Ladies and gent (UP), I am about to BLOW YOUR MINDS with a back-to-school giveaway. Think back, children of the 80s and 90s, what was your very favorite school supply item EVAH? Did it happen to look something like…THIS?
So maybe yours had kittens or puppies or a horse on it, but if you knew what was UP, you had a Trapper Keeper. And now, SO CAN YOUR KIDS!! That’s right, people…
My friends, all of your old skool supply fantasies have come true. You can now re-live your childhood by hooking your kid up with a Trapper Keeper for school this year! And it’s snazzy re-design makes it better than ever. I don’t even know WHY I was worried about Joshua going to middle school. He will rule the halls with this thing!
Aww yeah. He now has all the tools he needs to succeed in Middle School. Thanks, Trapper Keeper!
When Emily and I were at Mom 2.0 we met the Trapper Keeper crew, several of whom reside right here in Dayton, OHIO WHAAAAT!?!?! Because in case you didn’t know, Dayton is the original home of Trapper Keeper. YESSIR! And we are proud of it!
But I digress. Let me tell you why YOU, yes YOU are gonna wanna win one of these awesome new Trapper Keepers, fully loaded with accessories like the Trapper Keeper student planner, pocket folder, dividers, and 1-subject notebook.
FEAST YOUR EYES!
My favorite feature is the Snapper Trapper reinforced holes that keep your items IN the Trapper Keeper binder but also make them a snap to remove…allow me to demonstrate:
Cool, right? The new Trapper Keeper and all its accessories is totally BOSS! And you can win one! Here’s how to enter:
All you have to do to enter is either go to TrapperKeeper.com or Trapper Keeper’s Facebook page (where they are also having some SWEET giveaways!) and look around at the all-new Trapper Keeper line, then come back here and leave me a comment telling me what your fave feature is!
For an OPTIONAL second entry, you can leave me a second, separate comment telling me what kind of Trapper Keeper you had as a kid (kittens over here, naturally!) OR if you were a deprived child and didn’t have one, WHOSE you envied. OOOH!
One giveaway winner will be chosen on Friday August 1 at 6pm EST! Good luck and happy TRAPPIN’!!
Thanks, Mead, for providing me with a Trapper Keeper to review and the one to give away! All opinions about the Trapper Keeper are naturally, my very own.
Xenia, OH: 14-year-old Rubik’s Cube phenomenon Drew Brads of Xenia, who last July won the title of World Champion on the Rubik’s Pyrmanix at the Rubik’s Cube World Championships, announces today that he is partnering with the kids video review site KidzVuz.com. KidzVuz is Brads’ official sponsor for the Rubik’s Cube US Nationals competition which will take place in Jersey City, New Jersey on August 1-3, 2014.
“I’m really pumped to be partnering with KidzVuz.com to help get other kids excited about Rubik’s Cubes, and their help in getting me to nationals could not be more appreciated. I started cubing at age nine and I would have loved to have had access to a site like KidzVuz at that time. It has a lot to offer kids no matter what their interests are.”
KidzVuz.com co-founder Rebecca Levey says working with Brads is a great fit. “KidzVuz is all about empowering kids so we jumped at the chance to sponsor Drew and support his super cool skills and talent. We know that our tween and teen audience will love to see Drew compete, and get inside tips and tricks from a teen master.”
In addition to being the Pyraminx World Champion, Brads is also the North American Record Holder in that event, having solved it in 1.71 seconds at an official competition. As far as the U.S. Nationals coming up in just over a week, he says, “Although I mostly attend competitions in order to have fun talking to other cube enthusiasts, I do have a few goals that I would really like reach. First of all I would like to place in the top 8 competitors for the standard 3×3 cube, and achieve an average time of less than 9 seconds. Secondly, I would like to defend my title as Pyraminx National Champion. Finally, I would like to fulfill my long-term goal of breaking the world record for the Pyraminx, which currently stands at 2.96 seconds. Right now I’m only 0.05 seconds away from this record, so I have high hopes!”
As part of their partnership, Brads has made a three-part tutorial video series covering the Rubik’s Cube on KidzVuz.com which you can see on his KidzVuz Channel at https://www.kidzvuz.com/kidz/xtowncuber/reviews/ and will also be promoting KidzVuz.com on his own YouTube channel at youtube.com/xtowncuber.
About KidzVuz: KidzVuz is videos by kids, for kids. The ONLY safe, moderated video site for kids ages 6-14, KidzVuz.com is where kids make and share video reviews about the products and things they love like books, movies, toys, tech, fashion, food, travel and more. On KidzVuz.com kids find other kids with the same interests and hobbies, make friends and share videos, and because KidzVuz is fully moderated it is a bully-free site where kids can express themselves and be who they want to be!
