Join Katniss Everdeen as she fights for District 12 to save the people she loves most in the world.

Read-up or gear-up for the soon-to-release movie The Hunger Games with Plastic Jungle discount Barnes & Noble gift cards to score discounts on The Hunger Games items at Barnes & Noble stores and barnesandnoble.com.

The Hunger Games movie (releasing in theatres on Friday, March 23, 2012) is based on The Hunger Games book trilogy (written by Suzanne Collins) which is a 3-part story about a young woman, Katniss, who willingly offers to stand in for her younger sister, Prim, in the annual televised games, The Hunger Games.  The Hunger Games range from entertainment to brutal harassment, and participates compete to eliminate their competition.

With Plastic Jungle discount Barnes & Noble gift cards you can buy The Hunger Games trilogy in hardcover, paperback or NOOK book, for 11% off.

For instance, to purchase The Hunger Games Trilogy NOOK Book, instead of paying $26.98 at BN.com, with discount Barnes & Noble gift cards your price would be $24.02!  Or, if you’d like to begin reading the paperback version of The Hunger Games you can order your copy of The Hunger Games via BN.com for $7.55 instead of $8.48 with discount Barnes & Noble gift cards.

Barnes & Noble also carries the Tribute Hunger Games t-shirt which you can wear to support District 12, The Unofficial Hunger Games Cookbook, and The Hunger Games Training Days Strategy Game – all which can be yours for 12% off with discount Barnes & Noble gift cards.

Read all The Hunger Games books and get your favorite Hunger Games fan items for less with discount Barnes & Noble gift cards from Plastic Jungle.

Barnes & Noble Frugal Shopping Tip:  Type “Barnes & Noble coupon code” or “Barnes & Noble printable coupon” into your search engine, to score potential additional discounts to stack with your discount gift card savings to save even more!

As the #1 requested present, gift cards are popular, practical and… anti-climactic?

No way, especially if you get creative with the presentation. Rather than just sticking a gift card in an envelope (ho-hum), turn yawns into squeals of delight with these unique ideas:

1. Attach the gift card to a large candy bar, and then wrap the candy bar – YUM!

2. Put the gift card inside a homemade duct tape wallet. Don’t know how to make one? Click here for easy instructions. If you want to get really fancy, use designer duct tape!

3. Place the gift card in a picture frame

4. Put the gift card inside a business card case. This Wellspring Flip Case from Amazon.com is darling and is less than $5.

5.  Place the gift card inside socks, gloves or slippers. Check out these fun and colorful toe socks from Urban Boundaries for $3.99!

6. Hide the gift card inside a Magic Puzzle Box

7. Set the gift card inside a terra cotta pot with crinkle cut paper

8. Put an iTunes gift card inside a blank CD case

9. Hide the gift card inside a box of playing cards

10. Use a Barnes & Noble gift card as a bookmark in a book

11. Kids (and kids at heart) love bubble wrap! Wrap a gift card inside layers and layers of bubble wrap

12. Surprise! Set a gift card inside a Jack-in-the-Box

13. Food lover? Place a gift card inside an oven mitt

14. Cute and cuddly – Plush animals with gift card holders.

15. Add a gift card to a Chinese take-out container filled with fortune cookies.

These just crack the surface…do YOU have any other creative ideas to share? When you buy discounted gift cards from Plastic Jungle as gifts, how do you package and present them?

With just a little thought and a small budget, you can add personality to your gift card presentation. You’ll have fun doing it and your recipient will have even more fun opening it.

February saw the Superbowl, the Oscars, Valentine’s Day, and Presidents’ Day all packed into a few short weeks. Plus, a few frozen moments across the country kept shoppers inside and online, no doubt.

Many of the usual favorite gift cards showed up in February’s Top Ten, plus a very conspicuous hanger-on at #11, giving hope to all girlfriends, wives, and mothers out there for something a little more than a card.

I’m thinking the bridal business might be busy this year, because TIFFANY & CO came in at #11 on the sales chart. (Right now, there are no discounted Tiffany & Co gift cards for sale on Plastic Jungle. You can set a Tiffany & Co alert to be notified via email when gift cards become available.)

Where did lingerie retailer VICTORIA’S SECRET land during the month for love? Still in the top 50, at #28, but well behind #9, CABELA’S.

10 JCPENNEY

Purchase discount JCPenney Gift Cards on Plastic Jungle, currently at up to 14% Off.

