Playpennies

There are few things I love more than the word “free” except, of course, when I get told my offspring can eat for free. That works as well. At the moment Crown Carveries are offering a kids eat free deal during the school half term. Brilliant.

• Click here to find your nearest Crown Carvery

In order to qualify for your kids eat free deal you need to go to the website following the link above and download and print the voucher. Then take the voucher to your nearest Crown Carvery and hand in the voucher when you order your food.

The offer is available all day Saturday 11th February until Saturday 18th February (it excludes the Sunday) and to qualify adults must buy full priced carvery meals. This seems like a pretty good excuse to treat the family to a nice evening out without breaking the bank.

I find that going out to dinner with my child can be a little cringe inducing, even with low priced meals it hurts when she takes four bites, declares herself full and refuses to eat anymore. Free makes me feel much better.

This is a brilliant freebie and one that keeps on giving. You register with the site Grow Your Own Potatoes and you can get an entire kit sent to your child’s primary school that will teach them everything they need to know about these scrummy veg.

• Click here to get your school a free potato kit with Grow Your Own Potatoes

The website is a project that teachers primary aged children all about potatoes. They learn how potatoes grow and how they fit into a balanced diet. All you need to do is register your school to receive a free potato growing kit.

The free kit includes supporting lesson plans and worksheets and kids get a chance to win ace prizes for the school. You need to register for the free potato growing kit before 03 February so get started now if you haven’t already raced on over to the site.

This seems like a really cool freebie and one that I am definitely taking part in but I do have one question, why potatoes?

Thanks to chesso at HUKD!

The baby freebies are stacking up today. I can’t believe how many of them there are at the moment. Last year it felt as if baby freebies had dried out for good. This one is brilliant for mums toilet training their tots as DryNites is offering a free sample as well as money off coupons.

• Click here to get your free sample from DryNites

DryNites gives you and your child peace of mind as they deliver the ultimate protection for a good night’s sleep. They offer a great way to help you both manage bed wetting and are a brilliant way of getting over those difficult patches without too much drama.

To get your free sample of DryNites you will need to fill in a form and answer some questions on the site. It isn’t too much of a bother but it is a bit more information that most other freebies ask for. The DryNites free sample is only open to residents of the UK and ROI.

Thanks to aishaukhan at HUKD!

Oooh, now this is a great freebie! If you go to the link below to the Nuby Facebook page you can get yourself a free Nuby soother for your little one without having to do anything more than click Like. Easy peasy.

• Click here to get your free Nuby soother

This baby freebie looks set to be a goodun. You just click Like on the Nuby Facebook page and you’ll be taken to a pic asking you to click on it to get your freebie. You will also get a code that will take 25% off your total order of all Nuby products on their website.

When you click on the image you will go to possibly the yellowest page I have ever seen and you’ll need to fill in a bunch of information that ranges from your name to your email address. It isn’t excessive or difficult so you won’t take very long at all. Then you’re done and your free Nuby soother will be on its way to you.

Thanks to tamarj at HUKD!

This is an oldie but a goodie. The Cow & Gate Mum and Baby Club has been around for a while and I got one of their free cuddly toy cows when my daughter was born way back when. Now you can take advantage of the same cool deal and it is well worth it for a freebie.

• Click here to get free goodies from Cow & Gate

The Cow & Gate Mum and Baby Club baby freebies include a free pregnancy diary, a free cuddly cow, free money off vouchers and you get to join their online club. There is also lots of practical advice included in the emails as well.

You don’t need to stay a member of the club once you’ve nabbed your free cuddly toy cow and registering is really simple. Just fill in your name, your baby’s due date and whether or not this is your first child and you’re done. Your baby freebies will soon be on their way to you.

If you are on the lookout for a cute, quirky and quick Valentine’s Day present, then this little charmer from Penwizard could do the trick. It costs £9.99 to get one of these Me To You Love Book’s made and it is personalised with your partner’s name and other such details.

• Click here to make a Valentine book with Penwizard

The books usually cost more with their P&P charges but at the moment they have a free delivery code of 405689 which you can enter at the basket. So you can nab more than one if you fancy stocking up on personalised books…

The Me To You Love Book is great for Tatty Teddy fans and would be a really lovely gift for someone whose partner is far away or on business on Valentine’s Day. You enter your name and their name as you go and they will appear throughout the book. You will have to order your Valentine’s Day book by 09 February though, otherwise it won’t be delivered on time.

