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February Competition: Win a €50 voucher for Garrendenny Lane

February 23, 2012 at 11:17 am · Filed under Competitions ·Tagged , ,

In our February competition, one lucky winner will win a €50 voucher from Garrendenny Lane

Garrendenny Lane Interiors is a Home, Gift and Lifestyle online store. They sell a choice of gifts and homewares that you will not find elsewhere in Ireland as well as stocking many high-quality Irish items.  Their products are stylish, unusual and elegant and they are dedicated to stocking beautiful things for you, your family and friends, and your home.

Check out the Garrendenny Lane website and the Garrendenny Lane Facebook page.

To be in with a chance of winning the €50.00 voucher, send us the answer to this question:

In the Paperboy range, one of the wallpapers showing animals is called “How it _____” …..    What is the missing word?

Check out the answer on the Garrendenny Lane Brands Page here.

Email your answer to competition@puddleducks.ie. Please also include your name and contact phone number.

The closing date for entry is Sunday 4th March 2012 and the winner will be announced here and on our Facebook page. Only one entry allowed per person please  By entering the competition your email address will be subscribed to the monthly Garrendenny Lane newsletter. Please let us know in your entry email if you would like to not receive the newsletter. You can unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time.

Lastly a huge thanks to Lorna at Garrendenny Lane for generously sponsoring our competition.

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Win PuddleDucks vouchers with Tweekaboo

January 25, 2012 at 12:55 pm · Filed under Competitions ·Tagged , , ,

We’re very proud to sponsor the latest competition on Tweekaboo to win one of three €50 PuddleDucks vouchers. To enter just follow this link and enter the competition on the tweekaboo Facebook page. The competition closes on January 27th.

Tweekaboo is a photo and video diary that tells the story of your child’s life. It merges your phone’s camera with an online digital diary. It allows you to upload the priceless photos and videos captured on your phone to create a private diary telling the story of your child’s early years.


Main features:

  • Capture texts, photos and videos with your phone.
  • Save them to your secure, private online diary.
  • Share them with family and friends within tweekaboo’s private social network or on Facebook and Twitter.

Coming Soon: Print photobooks, Greeting cards, Birthday invitations & more. Order photos straight from your phone.

How to Use:

Simply snap a photo or video with tweekaboo’s inbuilt camera or upload directly from your phone’s photo album. Your photos and videos can be tagged for easy organisation and sharing facilities are categorized for ease of use.

It is currently available as an iPhone App with an Android App due to be released soon.

Check out all the details about tweekaboo at www.tweekaboo.com

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Our Christmas Competition – Win Santa’s Rooftop Scramble

November 30, 2011 at 1:51 pm · Filed under Competitions ·Tagged , ,

It’s Christmas time again and this year we have another great Christmas competition for you. You could win one of two prizes of this year’s hottest board game, Santa’s Rooftop Scramble, courtesy of Luz Java.  This Irish made game offers endless hours of fun for all the family and with a retail price of just €19,99, it’s sure to be a winner with families looking for real value this Christmas.

To enter our competition just answer this simple question.

What nationwide toy store chain is selling Santa’s Rooftop Scramble?

You can find out the answer below.

Just email your answer together with your name to us at competition@puddleducks.ie

Competition Terms & Conditions:

  • Closing Date: 11th December 2011
  • Just one entry per family please
  • Winners will be drawn at random

Here’s all the info about Santa’s Rooftop Scramble:

Multiple award winning couple Noel Donegan and Luz Java have reached new heights with their latest addition to the market.

“Santa’s Rooftop Scramble,” their new board game is already a top seller this year in Smyth’s Toys.

This inventive and enterprising couple have an impressive catalog of awards to their name;

  • Dream Toy
  • Creative Toy of the year
  • Good Toy Guide Gold Medal Winners
  • MAX – IT Award winners
  • Science Museum – Smart Play Award winners

Santa’s Rooftop Scramble offers endless hours of fun for all the family and with a retail price of just €19,99 its sure to be a winner with families looking for real value this Christmas.

Noel said ” It’s important in these financially challenging times to offer real value to already hard pressed families.”  Noel and Luz made a decision to settle on a reduced profit margin by manufacturing Santa’s Rooftop Scramble, here in Ireland as opposed to China. Noel Said ” Hasbro Ireland did a marvelous job on the manufacturing as you would expect from one of the worlds leading toy manufacturers.

“We are proud to be supporting Irish manufacturing and Irish jobs,”added Luz.

