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Grandparent Handbook Giveaway

December 8th, 2009 • Related • Filed Under
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If you know a grandparent or expectant grandparent who’d love to have a handy book for making that job even more fun, then you should enter this giveaway.

“The Grandparents Handbook” by Elizabeth LaBan offers modern grandparents a variety of fun pastimes and educational projects to share with their grandchildren. The book also provides a refresher chapter on various baby-related tasks such as changing a diaper, swaddling a newborn, and giving kids a bath. Plus it includes some advice on respecting your children’s decisions on how they raise their children. (The full book title is “The Grandparents Handbook: Activities, Tips, How-Tos, and All-Around Fun.”)  

The book is divided into four sections:

  • Bringing Up Baby: A Grandparent’s Refresher Course
  • Indoor and Outdoor Fun and Games
  • Crafts and Cooking
  • Sharing and Exploring the World Together

The Grandparents Handbook features such activities as:

• How to Baby—and Kid—Proof Your Home (page 30)
• How to Handle Toddler Tantrums (page 50)
• Holding a Backyard Olympics (page 60)
• Planting a Fairy and Goblin Garden (page 85)
• Creating Your Own Ice Cream Cake (page 107)
• Making Homemade Pickles (page 109)
• Planning a Special Meal Together (page 178)
• Creating Your Family Tree (page 180)
• And much more!

With dozens of interactive projects and featuring whimsical illustrations, this book will lead grandparents down surprising paths of discovery as they teach the youngest generation about family, friendship, and the world around them. It is the perfect gift for modern grandparents and grandparents-to-be!

The book retails  here  for about $12 but one lucky Lipstick to Crayons reader can win the book for free by entering the contest below. (Don’t count on this contest to deliver the book to the winner by Christmas  — it’s not happening. :)

Giveaway Guidelines:

Tell me in the comment section below why you want to win The Grandparents Handbook.

Receive additional entries by doing any/all of the following, but be sure to leave a separate comment for each thing you do:

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This giveaway closes at 11:59 p.m. Central time Dec. 22. Be sure to include a valid email address with each of your entries. Contest open to United States residents only. Winner will be randomly chosen via random.org and will be notified via email and announced on this post.

If winner does not claim prize by Dec. 26, 2009, he/she will forfeit the prize to an alternate winner.

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  1. #1 maureen on December 8, 2009:

    I would love to win this for my parents. While they are grandparents of 10 all age 10 and under it never hurts to have knowledge backing up actions or info incase of emergency.

  2. #2 Brenda Hancock on December 9, 2009:

    I will be a first time grandparent at the end of January. I am toooooo excited for words. Spending time in St. Louis with the triplets has been such a pleasure and a blessing and it reminds me of the fun I have ahead with my own grandson. Thanks for the opportunity and thanks for Lipstick to Crayons….I have learned a lot from you!

  3. #3 Gerrie on December 14, 2009:

    My step-daughter got married in May of this year and I keep encouraging her to go ahead and make me a grandma. I would love to have this so I can be “prepared” for the time that she does decide!

  4. #4 Gerrie on December 14, 2009:

    I am an email subscriber

  5. #5 Gerrie on December 14, 2009:

    I am a facebook fan

  6. #6 Gerrie on December 14, 2009:

    tweeted http://twitter.com/shaeffermom/status/6666616206

  7. #7 Roger Deming on December 20, 2009:

    Great site for everything you need. thanks for everything.

  8. #8 Leann S on December 20, 2009:

    I would like to win this because I find I forget the details of day to day life with young children and this would be a great resource.

  9. #9 Leann S on December 20, 2009:

    Tweeted: http://twitter.com/qwills2cats/status/6879799387

  10. #10 Leann S on December 20, 2009:

    Facebook fan: Leann Sw…

  11. #11 Erma on December 21, 2009:

    This would be good for any grandparent.

  12. #12 Ed Nemmers on December 21, 2009:

    For my neighbors Yolanda and Walter!

  13. #13 Angela Winesburg on December 21, 2009:

    I would love to win this for my mom, thanks for the chance!

  14. #14 SharonC on December 21, 2009:

    My daughter would love for me to win this book. She wants me to do things Her way with her 2 yr old daughter and I am out of date.

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  16. #16 Mellissa C on December 22, 2009:

    I would love to win this for my mother.

  17. #17 Mellissa C on December 22, 2009:

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  18. #18 Gianna on December 22, 2009:

    I’d love to win this for my inlaws or parents. Maybe I can have a contest for them too :)

  19. #19 Lily Kwan on December 22, 2009:

    I want to win The Grandparents Handbook because it sounds very interesting!

  20. #20 Lily Kwan on December 22, 2009:

    I subscribed to your mailing list.

  21. #21 Lily Kwan on December 22, 2009:

    I became your Facebook fan.


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