Back to school competition: Win 1 of 3 Stuck On You vouchers

January 8, 2013 By 109 Comments Fat Mum Slim

This is a sponsored post for Stuck On You.

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I used to love this summer holiday. First would come all the end of school year good stuff. In primary school quite often the teachers would take us out to the beach for an end of school party. I loved school so it was always fun to tidy the classroom, do end of school activities and the presentation days where I’d be gunning for any type of award.

And then came Christmas, the New Year, days spent in the pool, and almost best of all… the back to school stationery buying spree. New pens, pencil case, bag, lunchbox, notebooks… I can smell it right now. I’d spend hours meticulously covering my school books with beautiful pictures or trendy contact paper. Oh… to be a kid again. Did you get excited about the same things?

This is the first time Lacey has ever had a summer holiday. Her preschool shuts down over this break and doesn’t start up until the end of the month. I wonder if my mum thought these 6 weeks were painfully long with 4 kids at home. I’ll have to ask her.

Stuck On You is one of the first brands I started working with on my blog. I was using them well before I had a blog, with the kids I nannied and I bought things as soon as I had Lacey too. I tell you, I’m crazy about labels and stationery stuff. Kerazy.

Stuck On You has some sweet new products this year: the drink bottle, apron and lunchbox too {pictured above}. I tried to hide them so Lacey wouldn’t use them before she went back to school. I failed. That drink bottle has already been used almost a million times.

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I’m giving away 3 Stuck On You gift vouchers valued at $50 each. Three lucky people will win and be able to get some back to school goodies. You can choose whatever products you like. To be in the running, simply answer the following question in the comments below: What did you love most about school?

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One entry person.
If you’re not logged into a disqus account with your email address, please leave an email for me to contact you at.
Competition closes 15th January 11:59pm 2013.
Winners will be announced in this post.
Competition open to everyone. Hurray!

P.S. Australians only: If you’re not a lucky winner, then I received an email yesterday letting me know that Kellogg’s has partnered with Stuck on You to offer parents a $5 voucher when they purchase a range of Kellogg’s products. Might be a way to save some money, especially if you buy that Kellogg’s product anyway.

The winners are: Sarah, Laura & Sandie. Congratulations. I’ve sent you an email.

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  • Tracy

    My favourite memories from school were the holidays! :)

  • dianne gray

    the little glass bottles with the foil bottle top for recess. if you were quick or lucky you would get flavoured instead of plain. those were the days

  • Narelle Rock

    The sound of the siren at the end of the day, especially on a Friday!

  • Jessie Hay

    I’m going to sound like such a nerd lol but I loved getting good marks in assignments and exams!

  • Lifeassinglemum

    Making houses out of the pine needles that would last a week with many different rooms!

  • http://pinterest.com/amandajbayley/ Amanda

    My friends and I would would make up dance routines and then practice them at lunch times, oh those were the days… :)

  • http://www.facebook.com/tamsyn.riley Tamsyn Riley

    My favourite thing was always lunchtime sports :)

  • Lilybett

    Loved covering all my exercise books at the start of each year. Took until about year 8 to use contact without it bubbling.

  • Niska Steele

    Cooking class. Yum

  • Natalie Stewart

    I loved getting my bag of stationary from the local news agency. Then putting my name on everything and covering my books. What is it with stationary that just fills you with joy? My school aged child is a boy and surprisingly, he gets just excited as me!

  • Tanya

    My favourite memories are of the primary school years. I loved doing the fundraisers- jump rope for heart, MS-Readathon, especially. I will always fondly remember playing kiss chasey too! :)

  • Natasha Nelson

    The 50 cent chocolate brownie you could get from the canteen at recess!

  • Kate

    My favourite thing would’ve been covering my books in whatever cute cut outs I could find & doing the “title” pages in the first week back!

    • http://www.fatmumslim.com.au/ Chantelle : Fat Mum Slim

      I forgot about title pages! Oh my. They were the best. Do they still do those? I was the queen of bubble writing. QUEEN!

      • Courtney

        Yes title pages still happen. It is all about presentation skills. :)

  • Janelle Heron

    Singing. Primary school seems so long ago but I remember enjoying a lot of singing. Especially with the Sing books singing along to the radio broadcast. I buy the Sing CD’s for my son now.

