March 14, 2008
ParentsConnect
This St. Patrick’s Day, I am going to serve Jackson green Mac n’ Cheese with broccoli - thanks to a fun tip I read over at ParentsConnect.
This fun idea wasn’t the only thing I learned clicking around ParentsConnect. I jumped from one topic to the next, gleaning information, tips and advice as I hopped. (It is a bit addictive!)
If you are a parent, Nickelodeon’s ParentsConnect is for you.
Designed for parents with kids of all ages, from newborns to teens, the site offers features like the GoCityKids local city guide for family activities, personalized profiles that help parents connect with each other, daily tips for all ages and stages, expert parenting advice, and guest celebrity editorials. It will also introduce features, such as a digital multi-media scrapbook and a quick and healthy meal-planner.
Featuring the motto ”We’re not perfect, we’re parents,” Nickelodeon’s ParentsConnect strives to celebrate the reality of parenthood and make parents’ lives easier. Each age-related section on the site provides users with daily content to help them through both large and small parenting challenges. The site provides parents with daily tips, recipes, activities, product recommendations and expert (but nonjudgmental!) parenting info, baby names and their meanings, and family-friendly resources in your area. ParentsConnect also wants you to share your parenting expertise by submitting your own tips, local activities, crafts, recipes, photos, and war stories on the site!
ParentsConnect wants to spread some fun - Nickelodeon style - to our 5 Minutes for Mom readers, (well, our readers’ kids actually!)
So here are the giveaway details:
We will have one Grand Prize winner who will receive a Gift Pack that includes:
- A Spongebob Grilled Sandwich Maker
- An Orange Nickelodeon T-Shirt
- A Nickelodeon Hand Bag
- A Nickelodeon Spiral Drawing Notebook
And we will have three additional winner who will each receive a Gift Pack that includes:
- An Orange Nickelodeon T-Shirt
- A Nickelodeon Spiral Drawing Notebook
- A Nickelodeon Hand Bag
If you want to win a pack of these Nickelodeon goodies for your kids, just leave a comment at this post. We will announce the winners March 29th. (Open to BOTH Canadian and US shipping addresses.)
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757 Comments on ParentsConnect »
#1 - kristin @ 3:17 am
Am I first? No wayyyyyy. This sounds like a lot of fun! Love the A Spongebob Grilled Sandwich Maker my daughter would get a kick out of this. Thanks for yet another great giveaway Moms!
#2 - Kimberly Cook @ 5:41 am
Spongebob Is #1
#3 - melanie @ 5:48 am
We love SpongeBob and a sandwich maker would be great!I can get the kids to eat anything with his face on it!!!
#4 - valerie @ 5:49 am
Anything to make the cooking fun for the kids. If Spongebob is there it will do the trick.
#5 - Tracey Byram @ 5:57 am
If I won the Spongebob sandwich maker I would be able to get Liz to eat more sandwiches. She loves Spongebob and I could tell her Spongebob sandwiches are extra special sandwiches.
#6 - MaryAnn @ 5:58 am
Very nice prize package.
#7 - Mary_Freebies @ 6:34 am
Lovely pack. Please enter me.
#8 - Sarah (Genesis Moments) @ 6:51 am
How totally fun! My girls love Sponge Bob and I do too. Thank you Parents Connect!
#9 - Meredith Peters @ 7:15 am
Wow! Lots of neat stuff!
#10 - Carol @ 7:15 am
This would be great fun to win.
#11 - Ali Gutierrez @ 7:51 am
absorbent and yellow and porous is he…
#12 - Steph Elias @ 7:52 am
We love SpongeBob around here, so this would be a great prize pack to win. Count me in!!
#13 - tracy glass @ 8:07 am
my son would love this
#14 - kelly wakefield @ 8:13 am
my daughter absolutely LOVES Spongebob! She would be so excited if i won this!!!
#15 - Shannon @ 8:16 am
My 6-year old LOVES Spongebob and has been taking an interest in cooking with me so this would be perfect!
#16 - S.B. @ 8:27 am
Cool! Would love to win
#17 - Angie P. @ 8:29 am
SpongeBob!!!
#18 - Marilyn @ 8:32 am
my grandchildren would love this, thank you
#19 - Elizabeth @ 8:32 am
My kids love Nickelodeon and Spongebob, please enter me!
#20 - Wendy @ 8:52 am
My 2 little boys really love spongebob and patrick.
#21 - Kristen Welch @ 8:59 am
My whole life, I have always wanted a sandwich in the shape of spongebob. It would complete me and fill the void. I’m sure.