Whether you are 5 years old or 95 years old Santa’s Rooftop Scramble is a joy to play and a wonderful way to get everyone together for some magical and fun filled family time.

And as if that was not enough Santa’s Rooftop Scramble has another great surprise waiting for you when you open the box. Inside is a competition leaflet that allows you to send your picture and your name to Noel and Luz. If you are the lucky winner of the competition then Noel and Luz will have your picture illustrated and included alongside your name as one of the letter to Santa cards to be included in the next production run of Santa’s Rooftop scramble.

To see the cards and how you can be “immortalized,” in a best selling board game log onto www.luzjava.com

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Our Slogan Competition – as a Duck-shaped Word Cloud !!

September 2, 2011 at 7:46 am · Filed under Competitions ·Tagged , ,

We’ve taken all the words in the entries for our Slogan Competition and have put them together in a duck-shaped word cloud. We think it shows off nicely what PuddleDucks is all about!

You can now vote for your favourite slogan on our Facebook page.

The word cloud was produced using Tagxedo.

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Our Online-Outdoor Family Quiz

May 5, 2011 at 4:59 pm · Filed under Competitions, Out and About ·Tagged , , ,

We are delighted to bring you our second annual “Online-Outdoor Family Quiz”.

This year the quiz is brought to you in association with MyKidsTime.ie -  the definitive website for parents to find activities, classes, camps, events or services for kids in their local area.

Think of the quiz as an online treasure hunt. It is brought to you with four of Ireland’s fantastic family attractions:  Secret Valley Adventure Farm, Loughwell Farm Park, Stonehall Visitor Farm and Causey Farm. We have 12 super prizes of Family Tickets for the lucky winners.

How to Enter:

There are 8 easy questions in the quiz – 2 questions for each of the four websites.

Be prepared!  The quiz will take around 5 to 10 minutes to complete. While the questions are easy, finding the answers does involve a little searching for the answers on the centres’ websites. You need to fully complete the quiz to be eligible for a prize.

>> Click here to take the Quiz

Tip: Use a separate browser tab or browser session to look at the centres’ websites as you go along.

You can also see a printable copy of the quiz questions here. (please note: this is just to see the questions in advance, you cannot enter the quiz on the pdf)

A huge thanks to the four outdoor attractions that have kindly donated prizes for the quiz.

Secret Valley Adventure Farm, Co. Wexford – Family One Day Entrance Tickets
Website: www.secretvalley.ie

Loughwell Farm Park, Co. Galway – Family One Day Entrance Tickets
Website:  www.loughwellfarmpark.ie

Stonehall Visitor Farm, Co. Limerick – Family One Day Entrance Tickets
Website:  www.stonehallvisitorfarm.com

Causey Farm, Co.Meath  - Family Farm Afternoon Experience 
Website:  www.causey.ie

Rules:

  • The closing date for entries is May 31st 2011
  • Only one entry per email address please
  • All questions must be answered for an entry to be valid
  • The winners will be notified by email by June 4th 2011 and will be posted here and on our Facebook page
  • As usual, the judge’s decision is final

Prizes:

  • Family Tickets are valid for two adults and two children

This quiz is part of the Irish Internet Association’s Digitise the Nation event which is all about encouraging people to use the internet in more creative ways.  We hope that with our quiz children can be encouraged to help with finding the answers!.  We also hope that you might discover somewhere new for your family to visit among  some of the wonderful outdoor attractions available to us in Ireland.

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April Competition: Win a HipBaby.ie voucher

April 5, 2011 at 10:43 pm · Filed under Competitions ·Tagged , ,

In our April competition, one lucky winner will win a €50 voucher from HipBaby.ie.

HipBaby.ie is the one-stop-shop for organic baby clothes, accessories and all your baby needs.  They are the Irish site for skinsafe, stylish, funky and purse-friendly gear for young families.  Check out their website here.

You can ‘like’ the HipBaby Facebook page here.

To be in with a chance of winning the €50.00 voucher, send us the answer to this question:

HipBaby supports a children’s charity. Please name the charity.

Check out the answer on the HipBaby Home Page here.

Email your answer to competition@puddleducks.ie. Please also include your name and contact phone number.

The closing date for entry is Sunday 17th April and the winner will be announced here and on our Facebook page. Only one entry allowed per person. By entering the competition your email address will be subscribed to the monthly HipBaby newsletter. Please let us know in your entry email if you would like to not receive the newsletter. You can unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time.

Lastly a huge thanks to Leona at HipBaby for generously sponsoring our competition.