For interviews, contact Drew Brads at 937-344-8995 or armstrongbrads@netzero.com. For more information on KidzVuz, contact co-founder Rebecca Levey at Rebecca@kidzvuz.com.
You guys remember last year when I amazed you with the tale of my 13-year-old nephew, Drew, who can solve the Rubik’s Cube super-fast? And is in fact, the stinking WORLD CHAMPION on the Pyraminx – Rubik’s pyramid-shaped puzzle? Well, he’s 14 now and he’s ready to break some more Rubik’s records at the Rubik’s U.S. Nationals in Jersey City, New Jersey in just over a week. Of course, being a dedicated FanAunt, I am super proud of him! So proud, in fact, that awhile back I started helping him look for a sponsor he could work with to help fund his trip to Nationals – New Jersey is not exactly in close proximity to Ohio, right? Like every “sport”, competitive cubing has its price. And Drew has a lot to offer -he’s a rather popular cuber with a great YouTube following. And who could resist this face, really?
Photo credit: Aaron James
Shortly before I began reaching out to potential sponsors for Drew, I heard about a new video review site for kids called KidzVuz.com. I didn’t dig deep to see what they were all about until a friendI met at iRetreat and I were talking and she suggested they might be a good fit for Drew – and a major light bulb went off – why hadn’t I thought of this before?
Long story short, in less than a week, KidzVuz agreed to sponsor Drew for his trip to the Rubik’s US Nationals, and I began learning about this truly awesome site. It is SO much fun for kids – Joshua is well and truly addicted. I am excited to tell you about KidzVuz. But first, A LOGO!
KidzVuz is a site that is video reviews by kids, for kids age 6-14. It is 100% moderated, so it’s safe and bully-free. Kids can make video reviews of things they love AND watch other kids’ reviews to get their opinions on things, too! I love it because it’s just a very positive kid community – with complete adult moderation – so kids can express themselves safely and really let their true colors show. So far Joshua and Sophie LOVE KidzVuz – I haven’t made Sophie an account to make videos yet, she’s mostly interested in watching them. But Joshua, that boy is my star reviewer. He LOVES making them (he had uploaded three so far and he has oh, I don’t know about ELEVENTY BILLION on my iPad that I haven’t gotten uploaded yet because I cannot keep up with him!!) If you want to check out his major cuteness and his opinions on Mario Kart 8, Diary of a Wimpy Kid, and Super Smash Bros. check out his channel! Notice he doesn’t use his real name – that’s not allowed. It’s so very safe!
(Side note: whenever I watch his videos I grin the entire time. He’s SO CUTE! He’s a novice at this but I think he is going to make some really awesome video reviews in the coming weeks!)
I can’t tell you how much I love KidzVuz so far. Of course, any business that had the wisdom to see the value in supporting Drew in his Rubik’s dreams already had some credit with me – but actually using the site has been fantastic for my kids and me this week. I’ve seen personality come out of Joshua that I did not know was in there – and I LOVE it! He is so confident in front of the webcam in a way that he’s not in front people. I love it so much that I texted this to Emily a couple days ago:
(because they are currently on vacation)
And here’s another great thing about KidzVuz: back when Drew was 9 years old and bought his first Rubik’s Cube, he turned to the internet to learn how to solve it. But of course, with HEAVY supervision from his parents. Because kids can’t just search the internet, yo. In case you hadn’t heard, it is NOT SAFE. Now, just a few short years later, kids have an entirely safe site where they can go to learn how to play their favorite video game, watch a tutorial on how to upcycle a t-shirt, or find a sweet hack for Minecraft. SAFE!! How awesome is that? It’s not just awesome, the value is really priceless. On another yet really important note, I have loved working with the women behind KidzVuz, Rebecca and Nancy, to coordinate Drew’s sponsorship. You guys, the people behind this company are awesome people and they care about your kids.
And thanks to Drew, motivated kids an also go on KidzVuz to learn how to solve a Rubik’s Cube – he made three very detailed 10-minute tutorials in a series. If you’ve got an aspiring cuber on your hands, he or she just needs to watch each video a few times. That’s how Drew learned to cube – tutorials and tons and tons of practice! You can check out his videos here on his KidzVuz channel.
Here, Drew is demonstrating a fast solve of the Rubik’s Cube – 9.71 seconds. You know, as you do.
I am SO excited for Drew to have a great competition at the US Nationals August 1-3! His goals is to retain his #1 spot on the Pyraminx and hopefully break the World Record for the Pyraminx as well as solve the “regular” Rubik’s Cube in under 9 seconds. I will of course, be keeping you posted on his progress. By SCREAMING ABOUT IT LOUDLY ON THE INTERNET!
Thanks KidzVuz for sponsoring Drew and for ALL you to do ensure our kids have a safe, fun, video review site to call their own.
Do your kids like rock out in front of a web cam? Get over to KidzVuz and sign them the heck up!!