Fancy a free pack of Clipper Green Tea? Well then, this freebie should make you rather happy. All you have to do is recommend a friend to Clipper Teas and you get a free pack of green tea.

• Click here to get started on your freebie with Clipper Teas

The rules here are simple. To get your free pack of green tea you need to fill in a friend’s details and your own details and you get your packet. It looks like it is an entire box of 25 bags of pure green tea too, which is a bargain!

We love green tea here; it is so good for you and magical for coughs. I had a really bad cough a while ago and it kept me up for weeks until I discovered that cold green tea soothed the tickle enough for me to fall asleep. It’s brilliant.

The free packet of green tea is easy enough to get, the form very minimal and the whole thing very tasty. Yay!

Thanks to ettienem1001 at HUKD

This is pretty good for a freebie as kids get to download and enjoy a bunch of Lion King things and goodies for free without having to first spend any money gathering points. These are part of the Disney Rewards scheme but are totally free.

• Click here to get free rewards from Disney

The free items that you can download and print include a Lion King activity sheet series that has a colouring in page, a spot the difference, some word games and more. This is great for long journeys or entertaining the kids on a rainy afternoon.

Next up in the freebie line-up is the Lion King bookmarks that you can print out for the kids to use in their books. I recommend sticking them to cardboard first. Then the Lion King Buffet and Smoothie maker is the free kit that gives you recipes to make and have fun with, like edible bugs to freak out their friends.

Thanks to madj1muk at HUKD

It's time to get ready for the RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch again - I've done this for the last few years with my youngest and he loves it, so do I.

• Click HERE to register for the RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch and order your free pack

The RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch takes place over Saturday 28 and Sunday 29 January this year and for the first time in ages I'm going to miss it - I don't think you can include birds that you see 6,000 miles away from your English back garden!

If you're into your garden birds like we are in this family, or you'd like to be, then get organised and ready now, here's how it works:

You register your details on the RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch website, download your recording sheet and you'll be sent a free pack.

Choose an hour on either the Saturday or the Sunday when you can just sit and watch the comings and goings of your garden, or local park, and make a note of the birds that pop in to visit.

When you're done you just need to send your results back to the RSPB who'll process all the numbers and publish their findings when they're done.

This is an awesome little thing to do with young ones to get them interested in the world around them and away from computer/TV screens...even if it is just for an hour.

Thanks to ettienem1001 at HUKD

If you've got sensitive teeth then you might want to see if you can nab one of these free Colgate Sensitive Pro-Relief toothpaste samples.

• Click HERE to grab your FREE Colgate Sensitive Pro-Relief sample

Toothpaste is one of those things you have to buy and you can still get reasonably cheap toothpaste (I've yet to see any of the supermarkets do a value version though!) however, if you want to go for one of the branded toothpastes, whichclaim to help you out of sensitivity hell, then it can be expensive to try them only discover you don't like the taste or they don't work quite as well as you hoped.

I don't have sensitive teeth but I got swayed by a Sensodyne Pro-Enamel advert one day (because of the enamel promises), it wasn't cheap and after a few days my teeth had become sensitive!  Needless to say I didn't carry on using it and had wasted a few pounds in the process.

If you'd like to try Colgate Sensitive Pro-Relief toothpaste for free then click the link above and just wait for it to arrive in the post.

Thanks to notts6501 at HUKD

Oooh, I love this freebie for the upcoming spring months! You can get a free RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch kit just by registering on the site and the pack includes all sorts of fabulous items to get you and the kids outdoors and spotting UK birds.

• Click here to get free birdwatching tips from the RSPB

The RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch starts at the end of January so if you want to take part you will need to register now. The pack includes a free booklet to help you identify the birds in your garden as well as top tips on what to feed the birds and how to make your garden more wildlife friendly.

When you get to the site you can also download a free recording sheet so you can take notes about the birds you have found in your garden (we have already ticked off about 1000 seagulls – or the same seagull visiting very often) and you can join the local community to chat about your finds and get great advice.

Thanks to ettienem1001 at HUKD!

Tesco Magazine is giving away 10,000 free pedometers as of Friday 06 January as a part of their One Heart Health campaign and it is a most excellent freebie to start off the year. What better way to get you out into the world, pounding the pavements and burning calories than with a free pedometer?

