A LEGO iPad Mini case giveaway! Ends 01/08/15
We have just got back from our first-ever family holiday abroad this summer, and we searched high and low for ways to keep the kids busy. If keeping them occupied in the car isn’t hard enough, we were extra nervous about how they would react to a long wait in the airport.
Now there’s nothing I love more than giving something back to my readers, and to help those of you in the same dilemma as me, today I am offering you the chance to win a LEGO Builder iPad Mini case*! Because let’s face it, as happy as I am to let the kids use the iPad, sometimes it’s nice to encourage a little time away from the screen, and this product lets you have your cake and eat it.
The case itself will fit the iPad Mini (1 & 2) and the iPad Mini 3, and the back features a work board that is perfect for building LEGO structures on a stable surface when you’re out and about.
Plus, when you consider that around 5-10% of LEGO’s sales are for adults, you can’t deny that you’re not tempted to get one for some sneaky play therapy!
The iPad case is courtesy of Cash Generator, a high-street retailer who sells second hand iPads at affordable prices.
So how do you get your hands on this iPad case? It couldn’t be simpler: just leave a comment below telling me where you would use the LEGO Builder iPad case this summer and the best reply wins!
The winner will be selected from all entries received within 3 days of the giveaway closing – good luck!
*UK entrants only.
118 Comments
Tracy K Nixon (@tracyknixon)
July 3 at 5:02 am
Mine enjoy watching movies on their iPads. We also play word games and take plenty of stops for fresh air.
Ashleigh Allan
July 3 at 6:12 am
ipads, books or sticker books
iain maciver
July 3 at 10:26 am
eye spy
Susan lloyd
July 3 at 10:58 am
Good music to sing along to x
kim neville (@kimneville2)
July 3 at 11:09 am
Card games, sticker books, ipad for watching a film
Catherine McAlinden
July 3 at 11:23 am
My two have special boxes for long journeys – snacks, colouring books and a new ÂŁ1 toy.
Suzanne Drummond
July 3 at 11:33 am
would love this x
Natalie Crossan
July 3 at 9:17 pm
Would love it 🙂 xxx
Angela McDonald
July 4 at 4:56 am
A good music compilation album and classic I-Spy!
Joanne Greer
July 4 at 7:17 am
Games, sing-a-longs
Ruth Harwood
July 4 at 7:37 am
Variety: a few songs, a book or two, time on the ipad/DS 🙂
clairew137
July 4 at 7:39 pm
keep them busy with DVD’s, DS games, books.
Lynsey Buchanan
July 4 at 8:09 pm
Playing eye spy
janlw
July 4 at 8:16 pm
Fab prize
Sarah Morris
July 4 at 8:27 pm
We play games when travelling on ours, keeps my son occupied for hours!
Sarah Rees
July 4 at 8:33 pm
The ipad is great for tv and games
Lisa
July 4 at 8:35 pm
Singing along to the radio, eye spy or who can go to sleep the fastest!
Stephen Lee
July 4 at 8:37 pm
iPad & Lego, say no more!!!!
Brad Start
July 4 at 8:56 pm
The iPad is good, but they also enjoy spending time having us explain to them lots of the things that we are passing.
winnie
July 4 at 9:08 pm
sing alongs
Josh Normanton
July 4 at 10:07 pm
Music
rebecca pawsey
July 4 at 10:11 pm
Ipads and books
Panda
July 4 at 11:55 pm
We would use the case when travelling (in the car, on a plane) & we’d use the back of the case as a base for building!
melanie stirling
July 5 at 1:09 am
Singing along to cds .
glenka2014Kelly glen
July 5 at 5:48 am
Sticker books will usually keep them busy for a while.
Val Swift
July 5 at 7:21 am
iPad, books, games and snacks
leanne weir
July 5 at 8:57 am
eye spy
karen parkhurst
July 5 at 9:01 am
Days out long car journeys ??????????