  • Alicia Shrimpton

    Funnily enough, the stationery!!! I used to tell my dad I needed a new pen or book each week! He believed me at first then cottoned on to my desire not need! Pens, papers, cards they are all important and still are! Thank you for the chance to enter!
    Love your blog!

  • Kim m

    I love woodwork, I did it for 6 years at school, not a bad place to get to know the guys either, being that there was only two girls in the class!

  • Lauren R

    I LOVED contacting my books with my mum. I was the anti-bubble queen! Can’t wait till my littlest are old enough to do their books! :-)

  • http://www.facebook.com/catrionarockstar Catriona Kennedy

    I absolutely loved eating FrostyFruits and relaxing with my friends under the most beautiful oak trees that were on the school grounds, in summer!

  • Belinda Docwra

    I loved going back to school. One year I got a big box of fancy Derwent colour pencils from Santa and mum had to buy me a ridiculously massive pencil case so the tin would fit in so I could keep the colurs in order and know if someone had nicked one!!! I loved making collages from magazines and covering my books and folders, but what I loved most of all was the week before school started the grown up mags like Woman’s Day and New Idea had book labels with celebritys and cute animals and my sis and I would take it in turns to pick our labels. So much fun

  • http://www.facebook.com/anna.marinelli.336 Anna Marinelli

    I LOVED getting all my new supplies. Trotting off to BigW to make the biggest decision a school kid ever had to make – “Which pencil case do I want this year?”

  • Stephanie Veljanovski

    I had this one Teacher she was So Fun and done the Best Activities one that comes to mind is Our Class had read ‘George’s Marvelous Medicine’ So she had us Collect items to make our own Marvelous Medicine that she then cooked and brought back an Amazing Blue Lemonade that we were all Amazed by.

  • Bron

    It would have to be the brand new stationary and the excitement over opening a clean slate workbook to begin writing in at the start of a new year. xx

  • http://www.facebook.com/alissak Alissa Kempin

    Oh I loved everything about school! I was (am) a total learning nerd. Spelling and grammar topped the list, partly because I out-spelled everyone in my class and equal-topped the year above (small country school, so classes were often split years to make up numbers). Don’t read too much into that now though, as after two kids I seem to make more and more grammatical errors, and only recently realised I’d been spelling broccoli wrong for years….

  • Amanda

    It was all about the contact for me as a school girl – choosing which design to cover my brand new exercise books in was so exciting!! And to be honest, as a teacher, having 30 or so students all arrive on day one with brand new stationery was still exciting!! I’d love to win your competition… I have a little one starting kindy this year and have some labelling to do for sure :)

  • Rachel K

    I would have to say the friends I made at school as some of these friends are still my best friends 25 to 30 years on. My friends are more than just people I see now and then. They are individuals, who via invested time, help guide me through life’s web. They are the support group I rely on when the chips are down. Sometimes I don’t even realize I need them but they are always there.

    My true friends listen and genuinely care about what I have to say. They have “carried” and guided me through my darkest days, and helped me celebrate the brightest ones.

    They are an essential part of my life and contribute to my mental stability and happiness.

    So as you can see my friendships mean the world to me and this is why it is so important to keep nurturing good friendships and relationships by going out for coffee, enjoying a movie together or just a simple chat!

    We all need our friends and they need us and good friendships can last a lifetime. Mine are certainly on the way!

  • janine shaffer

    I loved back to school shopping with my mom. She tried to make it so special. I remember fashion shows coming out of the dressing room to show her what I picked out. For my little girl it is all about the boot books and pencils! She thinks each one is special! You can find me at shafferfam5@aol.com

  • http://www.facebook.com/britta.kaegler Britta Kägler

    At primary school I loved the second break after the two first lessons, when we were all teeming out of the class room for playing cops and robbers. Once I was so happy about I’d found the best and most secret hideout that even our teacher was asking, why I am soo bright, seeming well-pleased! I remember it as if it has been yesterday!

  • Melissa Wings

    My friends were the most important thing to me, they got me through. I didn’t like much about school so the end of year holidays were awesome! It was time for fun, fun, fun. As much as I disliked school, going back after holidays (just the first day

  • Mel B (Honey You Baked)

    The best thing about back to school was all the new stationery supplies. I loved the perfectly sharpened colour pencils (all the same length – OCD much?) and getting to choose the coverings for my books!

