Crayola Technology *GIVEAWAY*

I have always loved Crayola, but really, who hasn't, right? I've been coloring and creating with Crayola products for over 30 years, it seems they've always been a part of my life. And so far, they've always been a part of my chidren's lives too.

The newest Crayola items they're enjoying are the iMarker and Crayola Color Studio HD app for our iPad and the Story Studio books.

Setting the iMarker up was a little difficult. You'll need a SUPER small screwdriver, like one from an eye glasses kit. That little screw was screwed in tight, tight, tight! However, once it was opened and the AA battery (included) was inserted we were in business! The app was easy enough to download from the iTunes store and together these two items have made for some fun times. This app and the iMarker bring over 100 Crayola crayon, pencil, marker and paint colors to life...and without the mess! This would be perfect for a road trip, no more lost crayons melting in the hot summer heat and ruining the interior of your vehicle!

This app is free at the iTunes store with the purchase of the iMarker, which retails for $29.99 and is available at Toys R Us, Best Buy, the Apple Store and www.griffintechnology.com. And don't forget, these are recommend for children ages 3 and up.

Perhaps you've seen commercials for this next item. I know we sure have and my kids were excited about them. These are the Crayola Story Studio kits. These kits include a lot of fun and they let YOUR child become a part of the story! See the descriptions below (from MyBlogSpark):

For the child who craves action and adventure, Crayola Story Studio: Spider-Man lets kids upload a photo and transform themselves into a superhero that stars with Spider-Man in personalized comic book they create and color. A free access code inside the kit unlocks the Story Studio application at Crayola.com/storystudio. Kids can choose a super power, story-line, and one of six villains to battle alongside Spider-Man in their own web-slinging adventure. When they finish their story, they can save it, share it or print and color it. The kit includes paper, glossy cover sheets for printing comic book-style covers, binding strips and 15 Twistables® colored pencils to create three complete books.

For the child who loves fairytales and wonderment, Story Studio: Disney Princesses lets kids star in a fairytale with a Disney Princess. Crayola Story Studio™: Disney Princess lets kids create fairytales starring them and a Disney Princess! Kids upload a photo to transform themselves into a character, then create a story with their character and a Disney Princess! Story Studio includes everything kids need to create personalized storybooks and unlimited coloring pages – just print, color and bind the pages. They can choose storylines from Cinderella, Beauty and the Beast, the Little Mermaid, Tangled, Sleeping Beauty, and Princess and the Frog. With the free on-line access code that comes inside, Pip-Squeaks® markers and glitter glue, blank sheets and binding strips, kids create three complete story books!

For the child who likes creative adventures, the Story Studio Adventure Maker: Cars 2 lets kids join the pages of a story with Lightning McQueen, Mator and the Cars 2 characters from Disney Pixar. The set includes 10 Pip-Squeak Skinnies markers, 3 Pip Squeak broad line markers, 2 Pip-Squeak glitter glue tubes, 30 story sheets, 6 glossy cover sheets and 3 comic binding strips to make three complete story books.

These nifty kits retail for $9.99, affordable fun! No need to break the bank! I don't know all locations where they are available, but I've seen them at Walmart.

Are you interested in letting your little ones test these out too? Well, you're in luck! MyBlogSpark and Crayola want to give them to one lucky Red Sox Mommy reader!

What you'll win:

(1) Crayola Story Studio Comic Maker: Spider-Man (1) Crayola Story Studio Fairy Tale Maker: Disney Princesses (1) Crayola Story Studio Adventure Maker: Disney/Pixar Cars (1) Crayola iMarker to use with the ColorStudio HD app for iPad (1) Free download of the ColorStudio HD app

To enter leave a comment on this post answering the following: Which of these new products from Crayola would you most like to purchase for your child, and why?

If you'd like more chances to win you can do the following after doing the above requirement, leave a comment for each entry:

- Follow @RedSoxMommy on Twitter and tweet about this giveaway, you can do this once per day, just leave a comment with the link to your tweet each time (1 entry each time). Feel free to copy and paste the following tweet:

#WIN a @Crayola Technology prize pack @RedSoxMommy http://bit.ly/sJzjXC #giveaway ends 12/20 #MyBlogSpark

- "Like" Red Sox Mommy on Facebook. (1 entry)
- "Like" Griffin Technology on Facebook and leave a comment on THIS post letting me know you did so. (1 entry)
- "Like" Crayola on Facebook and leave a comment on THIS post letting me know you did so. (1 entry)
- Follow Red Sox Mommy publicly on Google Friend Connect. (1 entry)
- Blog about this giveaway, leave the link to your post in the comments. (5 entries, leave 5 comments)

Disclaimer: You must have a US mailing address. You must leave a valid email address so I can contact you if you win. I will not use the addresses for any other purpose. You must follow the first entry requirement before any extra entries will be counted as valid. No "count me in" style comments will be qualified to win, please follow the directions. You have until December 20, 2011 at 11:59pm MT to enter. I will choose the winner at random soon after that time and s/he will have 72 hours to respond to the winning notification or a new winner will be chosen by the same method.

Good luck!

If you're looking for more information on Crayola products check out their gift guide, follow them on twitter, hop on over to their Story Studio or check out the Griffin Technology online store.

Disclosure: The Crayola High Tech Holiday prize pack, product information and prize pack for giveaway have been provided by Crayola through MyBlogSpark.