Huggies Messy Play Challenge Entry

You may remember that a couple of days ago I posted about the Huggies Messy Play Challenge. Well I was considering entering this photo of Big Cousin because I think it sums up Messy play quite nicely.

That is what happens if you leave your milkshake at Toddler height. Luckily I didn't have to clean her up so the challenge for me was to just take the photo! Auntie on the other hand might of felt a little different.

I started thinking that technically that photo isn't of my child and so I was wondering if I should enter a photo of Top Ender that I have tucked away, but I decided that I should save that for another day... one day when she has really annoyed me!

This evening however I found the photo (well group of photos) that I am going to enter.

Luckily a bath for Baby Boy took care of his clean up, the sofa covers and pajamas are in the washing machine and the other lumps that I keep finding all over the living room? Well wet wipes aren't just for paint or poop!

Messy Play Challenge!

Before we go on this is a Sponsored post of sorts. You see I am a Huggies Mum and this is a Huggies challenge post and I don't have to tell you about this challenge but everyone knows I like a challenge and when Huggies told me and the other Huggies Mums about this Messy Play challenge I was a little excited and started planning how messy I could get Top Ender or Baby Boy in order to win this challenge!

As I am sure you know and as countless psychologists and experts have said before Messy play is good for children. In fact Janine Spencer (who is a child psychologist) said "Giving children the freedom to play messily helps them develop their imagination and social skills. It boosts their confidence and helps them understand the world around them. That’s a small price to pay for a bit of mess."

You know she's right. I don't care about a bit of mess if what Top Ender and Baby Boy and I are doing is boosting their skills or letting us have a bit of fun together. And that's what we are all about in our house, having fun. Now this challenge isn't just for Huggies Mums, it's open to everyone in the UK!

I am thinking that one of these photos might be my entry...

So what you need to do is post a photo on your blog between now and July 14th of your little ones (or big ones!) getting messy. It could be a photo like Baby Boy here covered in ice-cream, or a photo of you covered in flour following a baking session together, or anything that you can think of... as long as you are messy!

The challenge isn't really that hard you might be thinking and you are right. Even if I told you that the real challenge is the cleaning up after you have made the mess, with great wipes like the ones that Huggies make (honestly I love Huggies wipes, they feel stronger than some wipes I have used in the past, but are still soft) it won't be too hard!

So here are the rules as set out by Huggies!


1. The messier your baby is in the photo the better. (The challenge is cleaning up!)
2. Post the photo to your blog with The Messy Play by Huggies Wipes challenge. (It can be an old photo or a previous post).
3. Send a link of your blog post featuring your Messy Play photo to @Huggies_UK on Twitter or online.team@Huggies.com to participate.
4. Check out http://www.flickr.com/photos/messyplaybyhuggieswipes/ to see all the blogger submissions and links to their blogs. Submissions will also be shouted out by @Huggies_UK on Twitter.
5. The top 3 messiest entries will receive Huggies® gift packs of Huggies merchandise.