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Contests and free stuff - late June

One Pretty Thing has teamed up with Friends of Socktopus to give away a sock dog kit and a sock monkey kit.
Simply Green is having a contest to win a recycled glass curtain rod set.
Orange You Lucky has some really cute downloadable bookplates!
Instructables always has a couple of contests going - currently there is the [...]

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Online puzzles from Puzzlewright

Puzzlewright Press, an imprint of Sterling, has a free puzzle every day - be sure to click the Archive button on the right of that page for puzzles from the last two months.

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MomFuse Father’s Day giveaways

MomFuse has a bunch of Father’s day giveaways going on - my favorite is this C-3PO MIMOBOT flash drive.

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Structure of the sun papercraft

Canon has a bunch of wonderful free papercraft downloads - I really like this science-y one that depicts the structure of the sun. They also have a model of the moon.

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May contests and giveaways

Here are some fun contests and free stuff from around the web this week:
Berrie Sweet Picks is having a drawing for Recycled Post-Its.
Free Book Friday - has a drawing for free books every Friday!
Instructables is having an LED project contest - win Monkey Lights for bicycle wheels (or an LED light strip if you don’t [...]

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Kids Craft Weekly

I signed up a while ago for the Kids Craft Weekly email newsletter - my son is older, so he’s outgrown pretty much all of the crafts, but they have lots of fun, inexpensive craft ideas for smaller kids, and it’s free! This week’s issue was about making simple cards; there were some really cute [...]

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Free ebooks listings at the MobileRead Wiki

The MobileRead Wiki has a lot of information about - you guessed it - mobile reading! They have good lists of free eBooks and eBook lending libraries.

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Free comic book day!

This Saturday, May 2, is Free Comic Book Day - check the FCBD locator for a participating store in your area.

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Amigurumi robot book giveaway

One of my favorite kid craft blogs, Crafty Crow, is having a giveaway - go leave a comment for a chance to win this amigurumi robot book, Crobots!

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Free stuff on Earth Day

Next Wednesday, April 22, is Earth Day - and of course, there’s free stuff.
Erika sent me this link - you can get a free roll of Reynolds Wrap for Earth Day - they say the download is only available on Earth Day, and quantities are limited, so they want you to register for an email [...]

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