• Click here to get your free pedometer with Tesco magazine

There are only 10,000 of these free pedometers to be given away so get in there as fast as possible so you aren’t too late! The pedometer is a great way to get your New Year walking plan kick started so you can start taking more steps towards a healthy life and a healthy heart.

One of the main focuses of the campaign is being more active which is a simple change we can all fit into our busy lives and will make such a difference to our health and energy levels. Do anything from climbing the stairs instead of taking the lift to getting off the bus a stop early. Anything extra will help your body and your health and this free pedometer certainly won’t hurt!

Thanks to stu1e at HUKD!

This is a stonkingly good milk&more voucher that gets you two weeks of free milk to the value of £10! What more could we possibly want from a freebie, I ask you this? I mean, milk not only tastes scrummy but it is excellent for growing bones and teeth – just what your little ones need this cold winter.

• Click here to use the milk&more voucher online

So, how do you get to claim your free milk? You need to visit the website (just click the link above) and enter in your postcode and meet your milkman. Then you need to register your details and your regular payment method.

Once you’ve done all of that, browse the shop and place your orders. In your basket, enter the voucher code MILKPPC and click GO. Confirm your order and you’re done! It is that simple. Your £10 discount will be deducted from your first invoice. There are the usual terms and conditions, of course, but there is free delivery and you don’t need to book a delivery slot either. Nice.

The offer is only open to new milk&more customers and the closing date is 31 January 2012.

If you're a true music fan who has broad taste and loves to try out and discover new music then you might want to download these four free MP3s from Lush.co.uk.

• Click HERE to go to the download page

I'm one of those music fans I was referring to and I'm always up for listening to something new, especially if I can do it for free.

Lush.co.uk is a spa and these four tracks are taken from one of their spa CDs which they play during client consultations and treatments - I'm listening to 'The Spell' as I type this particular sentence and I rather like it, thinking how I can best describe it to you is proving to be a little tricky.

It has a twinkly sound to it that's a little bit reminiscent of the first few opening bars of Hedwig's Theme from the Harry Potter movies, it also evokes images of a tranquil Japanese garden too.  I played it to my teenager daughter, she liked it very much and she normally has a heavy rock bias to her musical taste.

The other three tracks are just as interesting and ideal for playing in the background, letting the music waft over you to bring a little peace and calm to your mind, and all for free; awesome.

You don't have to do anything other than click download - you don't have to answer any questions, fill in any forms or hand over any of your details, simply download, play and enjoy.

Thanks to Boz at HUKD

Reading the Christmas Radio Times, with a glass of red wine whilst Michael Buble warbles Christmas 'toons' in the background, is like Christmas law in my family; it's necessary, it has to be done and Christmas REALLY starts from that point onwards - this is how I spent yesterday evening; marvellous.

If YOU buy a copy of the Christmas Radio Times too, then you'll be able to pick up a free Gruffalo Colouring Book just like I did yesterday afternoon.

• You're going to have to go out into the big wide world for this one

So, all you need to do is grab a copy of the Crimbo Radio Times - it costs £2.50 and covers all the TV, Satellite and Radio listings between 17 and 30 December - pull out page 58 and take it along to your nearest Mothercare of Early Learning Centre before Christmas Eve.

They'll give you a free Gruffalo Colouring Book and you'll get £5 off when you spend £25 in-store too - I won't be doing that, but I will be grabbing a free Gruffalo Colouring Book for my youngest.

If you can't get to a Mothercare or ELC you can cut out the coupon, on page 58, and send it off in the post (with a cheque for £1.99 to cover p&p) to claim your free Gruffalo Colouring Book.

Does this really count as a freebie, as you have to buy a copy of the RT?  I don't know, but the Gruffalo Colouring Book is worth £3.99, so at the very least you have a pretty good discount on it.

Happy Gruffalo Colouring!

This is an utterly awesome Christmas freebie as you can nab an ace photobook from Lidl without paying a cent. The process to get your free photobook is easy peasy and it would make someone a lovely Christmas gift indeed.

• Click here to get your freebie from Lidl

Ok, so, to get your Christmas freebie go to the site and download and open the Lidl Photo Software. You have to do this in order to get the free photobook, otherwise it won’t work. Once you have downloaded your software, select the Mini Photo book option.

