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Hello, friends!
I am so excited about today’s post because it’s packed with fun! As you know, the US is getting ready toย compete in Rio de Janeiro at the 2016 Olympic games and your little ones are getting ready to go back to school. This is why the awesome Team USA sponsors:ย Coca-Colaยฎ, Kelloggโsยฎ, HERSHEYโS, and ยฉ/ยฎ J.M. Smucker have partneredย with Scholastic to create the โStart School Like a Championโ programย that’s exclusive to Walmart! For every select product you purchase, you will receive a FREE Scholastic book!
The book selection is incredible, you’ll find that it’s filled with all of your kids favorite characters! This awesome offer runsย from June 29th to September 30th,ย and you can claim up to 90 books! 90 FREE books just for purchasing things you already would? Pretty awesome, right?! Kellogg’s ran a similar promotion last year and we participated and loved it, so this year was a real treat!
We headed down to Walmart and picked up quite a few participating items!
How to Get Free Books
Easy Steps to Redeem:
- Buy any participating Coca-Cola, HERSHEY’S, Kellogg’s, or J.M. Smucker product at Walmart between 6/29/16 and 9/30/16. For a full list of participating products,ย head here.
- Join or log in to Kellogg’s Family Rewards.
- Upload your receipt within 30 days of purchase.
- Choose or donate your free book!
Here are a few screenshots of the steps:
Easy, right? The boys were so excited to check out all of the books – one that really drew them in were the Owl Diaries story. So, we decided to use one of the items we picked up to create some fun (and easy) bird feeders!
You’ll Need:
- Bird Seed
- Toilet Paper Rolls
- Scissors
- Peanut Butter
- Something to spread the peanut butter
- String
Steps:
- Grab an empty plastic container and fill it with birdseed. Anything flat will do!
- Make two small cuts on either side of the top of the toilet paper roll.
- String your string through the holes in the toilet paper roll, when you get the length you want, cut and tie off at the top.
- Spread your peanut butter all over the outside of the roll. If you’re doing this with kiddos, try holding it by the string for them so they can focus on covering their roll.
- When your toilet paper roll is covered in peanut butter, begin to roll it into the birdseed. Make sure you roll it back and forth and even sprinkle a little on top so the whole roll is covered.
- Hang on a tree outdoors, and enjoy!
I haven’t made bird feeders in such a long time, but it was a simple activity that the boys and I could enjoy together – and it was so much fun!
Be sure to Start school like a champion by earning a free Scholastic book by purchasing any of the over 100 participating Coca-Cola, HERSHEY’S, Kelloggโs, or J.M. Smucker’s product at Walmart between 6/29/16 โ 9/30/16 (1 item = 1 book)! What’s great is you also have the option to donate your books to a school of your choice – so ย be sure to share the love! We’ll be donating some of our books to my son’s school, so he’ll be able to share them with his classmates!
Happy Reading! ๐
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We love Scholastics books. I order my kids’ books from them all the time. And the bird feeder I remember making when I was younger!
This is such a fun, classic craft and I love this program! You can’t beat getting free books to keep or donate!
I love, love, love when companies do work to help communities! Scholastic is such a great company, and I had no idea they did this! How awesome!
I love that Scholastic is doing this. Anything that encourages reading and literacy in kids is a good thing in my book. (No pun intended.)
So many great things going on here! Love the bird feeder project and those are all the products we use – win, win!
I love scholastic books, especially when I can get the books for free. The products listed are a staple in my home its a win win.
I Love These FREE Books I Did It Last Year Too!! My Kids Loved The Books & WE Plan On Getting Again!
What a great program. So glad Hershey’s and Smuckers are pairing up to aide in this literacy program. I would definitely like to donate some books.
I have never heard of this program. I had no idea. I can’t wait to jump in and try it out with my granddaughter in mind. She loves to read.
This is such a simple way to redeem receipts for books! I love the bird feeder idea!
we love scholastic–we do two book fairs each year with our PTA-they really have some awesome programs. Reading is so important! we love to order from them
This is a great post for people with children starting school soon. My daughter is 26 years old but I have many neighbors whose children will be starting school next week in Florida and I will share this post with them. We have many birds in our backyard. We have a bird feeder but I want to try to make the one that you gave us instructions for since we have to fill the theater we have very frequently.
What a great way to get free books and how cool is that bird feeder? I would love to curl up with a book and then watch the birds!
Free books?? YES!! Thanks for the heads up and I love that bird feeder!
Thanks for letting me know about the free books. My grand daughter would be ecstatic! She loves reading and I am happy that she does. The bird feeder idea is easy to make and very inexpensive. Great idea!
This is such an awesome way to add books to your collection. My boys love to read so this would be great for us!
I had forgotten about this bird feeder craft. I did those when I was a kid. Thanks for reminding me!
This is great! What a great way to earn some free books. I’m definitely going to do this. Can’t wait to make the craft as well.
i love this. i wonder if i bought anything with it this past weekend. i cannot wait for gymnastics; i’ve been obsessed my whole life. and i cant talk about back to school. i’ve been crying for a week straight.
I love Kellogg’s Family Rewards program! I also love Kellogg’s products! Thanks for telling us about this promotion