#22 - Sheri F @ 9:03 am
My son loves Spongebob!
#23 - Mary Boldin @ 9:15 am
Spongebob is the bomb! I love him. I’d love to win this. What a way to spend a rainy afternoon.
#24 - lisa foland @ 9:17 am
we love spongebob in this house
#25 - pauline jones @ 9:18 am
i don’t who would like this more…my husband or my 3 yo son!!! the sandwich maker sounds great!
#26 - Michael Capp @ 9:23 am
I want to win!
#27 - Rebecca Snodgrass @ 9:28 am
i would love this
#28 - Mama Zen @ 9:29 am
This would be awesome!
#29 - Christy @ 9:30 am
That’s too easy. Thanks for the opportunity.
Christy
http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/sharpcrew
#30 - Tobye David @ 9:37 am
I’d love to win!
#31 - Heatheraynne @ 9:38 am
I love the motto on their site! I will have to check it out.
My daughter would love this prize pack!
#32 - Cherie @ 9:40 am
Spongebob is just too cool for words!!!!……
#33 - JC @ 9:44 am
spongebob brings it to the table with gravy.
#34 - Mya Brooks @ 9:44 am
How cool!
#35 - Laura H. @ 9:53 am
Awesome giveaway!! How neat would a spongebob sandwhich maker be?!?
laura_licious101(at)hotmail(dot)com
#36 - Shanda @ 9:56 am
Nick is da bomb…so count me in!
#37 - Shari Chase @ 10:05 am
My niece would love this! Hope I can win it for her!!
#38 - Nana @ Unusually Unusual Mom @ 10:05 am
Wow - my son would just LOVE the spongebob grilled sandwich maker!! Sign me up!
#39 - LeAndrew W. Taylor @ 10:09 am
‘Awesome’ giveaway prize pack! My son would love this! Please, include us in your giveaway drawing. Thanks!
#40 - kristen cook @ 10:09 am
My kids LOVE Spongebob!!! This prize would be fantastic, hope I win!!!!
k_cook33@yahoo.com
#41 - Karen (Simply A Musing Blog) @ 10:24 am
Those would be so fun for my kids! Thanks for the opportunity to win.
#42 - Timothy Sternberg @ 10:26 am
I love the Spongebob Grilled Sandwich Maker my daughter would get a kick out of this.
#43 - Amy W @ 10:39 am
How fun! Thanks!!
#44 - Janet @ 10:43 am
How cool is this?
#45 - Patti Sherman @ 10:44 am
What a great giveaway…spongebob is my fave!
#46 - carol @ 10:47 am
my grandkids would love this…it is a great sweeps
#47 - Cheryl English @ 10:59 am
This prize should go to a Goofy Goober like me! Spongebob and Patrick have nothing on me!
#48 - shelly @ 10:59 am
Here is another way to get my children to eat. We already eat crabby patties. Now we need sponge sandwiches!!
#49 - Karen Gonyea @ 11:01 am
Great Contest !!
#50 - Linda White @ 11:01 am
spongebob rulez!
#51 - Bebemiqui @ 11:05 am
Great giveaway! Count me in. bebemiqui82(at)yahoo(dot)com
#52 - Kelley @ 11:29 am
whooooo lives in a pinapple under the sea…I should be rewarded for just knowing that song by memory!
Great new site you found…thanks.
Thanks for hte contest too.
kelleythejewelrylady(at) yahoo(dot)com
#53 - crystal adkins @ 11:34 am
WHAT A GREAT GIVEAWAY!! My son is all about Spongebob! He loves grilled cheeses but hates mac and cheese..go figure LOL!! He will be turning two in a couple of months so I’m sure he would love an early bday gift
Hugs, Crystal
adkinsc123@lycos.com
#54 - Denise @ 11:34 am
My kids would go crazy for this!
#55 - Patricia Bergman @ 11:47 am
This is a great prize!
#56 - Piseco @ 11:52 am
Thanks for the contest!
#57 - Shannon Baas @ 11:57 am
This would be great.
#58 - Alicia @ 12:10 pm
Sounds fun. Put my name in the hat! I’m going to head over there and browse around.
#59 - Jamie @ 12:14 pm
Wow, this is a great prize! Count me in
#60 - Caryn @ 12:20 pm
Fun sandwich, maybe Ill make myself Sponge-Bob paninis in it, that way it sooo adult-like.
#61 - Caryn Bailey @ 12:24 pm
Thanks for introducing me to the site! You have the most interesting info!!!