9 CABELA’S

Purchase discount Cabela’s Gift Cards on Plastic Jungle, currently up to 12% off.

8 BARNES & NOBLE

Purchase discount Barnes & Noble Gift Cards on Plastic Jungle, currently at up to 9% Off.

7 KOHL’S

Purchase discount Kohl’s Gift Cards on Plastic Jungle, currently at up to 14% Off.

6 MACY’S

Purchase discount Macy’s Gift Cards on Plastic Jungle — when they come into stock. Set an Alert Now.

5 LOWE’S

Purchase discount Lowe’s Gift Cards on Plastic Jungle, currently at up to 7% Off.

4 WALMART

Purchase discount Walmart Gift Cards on Plastic Jungle, currently at up to 3% Off.

3 BEST BUY

Purchase discount Best Buy Gift Cards on Plastic Jungle, currently at up to 6% Off.

2 TARGET

Purchase discount Target Gift Cards on Plastic Jungle, currently at up to 3% Off.

1 HOME DEPOT

Purchase discount Home Depot Gift Cards on Plastic Jungle, currently at up to 7% Off.

Ready to ditch your unused gift card and trade up to one of the favorites? You can safely and securely SELL your gift card on Plastic Jungle, with many different payout options.

What’s your favorite gift card of the moment? Something to get ready for spring — sporting goods or travel? Let us know in the comments below.

What has the first week of 2011 brought to you? More work, I’ll bet! Let’s get you back on track with a win.

Get to Office Depot for Office Cleanup Tips

So, say your desk is piled with papers. How bad is it? If it’s really bad, you could win a $10,000 Office Makeover courtesy of Office Depot! Just “Like” the Office Depot fan page on Facebook, upload a photo of how messy your office is, and you’re entered to win. (You’ll need to be logged in to Facebook to get to the page.) Ten instant winners per day get a $100 Office Depot gift card. Check the page for storage and filing tips on how to manage all that stuff, and see funny pictures of offices that might be even more cluttered than yours. Thanks to SweetiesSweeps for pointing us to that one. Contest ends 1/31/11; check the official rules on the same Office Depot Sweepstakes Facebook page for details.

If you can’t wait to win, check out what Plastic Jungle has on offer for discounted Office Depot gift cards.

Win $1000 for clothes, shoes & accessories? Yes please!

Amazon Fashion is giving away a $1000 Amazon.com Gift Card just for “Liking” them on Facebook. When you’re logged into Facebook, go to the Amazon Fashion page, and click on the Sweepstakes tag. Sweepstakes ends 2/17/11; check the page for official rules for details.

Think you’re ready for an Amazon.com Gift Card right this very minute? If you’re ready to exchange a gift card you’re not planning to use, you can trade that and get up to 96% of its value on an Amazon.com Gift Card on Plastic Jungle right now.

Win a $50 Best Buy Gift Card!

Super coupon and deal site MyBargainBuddy.com is giving away a $50 Best Buy Gift Card. Enter by 2/1/11, and check MyBargainBuddy for rules for entry and details. Plastic Jungle has Best Buy Gift Cards at a 4% discount at the time of publishing.

Appliances, Electronics, Music, Computers -- Best Buy!

Win a NookColor!

Are you a reader? Like, really a big reader? Then you’ll love the Bookalicio.us blog. In celebration of the two-year anniversary of blogging, Pam is giving away book collections for eight second-place winners, but the Grand Prize is a NookColor. The Nook is the e-reader offered by media retailer Barnes & Noble. It’s a device that’s a lot of fun — read books, listen to music, play games, show photos – for everyone from kids to seniors. The contest is open through February 10, 2011. Use your Twitter and Facebook accounts and more to enter. Check Bookalicio.us for rules and details. Check Plastic Jungle for discounted Barnes & Noble Gift Cards or eGift Cards to get a discount off your own NookColor.

Get $150 Gift Card to Steven Dann!

Life&Style Weekly wants you to walk away with $150 gift card to haute East Coast boutique Steven Dann. The contest is open until 1/20/11. Enter and see rules at Life&Syle Weekly’s WinIt page.

Good luck! Let us know if you win anything. And get back to work!  : )

Sometimes, entering your contact information can seem risky. Here at Plastic Jungle we steer you to valid and current gift card sweepstakes, weekly on Fridays.