Barry Page
July 5 at 9:29 am
Innotab
laura banks
July 5 at 11:23 am
we always seem to play i spy but it does get silly
Kristy Leanne Brown
July 5 at 12:19 pm
Films and Ispy
Allan Smith
July 5 at 12:28 pm
Nintendo 3DS
caroline walliss
July 5 at 12:41 pm
Eye Spy.x
Elizabeth Hinds
July 5 at 3:25 pm
We listen to music, take books for them to read and play car games 🙂
jen english
July 5 at 3:28 pm
Playing I spy type games and using sing-a-long CDs
Bhavesh Mistry
July 5 at 3:29 pm
tire them out with some lionel richie!
Lorraine Foster
July 5 at 4:12 pm
Singalongs, puzzle books, ipad and magazines.
claire blaney
July 5 at 4:13 pm
car games & the ipads
fozia Akhtar
July 5 at 6:49 pm
ispy
renae34
July 5 at 7:24 pm
eye spy or counting numberplates
Jo Richards
July 5 at 8:03 pm
Playing Eye Spy or letting them use their iPads
Louise A
July 5 at 9:58 pm
ipads and dvd players
Alison Johnson
July 5 at 10:35 pm
Music. I find looking at things such as books or a tablet makes them more likely to be travel sick.
Gareth
July 6 at 8:34 am
Music, Tablet, Eye Spy, DVD player, depends on the journey, just chatting the journey away
Dana W
July 6 at 3:44 pm
Listening to audio books as a family, currently listening to Harry Potter. The whole family love it
Elaine
July 6 at 4:27 pm
eye spy!
Ela B
jennifer thorpe
July 6 at 7:02 pm
we play spotting games, one of us chooses 6 or 7 things to spot and the others have to spot them
vickyvarley
July 6 at 7:24 pm
[email protected]
iPad, I spy, ps vita
Katherine L
July 6 at 10:31 pm
Playing I spy, and sometimes a film with a portable DVD player
Joanne O’Neill
July 7 at 7:34 pm
My daughter loves the dolly sticker books
Laura Asplin
July 8 at 6:26 pm
watching a film on the ipad
Mummy of Two + 1
July 8 at 6:58 pm
Sticker books and plenty of snacks!
steph lovatt
July 8 at 8:08 pm
playing first to spot
Louise B
July 9 at 1:20 pm
Nursery rhymes and singing
aj
July 9 at 8:48 pm
I pad
Natalie D
July 9 at 9:22 pm
food!
Rich Tyler
July 10 at 8:57 am
Cbeebies App 🙂
Kerry Locke
July 10 at 3:19 pm
I plug them into the ipad for a a film
Laura
July 12 at 7:39 am
Playing be the sat nav (turn the volume off and let them do the sat nav voice)
Megan Kinsey
July 12 at 7:55 am
audio books for them to listen along to!
penelopefriday
July 12 at 1:00 pm
bingo. Before we go on a big journey, I create ‘bingo’ cards of lots of things we might pass (‘yellow car’, ‘police car’, ‘three birds walking’) and Child and I try to spot them.
Jamie Millard
July 12 at 2:33 pm
Movies are the thing to use now. Used to be different coloured tshirts and first to spot 100 cars of their colour.
Lisa Parker
July 12 at 8:45 pm
I would use it on long journeys and carry a little bag of lego to also take with me, so that I can build and create when I become bored
Dawn Hull
July 15 at 8:33 pm
Lots of puzzle books!
Karen R
July 21 at 7:19 am
My 2 usually have ipad minis to keep them occupied with games and a downloaded film or 2 🙂
jane steels
July 21 at 8:17 pm
ipads, colouring books and their favorite music on the radio
Laura Nice
July 24 at 1:14 pm
Playing eye spy and colouring books
lucie1979
July 24 at 9:06 pm
Ipad everytime!!!
Lindsey Jones
July 24 at 9:09 pm
DVDs
Samantha loughlin
July 26 at 8:43 am
Playing games on iPad apps
ESME MCCRUBB
July 26 at 2:19 pm
cartoons on the tablet and making a list of things to look out for
Tanya Vincent
July 26 at 7:54 pm
For car journeys, we play the car hunting game… minis, yellow cars, convertibles etc, for flights and trains, iPads a winner!
jen jackson
July 27 at 7:18 pm
portable DVD players
Lynne Manton
July 28 at 10:50 am
What a great idea! Always trying to get the boys away from technology for five minutes but difficult when out and about and they get bored. A few bits of Lego in my bag, cover the screen and play together- love it!
