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Children who complain about all the homework and busyness of the school year schedule, are now likely to complain about being bored when they have a little down time this summer. My nine-year-old daughter Amanda loves to read, and that does help fill her days, but even in the books that she selects, she’s looking for one thing: adventure. She loves mysteries, capers, and fantasy. As interesting as a book can be, it’s no substitute for real adventure.

I’ve found one way to keep things exciting: Giftventure.

What child doesn’t like getting mail? In this era of electronic communication, real mail has dwindled. With Giftventure, your child will receive a series of clues and activity packs in the mail which will lead them to discover a gift that you have hidden for them. Click the orange button on the Giftventure site for a clear explanation about how it works.

Giftventure.com is the brainchild of Steve Mock. He wanted to reach out to his nieces in a creative way. He has done this by providing adventures featuring characters children love–pirates, princesses or draggiftventure.jpgons. The child receives letters and puzzles over a span of ten days which reveal clues leading to a gift (of any value) that you have selected and hidden.

Read testimonials about those who have used it or view the FAQ if you have questions about this unique gifting idea.

The Giftventure packs are appropriate for children from ages 4 – 12 and would be a perfect way to send a gift for an upcoming birthday or to simply provide a little creative adventure and excitement for a child this summer. The slogan is “wrap your gift in adventure,” but I’ll take it one step further and suggest that the adventure can be the gift.

Would you like to win one of 5 gift certificates to be used on a Giftventure of your choice (to be used within the United States)?

Spread the word–email your friends and family (perhaps putting a bug in Grandma’s ear about this great idea), and let your blog readers know. The winners will be announced with the others from our Creative Summer Days event on June 24.

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  1. Giftventure sounds awesome!

    What a unique idea!!! I love it!

    Thank you for the great giveaway!

    themonkinme(at)gmail(dot)com

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  14. Indeed. In this age of PDAs and texting it would be great for a kid to remember what snail-mail is 🙂

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  18. My DIL has 4 little ones at home right now for the summer and this would be fantastic to help keep the kids busy!

    Thanks for the contest.

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  31. My daughter would love this! She gets so excited when she gets mail and is starting to enjoy reading. Thank you!!

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  34. This would be perfect for my little cousin! I’m always trying to find creative birthday presents for her. She would love this exciting gift!

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  41. The kids have been out of school for 4 days and are already getting bored! It’s hard to keep them challenged during the summer. Thanks for the giveaway!

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  45. Thank you so much for giving me some ideas to keep the summer fun and entertaining. I know the kids would get a kick out of this.

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  82. this is a fantastic idea. the kids get excited if i give them my junk mail to open. its one of those things where i say why didn’t i think of that? thank you so much for this terrific giveaway!!!

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  101. I’m a grandmother taking care of my two grandchildren for the summer. I could really use this

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  104. My girls LOVE getting stuff in the mail! This would be so cool for them! Thanks for offering this – it’s a great giveaway!
    ~Tanya
    the4moyers(at)msn(dot)com

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  106. A package, a “gift” to give and fun? This is a must have for anyone! I have three children in the age range of this…it would be fab to win so they can share their creative genius and come inside out of the scorching summer heat. Thanks!

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  111. this is an awesome idea!!! who does not like getting mail? my son would totally love this, count me in. thanks :O)

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  120. these sound like a great idea – I remember writing away for stuff as a kid and checking the mail every day!

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  127. My 10 yr old has the problem of not finishing her books she loves to read if it is a good book she loves those chicken soup books now that summer is hear we slacked off on reading i hate to admit it so this and my taking her to the library would be nice

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  137. Oh my son loves to check the mail, luckily we get enough junk mail he always has something that is “his” but this would be perfect

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  150. My daughter would love this! She’s almost 6 and loves to read and is always asking if she has any mail. This would be a great gift for her. Thanks for a great giveaway!

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  154. This sounds like so much fun! I’d love to do this with my son for his birthday, it’s in August! He’s into treasure hunts so I know he’d have a blast! Thanks for an opp to win!

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  165. What an awesome idea! My son loves getting mail and loves adventures, thank you for the great giveaway.

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  168. What a great idea! Children always love getting their own mail, so this would be great. Thanks for the chance to win!

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  187. We do little treasure hunts …I will draw a treasure map (its more like squiggles and lines that are ‘supposed’ to be a treasure map.) DH will go hide the treasure and my son will jsut run through the house looking…. he loves it. This is a fabulous idea!

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  194. What a great idea! Just yesterday when I was picking up the mail with my son he was commenting that he never gets anything in the mail anymore. I would love to surprise him with this over the summer whether I win a gift cert or not. :o)

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  208. What a great idea. My son likes getting mail so much that I sometimes just tell him that the junk mail is for him.

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  215. What a great idea! Liz loves getting mail. Everyday she beats me to the mailbox and yells, “Delivery!”

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  216. What a blast! My daughter would absolutely LOVE something like this! Sounds like summer fun at its finest.

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  224. What a neat way to make getting a gift even more exciting! I have a feeling the hunt could eclipse the gift!

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  226. our kids love the junk mail they are given, I can only imagine if they had the real thing, what a neat idea!

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  227. I think I would even enjoy these hunts! Please sign me up for your always delightful drawing. Again,
    thanks…..Cindi

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  228. What a novel idea! I went to the website to check it out! It sounds like so much fun. I loved getting mail when I was little. Now that I’m grown the newness of it has faded.

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  231. My son is 11 and he would love it; I can imagine even teens loving it. Treasure hunts are fun for everyone!

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  234. I’m positive any of my six kiddos would love this no matter what age. In fact I would love it if they had Giftventure for frazzled moms and harried husbands too. Who doesn’t need a pick-me-up?

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  241. this looks like so much fun. i’m definitely going to do it with my son. think i’ll also do the back to school and the christmas one as well.

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  246. okay, I’m going to win this one.

    hear me Mr. Random Number-Thingy: you are going to pick ME!

    oh, if only it were that easy.

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  250. What a great idea. Both of my kids love getting mail. I have to go check this out, and would love to be able to win a gift certificate.

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