  • Courtney

    Learning everything!!!…..
    from academic knowledge to how to socialise. I loved making friends. I loved the care from my teachers. I loved the back to school stationary and can smell it too.
    I loved it all so much I studies for 4yrs just to be back there and help children love school as much as I did..
    Now to flick through the stationary catalogues and plan what I need.
    Enjoy your shopping. :)

  • http://www.facebook.com/skye.hayes Skye Hayes

    At the time, I loved the food at the canteen………….now that I’m older, I love that I learned so much about the world and so much about how to interact with it!

  • Emma

    Using my imagination! I should use it more often now.. I loved writing fictional fairy tales where I was the princess, painting pictures that probaby only made sense to me, creating games while running around wearing our flap hats at lunch and recess

  • simoneeyles

    I loved everything about school except my year 4 teacher.

  • http://www.facebook.com/kate.challenor.1 Kate Challenor

    I loved sport…. to the point I became a PE teacher. I’ve therefore never actually left school and still love the sport!

  • http://www.facebook.com/jill.unsworth.9 Jill Unsworth

    I loved everything about primary school, not a care in the world……. except trying to contact your new school, books without bumps and bubbles!

  • Kara

    I loved the social side, catching up with friends each day. Even though you had only seen them the day before lol. Email: karakilpatrick@optusnet.com.au

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000219563083 Kirsty Ross-Bell

    The social interaction of school and being able to play a lot makes school great. Even as a teacher the social interaction and sharing of knowledge is great.

  • http://www.facebook.com/JCE0810 Joanne Sadie Bonham

    I loved seeing my friends every day and getting my supplies every year before school went back. Email: joannelouise19804@hotmail.com

  • http://twitter.com/MrsKellB KellB

    I loved the anticipation of going to school at the start of the year and all the new things. The smell of all the new stationery, pencil case, bag. Then of course seeing my friends there.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=620179295 Amanda Gregory

    I loved the smell of new school stuff. Always have loved the smell of new things. My fave memory of school is the smell of the photocopies straight after they were done. Sounds odd but that metho smell takes me back.

  • Gloria Hill

    I loved having brand spanking new stationery at the beginning of each school year. I would spend DAYS decorating the cover of my school books (and later in high school, my folder). I would make my mum buy up a bunch of magazines a couple of weeks before school went back, and go to all the travel agents and get as many travel brochures as they would give me, and then cut out all the pretty pictures and make awesome collages. The trick was to make sure my arts of work were covered and protected by clear Contact, which was a challenge in itself to put on perfectly without any bubbles!

  • http://www.facebook.com/debbie.huxstep Debbie Huxstep

    Hi Chantelle…I used to love the first day back at school where you would get your book list and then head off to the newsagents with all your friends after school to buy the stuff. My sister and I used to squabble over who was going to have what out of the sun herald school book labels and I used to cover my books with brown paper, my favourite celebs (Donny Osmond, David Cassidy and Elvis lol) and plastic…no contact in the 70′s. I loved school..I loved the learning, the sport and most of all the friendships made there..some of which still exist. Now it is my grandson who is going to school and how things have changed since then.

  • http://www.facebook.com/sharleen.twyman Sharleen Twyman

    I went to school in the Uk and at break time they had limited milk available. It came in a little glass milk bottle, cream settled on top, straw pushed throughout the foil top. To get one of these you had to be out of your classroom and into the canteen fast!! I remember one teacher, as our classroom was the furthest away from the canteen, used to bribe us with letting us out a smidgin before the bell, if we tidied up, listened well etc.
    It was awesome the whole class came together as a team to complete the tasks so we could all be in the running for the milk!!! Great memory. (sharleyinoz@yahoo.co.uk) (I am in Aus :) )

  • http://www.facebook.com/cheryl.mummytofive Cheryl Mummytofive

    I loved being able to get out in the fresh air with my friends at lunch just to chill and recharge my batteries before heading back into class for the afternoon.

  • Kimberley Martinsen

    I was a nerd…so I loved the actual learning of new things. Particularly in the area of animals and science. Doing a project about the Bermuda Triangle in Year 3 was a highlight I fondly remember.

