Okay my friends. Wrinkle your nose with me, squint your eyes just a little, tip your head slightly to the right, and get ready to say … what the heck?
But bear with me – I promise you are going to love this!
I am so excited to be partnering with the Silly McGilly team today to bring you … SILLY McGILLY!
Now I know you are likely thinking – what the heck? – mostly because I got you all prepared to think that, but also because of what has been going on in my house for the last three weeks.
I have had Silly McGilly sitting in my family room for the last few week and every time I have a friend in, she walks over to Silly, wrinkles her nose, squints her eyes, tips her head just a little, and says – what the heck? (Or a version of heck depending on the friend).
BUT shortly there after she’d say, “THAT’S AWESOME!”
And here is why.
Silly McGilly is a way to bring magic and fun to the depths of winter – or at least he will be for me.
I have complained written in this space a lot about winter. It is a hard season for me. The cold, the kids cooped up inside, the cold, the little sun, the cold, my unhappy chickens … the cold.
Yes, winter and I are not great friends.
My attempt to overcome this is by focusing on the loveliness of the holidays over the winter season. Lots of Christmas cheer and Valentine’s Day love happening in this neck of the woods.
But then? Well, here in Ontario Canada we have a looooong winter. After Valentine’s Day we still have at least another 6-8 weeks of frigid temperatures (I shuttered typing that).
So, when I was introduced to the magic and wonder and fun of Silly McGilly I got really excited (well, after the nose wrinkle, squinty eyes, head tilt thing).
A way to bring some magic and fun to March and pull us all the way to Spring? Well now – that is a St Patrick’s Day miracle!
Silly McGilly is a sweet little Leprechaun who comes to you with his book and very own magic.
And the excitement this little Leprechaun brings! Good grief!! My boys were beside themselves. We read the sweet story and learned all about the magic of Silly McGilly.
The boys read that when they were ready for some silliness to take place they were to put Silly McGilly on the window ledge. This is the sign that the REAL Silly McGilly will come to their house to play a silly joke.
And oh goodness the excitement of it all! Would Silly turn the pictures upside down in the house? Would he turn their breakfast oatmeal green? Would he leave them gold coins? There is a crazy cute little video showing the magic of Silly – you can watch it right here.
Talk about keeping the magic alive!
The Silly McGilly website has lots of ideas for silly tricks and fabulous magical ideas. There are ideas for using Silly at home and for using him in the classroom.
I tell you, we had been missing out not celebrating St Patrick’s Day!
Seeing my kids happy and excited and completely swept away into a magical world is enough to put a smile on my face even in March.
And to put a smile on your face? Why that is icing on the cake friends!
GIVEAWAY!
The Silly McGilly Team (made up of 3 lovely sisters) is generously offering Silly McGilly to one of you! You will receive Silly and his sweet story and a March full of fun and laughter.
To be entered to win, simply comment below. Contest closes on Friday February 19th.
You can also follow along with the Silly McGilly adventures – new books and lots more – on Pinterest, Facebook, and Twitter.
Thanks for reading, I hope you are having a lovely Monday friends!
Sounds like just the thing to help bring cheer after a long winter!
What fun my grandchildren would have with Silly McGilly !
I’d love the opportunity to bring Silly McGilly into my preschool special ed classroom. I’m sure my students would laugh and enjoy the fun this book has to offer.
I’m with you on the long, dreary winter! I teach preschool in western Michigan. Every February and March I have a hard time getting through the winter. My Happy Light helps, the seasonal affective disorder, and I have the top quality clothing for outdoor play with my students. Still, I think something magical like Silly McGilly will help my students and me survive until spring!
I teach preschool in West Michigan, and have to use a “Happy Light” to get through the winter doldrums. I’ve read that the Grand Rapids area has one of the highest number of days with overcast, gray skies.
I would love to help my students get through the winter and have something to look forward to when coming to our classroom!
The classroom would be such an exciting place for the month of March with Silly Mcgilly around! Already thinking of fun little tricks for Him to pull off. Hope to win!
This sounds really fun and a great way to get through the winter. Thanks for sharing!
What a neat idea!
Ohmygosh I love this idea. I’m not much for the elf on the shelf, but this seems fun.
sounds fun and he’s so cute!
This looks so cute! I’d love to show Silly to my little nephews. I like Disney stuff but I really love some original characters. I’m with you on the long winters. I can’t wait for spring and everything to be bright and colorful again.
My grandaughter would love this book
Silly is so pretty. I’m sure my cousin would love to have one.
What a cute idea! Thanks for sharing.
How adorable! Silly McGilly seems like a lot of fun! It has been super cold down south this winter…not nearly as cold as Ontario is, but I’m a lot more sensitive to the cold weather than I used to be haha. Bring on the summer.
Awww he’s cute!
So fun. My kids have another stuffed animal and book set. They love it.
My daughter would love to read this!
This looks so sweet! What a fun story and stuffed friend set.
