Pick & Draw Stocking Stuffer GIVEAWAY!!!

Contest ended 11:59 PM Sunday, December 11, 2011.

All comments after #54 are late entries and were not calculated in the drawing using Random.org.

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Awhile back in the mail we received a small little package filled with oodles of fun.

Inside a small bubble envelope was a plastic box holding Rich Davis' game....

 Pick and Draw.

Pick and Draw is a non-competitive, fun way of learning how to draw cartoon faces.  It can be played alone or with friends.  Your finished faces can then be the spark for creative thinking or even story development. 

At first it looks like a deck of cards held in a sturdy, clear plastic box.  When you open the box you find thick, glossy, colorful cards.  There are step by step instruction cards, a couple of notes from Rich and 45 colorful playing cards.

Click HERE to play the game on the Pick and Draw Website.

First you sort the deck by color.  There is a smaller stack for each face part: Face, Nose, Eyes, Mouth and Hair.  Those cards are laid out, color by color, in a line in front of the person who will be drawing.

It will look like this:

The next step is to flip over one card from each colored pile and place it below the mini-deck it came from.

Now it's time to draw.  Grab your pencil and a piece of paper.  First, draw the shape found on the red Face card.  Then draw the shape on the nose card some place on your face. Next you draw the eyes, the mouth, ears (using instructions that Rich gives in the game box) and finally hair.

Here is Otto drawing one of his creations:

I love so many things about this game.  Otto my 7 year old has been drawing stick figures for at least a year now.  I think we have gone through a couple of trees so far in paper with him drawing.  I have always wanted to help him develop those drawings but never thought I could draw much more than stick figures myself.  Introduce Pick and Draw...... and he has some of the most amazing, funny faces!

(Hey, Rich?  If you're reading....... Otto and his brother Abram (5) keep requesting a STAR WARS Jedi Pick and Draw Game.  I must say that their stick bodied Jedi are now starting to make very interesting facial expressions!)

I love how kids can play Pick and Draw together or alone.  I love how it is a quiet, yet a VERY mentally ENGAGING game.  I love how there are so many combination possibilities (60,000!!).  I love how it uses simple shapes that anyone can draw.  I love how it's quick to learn and you can play for 3 minutes or 3 hours.

Not only are there 60,000 combination possibilities but there are numerous ways to use the same set of cards.  Included in the box is this card:

 WOW!   It took me some time to look at these faces and realize that INDEED they ARE all drawn from the same shapes!

This game has so many possibilities.  One is to pull language arts into the mix.  Once your child has drawn a new character, ask him to name their new face.  Once they have a name have them go farther and use their imagination to envision what they like to wear?  Where they like to go? Where they live? Who do they live with? What they do when they play? What music they like to listen to? What are their strengths and weaknesses?  Etc.

You now have a character profile and some jumping points to do some amazing creative writing!

Here's my favorite quote from the box from Rich Davis:

“I have made this Pick and Draw game so that you and I can draw together. I want it to be fun for you and I think you will be surprised how well you can draw. Your ability to create is a gift from God. So grab your paper and pencil and let’s draw!”



You can watch videos to learn how to draw even more fun characters at his Draw With Rich site.   I had fun watching videos and picture tutorials about drawing a pilgrim turkey, drawing funny little boxes and, my favorite, drawing super cute kitties.  :)

Pick and Draw sells for $10.

When I agreed to do this review I was also offered to become an affiliate, so if you have fallen in love with this game (as I did when I read other reviews of it) could you please click on this button or the button on my blog's side bar when you go to make your purchase?   Each game sold kicks back a few pennies to my Homeschooling PayPal account and pennies do add up, you know?
 
 Also, Pick and Draw is currently ON SALE.  The first game is still $10 but all additional decks purchased in the month of December are discounted to $8 per deck.  :)  (Remember, every penny that you save adds up!!)

NOW HOW ABOUT A GIVEAWAY???

Contest will end 11:59 P.M. Sunday December 11th, 2011.

You must have an email address in at least one of your comments to win.  If I draw your name and I can not find your email address I will not be able to contact you to get your mailing information.  Please don't forget the email address.  :)

I will use random.org to select a winner.

Please leave me one comment for each option you choose below.  :)

MANDATORY ENTRY: Leave me a comment telling me you want to win. 
If you would like you could be chatty and tell me why or who you would use the game with but it is only mandatory to tell me you want to win.  :)

Additional Entry Options:
Choose any or all of these additional entries.
12 potential entries per person!

1. Visit Pick and Draw, Play the game and draw a character, name your character and come back here leaving me a message of what you named your character.  (Feel free to tell me more if you'd like.)  :)
2. Visit Draw with Rich and come back to comment on what tutorial you watched.
3. Like Pick and Draw on Facebook and come back to tell me you did.
4.  Request to Clothesline Musings to be your friend on Facebook.  Leave me a comment here to tell me you already are my friend or that you requested my friendship (LOL, that sounds so funny to me)
5. Join my Google Friends Connect, located over there on the left side of the page, and leave me a comment telling me that you have.
   
6. Hook up with me on Networked Bloggers, over there on the left side of the page, and leave me a message telling me that you do.
7. Sign up for my email updates and tell me so, sign up box is on the right side.
8. Follow Clotheslinemuse on Twitter.
9. Tweet about this entry, Feel free to copy this text: 

Enter to win a free Pick and Draw Game from @Clotheslinemuse! Enter through 12/11/11: http://clotheslinemusings.blogspot.com/2011/12/pick-draw-stocking-stuffer-giveaway.html #Giveaway

10.  Blog about this giveaway on your blog and leave me the link for THREE entries.  :)




Disclaimer: Thank you to Rich @ Pick and Draw for providing the review and giveaway products. This review is based on my own experiences and gives my honest opinion.