  • http://twitter.com/NewLifeOnRoad NewLifeOnTheRoad

    I loved school – only cause I could read books while pretending to listen to the teacher – I would place a romance book inside the school text book that we were supposed to be working on, and I would read away – got caught out many times when the teacher would ask me a question, and I could never answer!

    Got told I was a “Day Dreamer” and got into lots of trouble by my parents, but I still did it :)

  • kath_3333

    I loved the start of the year when Mum use to buy me all brand new stationary. A bit like a brag to get me excited for school. I use to write up my name on tiny pieces of paper, small enough to fit inside a strip of sticky tape and then twirl my name on all my pens and pencils. I was really creative with my home made name labels and did all different colours :) Oh the memories not to mention All that spare time I had…lol

  • Amy

    The stationary! I remember that excitement at the beginning of each year when the booklists arrived, the excuse to go shopping, that elusive hunt to find just the right thing, and the oh-so-important task of choosing your bookcovers. My eldest starts school in two years and I’m already eyeing off the back to school sales with excitement!

  • CrystalB

    Love Stuck On You products! I loved being with my friends at school.

  • Analise Whitefield

    Looking back, I LOVED that I spent all of Primary school being home-schooled with my brother by our Mum! Science and math included measuring out and looking at the reaction of ingredients whilst making a delicious cake for our afternoon recess! Happy days :)

  • Alison Smith

    I think i am the same as you. i loved the stationary and the book covering. such sweet simple fulfillment :) I just put in my first stationary order for my little 5 year old. Just a little nervously excited about covering those books – whats cool in Prep these days?? ;)

  • Talia Sleaford

    I love that weekends become special again!

  • Lee

    The stationary and covering my folders and books were def my favourite parts of going back to school, even now I still love any new stationary, can’t help it it makes me happy lol!

  • Audra

    Believe it or not I just loved the school uniform. For the life of me I am not sure why but there it is :) . audiemac@netspace.net.au

  • mandac369

    I just loved english and home science

  • Emma Downes

    As a Mum and a teacher, it has to be routine! Boring i know but i know what to expect and plan for. I love to be organised.

  • AmberB
  • Katrina

    I loved it when we got the chance to do Art!
    katrina82@hotmail.co.nz

  • Fiona

    Excursions! Always a fun day out.
    party1970@gmail.com :)

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=844330901 Tracy Williams

    I loved summer, because I know that most of it would be holidays :p

  • Jasmine

    Receiving lunch money and
    Hanging with the boys <3

  • Laura

    Like you Chantelle, I loved the stationary! I loved the day in the January holidays when mum would take me and my brothers shopping for school. I would spend forever chosing the right contact to cover my books in and there was nothing nicer than a fresh pencil case filled with brand new, never been used pencils!

  • Kristen Bedford

    I loved seeing my friends at school and at the start I loved getting all the new stationary!
    kbcharles9@hotmail.com

  • malea bedford

    I loved being with my friends every day! School was the best (wish my kids could agree with that now).

  • Guest

    ohhhh just when i need some new labels!

  • Deb Walkenhorst

    ohhhh just when i need some new labels.

    I guess that’s one of the reasons why I am a teacher, I love the start of the year, new stationary. sooooo cool. stationary stores are my happy place! I also liked it as a kid.

  • Sarah A

    IM lucky as I still get to do the end of year celebrations and back to school stuff – I’m a teacher! The labels would be fantastic – my eldest starts school next year, and my smallest will start daycare later this year. This would be a great prize :)

  • Wendy D

    I loved the excitement of learning something new everyday and sharing the best time of my life with some great friends who I still catch up with for a girls night out.

  • sue petrie

    the great friends i made

  • sabby

    Art and craft time, I am very creative and loved making all those finger paintings in the younger years :)

  • http://www.facebook.com/insanemonkey81 Nic Taylor

    social studies, learning about the world and the people in!

  • Falon Downing

    I loved seeing my friends each day!

  • Kirsten W

    I loved (and still do) the sense of accomplishment. Learning something new, putting in the hard yards and seeing the result.

  • Charisse Childs

    The people and the everlasting friendships formed.

  • http://www.facebook.com/sonya.nicole.982 Sonya Nicole

    I loved flying kites at school, which we did at lunchtimes. They had sparkly streamers and we’d rub the streamers on our hands to make our hands glittery!