#62 - Megan Owen @ 12:29 pm
Awesome sandwich maker. This would be so fun to do with my children.
Thanks!
meggs_nate@msn.com
#63 - Elizabeth Ray @ 12:31 pm
Sponge Bob grilled sandwich maker? Well, I know what my kids would want for lunch every day!
#64 - Multitasking Mama @ 12:32 pm
Count me in!!! Sounds great!
#65 - ParentsConnect Giveaway - RetailMeNot.com Forums @ 12:34 pm
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#66 - rachel burke @ 12:35 pm
count me in too
#67 - susan bowman @ 12:35 pm
my grandson would love it
#68 - Christine @ 12:49 pm
We love Spongebob.
#69 - Jodi @ 12:54 pm
Hilarious! Who wouldn’t want to eat a sandwich shaped like a sponge who live in a pineapple under the sea?
#70 - Angie Brady @ 12:59 pm
Sponge Bob I even like sponge Bob and my kids love him!
#71 - In the Trenches of Mommyhood @ 12:59 pm
Great giveaway!
#72 - stan ritz @ 1:17 pm
my 7 year old amber love grilld chease and she is nuts about sponge bob she would love this prize
#73 - Casey H @ 1:18 pm
Please enter me! My 3 year old would freak if she saw that I won her a spongebob sandwich maker!!
#74 - beverly paquin @ 1:19 pm
nice gift. hope i win.
#75 - Jennifer Horton @ 1:21 pm
This sounds adorable! My cousin will absolutely adore anything Spongebob related. Thanks!
#76 - Chuck Darrah @ 1:31 pm
Please enter me. My girlfiends son would love this.
#77 - Ann Guns @ 1:34 pm
This would be great to win for my 3 kids!!How cool is a Sponge Bob sandwich maker!
#78 - Kathy @ 1:51 pm
wow does not like sponge Bob
#79 - Crystal B. @ 1:51 pm
This would be great to win.
#80 - Robin Little @ 1:52 pm
My kids would love to win this prize. They love Spongebob. My favorite is Patrick !
#81 - Carey @ 1:53 pm
What an awesome giveaway!
#82 - kimberly blanton @ 1:53 pm
Spongebob grill is so neat!~
#83 - tammy b @ 1:57 pm
thanks for the link, i think a parent can never have enough resources!
#84 - Jennifer Barr @ 1:59 pm
we LOVE spongebob!!!!!!
#85 - Alyson @ 3 P's in a Pod @ 2:04 pm
Yeah, my kids would sooo think I was the coolest Mom! And I just LOVE the green Mac n Cheese idea…perfect! Thanks!
Alyson @ 3 P’s in a Pod
#86 - Jennifer Monteiro @ 2:13 pm
Spongebob is the #1 show at my house. I even like it!
#87 - Denise Mower @ 2:17 pm
Everybody loves “Da Sponge”!
#88 - Emmaline Kuebler @ 2:28 pm
Spongebob rocks.
#89 - Fruitbearer @ 2:31 pm
Please count me in. Thanks!
#90 - jennifer bowen @ 2:35 pm
boy would i love to get this i have always wanted a spunge bob sanwich (lol)
#91 - Rosa Bartolucci @ 2:42 pm
my kids will get a kick out of this kind of sand.
#92 - Ann Fantom @ 2:45 pm
I would love to win this!
#93 - DoubleHappiness @ 2:45 pm
Nickelodeon rocks!
#94 - Jessica Verdin @ 2:49 pm
My kids would love this1 I would be supermom for the day.
#95 - Tom @ 2:53 pm
Hope we win!
#96 - Erin Bender @ 3:03 pm
Spongebob rocks!!!!!!!!!
#97 - Dawn Russell @ 3:06 pm
My whole family loves Spongebob, including the biggest baby - - my husband!!!
#98 - Kelly Smith @ 3:11 pm
I love sites like this…great contests, tips and a chance to realize that you aren’t alone in this “motherhood” thing!
Great prizes!
#99 - DARIJA @ 3:11 pm
Too cute. I want this.
#100 - krystal @ 3:21 pm
I love spongebob, I would really like this!
#101 - Kristine Karpen @ 3:21 pm
my DD would just love this.
#102 - Bess @ 3:28 pm
FUN! Count me in! Thanks!
#103 - Toby @ 3:36 pm
Once again, a wonderful giveaway!
#104 - Albert @ 3:36 pm
The Grandkids will love this!
#105 - Kim @ 3:41 pm
Great prize
#106 - Karen B @ 3:53 pm
Great contest!!
