Tuesday, February 23, 2010

Review & Giveaway: General Mills Retro Cereals 2

This giveaway is now closed - winner to be announced shortly!
This is the second in my week of General Mills Retro Cereal Boxes Giveaways.  You can enter the first day's giveaway here.

Today I'm highlighting the retro box of my husband's favorite cereal - Lucky Charms!  Like Cheerios, Lucky Charms came out in 1965.

Check out this interesting fact: in 1965, the average income per year was just $6,450! Wow - a dollar must have gone a lot farther in those days.

The retro Lucky Charms box features a Lucky Leprechaun puppet that you can cut out and suspend from strings.  It looks fun; I plan to put it together with my girls.

I definitely put on puppet shows as a child.  My sister and I were obsessed with the film "The Sound of Music" (which coincidentally came out in 1965), so we were always trying to recreate the lonely goatherd sequence!  We never had any actual string puppets, though, so I think we would have enjoyed even a cardboard one like the Lucky Leprechaun.

Want to win a retro cereal gift pack, featuring all five cereals, a retro-designed t-shirt, and a $10 Target gift card?

To enter, leave a comment below telling us if you ever put on puppet shows as a kid, and if you did, if you ever mastered the Lucky Charms Leprechaun Puppet.

You must do the above to enter.  After your initial entry, you may gain up to 3 additional entries by doing any of the following:
1) Follow Frugally Blonde by rss feed.
2) Follow Frugally Blonde by email
3) Follow Frugally Blonde on Twitter and tweet about this giveaway.

Please leave a separate comment for each entry.  I will pick the winners from each days' contest by random number generator at the end of the week.

Also, remember that all five retro cereal boxes are available at Target until March 7!

I was provided with the above listed cereal gift pack from General Mills in exchange for this review, and the giveaway prizes are provided by General Mills.  I was not compensated in any other way, and the opinions are my own.
Posted by Liz at 7:05 AM
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  1. JennFebruary 23, 2010 at 7:40 AM

    I never put on a puppet show. But I liked watching them! :)

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  2. JennFebruary 23, 2010 at 7:41 AM

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  3. The ManintveldsFebruary 23, 2010 at 7:45 AM

    My friends and I did put on puppet shows as kids but, never with the Lucky Charms Leprechaun .. although, that could have been fun!

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  4. Sarah GFebruary 23, 2010 at 8:01 AM

    I never did put on a puppet show as a kid - I was usually the nerd, in the back, with her nose in a book. :p

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  5. Sarah GFebruary 23, 2010 at 8:02 AM

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  8. shellypdx@yahoo.comFebruary 23, 2010 at 8:28 AM

    We did puppet shows as a kid, but we never had the Lucky Charms puppet. We loved the cereal, but only got it once in a great while as a special treat. My husband and I both love it still and still get it now for a once in awhile treat. As a kid though, the main puppet I remember playing with was a Cookie Monster puppet that my Godmother made for me. He evn had his own cookie that he could "eat".

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  9. Donna C.February 23, 2010 at 9:01 AM

    We put puppet shows on when I was a child but we had hand puppets. Never had the Lucky Charm Puppet

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  13. JCFebruary 23, 2010 at 11:57 AM

    We put on puppet shows as kids, but never mastered the Lucky Charms Leprechaun Puppet.

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  17. Mama2primusFebruary 23, 2010 at 12:59 PM

    I honestly don't remember putting on puppet shows at least not until I got older and did them with the kids I babysat for...

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  18. Mama2primusFebruary 23, 2010 at 1:00 PM

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  19. Dolphin GirlFebruary 23, 2010 at 6:46 PM

    I put on lots of puppet shows as a kid. We used to hide behind the couch, and usually used paper bag puppets. I never had a LUcky Charms puppet. But we loved to eat the cereal. We always ate all the marshmallows first!

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  21. Table4FiveFebruary 23, 2010 at 6:54 PM

    I don't remember putting on puppet shows! I never had a Lucky Charms puppet because my Mom was diabetic and only bought unsweetened cereal.

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  22. Table4FiveFebruary 23, 2010 at 6:55 PM

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  23. Table4FiveFebruary 23, 2010 at 6:56 PM

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  24. AnonymousFebruary 23, 2010 at 7:00 PM

    Yes I did do puppet shows but never had the Lucky Charms Leprechaun Puppet.

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  25. AnonymousFebruary 23, 2010 at 7:01 PM

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  26. AshleyFebruary 23, 2010 at 9:19 PM

    We never really did puppet shows...we made our own movies, but puppets never interested us!

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  29. Connie BlackFebruary 24, 2010 at 8:15 AM

    Oh my goodness, this is bringing me back to the days I used to drive my older brothers nuts. I loved to do puppet shows and of course my parents used to make my brothers watch since I spent so much time in preparing for them. I made my own puppets, never heard of the Lucky Leprechaun puppet, but maybe my brothers would have enjoyed it more if I had!
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  32. JaneFebruary 24, 2010 at 8:48 AM

    I've never done a puppet show, but I bet it would be fun!

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  33. UnknownFebruary 24, 2010 at 9:41 AM

    I never put on a puppet show, but my daughter loves to! Thanks for the chance!
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  37. SunnieFebruary 24, 2010 at 11:10 AM

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  38. SunnieFebruary 24, 2010 at 11:11 AM

    Me and my sister never did puppet shows. But I did grow up eating Lucky Charms

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  39. Heather FFebruary 24, 2010 at 11:49 AM

    I'm pretty sure I did put on a puppet show as a kid but I don't remember any specific details.

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  40. Heather FFebruary 24, 2010 at 11:50 AM

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  41. AnonymousFebruary 25, 2010 at 6:31 PM

    We used to do sock puppet shows. They were fun.

    Kirsten

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  42. AnonymousFebruary 26, 2010 at 9:46 AM

    We put on puppet shows all of the time, but I never mastered the "Magically Delicious"!

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  44. AnonymousFebruary 26, 2010 at 9:48 AM

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  45. AnonymousFebruary 27, 2010 at 2:45 AM

    Puppet Shows!....my sisters and I had a whole collection of hand puppets and marionettes and we proudly put on shows for whoever would watch! We even put on shows when nobody was there but the 3 of us! We had some great puppets but unfortunatly I never had a Lucky Charms Lepruchan puppet. I di love the Cereal and adored the commercials but *sigh* no puppet!
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  46. Terri DellFebruary 27, 2010 at 5:35 AM

    I never did puppet shows and I wasn't even aware there was a Lucky Charms puppet either. It would have been fun though

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  47. Terri DellFebruary 27, 2010 at 5:36 AM

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  48. Terri DellFebruary 27, 2010 at 5:37 AM

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  50. Kendra aka The Meanest MommaFebruary 27, 2010 at 1:29 PM

    i don't remember doing any puppet shows, tho I'm sure did at some point. I do know that Lucky Charms are magically delicious!

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  51. ms-texasFebruary 27, 2010 at 5:05 PM

    i didn't put on puppet shows but i remember puppet shows at Bible school!

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