August 21, 2009 | Published in Giveaways, Our Lives, Videos

Our Trix Swirls Creative Kid Video Contest Finalists

UPDATE: The winner is #1 – Jessica.

Thank you so much to everyone who took the time to enter our Trix Swirls Creative Kid Video Contest! I hope your kids enjoyed the Trix Swirls as much as we enjoyed watching your videos!!!

To recap for our readers — A few weeks ago we sent out boxes of the new Trix Swirls cereal to some lucky readers. Those lucky taste testers then made and submitted videos of their kids answering the question: “How did those fruity colors get swirled together?”

After viewing all of the video entries we narrowed it down to 10 finalists. Let me tell you, you guys did not make our job easy when it came to narrowing it down! They were all so great!!! But we managed to do it and are excited to present to you our Trix Swirls Creative Kid Contest Finalists (in random order).

Now the really tough job is on you, our readers! We want you to watch all 10 videos and vote for your favorite. Look for creative! Look for entertaining! The finalist with the most votes by Friday, September 4, will win the grand prize of $1000 and our runner-up will receive $300!

Please note: Democracy poll allows one vote per ip address!

If you are a finalist, please feel free to announce it on your blog, Facebook, Twitter or other social network site, that is fair game. But please play fair and do not use proxy servers or other black hat methods of increasing your votes. If we do discover unfair practices, we will have to disqualify the parties involved. Remember the spirit of our site and play nice!

Thank you so much to Trix for supplying those wonderful prizes which the winners can use towards classes and/or educational materials — just in time for school!!!

Ok, once again, here are our finalists (in random order):

1. Jessica

2. Brandy

3. Amanda

4. Dezi Allen

5. Bess

6. Sally Sansom

7. Noreen

8. Jean M.

9. Keonte @ Mommy 2K

10. Deb @ Mom of 3 Girls

UPDATE: The winner is #1 – Jessica.

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UPDATE: The winner is #1 – Jessica.

Tagged as: Trix, Trix Swirls, Trix Swirls Creative Kid Contest

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1 brandy3 August 21, 2009 at 11:06 am: oh i'm so excited. i hope i finally win. i've been a finalist in so much but never won. my daughter really wants to take some classes
2 girlgainesville August 21, 2009 at 11:58 am: The boy in the “Jessica” video was easily the most creative and enthusiastic. He told a cute story about Trix without any visible or audible parent prompting.
3 AmyG August 21, 2009 at 12:41 pm: Man, that was hard to choose! lol They were all so cute!
4 Makayla August 21, 2009 at 1:04 pm: Agree, the boy in the 1st video (Jessica) is a natural. Creative, clever, entertaining and star personality.
5 Makayla August 21, 2009 at 1:44 pm: Agree, 1st video (Jessica) is a natural. Creative, clever, entertaining and personality.
6 Keonte August 21, 2009 at 2:15 pm: This was so fun to do. Thanks for making ma a finalist. I think all the children did a great job. Creative minds think alike.

Good luck to everyone!
7 caroldz August 21, 2009 at 2:29 pm: cdziuba@aol.com Just voted for Amanda
8 Jessica August 21, 2009 at 2:33 pm: Hi 5 Minutes for Mom! Thank you again for the opportunity to be creative, the box of yummy cereal and for sharing it with your amazing community!
9 Leslie M August 21, 2009 at 3:15 pm: Voted!!! thanks for letting my Vote be heard.. all are adorable.. I voted for Amanda
10 Dezi Allen August 21, 2009 at 3:16 pm: Thanks for the chance. My son is SO excited he made it into the finals. But I think he thinks that means he won.
11 mgunn301 August 21, 2009 at 3:49 pm: They're all so cute but I narrowed it down to Samantha (Amanda's daughter).
12 nightowlmama August 21, 2009 at 3:50 pm: Such cute videos lol luv all them FUN but Trix aren't just for KIDS. They are for Mommy's too
13 nightowlmama August 21, 2009 at 3:50 pm: Such cute videos lol luv all them FUN but Trix aren't just for KIDS. They are for Mommy's too
14 Mel4Him August 22, 2009 at 6:59 am: Congrats to all the finalists. I really liked Sally Sansom's video. I thought it was very creative. I voted for her video because I liked it. NOT because someone bribed me with giveaway. I think that is so UNCOOL.
15 Julie August 22, 2009 at 9:38 am: Kids are so cute and original I voted for the cutie # 2 video

