giveaway : shop for tots playhouse

With cooler weather comes more inside time. Unfortunately with our boisterous preschooler, inside time sometimes leads to stir crazy time, so when Shop For Tots told me about their fold-out playhouses I was very, very interested.

I waited for one potentially boring Sunday when the Mr was studying and the preschooler was lolling around listlessly, angling to watch more TV to announce that it was cubby time and pulled out the surprisingly light package -- the house is made from a cotton blend and folds up smaller than a pillow -- and draped it over our dining room table. It was a hit.

I helped the preschooler drag in some blankets and pillows to set up his house and he really enjoyed all the ‘real house’ features like the door, the mesh windows, curtains, letterbox (he promptly made a letter to post) and storage pocket for little toys on the inside the house. Being a lover of detail, he also approved of the three birds that dot the exterior of the house and the flower print fabric skirting the bottom. He gave the birds names and proclaimed the flowers, 'lovely!'

One challenge we encountered came in the form of the enthusiastic baby space man crawling inside to hang out with the kiddos. This resulted in the preschooler wanting him to stay in there all day instead of playing independently. Ay, yi, yi.

I carefully sidestepped this challenged the next time we pulled out the house by suggesting it could be for kids only.

The preschooler jumped right on board with this idea and proceeded to make all manner of signs (drawing: try to stop him) letting us know that there were ‘no grownups allowed.’ Perfect. He also let his sister be a guest. She’s not totally au fait with cubby house etiquette (she tried to eat it) but he let her in all the same. Super cute they were.

I like that the My Playhouse Adventures Domestic Adventures cubby is designed and hand sewn in Australia and also quite like the new Mechanical Adventures cubby which would be ideal for wee car enthusiasts. Of course, after receiving the playhouse I had to peruse the Shop For Tots website and got quite distracted by the plethora of fun goodies, from sweet clothes to fabulous pretend play items like the house, all waiting to be snapped up. One to bookmark for Christmas shopping I think!

And Shop for Tots are giving away one My Playhouse Adventures Domestic Adventures cubby valued at $189 AUD to one lucky baby space reader. Hoorah!

To enter simply:
1. Like Shop for Tots on Facebook.
2. Like, or already be a liker of baby space on Facebook, or a follower of baby space through Google Friend Connect.
3. Leave a comment on this post telling us who in your life would love this playhouse and why.

And PLEASE leave your email address with your comment or email it to bron@babyspace.net.au with your comment username so we can contact you if you are the winner. Good luck!

This giveaway is open internationally. Winner will be chosen by random generator on 15th May 2012. If the winner is not contactable within 24 hours the giveaway will be redrawn.


THIS GIVEAWAY IS CLOSED. Congratulations Natalie from 'The Nappy Spot'!