End of Year Cards Using Elmer’s Naturals

May 19, 2013 By 1 Comment

NOTE: “I participated in a campaign on behalf of Mom Central Consulting for Elmer’s. I received product samples to facilitate my review and a promotional item as a thank you for participating.”

What is Elmer’s Naturals?

  • Reinforcing its commitment to innovation and to supporting consumer demand Elmer’s® Products, Inc., makers of America’s favorite school glue, is proud to introduce Elmer’s® School Glue
  • Naturals™— the FIRST and ONLY school glue made with naturally occurring ingredients and available in recycled packaging.
  • Elmer’s School Glue Naturals is just as strong, safe, non-toxic and washable as Elmer’s traditional School Glue.
  • Empty Elmer’s School Glue bottles – both natural and traditional – can be recycled at home by consumers. In schools, the glue bottles and sticks can be recycled through the Elmer’s Glue Crew® Brigade® with TerraCycle, an easy way for teachers and students to recycle and earn monetary donations and other rewards for participating in eco-friendly efforts.

Elmer's Naturals Glue

 

When challenged with making a craft with the kids, I was stumped. They often make little crafts but they seem to just happen and often aren’t fully planned out before the crafts happen. Then I remembered that Sophie and Matthew need to take their teachers their end of year gifts this week so cards were the perfect creation to make! The major issue was that we are redoing the area in the basement has all of the craft supplies. So I dug through stacks and piles to find the items for this project. I was impressed that I found everything that I looked for to be honest!

Supplies Used:

Here are the kids starting their cards that say “Thank You … for being my teacher!”

Starting Craft Time with Elmer's Naturals Glue

We were testing out the above mentioned Elmer’s Naturals glue stick and bottle of glue. The kids didn’t even notice that these were different. They use glue and glue sticks at school all of the time so they were right at home using these products.

Elmer's Naturals Glue Sticks in Use

I was hoping the glue was strong enough to hold the puffy balls. I wasn’t sure how it would work out but they stuck really nicely. Itouched some of Matthew’s glue and was surprise how sticky the glue was. Being Elmer’s though, it washed right off my fingers!
Grace using Elmer's Natural Glue

The kids love their creations.
Elmer's Natural Teacher Cards Finished

 

I love that we are able to take an extra step to be green and protect our environment for our kids. I hope to see more of these products out at back to school time. I know I will look for them when I buy new glue sticks for the Girl Scout troop next year for sure! Need some ideas? Check out the Elmer’s Facebook Page.

We are also excited to help announce the  Elmer’s “Pin to Win” Sweepstakes where you can win an Elmer’s Naturals Prize pack and $100 gift card!

Have you seen or tried the Elmer’s Natural products yet? Leave us a comment and let us know!

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Back to School Guide #momsguide

July 26, 2012 By 12 Comments

We are excited to share this Back to School Eguide for you to use as you get ready to go Back to School!

 

What brand will we be shopping for? Can you find this picture on one of the Back to School Eguide pages?

Need a better hint? Here ya go!

 

Have you started back to school shopping? We haven’t to be honest. I have only one of four school supply lists. I love school supply shopping. Everything is on sale and I can stock up on crayons and markers and notebooks and Elmer’s glue sticks. We did back to school shopping for the #BagItForward effort and that helped with my love of school supply shopping!

We haven’t even shopped for back to school outfits yet. The kids get to pick out their back to school outfit each year. It is a big deal to go shopping at stores such as Sears and look through the racks to find that one special outfit they will wear the first day of school! It might be a silly tradition but it is one shopping trip they do really love and then they spend months remembering that outfit as their back to school out. I have never bought a mom back to school outfit though. I normally just grab something out of my closet since I wear dress clothes to work every day. I have made it a mission to wear more skirts and dresses lately so I am hoping to find a great skirt or dress to wear on back to school nights (we will have two this year!)

As for snacks and lunches, we buy items as we see them on sale. There are always Tyson’s Chicken Nuggets in our freezer for quick dinner nights. I am still wonder how I will manage to pack four lunches two nights a week. I guess this is how I ease my way into that happening all of the time. Grace’s one lunch last year stressed me out some nights because I just wanted to go crawl into bed and not mess with a lunch. I am sure I will figure out a routine though!

Watch for a post soon documenting how we used the Back to School Eguide this Back to School season!

NOTE: I am a member of the Collective Bias™ Social Fabric® Community.  This shop has been compensated as part of a social shopper insights study for Collective Bias™ but all opinions expressed our my own. #CBias #SocialFabric

 

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#BagItForward School Supply Shopping

July 24, 2012 By 16 Comments

Before I could even think about the list for our kids’ back to school shopping, there was a list sitting at the church entrance a few Sundays ago. The list had items that are being requested by GRACE (Greene Alliance of Church and Community Efforts). They do a drive each year to help children in need in this small community. When I say small, I mean small (2 elementary schools, 1 middle school, and 1 high school.) The community is near a great area of development but it is still a farm based community that is mostly rural. The reduced/free lunch number of students at Grace’s elementary school is over 50% so the need is GREAT here! (This is publicly available information.)

All that being said, we were thrilled to participate  in the #BagItForward event where we shopped and donated items on the Back to School Donation Drive Shopping List. We had already set a budget for our donation shopping so I combined our donation with this opportunity to make a great impact! You can see the full shopping trip and delivery to the donation location in our G+ Photo Album.

I excited to find the Elmer’s Back To School Supply List Stand right inside the front door at Walmart …

Then I found a small display of the Elmer’s products …

I love the purple disappearing glue sticks, how about you?

I kept looking around and was amazed at all of the new Elmer’s products available!

I made it home and Brian helped sort through everything so it could be packed up to be delivered!

The kids were so excited to see the box of school supplies our family was sharing. (Yes, we talk a lot about sharing!)

Then they were off to take it to the donation table …

The little helpers got to work adding the items to the donation table …

 

 Doesn’t that make you ready find a Back to School Supply Drive in your area? We hope it does!

To help with all of your Back to School shopping for your kids and the donation drives in your area, Elmer’s has created a great new app! Head over to 1st Day App Download to check out the app yourself! Plus while you are at the 1st Day App page you can enter to win a trip for four to Disney World thanks to X-Acto Desinger Series and Walmart!

Plus you can get a free 5 x 7 digital print in August from Walmart! In August, just visit the Walmart Photo Department in-store or online at Walmart.com/photo for details.

About the 1st Day App …

  • It is FREE!
  • It is a mobile phone app and website built to capture treasured photos and memories from the first day of school.
  • It allows you to personalize photo memories with quotes or captions and organize them by date, child and album.
  • It allows you to organize photos by child, using colors and tags.
  • It allows you to journal a school year of memories and share them with the classroom, family and friends as a slide show!
  • Plus all photos are housed in a secure online environment on the 1st Day™ microsite!

Need another reason to check out and use the 1st Day App? For every photo uploaded, Elmer’s will donate one product to The Kids in Need Foundation (up to 200,000 products)!

You can find Elmer’s on Facebook to keep up to date on their latest promotions and products. If you are on Twitter, be sure to follow Elmer’s on Twitter and maybe even tweet them a picture of what you find when you are shopping!

Want to find out more? Check out BagItForward.org and follow Bag It Forward on Pinterest!

What is on your kids’ Back to School supply list? Is your family contributing to a location Back to School Supply Drive? Leave us a comment and let us know!
NOTE:  I am a member of the Collective Bias™ Social Fabric® Community.  This shop has been compensated as part of a social shopper insights study for Collective Bias™ and and Elmer’s but all opinions expressed are my own.  #BagItForward #CBias #SocialFabric

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