Solange
July 29 at 4:57 am
iPad and books
leigh boyle
July 29 at 8:53 pm
the ipad and lots of colours and pens xx
Katherine Coldicott
July 30 at 9:57 am
Listening to audio books.
Laura S
July 30 at 12:26 pm
Travelling long distance is definitely the time i’m most grateful for technology! It keeps them entertained for hours.
HAYLEY WYNN
July 30 at 1:58 pm
playing eye spy
Theresa parker
July 31 at 9:30 am
This is a lovely comp thank u very much
Sue Wickins
July 31 at 9:34 am
eye spy and yellow car
amyjbeckett
July 31 at 11:17 am
Playing Eye Spy
stevepholman
July 31 at 1:57 pm
portable dvd player or tablet!!
rachael jones
July 31 at 2:11 pm
animal bingo !
katherine grieve
July 31 at 2:35 pm
Car games, colouring book, ipod, books
Abby Parish
July 31 at 3:15 pm
Singing along to the frozen soundtrack unfortunately…..
Emily Hutchinson
July 31 at 3:33 pm
Lots of car games!
Sharon Weaden
July 31 at 6:55 pm
Mine play on the ipad, or play with their figures, read books.
Kat Allinson
July 31 at 7:35 pm
A DVD on in the car and lots of games and magazines to read
sandra
July 31 at 7:55 pm
a portable car dvd player
Lisa Wilkinson
July 31 at 9:06 pm
Lots of new games and activity books and making sure there’s lots of snacks.
Robyn Logan Clarke
July 31 at 9:19 pm
Snacks, songs, ipad.
sarah
July 31 at 10:37 pm
playing games, eyespy etc.
lyns (@zipadeedoodar)
August 1 at 12:12 am
songs, fruit and i spy
claire fawkner
August 1 at 7:31 am
Games, sing a longs, films on the tablet
Claire Ward
August 1 at 7:41 am
Playing car games like I spy she loves it
Sarah Parker
August 1 at 7:52 am
audio cd
Maria Jane Knight
August 1 at 8:06 am
I spy, music and suggesting he takes a nap! hahaha
emma kinsey
August 1 at 8:12 am
gadgets books and colouring books
Lucy Robinson
August 1 at 8:42 am
We play games like eye spy, spot certain coloured things or read.
Janine Atkin
August 1 at 8:42 am
watching films on the tablet
Patricia Fraser
August 1 at 9:13 am
ipad, etch a sketch, sticker books
cathyj
August 1 at 9:16 am
watching dvds
Helen Lane
August 1 at 10:34 am
I just lock then in the boot
Jenny Jones
August 1 at 10:42 am
we play a game where we count all the eddie stobart lorries, we work up to our ages and depending on how fair we are going we do out families house number, see if we can get that high, my mums is 98 and ours is 219 for example, kids love it 🙂
Eleanor Powell
August 1 at 12:01 pm
playing games that involve spotting things
kim manson
August 1 at 12:06 pm
Car Games, books, iPad, ds
Sarah Robinson
August 1 at 12:45 pm
We play games like I spy, counting a certain colour car/lorry. Listen to music, sing along.
M Allen
August 1 at 12:55 pm
The DVD player is handy, but we also have a great spotting game called ‘Are we nearly there yet?’ which I prefer because I can play along – I can’t watch the DVDs.
Zoe (@zoethezog)
August 1 at 1:17 pm
We play mini punch
amebeecomps
August 1 at 2:33 pm
Portable dvd player, art things, music
cat
August 1 at 4:50 pm
talking books
icymonkey07
August 1 at 5:23 pm
Amazing prize 🙂 x
Vickie Jackson
August 1 at 6:25 pm
We love trying to spot what we’ll see next 🙂
Car, truck, bike etc
YOLANDA DAVIS
August 1 at 7:08 pm
when my two were very young we’d sing nursery rhymes, but now it’s music, films, apps, texts ect.
Rachael Marsden
August 1 at 8:31 pm
He loves his iPad so he has that, but also he loves listening to music and talking about things we can see out of the window on our journey
Monika S
August 1 at 8:36 pm
movies on ipad
Nick B
August 1 at 9:05 pm
It is the ipad – how times change!