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General Mills “Big G” Curvy Straws Cereal Giveaway!

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UPDATE: GIVEAWAY HAS ENDED! The winner is Smashly!

Hey, Super-Couponers! Ready for another great giveaway?

Select General Mills “Big G” cereals are taking part in a new, fun promotion… FREE curvy straws in the cereal box! (Hey, any prize inside the cereal box is enough to bring out the kid in me…) Look for the new curvy straws inside boxes of Cinnamon Toast Crunch, Lucky Charms, Reese’s Puffs, Honey Nut Cheerios, Trix and Cocoa Puffs.

To celebrate, General Mills is offering one of my blog readers a “Big G” Curvy Straws Cereal Prize Pack! One lucky reader will win:

  • 1 box of a participating Big G cereal (variety to be selected by General Mills)
  • 1 Curvy Straw
  • 1 ‘spilt’ milk bowl
  • 2 glow cups
  • 2 tangle toys

To enter, simply post a reply in the comments under this article! This General Mills’ “Big G” Curvy Straws Cereal giveaway begins today, March 29th, 2012, and runs for one week. The giveaway will end on April 4th, 2012 at 11:59pm CST, and on April 5th, one winner will be chosen via a random number generator!

AND… everyone can enjoy a little giveaway-within-the-giveaway! Visit this link to print a $1.25-off-2 coupon for General Mills’ cereals!

 

More about General Mills “Big G” cereals with Curvy Straws:

 

Did you know that simply drinking the leftover milk from cereal bowls may help kids work towards fulfilling their body’s daily dairy, calcium, and Vitamin D needs? And what better way to slurp down to the bottom of the bowl than with the new Curvy Straws, available in-pack of specially marked boxes of Big G cereal! With these collectable, connectable Curvy Straws, children of all ages can enjoy mixing and matching to build bigger, colorful straws all while helping them work towards stronger bones and muscles through increased calcium intake!

Be sure to collect all six different colorful straws featuring beloved Big G cereal characters.

Participating Big G cereals include Cinnamon Toast Crunch® (17 oz.), Lucky Charms®(16 oz.), Reese’s® Puffs (18 oz.), Honey Nut Cheerios® (17 oz.), Trix®(14.8 oz) and Cocoa Puffs® (16.5 oz). They’re made with more whole grain than any other ingredient. Big G cereal, combined with a ½ cup of milk, can help provide a great start to your family’s day.

Whether you use one or connect them all, the fun with Big G Curvy Straws doesn’t have to stop when you reach the end of the bowl. Simply grab another serving of ice-cold milk, and slurp away!

Need more cereal to go with your milk? Visit this link to download a printable coupon for $1.25 off of the purchase of (2) boxes of participating Big G cereals today!

Legal: This giveaway is sponsored by General Mills through MyBlogSpark. Responding to this post with a comment qualifies readers to enter. Duplicate posts do not increase chances of winning. The contest began at midnight CST on March 29, 2012 and will end at 11:59pm CST on April 4, 2012. One winner will be chosen via random-number generator on April 5, 2012 and announced the same day. Winner will receive ONE General Mills “Big G” Curvy Straws Cereal prize pack as shown above. Prize, information, and giveaway have been provided by General Mills through MyBlogSpark. I have received a General Mills “Big G” Curvy Straws Cereal prize pack, as well as information to help promote the product as part of this giveaway. Winner will be contacted via the Private Messaging feature of JillCataldo.com and via email. If a winner does not reply to the message within 48 hours of notification, that winner will forfeit the prize and a new winner will be chosen. Fulfillment will be handled by MyBlogSpark. Giveaway is only open to residents of the United States. Odds of winning are determined by number of eligible entries received. Good luck to everyone!

Comments

  9. My kids have not learned about toys in cereal yet, only 2.5, but, they would have so much fun with these curvy straws!

  10. I do not see many free toys in cereal anymore. My 13 yr old still loves to use straws every once in awhile. She would love me to win this.

  14. honey nut cheerios, my grandbabies would love these cute things when they come to Grandmom’s in the morning. Thanks for the chance.

  24. My boys love crazy and cool straws! That bowl is super too! Thanks for the chance!!

  25. or as my 2 1/2yo would say…yucky charms! then proceeds to eat all the yummie marshmallows, lol.

  44. Boy do I miss those days, even if the prizes were pretty cheap!

    Kids would love this one too. Hopefully we’ll get a good stock-up deal on GM cereals sometime when the boxes in-store have the promotion running!

  52. Would love to win this giveaway, especially love the adorable spilt milk bowl! haha, so cute! Hoping I will win! :)

  60. I have grown up on General Mills cereals and so have my kids. I just love all the cereals.

  66. My two little girls just love straws, and for them to win all that they would be tickled pink.

    Thank you

  75. I would love to have this set. My kids end up getting all the cool stuff like the Star Wars pens in the Cookie Crisp boxes and the color changing spoons in the Trix boxes. How about one for mom?!?

  82. Horray, we love General Mills cereal, I have a closet filled with them!

  89. We eat Honey Nut Cheerios at our house every day! My grandsons would love this!!

  91. I think since I have two boys, and there’s only one curvy straw, that might have to be the mommy prize:)

  96. We joke that my 21mo. old daughter is going to turn into a Cheerio because she loves them so much! Wonder if she’d love the prize or the cheerios more?…

  100. Love the curvy straws! I remember as a kid when the prize was the first thing you looked at in choosing a cereal!

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