If your Mom enjoys writing, Paperblanks offers elegant journals that make a thoughtful and practical Mother’s Day gift. This line of beautifully crafted journals offers a sophisticated home for notes, stories, or daily to-do lists. Thanks to their compact size, they easily fit in your bag or purse but allow for plenty of room to capture all your thoughts.
Each Paperblanks journal has its own artistic cover inspired by historic and cultural designs. The books also lie flat thanks to the smythe sewn binding instead of the more modern practice of gluing the pages to the spine. The paper creates the best writing experience possible with extra smoothness and eco-friendly material.
Two lucky Mom Central readers will each win a gift set of Paperblanks Journals. The gift set features three unique products from the Paperblanks collections including:
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Enter to win a Samsung Galaxy Note Smartphone!
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Meaningful Beauty Skin Care
Moms have so much to worry about, we rarely take any time for ourselves. Once in a while, take a minute to care for your skin so you can look and feel your best!
Meaningful Beauty, the advanced anti-aging skincare system by Cindy Crawford and anti-aging specialist, Dr. Jean-Louis Sebagh, can help make your skin look young and refreshed. The beauty line helps boost skin’s resilience and reduces the visible signs of aging, leaving you feeling revitalized and ready to take on another day.
One lucky Mom Central reader will win a Meaningful Beauty gift pack! This gift package includes the entire 5-piece system to getting younger-looking skin. You will be equipped for everything from cleansing and hydrating to repairing and brightening your skin.
To enter, leave a comment below by Monday, May 14 and tell us which beauty product plays a role in your daily skin care regimen. The winner will be selected randomly and notified by email.
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Moms throughout the world share a central value- supporting and caring for their family. Sometimes amidst the chaos in our own lives we forget that mothers in other countries need more help than we do. Just putting food on the table can be a challenge for mothers in Njabini, Africa, where opportunities to earn money are scarce. If you want to help Moms from these other cultures, here’s one way you could make a difference.
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A Mom may wish for nothing more than a quiet afternoon this Mother’s Day, looking to escape from the constant go-go-go lifestyle and catch a few hours of serenity. Wind down from your hectic week by swapping chores and carpools for a relaxing day of reading with your child this May 13th.
One lucky Mom Central reader will win a “Mommy and Me” Eric Carle-themed prize package, complete with gifts for both Mom and child to relax with. While your child enjoys Eric Carle’s The Very Hungry Caterpillar, Around the Farm sound book, or the Very Hungry Caterpillar puzzle, you can curl up with one of Penguin’s bestsellers such as The Help, Eat Pray Love, or The Witness.
To enter win your own "Mommy and Me" gift pack, leave a comment below by Friday, May 11. The winner will be selected randomly and notified by email. Please note, this giveaway is open to U.S. residents only.
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This Mother’s Day, give Mom a break and let her indulge in a delicious yet healthy treat from Peeled Snacks. These organic, gluten-free dried fruit snacks allow Mom to enjoy exotic fruits without leaving home. No need to feel guilty after enjoying these all-natural snacks with lots of vitamins and no added sugar. The tropical flavors include Much-ado-about-Mango, Apricot-a-lot, pine-4-pineapple, and more.
Tea Time Gift Tin
This giveaway includes an assortment of Peeled Snack multi-serving bags that blend favorite fruit flavors to make Paradise Found (pineapple, mango, and banana), Farmer’s Market Trio (cherries, apples, and raisins), and GoFigure (figs, dates, and apricots). A single-serving bag of each fruit will also be included in this prize so Mom can try all the Peeled Snack flavors. A Tay Tea tin, filled with hand-blended loose tea, completes this package for a perfectly relaxing Mother’s Day gift.
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 Photo credit: Tip Junkie
Next week, May 7-11, marks National Teacher Appreciation Week. Recognize the educators who influence your kids on a daily basis, and take the time to thank your child’s teacher with a homemade present. A personal gift from you and your child will convey your gratitude, and you can have fun making it! Try one of these ideas or come up with your own way to show appreciation for the educators in your child’s life.
S’mores Bag
Craft idea from: Tip Junkie
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Cinco de Mayo commemorates an important day in Mexican history. Introduce your kids to Mexican culture and celebrate the upcoming holiday with your family by making a festive craft that lends itself to artists of any age.
These paper maracas provide a fun and easy activity to do around Cinco de Mayo with supplies you have lying around the house. Let your kids decorate their own maraca and watch their imagination run wild! Using any variety of craft items – including pom poms, glitter, markers, buttons, tissue paper – will make this activity unique each time you do it.
Paper Plate Maracas
Craft idea from: Crafy Children’s Librarian
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Little girls love to imagine they’re princesses! They try on tiaras, practice their “royal waves”, and wobble around in special shoes. Another fun way to experience being a princess is to read books and watch movies about princesses. To celebrate National Princess Week, we’ve got the perfect bundle of movies and a book to give your little princess the royal treatment!
Three lucky Mom Central readers will win a Princess Pack containing The Princess Diaries: 10th Anniversary Edition plus The Princess Diaries 2: The Royal Engagement 2-Movie Collection Blu-ray + DVD Combo Pack and The Very Fairy Princess Here Comes the Flower Girl! book. This book is co-authored by Julie Andrews and her daughter and writing partner, Emma Walton Hamilton and published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers.
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