#107 - Paul @ 4:02 pm
Cool
#108 - Shannon H @ 4:09 pm
My toddler loves Nickelodeon, so please sign us up!
#109 - Ann Babenco @ 4:10 pm
Omg..I am always finding new ways to make sandwiches of interest to my child.
I use cookie cutters to make shapes, but the spongebob maker beats all!
Thanks for offering such a great giveaway!
#110 - Leslie- LaMamaNaturale' @ 4:13 pm
I’m finally back to post this from an awesome adventure over at parentsconnect! Thanks for the 411!! What a neat place. I’ve really had a great time at the UBP, and am glad I joined in for the fun. I’m definitely planning to be back, for sure! The info here is great. Thanks. Oh! and the prize giveaways…well, that goes without saying…
WAY, WAY, COOL!
thx. again!!
#111 - JessicaB @ 4:16 pm
Oh, how we love Nick!
#112 - Patricia Schraier @ 4:17 pm
The grilled sandwich maker would solve a problem and I’d wear the Sponge Bob T-shirt myself.
#113 - Cindi Hoppes @ 4:23 pm
Greetings! You find the most amazing and cutest giveaway items. It never ceases to amaze me. Please enter me in your fabulous drawing. Thanks,Cindi
#114 - Lorrene B. @ 4:25 pm
I love SpongeBob.
#115 - Debra Ford @ 4:25 pm
This would be the most awesome thing!
#116 - Jane K @ 4:31 pm
Sponge Bob is Da Bomb !
#117 - tk @ 4:47 pm
my daughter loves spongebob… so much that i got my own pair of mr squarepants jammies for valentine’s day!
she would flip over this if i won, so thanks for the chance!
#118 - Naomi @ 4:57 pm
very cool!
#119 - wendell musick @ 4:57 pm
My kids would just adore this awesome prize.
Thsnk you
#120 - stacey moore @ 4:58 pm
we love that yellow guy!! thanks
#121 - Sherrie Maner @ 5:14 pm
Count me in please.
#122 - Tammy R @ 5:18 pm
My kids love Spongebob SquarePants!! This would really be a neat win for my kids.
#123 - Holly @ 5:23 pm
I love Spongebob, my son loves Spongebob… Who doesn’t??
Thanks for the chance to win!!
#124 - Lesha @ 5:28 pm
Oh, how nice!
#125 - Adrienne Gordon @ 5:29 pm
awesome gift
#126 - Angela @ 5:43 pm
I’m checking out the site right now!
#127 - Lyn Johnson @ 5:50 pm
Tartar sauce! I really would love to win this for my granddaughter - she absolutely LOVES Spongebob!
#128 - Marilyn Hill @ 6:01 pm
My 5 year old granddaughter is just the B
IGGEST Spongebob fan. How great it would be to surprise her with this prize.
#129 - Nikki @ 6:22 pm
I have always wanted to try one of these & the kids love Spongebob!
#130 - chrissybum @ 6:23 pm
My grandson loves Spongebob! Please count me in. thanks
#131 - Dan Smith @ 6:38 pm
My son would love this
#132 - Susan Smith @ 6:39 pm
Please enter me
#133 - michael woods @ 6:40 pm
Please enter me!!
#134 - Laurie Angst @ 7:02 pm
My kid like spongebob but I love him. That is the greatest show.
#135 - Margaret Smith @ 7:05 pm
Thank you for offering this giveaway. I don’t know who loves Spongebob more, the kids or my husband and I. Great giveaway. Thank you.
#136 - lorides @ 7:10 pm
everyone in my house loves spongebob and patrick
#137 - Tracy Heyer @ 7:14 pm
This is a good giveaway! Count me in! My nephews would love this!
#138 - Jill @ 7:18 pm
Oh, my daughter would love this. Count me in!!
#139 - chris swanson @ 7:29 pm
WOW spongebob and nick! Yeah my kids would be jumping for joy. Great prizes thanks!
#140 - Barbara Richards @ 7:35 pm
Fabulous Giveaway!!
#141 - kathleen haas @ 7:39 pm
my son love spongebob
#142 - elisa perkins @ 7:59 pm
Spongebob is definitely a family favorite here so this would be a fun win for us!
#143 - content sasso @ 8:06 pm
Spongebob is definitely my sons fav. I would like to win and give it to him for his birthday!!!
#144 - Sonya Sparks @ 8:08 pm
My little girl loves Sponge Bob
#145 - Donna @ 8:21 pm
Ohhhhh who lives in a pineaple under the sea.