  • Karla Carey

    Looking back, I am so happy for the friendships I made (and still have today)

  • http://www.facebook.com/ford.leeanne Julie Ford

    honestly the comments my children make !!

    after a day at school they come out with the most amazing things they learnt, heard, think of

  • http://www.facebook.com/roberto.colombi.144 Roberto Colombi

    My french teacher – she put the chic in magnifique!

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=750813031 Kerryanne Bourke

    Miss 5 said….

    I cant wait to start school so I can see my friends and learn to read…

  • http://www.facebook.com/sarah.hollands.986 Sarah Hollands

    This is going to sound totally nerdy… But I LOVED picking out my contact for my books every school holidays and then helping Dad cover all my books! Old school!

  • Danielle

    I love that my child can’t wait to go back to school, she enjoys it that much

  • http://www.facebook.com/clare.amber.7 Clare Amber

    I love the promise of a new start and having lovely, new stationary. Exciting!

  • Nicole Hastings

    My favourite thing about school was getting a turn on the computer!

  • Erica Keeys

    Head down thumbs up …..they were the days!

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Emily-K-Keller/758832952 Emily K Keller

    I loved getting stickers on my work

  • Irena

    I loved nice stationary!

  • http://www.facebook.com/Emmylou01 Emma Schoenfelder

    The friendships I made & still have with a few of them.

  • http://twitter.com/hootylishous melanie whittle

    I loved the library, books have been a passion of mine from a very young age.

  • http://www.facebook.com/tania.modde Tania Modde

    I loved my teachers, it is amazing that at such a young age they have such a positive influence and personal interest in moulding the minds of young children. A life long memory I will always have and to now see it happening with my own girls and their teachers priceless!

  • nicole

    Home made chairs bags that mum would make. we would go to Spotlight and pick our favourite fabric, then mum would make them. We would then put all our exercise books in then on the back of of our chairs.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=614526891 Kirsty Bartlett

    I loved typing class – it was the only thing I was really good at and believe it or not, my first job was a legal typist!

  • http://www.facebook.com/alexandra.hemmings.5 Alexandra Hemmings

    I was always a big fan of the last week of school before summer. You got to take home all the work you did through the year, there was always a little end-of-year classroom party, everyone was so excited and happy and ready to finish!

  • http://www.facebook.com/MeaghanClare Meaghan Clare Burman

    I loved that at 3, just before school finished, we would make a time to meet up and have a chat on msn. Very cool cats we were.

  • Monique

    I loved meeting people and learning lots about the world and other things that are great to know but haven’t been too useful in life! :)

  • http://www.facebook.com/LittleSez Sarah -Jane N

    learning new things and social interactions

  • Antonia

    Being the eldest of nine, at school I was just me with my friends, I loved all of it.

  • lola

    Love getting all the new stationary at the start of the year. :)

  • Sandie

    The best part was without a doubt the start of the new school year. My sister’s and I would go stationery shopping with Mum and spend hours choosing our new lunch boxes, drink bottles, stationary items and new contact to cover our books with. Everything smelled so new and looked so great. After years of practice I finally mastered the art of covering books in contact without the dreaded bubbles!!! My other favourite memory was the tuckshop because my Mum was in charge. She used to make these amazing fruit sandwiches which had banana, pineapple, finely sliced apple and honey. They were so good and so popular. I think it’s funny that 30 years later, I became a Tuckshop Convenor as well.

  • Elizabeth

    I used to love learning and I suppose I am one of the few children who did, but I think as much as school can be a bore it is an exciting place to grow and mature!

  • Rebecca Morotn

    The friends I made and the fun we had.

  • Kristina

    Being with my friends mostly, my girls love school and cant wait to go back haha

  • http://www.facebook.com/Raedella.Belle Joselle Griffin

    Two things… the lunch bell, and the end of day bell!

  • Noah’s mum

    Loved my brand new packet of textas even the brown and grey ones

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=754258353 Linda Courtney

    I loved art class at school. I wasn’t very good, but it allowed me to express my creative side.

  • http://www.facebook.com/JACQUIJD Jacqui Drescher

    I loved art the most at school and finding my lifelong friends.

  • http://www.facebook.com/debbie.huxstep Debbie Huxstep

    Just curious…who were the lucky 3??

  • Analise Whitefield

    Who were the lucky winners?!?