Wednesday, December 9, 2009

Back to Basics Toys ~ A Trivia Game and a Giveaway

This giveaway is closed.
The winner is Our Busy Homeschool.
Thanks to all who entered!





You know from this post that I am a huge fan of Back to Basics Toys. Well, I now LOVE them even more. I just learned that they have launched a new online trivia game, called Name that Toy, which supports Toys for Tots. Here is how it works ~ for every question that a player answers correctly Back to Basics Toys will donate 10 cents towards toys to Toys for Tots. No purchase is necessary and players can play all 50 questions or repeat the game.

Go on over and check it out. Not only is it fun to learn interesting facts about your favorite retro toys, it is also a wonderful way to help raise money for a good cause.

Back to Basics Toys is also sponsoring daily toy giveaways called #Tweets4Toys. Here is how it works:

  1. Follow @Back2BasicsToys on Twitter.
  2. They will announce the day’s giveaway in the morning with the hashtag #Tweets4Toys.
  3. Either RT our tweet or compose your own tweet about classic toys and include the hashtag #Tweets4Toys.
  4. They will enter you into that day’s giveaway each time you tweet the hashtag #Tweets4Toys.
  5. They will select and announce the daily winner the next morning around 9am ET.
Here are the daily prizes:Now for the really fun part ~ Back to Basics is offering one of my lucky readers a Bicentennial Edition set of Lincoln Logs. YAY! Need a reminder of how much fun these are? Check out this video.
First Entry Requirement ~ Go play Name that Toy. Then come back and leave me a comment telling me one fun fact you learned.

1. Follow Back to Basics Toys on Twitter. (1 entry)

2. Subscribe to Raising Itty-Bitty Bookworms. (1 entry)

*Make sure and leave a comment after this post for each entry so I can give you all the credit you deserve (and don't forget your email address too)! Winner will be announced Monday, December 14, and contacted by email. Winner has three days to contact me at contact@ittybittybookworm.com. After three days another winner will be drawn. Contest is for US residents only. No P.O. Boxes.*

at

59 comments:

  1. JulesmcgDecember 9, 2009 at 12:52 PM

    Frank Lloyd Wright's son is the creator of Lincoln Logs. Who knew?

    ReplyDelete
  2. ElizabethDecember 9, 2009 at 12:53 PM

    I just started following Back to Basics on Twitter.

    ReplyDelete
  3. JulesmcgDecember 9, 2009 at 12:53 PM

    Following on twitter!

    ReplyDelete
  4. JulesmcgDecember 9, 2009 at 12:56 PM

    Subscribed to Itty-Bitty Bookworms!

    ReplyDelete
  5. aDecember 9, 2009 at 1:03 PM

    i learned that gumby was created by art clokey. thanks!
    aimee c.

    ReplyDelete
  6. aDecember 9, 2009 at 1:03 PM

    i subscribe as well. thanks!
    aimee c.

    ReplyDelete
  7. aDecember 9, 2009 at 1:04 PM

    i follow back to basics on twitter. such a great company. thanks again!
    aimee c.

    ReplyDelete
  8. sawlibrarianDecember 9, 2009 at 1:21 PM

    Kewpie turns 100 this year.

    ReplyDelete
  9. wmmahaneyDecember 9, 2009 at 1:21 PM

    The Kewpie doll is turning 100.
    wmmahaney(at)att(dot)net

    ReplyDelete
  10. wmmahaneyDecember 9, 2009 at 1:21 PM

    I subscribe in Google Reader.
    wmmahaney(at)att(dot)net

    ReplyDelete
  11. AnonymousDecember 9, 2009 at 1:32 PM

    I learned that the Slinky was created by accident.

    williams3129 at comcast dot net

    ReplyDelete
  12. AnonymousDecember 9, 2009 at 1:33 PM

    I subscribe to Itty Bitty Bookworms through Google Reader.

    williams3129 at comcast dot net

    ReplyDelete
  13. TraceyDecember 9, 2009 at 1:47 PM

    I learned that the Trivia game is addicting. LOL. And I learned that the Lincoln Logs were inspired by Tokyo's earthquake-proof Imperial hotel.

