Two Thursdays ago I was invited by Mission Foods to a blogger event to see the musical We Will Rock You. The promise of free food and drinks will lure me pretty much anywhere (PRs take note!) but the truth is I was REALLY excited to see the show. I didn’t have time to round up a fellow musical theatre-loving friend so E came along as my dutiful date. He was a good sport while I thoroughly enjoyed myself and clapped along – a cheesy plotline full of massive song and dance numbers is SO my cup of tea!

The event was in support of the partnership between Mission Foods and We Will Rock You and a nationwide Mission Wraps on-pack promotion that offers consumers  2-4-1 tickets to the show on every pack, plus the chance to win luxury hotel breaks and an exclusive part on the show. Four million packs of Mission Wraps (Original, Wheat & White, Mediterranean Herb and Multigrain) are printed with a unique code which you can enter on the site WeWillWrapYou.co.uk to claim your 2-4-1 deal and determine your prize.

You can also enter to win a part in the show (one show only, mind you!) by creating an audition video that incorporates the We Will Wrap You slogan within the We Will Rock You chorus and upload it to the site. The most unique and creative audition will win the part. Check the site to see your competition – there are some fun videos up already! The contest is open until 31 December.

I absolutely LOVE Mexican food so getting me excited about cooking with wraps was not a serious challenge. We took some home in our goody bags and have been making breakfast burritos, fajitas and tortilla chips – yum! I’m planning to do another post with some recipes soon.

If you’re not to busy entering my competition to win Disney on Ice tickets (shameless plug!) energyrethinking, a website dedicated to helping you save money and energy, is running two competitions which give you a great chance to win some free energy-saving stuff. Register on the site and post a tip to win one of the following:

*One of five Eco showerheads from Mira, which retail at £38. These showerheads are made using eco efficient technology which aerates the water droplets, saving up to 75% of the water you would normally use.

*One of five OWL Micro Electricity Monitors, which retail at £24.99. These accurately gauge your energy usage to the exact pound and pence via a wireless LCD screen. The benefits of turning off a light or unplugging a device left on standby can automatically be seen on the monitor.

My beloved HobbyCraft is celebrating National Cupcake Week (13th – 19th September) with a cupcake-making challenge!

If you join in the challenge you could win a fabulous mini cupcake maker which cooks your favourite treats in just four minutes! The winner’s creation will also be featured in the Ideas Library on HobbyCraft’s website so that cupcake fans across the country can re-create your recipe for success.

To enter, share your cupcake creations on HobbyCraft’s National Cupcake Week Flickr site. At the end of National Cupcake Week they’ll choose a winner. I have to warn you ladies, the competition is FIERCE!

Have a look at these entries already up on Flickr:

From Little Gem Bakery

From Renata Aguilar

From NaginskiCupcakes

Laura Ashley are running a competition to promote the launch of their new Girlswear collection!  The deadline is 10 September. Read on for more info.

Children aged 2-8 years are invited to enter a creative drawing competition for a chance to create their very own design to be sold in Laura Ashley stores and on-line. The winning designs will also win a £250 Laura Ashley giftcard plus there are also some fantastic runner-up prizes to be won.

The two winning designs will be sold as part of the new Girlswear collection launching Spring/Summer 2011 with 100% of the profits from every competition t-shirt sold going to Barnardos children’s charity.

To enter, get your crayons, pencils and paints out and start drawing on an A4 piece of paper using one of two themes: A day at the seaside or a picnic in the park. Click here for the entry form.

Please post entries to:
Laura Ashley T-Shirt Competition
27 Bagleys Lane, London, SW6 2QA

The cute mum-run online shop Tutus and Capes is running a competition and I’m helping to spread the word.

Charlene at Tutus and Capes custom-makes tutus and superhero capes for kids and uses two cute characters on her site. She’s asking for help thinking up names for the characters and to make sure she gets the most creative suggestions ONLY kids can enter!

Here are the characters:

Email your kids’ entries to competition@tutsandcapes.co.uk by 12 noon on 31 August 2010.

All entries will be carefully read by Charlene (Tutus and Capes creator) and a panel of children judges.  The winner will be announced on the site by 30 September 2010.

The prize for the children who come up with the winning names will be a custom-made tutu or cape and a personalised fantasy picture from Enhance-Me.com.  For terms and conditions click here.

And by the way: Tutus and Capes is offering 15% off orders for its summer sale.

I ran a giveaway over the past week with the lovely people at Willows Farm Village who generously provided a family day pass to the farm’s Summer Spectacular event for one of my readers.

The competition has ended and our lucky winner is Baking Mad Mama!

During the competition we asked readers to share their favourite thing about visiting a farm park with their kids. Baking Mad Mama shared “Best bit about the farm with a 2 year old has to be his face when the goats come up wanting attention. He bends right down to them and chatters away as if he’s telling them all his secrets.”

Thanks so much to everyone who entered and to Willows Farm Village for the pass.

If you’re looking for something fun to do with the little ones this summer holiday, check out Willows Summer Spectacular!

Note: I originally posted this last week and am extending the competition one extra day because I’ve been so busy!

Ooh have I got something special for you today!

Willows Farm Village is having their annual Summer Spectacular event and have provided me with a family day pass to give away to one of my readers! Two adults and two children can enter on the pass.

