Do you remember the Mr. Men and Little Miss characters from your childhood? Well, General Mills is celebrating these fun characters with limited edition cereal boxes, available in Target for a limited time (October 4 – October 17). Each box features an iron-on transfer! Here’s what you can find:
- Mr. Messy on Cocoa Puffs
- Little Miss Sunshine on Cinnamon Toast Crunch
- Mr. Strong on Honey Nut Cheerios
- Little Miss Chatterbox on Cookie Crisp
- Mr. Happy on Lucky Charms
To celebrate, we have a 5-day giveaway with 5 winners! One for every day next week! Here’s how it works.
We are going to use this post for the entire week. You can enter once per contest period, up to five times total! There will be five different questions to answer. Post your answer as a comment to enter. US Residents only.
Question 1: Mr. Messy: What little messes your child has gotten into, what are your tricks to get your child to take a bath or clean his/her room? – from now until 11:59 pm, ET Monday, 10/12
Question 2: Little Miss Sunshine: Do you have a Little Miss Sunshine (or Mr. Sunshine!) in your house? How does he/she make you laugh and/or cheer you up? – from 11:59 pm ET Monday, 10/12 to 11:59 ET Tuesday 10/13.
Question 3: Mr. Strong: We know breakfast is the best meal of the day to start it off right and make kids strong. What are you child’s favorite breakfast foods? – from 11:59 ET Tuesday to 11:59 Wednesday 10/14.
Question 4: Little Miss Chatterbox: We want to hear what your little chatterbox has to say. Do you have a child that says funny things, tells jokes or uses words incorrectly? – from 11:59 ET Wednesday to 11:59 Thursday, 10/15
Question 5: Mr. Happy: When you’ve had a bad day, how does your child help make you happy? Do they tell funny jokes, sing/dance, draw you a picture? – from 11:59 ET Thursday to 11:59 ET Friday, 10/16.
Here’s what you’ll win:
1 Box of cereal featuring the Mr. Men, Little Miss iron-on character of the day
1 Mr. Men character T-shirt
1 White T-shirt for you to apply the iron-on character(s)
1 Mr. Men, Little Miss collectible book (available wherever books are sold)
1 Mr. Bump Medical Kit from Fisher-Price (available atTarget)
1 $10 Target Gift Card for another item to use with your iron-on transfers
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My little one gets into all messes. He doesn’t mind taking a bath, but that becomes a mess as well.
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the worse mess was when my son pooped his diaper an it was cloth an had rubber pants on over it,an it was up his back,down his legs,everywhere,luckily it was summer an he was 10 months old so i hosed him down with the water hose,that was 35 yrs ago! our trick to get rooms cleaned is that you dont go anywhere until its done
Q1 a recent mess was ‘painting’ with roll on deodorant – very creative!
I had a poop mess just this morning when my 1 year old took off her cloth diaper and came running naked to wake me up yelling “poop poop”! She stuck her hands in it and had poop on her belly and everywhere else. Luckily she loves her bath and went straight to the tub. Maybe that was a clever tactic to get a bath at 8 in the morning. She does a nice job of cleaning up her room. I only wish her 8 year old sister would be so keen on showering and room cleaning!
My granddaughter has discovered that mud pies don’t bake very well in the oven, even if you turn the knob around all the way….can’t leave her alone for a minute, let me tell ya. Its no hard getting her to clean up- she likes to pretend she’s a princess-cyrheart@gmail.com
Today alone, my little one was digging in the dirt and sliding through the damp grass, so he was quite the little mess. Then I had the nephew who dumped someone’s soda over his head! It was a very messy day here today.
To get my son to clean, we set a timer and see how much we can get done or we turn it to a game in a different way. Turning on music always makes it go faster too!
My Sunshine is my little sister–she is so active and fun
it makes all our lives interesting!
My son gets into everything – he has started to wear fruit cups as hats!
th worst mess I had was when my son tried to help clean by taking the kitchen hose and spraying down the whole kitchen. At least after I cleaned up the flood it was clean
To get them to pick up the room, we have a 5 minute tornado. That doesn’t overwhelm them.
The worst mess I can think of is when my daughter got into red nail polish and painted flowers on the cabinets.
My son loves playing in the dirt, he is a messy kid.
my son pulled my dresses off hangars and threw them into the bathtub of water
My Mr Messy loves to color all over himself with magic markers. He knows if I give him a bath, it will wash off so I have gotten to the point that I bribe him by telling him we have to take a bath and if he does, then I will draw a really big picture on his back with markers. I give him the bath and then dry him off and the pretend to draw a picture on his back with a marker or two or three but I never take the caps off so he doesn’t really have a picture on his back and he is happy and I am happy.
My Mr Messy aka Ian gets into messes all the time- how we get him to want his bath is color soaps and lots of toys.