SPONGE BOB SQUARE PANTS
Whose face on a sandwich I’d sure like to see
SPONGE BOB SQUARE PANTS
#146 - Evelyn Murray @ 8:39 pm
We sure could use it.
#147 - Shilo @ 8:46 pm
My son and daughter both love Spongebob! It’s the one show that they both sit down and watch together!
#148 - 1stopmom @ 8:56 pm
Everyone in my house loves spongebob. Especially my 5 year old.So any prizes would be loved dearly and well taken care of.
#149 - Sandra Brodeur @ 8:57 pm
Wonderful prize! Would love to win!
#150 - Denise Johnson @ 8:59 pm
SpongeBob sandwiches would be the perfect picnic lunch to take along when we go “jellyfishing”!
#151 - Tammy @ 9:15 pm
Thanks for the awesome website. I just happened upon it but it’s now in my “favorites”.. Thanks!!
#152 - Nicki @ 9:18 pm
Green macaroni and cheese with brocolli sounds much better than what I’ve planned for my Saint Patrick’s Day menu… Lucky Charms, painted toast, and shamrock shakes! Hmm, maybe I’d BETTER throw some brocolli into the mix!
#153 - Carrie M @ 9:27 pm
Love spongebob! Like the idea of Green Mac N Cheese!
#154 - Patty Smith @ 9:30 pm
Spongebob rules in our house!
#155 - Angi @ 9:44 pm
I would love to win!
#156 - Catherine copeland @ 10:17 pm
we love sponge bob here
#157 - Ellen Ring @ 10:21 pm
We love Spongebob !
#158 - VicTORY @ 10:24 pm
SPONGE BOB RULES!
#159 - carol bradford @ 10:27 pm
my grandkids would think i was a god if i could make sponge bob sandwiches
#160 - Erica C @ 10:28 pm
spongebob grilled cheese! wow…what won’t they think of!
#161 - Kathy Scott @ 10:29 pm
Sponge Bob Square Pants could make dinner fun.
#162 - Keenan @ 10:33 pm
We love Sponge Bob! Great contest!
#163 - Marissa @ 10:42 pm
This is a pretty fun giveaway. It would definitely delight the kids!
Thanks for a great contest,
Marissa
#164 - Julie @ 10:45 pm
By little guy loves Spongebob, so I hope I win!!1
#165 - Rose @ 10:55 pm
Fantastic prizes! Thanks for having such a great contest!
#166 - Shannan Powell @ 11:08 pm
My boys would love to have a Spongebob grilled cheese! Thanks for the chance to win!
#167 - mar @ 11:14 pm
love it
#168 - Tim Mooney @ 11:32 pm
PATRICK RULES!!
#169 - Danielle S @ 11:40 pm
I hope if its made with the beloved Spongebob Sandwich maker, that me son will actually eat it! LOL!
Count us in please!
dansan826 at yahoo.com
#170 - Mary Mizell @ 11:49 pm
Kids would love to have this prize
#171 - Judith Musick @ 11:59 pm
NICE PRIZES! THANKS
#172 - AMbeRLY @ 12:10 am
GREAT GIVEAWAY! THANKS FOR ALL YOU DO!
#173 - djp @ 12:41 am
for every minute he’s on, i have a minute for me
#174 - Barbara McCrea @ 12:47 am
my kids love spongebob, they would go over the top for your prizes
#175 - Christy @ 12:59 am
My daughter loves Spongebob, This is an awesome prize!
#176 - Stephen Saunders @ 1:00 am
pick me, I need this lol.
#177 - Dana @ 1:28 am
who wouldn’t love a grilled sandwich maker?
plus, my husband likes to make grilled peanut butter sandwiches, their pretty yummy 
#178 - william causey @ 1:47 am
hello everyone please count me in
#179 - janet lindsey @ 2:10 am
my grandson would have a fit over this.
#180 - Belinda @ 3:49 am
What a fun contest.
#181 - Ann Tangman @ 4:27 am
Very Nice ! The baby will love it……….
#182 - Thais McNally @ 4:29 am
OH YEAH! Come to me Spongebob.
#183 - Terra Heck @ 4:38 am
My kids are big fans of Nickelodeon and I’m sure the whole family would love these products if we won.
#184 - Judy @ 5:38 am
My boys love spongebob–WE’re ready!
#185 - Amanda @ 7:07 am
not only do my girls love Sponge Bob but Hubby is a huge fan! Please enter us! Thanks