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Competition: Win a Family Weekend at Abhainn Rí

February 10, 2011 at 11:53 am · Filed under Competitions ·Tagged , , ,

We have a fantastic prize for our February competition.  Win a wonderful Family Weekend at Abhainn Rí Self Catering Cottages along with two sets of our Eco Kids Waterproof Sets.

Abhainn Rí Holiday Cottages in beautiful Hollywood, Co. Wicklow offers superb quality accommodation and has lots of special features and activities on site. You can enjoy scenic farm walks, a play barn, friendly farm animals and a home cooked welcome pack on arrival.

 Check out the Abhainn Rí website here

This is a Facebook page competition. To be eligible to enter please ”like” the Abhainn Ri Facebook page and the PuddleDucks Facebook page.

To be in with a chance of winning,  send us the answer to these two colourful questions.

1. At Abhainn Ri, what is the name of the farm’s two goats? You can find the answer on Abhainn Ri’s Facebook page here

2. We have new Kids Wellies on the way in two colours. What two colours are they? You can find the answer on the PuddleDucks Facebook page here.

Email your answers to competition@puddleducks.ie. Please also include your name and contact phone number.

The closing date for entry is Thursday 24th February and the winner will be announced here and on our Facebook page.

Terms and Conditions:

  • Closing date is midnight on Thursday 24th February
  • You need to “like” both Facebook pages to be eligible to win
  • One entry per person please. Duplicate entries will be disqualified.
  • The weekend at Abhainn Ri can be taken between 25th Feb and 15th April 2011
  • The weekend is for two nights and you can arrive on either Friday or Saturday.  The cottage can accommodate six people plus an infant in a cot. 
  • The prize of the PuddleDucks waterproofs is for two Eco Sets (no alternative offered).
  • Entries can be made to PuddleDucks or to Abhainn Rí and the entries will be collated with one winner drawn at random
  • No cash alternatives offered 

And finally …. Good Luck!

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November Competition: Win a Jewellery Tree Voucher

November 23, 2010 at 8:29 pm · Filed under Competitions ·Tagged , ,

In our November competition, one lucky winner will get a wondeful €75 voucher for the  Jewellery Tree.

The Jewellery Tree creates beautiful personalised jewellery using sterling silver, Swarovski crystals, your children’s hand and footprints or even a loved ones fingerprint.   From charms, pendants, keyrings and cufflinks to gorgeous bracelets for mums and little girls, there is something for everyone. Check out their website here.

To be in with a chance of winning the €75.00 voucher, send us the answer to this question:

In the Jewellery Tree’s  Birthstone Kids range, what is the Birthstone for November?

Check out the answer here.

Email your answer to competition@puddleducks.ie. Please also include your name and contact phone number.

The closing date for entry is Tuesday 30th November and the winner will be announced here and on our Facebook page. Only one entry allowed per person.

Lastly a huge thanks to Lisa at the Jewellery Tree for generously sponsoring our competition.

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Win a Wonderful Wrapsie

October 14, 2010 at 1:15 pm · Filed under Blogging, Competitions ·Tagged , ,

In our October competition, we’re delighted to partner with new Irish company Wrapsies.ie so you can win one of two wonderful wrapsies for kids. 

A Wrapsies is a towel with a twist!  It a towel that can’t  fall down or come undone.  It’s designed to keep children covered and warm when changing at the pool or the beach. Wrapsies are Irish made and come in a gorgeous selection of brightly coloured designs.

To win a children’s Wrapsie all you need to do is to answer this question:

One of the Wrapsies is named after a sea creature called Ollie. What type of creature is Ollie?

Check out the answer here.

Email your answer to competition@puddleducks.ie. Please also include your name and contact phone number and also let us know if you would like the 2-5 age size or the 5-7 age size.

The closing date for entry is Sunday 31st October and the winners will be announced here and on our Facebook page. Only one entry allowed per person.  The prize is a choice of either a Walter Whale or a Diving Dolphin Wrapsie in 2-5 years or 5-7 years size.

Discount Code: Our friends at Wrapsies have also kindly offered a 10% discount for any purchases from their online store. Just use the code “PUDDLEDUCKS” (all capitals) at checkout to avail of the offer.

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Competition on Dad.ie

July 21, 2010 at 12:44 am · Filed under Competitions ·Tagged ,

We’re currently sponsoring a competition with the good folks on dad.ie. Simply answer a question on our new children’s wetsuits and be in with a chance of winning a well stocked picnic rucksack. Now all we need is the Summer weather!

Click here to enter the competition.

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