Monday, 5 December 2011

Tractor Ted


Still trying to find that elusive stocking filler for a little person?

Well, if you have a tractor and farm fan in your family then Tractor Ted could be the answer to your Christmas present quandry. With a wide range of gift ideas available from DVD's, clothing, books and meal time accessories Tractor Ted is every aspiring tractor drivers new best friend.

This little green tractor not only entertains but educates youngsters all about farm and countryside life, using a mix of animation and real life footage. The concept was created by mum of 3, Andrea Heard, back in 2005, after her children would ask her to stop and watch the farm machines at work in the fields when they were young. Together with David Horler, aWiltshire/Somerset farmer , Tractor Ted was born to help answer and show children life down on the farm and living in the countryside.
 Burton, his daddy, grandad and I watched the newest, and 16th, DVD in the Tractor Ted series Mighty Maize Machine. Now I have to be honest, even though these DVD's are aimed a 2-6 year olds, I learnt so much from watching the work that takes place on the Dorset Dairy! I couldn't believe the size of the forage harvester which is featured - its huuuuge! I also LOVED the song which accompanied this part of the DVD which was all about this awesome piece of farming machinery "it's amaaaaazig.....how the maize gets in" ; yes a song written about a forage harvester- brilliant!

Anyway, enough about what I thought of the DVD *ahem* ! Burton's attention was held by Tractor Ted and I really liked how as each new task was under taken on the farm it was explained to the viewer and names of the tasks and machines were shown on the screen. It certainly makes you realise how much time and effort running a farm entails and the scale of the jobs and machinery being filmed. Burton excitedly pointed familiar things out to me like the tractors and the cows and he seemed to take it all in. His daddy and grandad, both of whom have farming backgrounds, were engrossed in the DVD too and enjoyed discussing the machinery with each other! We all agreed that by using real life footage it really helped to see the farming processes that take place and is so good for learning what things are and what they do. I think this actually educates farm fans of all ages!

As I mentioned at the start, Tractor Ted merchandise would make ideal presents for your little ones and there is an array of great products available exclusively from the TractorLand website including:

DVD 's £9.99
16 titles in total ranging from learning how food is made and where it comes from; farming through the seasons and looking after the animals.
Books £4.99
Colouring Book £6.99
Mug £4.99
Placements £6.99
Ruck Sack £9.99
Lunchbox £9.99
Wooden Puzzle £12.00 Boots (sizes 5-9) £19.99  
Breakfast Set £19.99

GIVE AWAY

I am very excited to be able to offer 1 lucky Mummy Mishaps reader a FARMTASTIC Tractor Ted prize - it is worth £70!!!

The brilliant bundle of goodies includes:




To be in with a chance of winning this fab prize all you need to do is

*Leave your name and twitter name
*Please RT this giveaway by copying the following into a tweet 
I want to win farmtastic Tractor Ted goodies with Mummy Mishaps @JennyPaulin http://mummymishaps.blogspot.com/2011/12/tractor-ted.html


Giveaway ends Monday 13th December Good luck xx




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44 comments:

  1. Mummy's Space5 December 2011 at 09:30

    Have to admit I had never heard of Tractor Ted before. Ben is a typical little boy into anything with wheels and loves animals so it sounds like something he'd love and it's great to hear it's educational too!

    My twitter Id is @mmeeee

    Mags x

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  2. caro_mad5 December 2011 at 12:29

    Oh this is great. Would love this for my little nephew - he loves anything that has a motor and would be totally into this.

    @caro_mad

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  3. caro_mad5 December 2011 at 12:30

    oh yeah, I have tweeted :)

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  4. from_fun_to_mum5 December 2011 at 13:18

    Oh, I know just the perfect boy for this.
    @from_fun_to_mum 

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  5. laura Seaton5 December 2011 at 13:22

    Laura Seaton

    @tiredmummyoftwo
    You would make one farm mad little girl very happy

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  6. Karaguppy5 December 2011 at 13:26

    I have not heard of Tractor Ted but it looks wonderful.  Tweeted as @chelseamamma

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  7. Gemma5 December 2011 at 14:04

    I've got a tractor-holic who would LOVE this.x

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  8. Lauren5 December 2011 at 14:24

    Have tweeted!
    Charles is a bit tractor obsessed. The field opposite us is full of turnips and we have been watching the Tractor and Combine Harvestor at work.