This guy and this story looks so cute. I bet my girls would love it!
This is to cute. Great idea. Kids would love this.
My grandkids would love Silly McGilly adventures, thanks!
My kids and I would love to win this little guy and story book!
This sounds like so much fun! My daughter would love to have one of these! 🙂
My grandson would love this!
This sounds super cute!
My Grandkids would love this.
This sounds like fun! I also dread the cold!!
This is adorable!
What a cute little leprechaun! A sweet idea.
I live in New England so I absolutely understand about the cold. This could be such a fun way to create adventures with my 2 little ones! <3
me and my toddlers are having winter blues too we are not happy campers being in side but we make the best by doing crafts and eating warm food. this is such a cute little giveaway. thank you for this opportunity.
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What a cute book. Would love to read it to my class and kids.
What a good idea! Would love to have some silly adventures with my son.
This is so adorable! The plush and the book are both just so cute!
Sounds like something my boys would love. What a great idea.
What a cute book!
This is cute. My girls would like this. They are at the age that they love all things magical and silly. 🙂
Adorable! My boys would love him – we love toys that we can tie in with books!
Oh my gosh if that isn’t the cutest little guy! 😉 Thank you for the chance!
My son would love this. Thanks for the chance.
We just love silly books too! Definitely going to have to check this one out!
We would so love to win this one thanks for the chance.
I would love this for homeschool!
omg this is adorable! my kiddos would go nuts over both of these!!
Thanks for the giveaway, this looks real cute!
my granddaughter would love Silly McGilly
Silly McGilly is SO CUTE!! I love St. Patrick’s Day! I have “Darby O’Gill and the Little People” on DVD. It’s such a fun holiday! Thank you for sharing! kristiedonelson(at)gmail(dot)com Thank you.
How great- our house would love him!!
This book looks so cute. The fact that it has a doll in a Bonus! I know my kids would get a kick out of this.
How fun! Thanks for the chance!
My niece would love this!! Thanks for the chance
This is a cute idea. St. Patrick’s Day can be fun!
What a fun little activity! I think my daughter would expect Silly to come with chocolate gold coins, so I’d have to incorporate those somehow lol.
I love this idea! What a great giveaway thank you for the chance 🙂
This is such a cute idea! I love it.
This would be a fun thing to do with my family.
I am always telling 3 year old granddaughter she is silly and she loves to be read to, this would be a great book for her.
My niece would have such a ball with this! She loves her Elf on a Shelf, and this would continue the fun!
This book sounds interesting, and the Silly McGilly looks super cute! I would love to win them for my son!
Thank You for the chance
Oh this sounds like so much fun! We do Elf on the Shelf and have such a blast with it. Our little one is always sad when Jack or Elf goes back home. I would love to win and make this a yearly tradition in our home. Oh would be so much fun!!!
Congratulations Laura – you won! I have sent you an email with all the information you will need. Enjoy! Thank you for entering!
What a cute little book. I would love to read it to my little one.
My kids would love this.
My grandkids would enjoy this,
Such a cute idea, my kids would love this.
This looks cute!
This is so cute~my grandchildren would love it!
What fun my kids would have with Silly McGilly !
So cute. We love celebrating St Patrick’s Day since it is my son’s birthday
Very cute…
My boys would enjoy adding this to our celebration.
My kids and I would love this!
I have Irish heritage, this would be a fun way to share that with my kids.
What a cute idea! The children in my daughter’s classroom would love this!
This would be awesome! My kids would love this, and it would cheer up our March!
This is so cute! My 3 year olds would love this. They are patiently awaiting Springs arrival, as am I.
My grandaughter loves books and would love this.
Would love to win this.
My little girl would love this! Another tradition we could start.
I love this he is too cute! Thanks for running this giveaay.
My nephews would love Silly McGilly! Thanks for the chance at this!
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That is so cute! My kids would love this.
Silly is so cute!
This book sounds so cute, I think my son would love it.
I love St. Patrick’s Day! This is so super cute.
How cute! Thank you for the giveaway!
What a great giveaway
Contest closed – congratulations Laura J! Thank you all so much for entering. And there is still lots of time for you to buy Silly before St Patrick’s Day!
This is such a cute idea for a book!
I love it when there is a toy with the book so you can act the story out.
I had never heard of Silly McGilly before! What a great little story!
The Silly McGilly idea is awesome. And I agree – our winters in Ontario certainly need some brightening, especially for bored little ones.
What a cute idea! Winter is hard for me too. I am ecstatic for spring.
Thank you so much for sharing this! I just love his name!
My daughters were lucky to have a Kindergarten teacher who
promoted Leprechaun antics in March, and the children found
the crayons spilled, things missing, and even Leprechaun
Footprints. The idea was in some teaching idea book in the late 70’s.
What a wonderful inspiration to turn it into a book and doll
with an adorable rhyming name!
Love the name… Silly McGilly!