Get the scoop on hot gift card sweepstakes going on around the web right here! We bring you the best of the online sweepstakes and online giveaways – these are first-rate promotions and are your chance to win gift cards. This week brings you opportunities to win at GameStop, Courtyard Hotels and a favorite retailer, JCPenney.

• GameStop is running a $500 Gift Card Giveaway. Just enter your information for a chance to win.
• Courtyard Hotels Gift Card Giveaway on Twitter. Courtyard Hotels is giving away $50 gift cards daily now through December 17, 2010. Just follow @courtyardhotels on Twitter, and reTweet the specified daily Tweet, and you are entered to win.
• JCPenney presents Mix It, Match It, Virtual Closet. Parenting.com and JCPenney are giving away a $50 gift card weekly, with a $1000 grand prize.

16 Days Left in Plastic Jungle’s Holiday Sweepstakes

If you’ve not become a fan of ours on Facebook yet, there’s never been a better time to “Like” Plastic Jungle. Check out our fabulous DAILY $100 gift card giveaway: we’re giving away a $100 gift card EVERY DAY through December 25th when you Like us on Facebook.

You want to know, right?! So far, winners include:

•       T. Wisner won a $100 Kohl’s Gift Card

•       L. Lemons won a $100 Best Buy Gift Card

•       J. Neal won a $100 Target Gift Card

•       Palmer won a $100 Williams Sonoma Gift Card

•       W. Scruggs won a $100 Target Gift Card

•       K. Brand won a $100 Kohl’s Gift Card

•       A. Sakurada won a $100 Shell Gift Card

•       C. Alley won a $100 Walmart Gift Card

•       D. Roucoulet won a $100 Barnes & Noble Gift Card

•       K. Lyneis won a $100 Nordstrom Gift Card

•       L. McInnis won a $100 Macy’s Gift Card

•       R. Stephen won a $100 Walmart Gift Card

•       C. Hicks won a $100 Walmart Gift Card

•       S. Brown Lee won a $100 Target Gift Card

•       J. Cook won a $100 Old Navy Gift Card

•       W. Thompson won a $100 JC Penney Gift Card

•       R. Ceja won a $100 Pottery Barn Gift Card

•       H. Fan won a $100 Best Buy Gift Card

•       S. Jones won a $100 Victoria’s Secret Gift Card

•       A. Lopez Jr won a $100 Apple Store Gift Card

•       R. Lane won a $100 Sears Gift Card

•       I. Flores won a $100 American Eagle Outfitters Gift Card

•       A. Feinstein won a $100 Gap Gift Card

Congratulations to Plastic Jungle’s 40 Days of Holiday Sweepstakes winners!

Search "Plastic Jungle" on Facebook to find our Holiday Sweepstakes!

Find the perfect way to congratulate the Graduate in your life, and save up to 30% when you shop with discounted gift cards.

Below are PJ’s employees’ top picks for graduation gifts this season. We are going to show you how to combine our discounted gift cards with other great money saving deals!

Lets get started:

1. Walmart carries a Dell 15.6″ Inspiron Laptop which comes in six different colors that is normally $598.00 and is on sale for $498.00, combine that with a Walmart Gift Card from Plastic Jungle and save a total of $120.00! The perfect accessory for a college dorm room or new apartment.

2. 1-800-flowers.com- is offering a fabulous arrangement of multicolored roses, originally $39.99-$59.98 and are now being offered from $29.99-$59.98. If you use a 1-800-flowers.com Gift Card from Plastic Jungle that is 25% off  you can purchase a dozen roses for $22.50! Celebrate your Grads accomplishments with a burst of color!

3. Is your graduate an avid reader? Barnes & Noble has the Nook which holds over 1 million eBooks and offers free 3G wirless and Wi-Fi for $259.00!  Combine this discount with the a Barnes & Noble Gift Card from Plastic Jungle, and the Nook can be yours for $236.00!

4. Help your grad stay on top of their busy schedule with this classic men’s Bulova 96B47 Watch. Purchase a Sears Gift Card at 9% off on PlasticJungle.com and purchase this watch that is regularly $150.00 for $70.33!

5. Charm your favorite graduate with this Class of ’10 Lock Charm. Originally $150.00, but stop by Plastic Jungle to pick up your Tiffany & Co. Gift Card at 12% off, and this lucky charm can be yours for $132.00.

Have other great graduation gift ideas?  Share them below, and we’ll see if we can find a way to bring you additional savings…