    ReplyDelete
  14. ElizabethDecember 9, 2009 at 1:50 PM

    I just subscribed in Google Reader. Looks like I have some catching up do to on older posts!

    ReplyDelete
  15. TraceyDecember 9, 2009 at 1:51 PM

    I follow Back to Basics on twitter!
    Thanks for this fun giveaway! ;)

    ReplyDelete
  16. KimDecember 9, 2009 at 1:53 PM

    I learned Thomas the Train comes from the island of sodor!

    ReplyDelete
  17. JessDecember 9, 2009 at 1:56 PM

    I learned how the Slinky was invented. So cool and simple!

    ReplyDelete
  18. JessDecember 9, 2009 at 1:58 PM

    I'm following them on Twitter.

    ReplyDelete
  19. AnonymousDecember 9, 2009 at 2:10 PM

    I learned that Carrom dates back to the 1890s!!

    ReplyDelete
  20. AnonymousDecember 9, 2009 at 2:12 PM

    I am now following BacktoBasics on twitter (bytesofmemory)

    ReplyDelete
  21. AnonymousDecember 9, 2009 at 2:23 PM

    I am subsribed to Raising Itty-Bitty Bookworms

    ReplyDelete
  22. ♥ ♥ ♥December 9, 2009 at 3:50 PM

    Bozo the clown started out as a read-along record in the 1940's, and later emerged as a TV star in the following decades.

    ReplyDelete
  23. TristanDecember 9, 2009 at 5:36 PM

    I loved learning that the Kewpie doll is 100 this year - amazing!

    ReplyDelete
  24. TristanDecember 9, 2009 at 5:38 PM

    I'm a follower now!

    ReplyDelete
  25. Natalie PlanetSmartyDecember 9, 2009 at 6:06 PM

    I got stumped on Lincoln Logs as well. What a fun giveaway!

    ReplyDelete
  26. DebbieDecember 9, 2009 at 6:36 PM

    I didnt' realize that Lincoln Logs were designed following the Tokyo's Earthquake Proof Hotel.

    ReplyDelete
  27. DebbieDecember 9, 2009 at 6:37 PM

    I follow your blog.

    ReplyDelete
  28. Melissa TaylorDecember 10, 2009 at 12:44 AM

    Cartoonist John Gruelle created Raggedy Ann for his daughter in 1915.

    ReplyDelete
  29. Melissa TaylorDecember 10, 2009 at 12:46 AM

    I subscribe! :)

    ReplyDelete
  30. Mama JennDecember 10, 2009 at 2:01 AM

    The slinky was invented by an engineer who accidentally knocked a spring off his desk!!!! Oh, and my daughter LOVES Lincoln Logs. They are actually on my Christmas wishlist for her!!!! I want to win these SOOOOO bad!!!!

    ReplyDelete
  31. Mama JennDecember 10, 2009 at 2:02 AM

    I subscribe!!!

    ReplyDelete
  32. A Stable BeginningDecember 10, 2009 at 9:35 AM

    Mr. Bill was first introduced on Saturday Night Live in the 70's.

    ReplyDelete
  33. A Stable BeginningDecember 10, 2009 at 9:36 AM

    I subscribe

    ReplyDelete
  34. UnknownDecember 10, 2009 at 2:06 PM

    I learned that the ETch a Sketch was first introduced in 1960---Ummmm...I was born that year. WOW!!

    ejrichter60 at gmail dot com

    ReplyDelete
  35. StefanyDecember 11, 2009 at 4:00 PM

    "Our goal is to continue to offer alternatives to the increasing number of toys that are inherently violent, poorly made, or based upon pop culture television shows."

    I can appreciate that so much! With 5 kids, I am always looking for toys that are "good" for my kids.