Then select 26 pages in the top left-hand corner. Create your booklet with your photographs, have some fun, enjoy the experience and then, when you hit the checkout, enter the code freephotobook456. This will now make your photobook completely cost free. Bargain.

Now, how is that for a Christmas freebie I ask you? If you order now, you will get it in time for Christmas but it is 4-6 days delivery so don’t delay!

Thanks to lisamslater at HUKD!

I love books. I utterly adore them, and I don’t care what format they are in. Be they eBook, PDF, onscreen or scrummy smelling paper classic, a book is a treasure. So, this freebie made me tingle and should, I hope, do the same for you. Here lies 11,000 free books. For you. For free.

• Click here to get reading with The Book Depository

The books on offer at the Book Depository come in the PDF format so you can read them pretty much on any device you want. Even your tablet, phone or PC. You also have an impressive array of books to choose from although you won’t be getting the new releases here.

No, instead you will find luscious classics that drip fond memories, great grammar and excellent spelling. You will find Kahlil Gibran, Nahum Tate, H.P. Lovecraft (awesome), Mary Robinson, Tennyson and plenty more. There are 13702 results under the 11,000 free ebooks title on the site so you will have more than enough too choose from.

Thank goodness they offer a tailored search to help you narrow the list down, otherwise you could be leafing through the pages (sorry) for days…

It's BACK! The Portable North Pole is back with their free personalised video messages from Santa and I'm ridiculously EXCITED!

With Christmas a mere 32 days away now is the time to get started on creating a video message, from Santa, for your child and THIS YEAR they have an adult option too; hurrah!

• Click HERE to go over to the Portable North Pole

I wrote about this last year and the response was amazing; the video messages from Santa at the Portable North Pole are incredible and will absolutely enchant your child - I guarantee it!

I just showed my eldest son the promo' Portable North Pole video and it brought tears to his eyes, it's THAT magical (he's going to kill me for telling you that!).

THIS year there's an option for grown-ups too and I'm going to be getting started on a personalised video message from Santa for my husband as soon as I've finished telling you how to make one of your own.

First of all - DO NOT SEND US YOUR MESSAGES FOR SANTA! Lots of people did this last year and might have wondered where their message from Santa was; you need to go over to the Portable North Pole to do it.

Secondly, get some photos ready - video messages from Santa can include photos of your child (or wife/husband/whoever - the list of relationships is LONG, including male/female admirer!), and snaps of things you/they got up to this year.

Right, now you're ready!

Go over to the Portable North Pole and fill in all the information you're asked for, upload your pictures then just sit back and enjoy; I've been stalkiing the PNP for wEEKS now, waiting to be able to bring this to you again for 2011.

There's nothing to pay, no catches, no waiting - just unadulterated Christmas magic and sparkle. Seriously, just go and do it - you'll be very glad you did.

Happy messages from Santa!

This is a really good deal from Photobox right now, you can get yourself a free personalised A4 wall calendar for 2012 and the only thing you pay is the £3.99 postage charges. Some may argue that the calendar costs you £3.99, but that is still a rocking price for this ace deal.

• Click here to get a free calendar from Photobox

To get your free calendar you need to register first, then you can personalise it with your photos and send it off to your address for free calendar fun. The calendars are actually very good value for money when you buy them, so this is ace. I am so getting these made for the grandparents from their granddaughter.

You can choose from a wide range of styles for your photo calendar and it is rather easy to create. The only tough time you’ll have is deciding which photographs you want to use. The deal expires tomorrow at midnight so best you get started!

Thanks to littlemonkey at HUKD!

So the Disney Store is offering free personalisation on all their personalisation range from now until 02 November (at midnight). The range of items you can personalise is pretty impressive, it even includes sale items, but the cost of delivery is mean and nasty.

• Click here to get some free personalisation at the Disney Store

The free personalisation can cover anything from their Christmas range of gifts and decorations to pyjamas and clothes and gowns and toys. I even found comforters and blankets which fell into the free personalisation category.

Some of the items included in the freebie are just too stunning for words and I look at them with longing. The thing is, for a company that makes so much money and that is so entrenched in society, you’d think they could offer decent delivery rates as £4.95 for delivery is really pricy and I am not sure if they do the personalisation instore or not.

Some of the really cute items that, to me, are worth personalising are the Winnie the Pooh Christmas comforter, the range of bedding and gowns, and cute slippers.