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 drag
ons. 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.
Giftventure sounds awesome!
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Count me in!!! My nephew would love this prize. Thanks for the chance.
Too cool!
Indeed. In this age of PDAs and texting it would be great for a kid to remember what snail-mail is 🙂
Would love to win!!!
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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.
This looks incredible!
this sounds fantastic! what a clever way to make a gift into an exciting adventure!
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I want to win! Thanks so much for the giveaway!
I could use this for my son birthday next month!
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My 7 & 8 year olds would love this. Thanks for the contest.
My granddaughter would enjoy this prize.
My daughter would love this! She gets so excited when she gets mail and is starting to enjoy reading. Thank you!!
My daughter turns 4 in August! She would love this.
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My daughter would enjoy this. Thank you!!
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!
My daughter was just complaining about never getting mail. she would love this.
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One of these would make the summer so special. Can’t wait to see if we won!
Great giveaway!
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!
Thanks for the giveaway!
sounds wonderful!
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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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My kids would get enjoyment from this idea!
I know my nine-year old would appreciate this.
I’m in! This sounds great!
This sounds so clever! I would love to win! TY 4 THE CONTEST!
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This would be so wonderful & appreciated.
This sounds really cool!
I am sure the little one would cherish the idea of getting their own mail!
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wow I am always looking for new adventures and this would be awesome
Rock on.
this would be great for my best friends daughter…
What a great gift giving solution!
Wow, this is a really cool idea, I’d love this!
This is so unique!
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what a great idea!
My kids love receiving mail and always run to meet the mailman. This is a wonderful gift/prize.
This sounds like so much fun!
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Great contest.Thank you much.
We’d love to win a giftventure!
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What a creative idea! What child doesn’t love getting actual mail?
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cool gift!
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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Oh my daughter loves getting “real” mail and this sounds so fun. Thanks!
This is so neat! My kids and I would love it!
How fun is this for the kids?? Great idea!
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this sounds like such fun-the boys would love it
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Cool! Please count me in. Thanks!
Hm, tough to pick which one I’d want to win for my kiddos!
This looks like loads of fun!!
Enter me please! Thanks!
That is such a great idea and my boys would love that so much. Thanks!
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This is the coolest idea. My kids would really get a kick out of it.
This would be so much fun!
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Very cool idea!
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How fun!
I’m a grandmother taking care of my two grandchildren for the summer. I could really use this
these sound like a great idea
How fun! My son loves getting mail. He would love this.
My girls LOVE getting stuff in the mail! This would be so cool for them! Thanks for offering this – it’s a great giveaway!
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My son loves a good mystery, he would flip!
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!
I love it when the kids are occupied for awhile!!
Thanks – Great contest.
Sounds like a great idea!
sounds like fun. thanks for the giveaway
this is an awesome idea!!! who does not like getting mail? my son would totally love this, count me in. thanks :O)
Oh my son loves to check the mail
I love experience gifts. Please enter me!
Awesome concept… wish I’d thought of it.
What a wonderful prize!
Great idea, I would love to win so count me in!
Cute idea
This is a good idea. Thanks
Great giveaway
these sound like a great idea – I remember writing away for stuff as a kid and checking the mail every day!
what a great idea
This is great! My daughter’s birthday is in three weeks!
Another GREAT prize. Thank you.
This sounds great. My kids love to get mail and would really enjoy this.
How fun would that be?!
WOW. What a great idea.
Thanks for such a creative sweepstakes
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
Thanks. Count me in!
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this sounds so awesome!
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I would like to enter. please.
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I really could use this
I could allways use a free gift.
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
What a great idea!
Totally fab!
SNAIL mail rocks and this would be so much fun!
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This an awesome idea!
This is such a great idea to keep kids busy and interested.
sounds like a great way to keep kids busy during summer break!
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Thank you for having this contest. I really appreciate it.
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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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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!
Count me in, this looks like lots of fun.
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Sounds great!
Great prize. Thanks for the chance.
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How fun…. great idea! I love giving my kids new ways to play, this would be awesome!
What a neat idea! I’d love this to use with four of my children.
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What an awesome idea! My son loves getting mail and loves adventures, thank you for the great giveaway.
I’d love to give this to my niece for her birthday!
What a great idea!
What a great idea! Children always love getting their own mail, so this would be great. Thanks for the chance to win!
hope i win
Sounds fun for a summer birthday.
Thanks for another great contest !!
Very nice! 🙂
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Please enter me to win. This sounds like a great idea. I’ll link on my blog.
What a great idea. It would say me a lot of time on looking for something exciting for the kids.
Wow that is so cool, My son and grandson would love to do this sounds like so much fun.
can’t wait for this one
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nice prize
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I sure hope I win thanks
My grand kids could really use this. They would think I was a great grammy.
What a great idea! Love it! My kids would love it too! Thank you!
My little one would love this.
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!
The Scrambler’s Maze Adventure Looks really fun…..
That sounds like so much fun! Count us in!
Wow, that sounds like a blast. I wouldn’t mind “playing” along myself 🙂
thanks for the contest
This is such a great idea. Thanks!
What a great idea!
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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)
I have three kids in that age range that would love to win this, so for them, please enter me!
Would like to try.
i know christmas is far away but my daughter would love the christmas one.
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This would be awesome for my oldest son or even for my youngest!
Talk about creative summer days…sure would love to win this. 😉 Thanks.
would love to win this for my grandkids
OH I’d like to win this very much. Thanks for hosting this great giveaway.
This would make any kid feel like it’s a special day for sure.
What a great giveaway! Thankyou!
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This looks very cool. Please enter me!
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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My little one is too small for this but my niece would absolutely love it!
how fun! My middle child or my oldest would love this!
My son loves anything that comes in the mail!
This would be really cool for my son. I think he would really love it.
What a great idea! Liz loves getting mail. Everyday she beats me to the mailbox and yells, “Delivery!”
What a blast! My daughter would absolutely LOVE something like this! Sounds like summer fun at its finest.
How cool! My son would love this!!!
Such an awesome idea! i would have loved this when I was a kid!
This would be so great!
we love to do scavenger hunts! this is a GREAT idea 🙂
I have the button on my blog
My girls would have a blast if we won
Ooh, that sounds amazing, I would so love to win it! Thanks!
Thanks so much for the opportunity. I put the button on my sidebar.
What a neat way to make getting a gift even more exciting! I have a feeling the hunt could eclipse the gift!
Sounds like fun!
our kids love the junk mail they are given, I can only imagine if they had the real thing, what a neat idea!
I think I would even enjoy these hunts! Please sign me up for your always delightful drawing. Again,
thanks…..Cindi
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.
great site!
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This sounds so clever! I would love to win!
My son is 11 and he would love it; I can imagine even teens loving it. Treasure hunts are fun for everyone!
This sounds like so much fun! Thanks for offering this giveaway!
my daughter would love this
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?
My daughters would love this! They love treasure hunts!
This sounds fun! Count us in, please!
My daughter would love this! 🙂
This sounds great for my niece or nephew!
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How neat. I have a 6 yo and a 10 yo that would love this.
How fun does that look!! I would be the coolest Aunt if I could win this one!!
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.
I’m always looking for fun ideas for my nieces and nephews — this would be perfect!
Sounds great! Please enter me.
Neat idea!
Neat idea!
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.
That is the neatest thing ever!!!
sounds like somethign we could use around here
This looks wonderful 🙂
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.
I love this idea! What a neat way to extend the surprise and joy of a gift!!!
Cool!
this would be a great gift!
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This sounds really cool!!
Now that sounds like FUN!!
My Little Guy flips out when he gets mail! This would be awesome for him – thanks!!