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The biggest mess is food all over. Bath time is fun by using cute soaps.
My 3 yr old gets into a lot of messes. He has his own bubbles and toys for the
bath so he loves taking baths.
My son makes all sorts of messes at the age of 4. He makes a room a disaster just after a few minutes time. He is pretty good about taking a bath and doesn’t give me trouble. As for picking up his messes and can be very difficult and I don’t have really any tricks to get him to.
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Wonderful daughter likes to cut pictures out of magazines but there are lots of paper bits to pick up afterward. She likes to take her bath but not to wash her hair so we just don’t do it every night.
Thank you for the contest.
I read one of the poop ones and it just came to me the time my son had a reaction to some medicine and mount do do started erupting from the back of his diaper and at the same time tummy te te blew from the front while he was standing in his playpen. Well add wet slimey stuff to plastic and what happens? You slip. So he was covered all slipping and bubbling and WOW was that a mess. He got hosed of in the tub, the play pen hit the trash!
I’m a little confused about this one – do certain days involve one question or do we just choose randomly? My little one gets into all kinds of messes – as I’m cleaning up one – he’s making three more. He loves empyting his toy box – just for the fun of throwing things about the room. He’s two – almost three and I try to make a game of cleaning up. I make lotsov bubbles in the bath to entice him to stop playing and get in – where he plays some more!
I’m sorry about the confusion – this giveaway is definitely confusing!
Answer the question of the current day – you can come back all week and answer each question for 5 chances to win!
Until 11:59 ET tonight (Monday) you should answer the Mr. Messy question. Then, tomorrow, (Tuesday) you can come back and answer the next question.
My one year old toddler just loves to draw all over herself with marker. Usually they are washable but every once in a while she finds a permanent marker. We have to rub and rub and rub with soap to get her cleaned up. Poor girl! She loves her bath though and we have to spell the word B-A-T-H when she is around or she will strip and climb in straight away!
My two young daughters had a food fight with fruit cocktail. I was wondering why they were laughing so much
My almost two year old feels compelled to rub her lunch into her hair just about every day. Spaghetti or whatever is on the menu.
If there is food, my nephew will make a mess of it. Luckily, he looooooves to take baths!
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we were standing in line in a convenience store when my son asked in a clear vioce, “Daddy, what’s a virgin?” His daddy said, “well, I haven’t seen one of them for a long time.”
My little Mr Sunshine makes me smile with about everything he says. He loves to tell silly little jokes, that often don’t make sense, but are still cute. He also constantly tells me he loves me and is always smiling. He’s just such a happy kid.
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My one year old is starting to potty train and she takes her shirt off every time she needs to ‘go’. It cracks me up, but at least we know when to put her on the potty! She emits loads of sunshine all day long.
My son is my Little Mr. Sunshine. He’s always doing something silly just to make people laugh. He tells me he loves all the time. Usually we make a counting game out of it. He’ll say “I love you 55″, then I’ll say “I love you 56″ then he’ll shoot back another number and we keep going back and forth. He’s only 4, so the numbers aren’t always in order, but it’s still cute all the same.
No little Miss Sunshines in this household, but we still have a good time.
I do have a little miss sunshine. She’s decided to ask me why after every question, so when I ask her the same back, her reply is always “because no way.” No matter what the question, the answer is always the same.
My daughter is Miss Sunshine. She likes to tell jokes and funny stories
My girl always makes me get up and be active. This makes me happier almost instantly.
My little Mr. Sunshine always smiles and chatters. You can”t help but smile back at him and tell him how much you love him.
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I have two Little Miss Sunshines and they are both obsessed with tickles lately! We are chasing each other all over the house tickling.
I have a little Miss Sunshine and she is 14 now. Bright yellow hair
with a sunny smile
My daughter is the best Little Miss Sunshine when she does her funky dance. Its always makes me smile to see her little sister trying to copy all her moves.
We love Special K cereal with a glass of low fat chocolate milk.
I would like their favorite breakfast foods to be oatmeal or eggs, but they’re more interested in pop tarts.
What are you child’s favorite breakfast foods? anything protein – eggs are a favorite. Or sometimes pizza or mac n cheese1
Favorite would be french toast!
My girls love carbs so its usually hot oatmeal or farina.
sausages
Cold cereals are their favorites.
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My kids like oatmeal, cold cereal, waffles and bagels
I made homemade bread a few times a week and the kids often have toasted bread with lemon curd for breakfast.
My daughter has a bagel and cream cheese nearly every day, she’s terribly picky about what she will and will not eat!
My sons favorite breakfast is either Cinnamon Toast Crunch cereal, Honey Nut Cheerios or Cinnamon Raisin Toast.
My Mr. Strong likes waffles or mini bagels with peanut butter on them for breakfast.
