

65.

great idea- less mess and less little cuts on the fingers

[Rodney K]

66.

This sounds great hope I win it for my wife.

[Gina Stratos]

67.

Very useful giveaway!
gkstratos@yahoo.com

[charline s]

68.

I so need this contraption

[Lori Williams]

69.

This is an ingenious idea! I would love one. Thanks!

[Nancy C]

70.

What a marvelous way to save space and protect my fingers. Thank you.

[Milton Hicks]

71.

Interesting items. I would love to try using them.

[Krystal deblasio]

72.

i would like to win this great giveaway!

[Victoria Ross]

73.

Great prize. I hope I win. :)

[jffryclough]

74.

boy could i use this. i hate dealing with plastic wrap!!

[Susan Smith]

75.

This looks handy

[Margaret Smith]

76.

What a great kitchen gadget! Please enter me. Thanks.

[Michelle T]

77.

These are great. Thanks

[Charlotte Winters]

78.

Great Prize. I'm currently out of foil, but promise to get some if I win. Thanks.

[Shilo Beedy]

79.

I would love this! I always get so frustrated with my plastic wrap. I ended up fighting with it and having a huge mess. This would be great to try out.

[Jennifer Barnett]

80.

Tailgate season is here. This would get soooo much use by our family.

[Ann Fantom]

81.

I would love to try this. Please enter me

[Bob Barton]

82.

Please count me in!

[Adrienne Gordon]

83.

i'd love this!

[Kaelan R.]

84.

I have always wanted some of these but have never gotten around to getting them. Thanks for the chance to win!

[Lorraine]

85.

I'd really like this. Plastic wrap never comes ot of the box right or cuts neatly.

[Heather]

86.

Gosh, I need one of those! What a great idea! I am ALWAYS cutting myself on those stupid boxes!

[sara miller]

87.

I just moved and this would be perfect.

[Toby]

88.

Looks like a great prize!

[Albert]

89.

Nice contest.

[Brian E.]

90.

...thanks for the giveaway; these are a great solution to those cardboard aluminum foil & plastic wrap boxes which get covered with "gunk" in our kitchen, and whose cutting edges always seem not to work properly.

[Queen of the Click]

91.

I schlep my own lunch every day and I would love to win this cool gadget.

[susan varney]

92.

love to have this prize

[Tim Mooney]

93.

Plastic wrap is the pits to handle.

[Rebecca C]

94.

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This looks like a great idea, those boxes get all banged up and half the time it doesn't even tear right!

[Beverly M]

95.

neato

[divrchk]

96.

This would be great to win!

[Stacey Brown]

97.

This looks so cool!!

[Linda]

98.

I would love to win this prize.

[Jane]

99.

Neat idea. Would love to win it.

[Molly Marchand]

100.

Awesome!