    ReplyDelete
  36. StefanyDecember 11, 2009 at 4:00 PM

    I already follow Back To Basics Toys on Twitter at @ToBeThode

    ReplyDelete
  37. TiciaDecember 11, 2009 at 9:21 PM

    Didn't know that mosaics were from 400 BC

    ReplyDelete
  38. TiciaDecember 11, 2009 at 9:21 PM

    I follow Itty-Bitty

    ReplyDelete
  39. abcDecember 11, 2009 at 11:44 PM

    I learned that Spock said "Live long and Prosper" not Captain Kirk!

    ReplyDelete
  40. abcDecember 11, 2009 at 11:44 PM

    I subscribe to your blog!

    ReplyDelete
  41. AnonymousDecember 12, 2009 at 1:11 AM

    i learned that Abe Bookman created the fortune telling Magic 8 Ball in 1946.

    ReplyDelete
  42. AnonymousDecember 12, 2009 at 1:12 AM

    i subscribe

    ReplyDelete
  43. CarrieDecember 12, 2009 at 1:48 PM

    I didn't know that Elmo ALWAYS refers to himself in the third person - my 2-yr-old does that, too. :) Or he calls himself, 'you'. :)

    ReplyDelete
  44. Jodi RenshawDecember 12, 2009 at 3:03 PM

    Boy ... I got alot of those answers right! I do love toys :)

    I did learn that the Kewpie doll was introduced in 1909. (One of the questions I got wrong).

    Thanks for the giveaway!

    ReplyDelete
  45. Jodi RenshawDecember 12, 2009 at 3:03 PM

    I am now a follower of Back to Basics on Twitter.

    Thanks for the giveaway!

    ReplyDelete
  46. SamDecember 12, 2009 at 6:11 PM

    Following

    ReplyDelete
  47. SamDecember 12, 2009 at 6:17 PM

    I learned that Rock'em Sock'em Robots are old, and I don't know much about old toys!

    ReplyDelete
  48. hippiechickDecember 12, 2009 at 6:36 PM

    I learned that the Kewpie Doll was first introduced in 1909 although I had no idea what a kewpie doll was before I took the quiz.

    kaos2me at gmail dot com

    ReplyDelete
  49. hippiechickDecember 12, 2009 at 6:37 PM

    I subscribe to Itty Bitty Bookworms

    kaos2me at gmail dot com

    ReplyDelete
  50. hippiechickDecember 12, 2009 at 6:38 PM

    I'm following Back to Basics toys on Twitter.

    kaos2me at gmail dot com

    ReplyDelete
  51. amyDecember 12, 2009 at 7:19 PM

    the Magic 8 Ball was invented in the 1940s??? That's a big surprise.

    ms.amydavis@gmail.com

    ReplyDelete
  52. amyDecember 12, 2009 at 7:20 PM

    I subscribe via Google Reader!

    ms.amydavis@gmail.com

    ReplyDelete
  53. AmandaDecember 13, 2009 at 1:12 AM

    Using an exercise trampoline for five to ten minutes is the equivalent to running one mile.

    ReplyDelete
  54. karmamaDecember 13, 2009 at 11:34 AM

    Tinkertoys are based on the Pythagorean progressive right triangle concept. I made over $3 for Toys for Tots!

    ReplyDelete
  55. Gidget Girl ReadingDecember 13, 2009 at 4:42 PM

    I subscribe

    ReplyDelete
  56. Gidget Girl ReadingDecember 13, 2009 at 4:43 PM

    What item from 1916 was inspired by Tokyo's earthquake-proof Imperial hotel?

    Lincoln Logs

    ReplyDelete
  57. Christy of The Travel BagsDecember 14, 2009 at 10:31 AM

    I learned that Bozo the Clown used to be a teacher...sort of. ;) I learned a lot of other things as well, but who can pass up giving kudos to Bozo!

    ReplyDelete
  58. Christy of The Travel BagsDecember 14, 2009 at 10:42 AM

    I already subscribe to you! Wee hoooo!!!

    ReplyDelete
  59. Christy of The Travel BagsDecember 14, 2009 at 10:43 AM

    I am now an official Back to Basics twitter groupie. I love that catalog and have shopped from it for years! Everybody say SOCK MONKEY!

    ReplyDelete