My son loves eggo waffles
“pound cakes”… i mean, pancakes!
My Chatterbox didnt’ say a word until she was 2 years old but she hasn’t been quiet since then!
The funniest thing a child has said to me recently was my nephew. He is 10 and was telling everyone how he didn’t like beer because he’d sipped it before and it was gross. He tone sounded like he thought this was a bad thing. I don’t drink, so I told him it was ok, I don’t like beer either. He thought about it for a second and said, “It’s ok, you’ll probably like it when you’re older”. Made me smile and laugh that he thought I was so young.
My one year old never stops talking (or running or climbing)! She cracks me up when she says “Nasty, eeewwww!” about ten times a day.
the clerk asked me for my discount card, Do you have your Giant card? My four year old said, Mom, where is your vagina card? He insistently repeated the question.
My sister is such a chatterbox as she repeats just about everything I say, and I can talk a lot!
My grandson is a chatterbox. He is always saying something funny and mispronounces words all the time. He makes he laugh on a daily basis.
playing board games together!
No I don’t have a child who does those things, he’s mostly a quiet kind.
When my daughter was maybe 2 or 3 she made up a word that we still use today: hiney burp! The definition, I think, is quite obvious.
When my son was little he was feeling sick to his stomach, we asked him if he had a tummy ache and from that day forward he has called his stomach a tummy ache instead.
Favorite breakfast foods are bacon and waffles w/syrup
My three year old granddaughter is a funny little chatter box and always makes me laugh.
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no – we taught them to speak correctly
My daughter like to tell jokes and funny stories.
My daughter has to be heard. When we walk down the street, her voice can be heard down the street. She will say exactly what she is thinking, and she is a real cutie.
My daughter is very quiet, so it’s actually my son who is Mr. Chatterbox. He talks all the time and DOES have a good sense of humor. THanks.
#5 – I try not to let the grandkids see if I had a bad day, but they can usually pick up on it. My 5 year old granddaughter will give me a hug and then run off to draw me all kinds of pictures. The 2 year old grandson will want me to pick him up, then he gives me a kiss and gives me a hug and put his head on my shoulder. Then I know everything will be okay.
My Hannah understands sarcasm and it always makes my day to joke with her, she’s a hoot.
Thank you so much!
Our 4 year old son is so sensitive to other people that I try and not let him see if I am having a bad day. He always picks up on it though and comes over to me, stretches his little arms and says “mommy needs a big, big bear hug!” Those little arms around me and that smile on his face just melt any badness of the day away!
My kids fav. breakfast is anything cereal.
They don’t do anything specific, but it’s impossible to stay angry about anything when you are surrounded by such happy little people.
When I’ve had a really bad day, my son is more than willing to tell me a story or a joke to make me smile. He also seems to know just when a hug will make me better too!
My daughter likes cocoa when shes a little blue so she will make cocoa for anyone who needs it to cheer them up.
My daughters love to sing and make up plays. It always cheers me up.
My daughter does it all–sings, dances, tells bad knock-knock jokes, whatever it takes!
My granddaughter surprises me. Sometimes she draws me a picture, sometimes she gives me a hug.
they draw for me
Sometimes it’s a hug but mostly they do just do something silly to make me smile.
I don’t have children of my own, but I teach at an after-school program and all it takes to bring me out of a bad day is their excitement of coming to the program. And a hug always helps.
My precious five month old baby boy has unconditional acceptance of me despite my flaws, imperfections, and bad days. I am blessed by his tender snuggles and the looks of adoration he gives me from seeing my face or listening to me talk. Regardless of the day I’ve had, he still finds security and joy from me, squealing and smiling over my pure presence; bringing me indescribable happiness.
my sons middle name is mess. He is like a chicken droppen feathers instead he drops a mess behind him.
My Son just has to smile at me, and he brightens my day. He is only 3 months old, and it’s amazing what his little smile can make you feel!
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My son is very funny by nature and can make me laugh. Plus if he knows I’m sad or sick he ALWAYS comes up and gives me a big hug and tells me he loves me.
Thanks.
My son loves to make me cards, when I’m having a bad day. Thanks
My daughter likes to sing me songs when I’m having a bad day
When I am having a bad day -my littleone loves to make me laugh!
When you’ve had a bad day, how does your child help make you happy?
When i am having a bad day i count my blessings. it makes me happy to know i have my family and my health! my kids make me happy every time i look at them!
When I have had a bad day, my youngest son will act goofy trying to make me laugh. My oldest son just tries to leave me alone. THank you
My child makes me happy by distracting me and entertaining me
Hugs and kisses make me feel better on a bad day.
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Big hugs all around for whoever is having a rough day! Whenever someone is grumpy we all put pajamas on and have movie night, even if its in the afternoon.
My daughter makes me the most beautiful pictures of our family.. That always cheers me up