Back to School with Confidence and Hallmark {Review & Giveaway}

Every time you need a little pick me up, a cute gift, a card or anything fun for your best friends, where do you go to? I always go to the Hallmark store. I love their cards and selections, just cute stuff that us Women love and enjoy.

Hallmark has created a Back to School Confidents list

Hallmark’s Back to School Confidence Checklist

• Let them hold onto your words. Kids often get embarrassed when parents say “I love you” in front of their friends. Think about sticking a card in their backpack or inside a textbook, so they can find it later and hold onto it all day.
• Surprise your child with a lunchtime delight. Fruits and veggies will help a kid be physically fit, but don’t forget about a child’s emotional wellness. The unexpected “I love you” or “good luck” will let your child know you’re by their side, even after they get on the school bus.
• Story time is an opportunity to develop reading skills, but it’s also a time for parents and kids to bond. If work keeps you from being home after school or an evening activity causes you to miss bedtime, Hallmark can help.

With School almost back in session I also love to go to Hallmark and check out their brand new Hallmark’s Kids Collection – features topics for young kids, including nerves about school and positive reinforcement for hard work, as well as topics for tweens/teens, such as peer pressure and choosing friends wisely.

I love to sneak a card into the kids lunch every so often and the first day of Middle School for the Tween sure would be a great opportunity to give him that little pick me up and “You can do it!” feeling. These cards are bright colors and kid friendly. I love how colorful they are and they start at only $1.99. Go ahead, grab a few and make your little ones first day, too.

Besides cool kids oriented cards, hallmark also has a new line called “Lunch Notes for Kids”. I always loved the idea of adding little “love” notes to the kids lunches, ever since they were old enough to recognize a picture I added hearts and I love you’s to their lunchbox. They always got a little warm feeling when they looked at it and knew Mom is there waiting for them. Gone are the days when I wrote a little sticky note with a simple “I love you” note, Hallmark has created an entire line with cute and wonderful words to encourage your little one that Mom (or anyone else for that matter) loves them, they are special and just hang in there, your day s almost over. These little Lunch Notes defiantly will make any Toddler through even Highschooler’ s day.

I know my teen is a pretty tough kid, BUT I’m sure he would love to find a Note from mom in his notebooks every so often as well.

These Notes are adorable with sayings like “You ROCK!!! I just wanted to mention it. Love, Your #1 groupie” or I’ve been thinking it over, and I’ve concluded that on the coolness scale, you’re off the charts”…. they are adorable and can be given to anyone from Tween to Teen or even a Girlfriend/boyfriend in class, just to show someone you care and hopefully make their day a little bit brighter. There are 50 LunchBox Notes per pack and it retails for about $6.95.

Now with all the talk about the Tween and Teen, I sure don’t want the toddler to be left out. Hallmark defiantly has something for everyone, so this cute Recordable Storybook is just AWESOME. Have you seen these? They come in many stories from “All the Ways I Love you” to Disney “What makes a princess” or “Lightning McQueen and his winning Team’. There are too many stories to count; I want to collect them all!!

You can record the story in your own voice and your little one can play it back as many times as they like; no more ONE MORE STORY at night, the book will do the reading for you. Of course, you can still sit and cuddle with your little one through all the books, but you read it once and the book plays it back as many times as your little one likes. The books are of heavier cardstock, so easy for little hands to turn the page; these books are wonderful for your little one 18 month and up; My Toddler had a blast listening to my voice on the “Counting Kisses” book. I love that the recording will stay forever, even if the batteries run out. This would be wonderful for Grandma that lives far away or a sick loved one to give to your little one to keep them close by. These recordable Storybooks retail for $29.99 and can be purchased through your favorite Hallmark Store.

For more information about all the cool products that Hallmark has to offer, be sure to check them out on the web, follow on Facebook or Twitter @HallmarkPR

Hallmark has some wonderful products and I’m honored that Hallmark choose me to tell you about their new and cool products for your Tween, Teen and Toddler. Hallmark has also agreed in hosting a Giveaway right here on 2Boys=1Girl=OneCrazyMom, one lucky reader will win a hallmark prize pack that consists of :

• One recordable Story Book
• a pack of Lunch Notes
• Hallmark’s Kids Collection three-card pack

Be sure to enter our Giveaway below. A HUGE Thanks to hallmark for sponsoring this amazing Back to School prize pack.

we were provided with the same prize pack for our honest review, all opinions are 100% our own and no other compensation was nor will be received. Facebook is not associated with this Giveaway and will be released from any liability. The prize pack will be shipped directly through the PR company.