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  9. Scuffer5 December 2011 at 14:32

    Hello, I think my tractor obsessed toddler would love this! Corinne aka MotherScuffer

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  10. wendy stanger5 December 2011 at 14:37

    my kids are both tractor mad so this would be great have tweeted

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  11. Laura F5 December 2011 at 15:35

    My son would LOVE this. He's as obsessed by tractors as his dad is.
    I have tweeted the giveaway & I'm @lozzi84

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  12. Boo Roo and Tigger Too5 December 2011 at 22:13

    Sarah Anguish - @littleboo_21 
    Tweeted too

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  13. Ness Gorton5 December 2011 at 22:15

    Tweeted @baggiesbabe69 

    Ness Gorton

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  14. Notmyyearoff5 December 2011 at 23:43

    Fab comp!

    @notmyyearoff
    Tas

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  15. TheBoyandMe6 December 2011 at 00:32

    What a fabulous concept to engage little boys in real life learning. Please enter me as I'm tweeting it now

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  16. redrosemummy6 December 2011 at 00:43

    Great prize. Bud is loving Tractors at the moment so he would be delighted with this. @RedRoseMummy 

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  17. Katherine Aitken6 December 2011 at 06:36

    This is fab - my 4 year old would love this.  Tweeted as @mumoffunkids 

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  18. Jessica Whitehead-Stevens6 December 2011 at 07:11

    brill @jessws2011 

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  19. Sam@happyhomebird6 December 2011 at 14:39

    I'd not heard of Tractor Ted before and as my son is loving tractors he would love this! Tweeted as @happyhomebird 

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  20. Morag Thomson6 December 2011 at 15:13

    Loving tractor Ted comp

    @muminmarketing 

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  21. Jennakeller1266 December 2011 at 21:11

    hi would love to win. twitter name is @yummymummy299 and my name is jenna keller. email: jennakeller126@yahoo.co.uk x

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  22. Little Family Of 38 December 2011 at 14:16

    I would love to win this for my nephew!
    @mum2alesha xx Tweeted :)

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  23. Mummy Fever8 December 2011 at 14:22

    lovely giveaway - I have tweeted @MummyFever 

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  24. Little House Lovely8 December 2011 at 17:14

    Hello :)
    Oh yes please! Would love to win this! My little toddler boy is tractor crazy!
    My twitter id is @beachpebble xx

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  25. jessies_online8 December 2011 at 18:27

    great giveaway @jessies_online 

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  26. Louise8 December 2011 at 18:49

    Great idea and an excellent prize @LouiseRWs 

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  27. Sara8 December 2011 at 21:55

    I have an autistic foster son who loves tractors this would be an awesome treat. @livvyssmile

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  28. Elaine Livingstone8 December 2011 at 23:38

    grandson is tractor daft (comes of having livedon a farm in a rural area) @pooohbear2811 tweeted as well

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  29. Mummy Lion8 December 2011 at 23:38

    ive never heard of tractor ted -  my son is tractor mad so he would adore this prize.  ooh fingers crossed (might turn him off dora if he gets this dvd!! (one can hope)) @mummylion

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  30. QWERTY Mum9 December 2011 at 13:18

    Can't go wrong with tractors! @PaulaHaylock 

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  31. Marzena9 December 2011 at 13:59

    my name is Marzena
    ID twitter @marzutek

    I have tweeted

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  32. Jacqueline9 December 2011 at 17:36

    What a great prize. My wee boy would love it.
    Jac
    @tinnedtoms

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  33. Jacqueline9 December 2011 at 17:37

    I tweeted.
    Thank you
    :)

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  34. Erica Price10 December 2011 at 07:38

    I'd like to enter (Erica Price @ericahughes).  This series is so good - I persuaded the local library to buy the series because I was so impressed.

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  35. Lou Strachan13 December 2011 at 00:04

    Louise Strachan and tweeted comp as Bobbity666 Thanks x

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