I remember watching the TV commercial about Kix-Silly rabbit kixs are for kids.
16 wildberries August 22, 2009 at 10:22 am: OMg that kid with the mustache, very creative! tornados? Rampages? I bet his dreams are delightful. Really cute, the rules say vote on creativity and entertainment value, so he gets my vote hands down!
17 ethel August 22, 2009 at 12:23 pm: good luck brandy
18 Makayla August 22, 2009 at 1:09 pm: Agree with girlgainesville the “Jessica” video is clever, entertaining, and a natural star personality,
19 Marisol August 22, 2009 at 6:20 pm: Just voted for Sally Sansom…It was very creative and entertaining to watch! Loved the bunny outfit!!
20 wildberries August 23, 2009 at 11:09 am: Yes it is sad, i do agree its a crazy world out there, and some people don't have faith in the process and step out of it for a moment, if we all had more faith and actually used it, the world would be such a nicer place. This is supposed to be fun contest for the kids no matter what. There is a nice piece on this site about faith, everyone should read it and breath and celebrate that we have these kinds of opportunities to participate in. Have fun with this, the old fashioned way, tell your school mates, get on your blogs, its about connecting with old and new friends and sharing in the process. For the IP issue, its trackable, so doesn't really matter anyway.
21 clips4acure August 23, 2009 at 12:36 pm: Very Cute!!! I love it…MAGIC
Sheridan, Alexandra, and Abigail
http://www.clips4acure.com
22 Jessica August 23, 2009 at 1:31 pm: Clips4ACure i love your website and your concept, all companies should do what you are doing! thanks for sharing!
23 doloresjones August 24, 2009 at 8:28 am: I love #9 because of the presentation and the way the little boy described how the colors came together. The darling little girl just loved eating them. This video is my favorite.
24 Vana August 24, 2009 at 9:21 am: Good Luck to All!

I hope all the participants in the contest realize that if they don't win, it may simply mean that some people had more contacts than others.

I enjoyed watching all the clips, but the vote count I observed didn't necessarily reflect what I saw in the clips.

In the first video there was no visible or audible parent prompting on camera, but would he have written a script that included a “5 minute” quip? (He did a great presentation, though!)

It would be great if there was a way to have a contest where the voters could just vote on the quality of a clip, without other influences affecting the outcome!

Each clip that highlighted the creative mind of a child(ren) is a winner!
25 Jessica August 24, 2009 at 12:08 pm: I totally agree with you Vana, 100%!!! I have to tell you, totally and completely honestly about the “5 min break quip” on my life, i did not prompt that, either way i know it doesnt matter because the rules were to be creative, but i laugh thinking about it because he did come up with this on own and i was shocked. We talked before shooting the video, he is a somewhat serious little one and gets “into” the process. He wanted to know, who, what, where and why. I explained that, 5 Minutes for Mom's was hosting this contest, what the rules where, the judging the whole process at length…and this was what he came up with. I think he thought that 5 Minutes for Mom was working with Trix, to give them a break from sorting out all the colors according to child likes and dislikes, because he does that and by swirling them, the mom just pours and moves on . Anyway, the contest was fun, he had a great time being creative and being his theatrical self.
26 lfhpueblo August 24, 2009 at 3:40 pm: I voted for Amanda. Her video is great.
27 shawnc August 24, 2009 at 9:13 pm: Voted for Amanda! Her daughter is so cute!
28 Sam August 25, 2009 at 2:42 pm: he has a unique presentation
29 grace123 August 25, 2009 at 3:51 pm: I love the little boy in Jessica's video, but I can't vote for him with IE6 or Firefox! Why?!?
30 lorieshewbridge August 26, 2009 at 12:19 am: Congratulations to all the finalists! The children are all adorable, and are all winners right now in my book!!
31 uncleray August 26, 2009 at 12:29 am: The boy in Jessica's video is talented and certainly has a future in acting, but my conscience tells me that the entire bit was written, coached, costumed, and props were prepared by Mom. How many ~6 year old kids naturally use words like rampage, test tube, and tornado in Kansas in the same sentence? For raw, unfiltered/original performance, my vote goes to Amanda.
32 Ed G. Williams August 27, 2009 at 12:57 pm: Dude in Jessica video Rocks!
33 Jessica August 27, 2009 at 5:01 pm: uncleray: Thank you so much for watching Jakeâ€™s video and appreciate your kind comments! Jake is very talented and a natural behind the camera, which is why we thought he should enter the contest, though he sees a future in marine biology more than acting. Not only can he tell an amazing story in English, by himself, unscripted, with “big” words – although in a family of engineers, scientists and Ivy League grads we don't really consider “test tube”, “rampage” or “theories” to be big words – he can do it in 3 languages; he is tri-lingual. That is actually average in his school, but we are still very proud! I am sure all the parents here are proud of their little ones. Great job everyone!
34 Teresa Berger August 28, 2009 at 2:17 pm: I vote for #7 Noreen! too cute!
35 ProfessorT August 29, 2009 at 10:34 pm: Love Dr. Whoofenstine the III, superb imagination, would love to be his teacher! got my vote!
36 Afsaneh August 30, 2009 at 4:33 pm: Good job Jessica.You are the best in this competion.
37 saam August 30, 2009 at 4:36 pm: You dont need any comment.You are just perfect!
38 paige August 30, 2009 at 4:38 pm: Cool! Thats the way to go!
39 MarthaVerano August 31, 2009 at 4:53 am: I love #1 very creative!!!!!!!!!!
40 dianepitalue August 31, 2009 at 3:57 pm: I'm trying to vote and I don't see how to do it. Should there be buttons?
41 cryptopatriot September 1, 2009 at 12:10 am: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7N9lDhaIxBU GO DANAE!

luv uncle joel
42 minnie September 2, 2009 at 8:22 pm: the little boy in Jessica's video is absolutely adorable, gets my vote and all the ladies in my golf group!!!