To enter, please share your favourite thing about visiting a farm park with your children in the comments below or Tweet your entry to me @vouchermumuk. Entries must be in by 30 July 2 August and we’ll randomly select a winner to be announced on 2 4 August.

Willows Farm Village is near St Albans in Hertfordshire and it’s absolutely brilliant. The Summer Spectacular is held until 5 September and has plenty of events and activities to keep children entertained rain or shine.

Outdoors, there are all the farmyard animals to see and loads of activities, from Panning for Gold to Inflatable Bouncy Haystacks, Fun Fair Rides and the popular Tractor Trek. Indoors, there is plenty of fun to be had with Willows’ indoor play barn, Woolly Jumpers, featuring active play, ball pools and three exciting slides. A new activity for 2010 is Captain Chicken’s Egg Dodge where the Whites and Yolks team dodge each other’s foam ball eggs fired from the egg cannons.

Some of the Summer Spectacular’s highlights include:

• Willows farmer Andrew Wolfe has planted an A-maize-ing Maze grown completely from maize, an adventure the whole family will enjoy finding their way out of with a competition for the children to take part in.

• Willows Sports Day Races, an event exclusive to Summer Spectacular, where participants can enjoy old-school races including the egg and spoon and bean bag race. All children who take part will receive a certificate.

• Around the farm Tristan the Runaway Tractor will be telling his summer story and the popular Sing-a-long-a Woolly sessions return with Willows Entertainer Chris Beebee and Farm Village mascot Woolly Willow the Sheep, leading children in well-known nursery rhymes.

The Farmhouse Restaurant or Woolly Jumpers Coffee Shop offer a wide range of food for visitors. You can also bring your own picnic or pick up picnic supplies at the Willows Farm Shop which works with local producers to provide a wide range of goods with its own butchery counter, delicatessen, fresh fruit and vegetables, breads, cakes and drinks.

Tickets for the Summer Spectacular are £11.95 for adults and £12.95 for children. Concessions are available for senior citizens and disabled customers, and children under two years of age can enter free of charge.

I can’t wait to see your entries in the comments and on Twitter!

Join in the fun over the summer holidays with Chewits Sports Courses and its Summer Sports Roadshow coming to the UK during July and August. Chewits have provided voucher codes for 20 free places to give away to my readers!

Plus, Chewits are offering all VoucherMum.com readers the chance to get free kids places with a special 241 discount when you book on the multi-sports session for your child and their friends to enjoy!

Brought to you by much loved chewy sweet, Chewits, these holiday sports courses are the perfect way to keep your little ones happy and active during the school break.  Your child will love this fun and healthy sporting experience with loads of other kids in their own age group.

The day courses are managed by Premier Sport professional sports coaches and provide six hours worth of multi-sport activity for 5-11 years olds of all levels and abilities during school holiday weekdays. 21 different sports are available, including football, tag rugby, gymnastics, dance and cricket.

To find courses near you and to redeem your 241 session simply enter the following code VM/2010 on the website www.chewitspremiersport.org.

To be in with a chance of winning a place on a Chewits Sports Course near you all you have to do is answer the following question in the comments and I’ll email you a code:

Chewits Sports Courses are being run in association with which company?

a) Sport Fit

b) Premier Sport

C) Kids in Sport

To sign up for the course or for more information visit www.chewitspremiersport.org. More information on Chewits can be found at www.chewits.co.uk.

Terms & Conditions
*Sessions must be pre-booked, no drop-inswill ever be accepted, and are subject to availability
*241 codes can only be used for the roadshow session and venue stated above
*All 241 places can be used in the following way only:
1 person
- One day- No discount applied
- Two days – Pay for one day get second day free
- Three days – Pay for two days get third day free
- Four days – Pay for two days get two days free
2 people
-  One day – pay for one child second child free
*Visit the following link to find where courses are in your area underline;”>www.chewitspremiersport.org
*No cash alternative
*Children require permission from a parent or guardian to attend a course.
*Who can attend- Boys and Girls aged 5-11 years
*You will need shin pads for football and hockey. For ease these can be purchased online and picked up on the day to collect.
*Every child must be signed in and out each day by an appropriate adult.
*You need to arrive between 9.15am and 9.30am for registration
*All participants require a packed lunch

Nesquik is running a brilliant promotion at the moment. All you have to do is send in a picture of your child’s artwork and they will post you a Crayola art pack. I can’t tell you exactly what is in the pack but it looks pretty good in the photo below!

The “best” entries will be featured in a gallery on the site (I have a teensy issue with “best” here because when it comes to childrens’ art, well, who is to say what’s best…) and each month a professional designer will also pick a winner for the grand prize. This month you could win entry to the National Space Centre for a family of four plus £225 towards travel and spending money.

You can submit your entry here. That is Beth from Derby’s entry from the gallery in the main above. Well done, Beth!

Millie’s Cookies are running a really fun competition to celebrate their 25th birthday this year. To celebrate, they are giving away a sleepover party with X Factor superstar Stacey Solomon and all the Millie’s Cookies you can eat.

Millie’s have teamed up with the online magazine Sugarscape.com on the contest so to enter just visit the site and tell Millie’s in 25 words why you should be the winner! Entries must be in by 31 July.

The winner and five of her friends will be treated like celebrities with pampering from a personal hairdresser and beautician. They will also have the chance to conduct an exclusive interview with Stacey that will be featured on Sugarscape.com.

Here are the T&Cs!