Spring is here and so are refreshing gift card giveaways!

Enter to win and you might walk away with an amazing prize.

Check out these contests happening in April that just might make you a winner of a Plastic Jungle gift card merchant gift card:

Win a $1,000 to expand the wardrobe of a child in your life! 

Belgian-American fashion designer, Diane von Fürstenberg (DVF) is launching a special GapKids collection.  In the honor of this debut, Diane has partnered with GapKids to give away a $500 DVF/DVF.com gift card and a $500 Gap/Gap.com gift card.  Entering takes less than 2 minutes.  One winner will be chosen.

Entry deadline:  Sunday, April 15, 11:59 p.m. EST

Facebook Users: Win a $2,000 Lowe’s Gift Card

In celebration of Earth Day (April 22) Hanes is giving away over 600 prizes all month long including a $2,000 Lowe’s gift card.  All you have to do is enter the Hanes Eco IQ Sweepstakes by “liking” Hanes Facebook page and then either take a short Eco IQ Quiz or click “skip quiz” to submit your contest entry.

Entry deadline for the Lowe’s gift card:  Monday, April 23 at 11:01 a.m. EST through Friday, April 27 at 5:00 p.m. EST

Be 1 of 101 People to Win Free Shell Gasoline!

Shell is giving away diesel fuel!  Sign up for Shell’s free rewards program – MyMilesMatter – and then log onto the rewards program website and enter the sweepstakes.  100 second prize winners will receive a $25 Shell gasoline gift card and one grand prize winner will score $25,000 in Shell gift cards!  My husband drives a diesel Voltswagon Golf, and I am pretty sure $25,000 would pay for the next 20 or so years of gasoline for his car! [assuming gas prices don't go up!]

Entry deadline:  Monday, April 30 at 11:59 p.m. CST

Let us know if you’re a winner!

Well, only 15 days until the taxes are due. Better enter some giveaways and sweepstakes to lift your spirits!

Coupons and Freebies Mom $250 Target Gift Card Giveaway – Just sign up for Coupons & Freebies Mom free email updates or updates via RSS feed & then fill out the entry form on the giveaway’s main page. Gain additional entries with the directions on the contest’s main page. The giveaway will end on April 27 at 11:59 pm Pacific Time.

Get discounted Target Gift Cards on Plastic Jungle   >>

Cha Cha “What Kind of Car Are You?” Sweepstakes – Well? Take the Cha Cha quiz to find out and you’re entered to win one of two cars they’re giving away. You can enter up to once a day. Invite your friends to take the quiz, and if they take the quiz, you just got yourself another entry. The more friends you invite, the more entries you get! (See official rules here.) NOTE: If one of your invited friends wins a car, then so do you! Winners will be announced 11/11/11 at 11:11pm.

Get discounted Sonic Drive-In Gift Cards on Plastic Jungle   >>

Olive Garden’s Tour of Italy Sweepstakes 2011 (or instantly win a $20 Olive Garden Gift Card!) – Four grand prize winners will enjoy an eight-day Italy trip for two and take cooking lessons in Tuscany and also visit Rome and Florence, including a winery tour. Instant winners score a $20 Olive Garden restaurant gift card. Sweepstakes ends May 9, 2011. You can enter once per day! See official rules for details.

Get discounted Olive Garden Gift Cards on Plastic Jungle   >>

Jimmy Fallon “Band Bench” Sweepstakes – Attention music lovers! If you’ve been setting notifications for Ticketmaster and iTunes Gift Cards, then you’ll relish the chance to see one of your favorite musical performers or bands up close and personal at a Late Night with Jimmy Fallon musical guest taping in New York City. You could win two tickets to Jimmy F’s “Band Bench” (the location of which is outlined on the sweepstakes page). The prize does not include transportation to the evening of the taping, and you will have an opportunity to enter for many different bands through June 30, 2011. Today, you could enter to win tickets to see Paul Simon, Wire, The Strokes, or Duran Duran play on the Jimmy Fallon Show. See Band Bench official rules for details. For an idea of what the experience is like, check out the Alex Suskind Spinner Blog post.

Get discounted Ticketmaster Gift Cards on Plastic Jungle   >>

Get discounted iTunes Gift Cards on Plastic Jungle   >>

Congratulations to all the $50 Gift Card winners in Plastic Jungle’s Spring Cleaning Sweepstakes. Check the Plastic Jungle Facebook Sweepstakes page for a list of winners as they are confirmed! Stay tuned for more Plastic Jungle offers and sweepstakes coming your way.

Who’s got a sweepstakes they would like to share? We’d love to highlight your sweepstakes or giveaway — just email me at blog@plasticjungle.net. Have a great weekend!

In Giveaway News:

Turns out a random blog comment leaked the name of the winner of HGTV’s gigantic 2011 Dream Home giveaway contest. About.com’s Sandra Grauschopf reports that HGTV confirmed the rumors in their blog post titled And the Winner Is…. Well, it’s a man from Hinsdale, Illinois. Check Sandra’s post for his name and to watch the guy’s reaction shot. The blog comment spoiled the winner reveal about two weeks early.

Now, you should go to Starbucks Tribute Days today and tomorrow (March 11 & 12) between 2 pm and 5 pm for a free “petit treat” in honor of Starbuck’s 40^th anniversary, while supplies last. Check out the new Starbucks logo online, and there’s a neat blog post from Timothy J about Starbucks musical history. Hint: He discusses how they used to play “tapes”.

Get discounted Starbucks Gift Cards >>>

Giveaways!!!

Bloomingdale’s Personal Style “Hot Contest”: Win a Fashion Dream in NYC. Be one of 11 lucky winners who will get a $5,000 shopping spree at Bloomingdale’s flagship 59^th Street Store, as well as a stay in the Alex Hotel, get to shop with fashion directors, and more. Just upload a video showing off your personal style. No purchase necessary, ends March 20, 2011. See official Fashion Dream in NYC contest rules for details.

Get a discounted Bloomingdale’s Gift Card >>>

Here’s a no-brainer: Win a $2,500 Bergdorf Goodman Gift Card when you sign up for BG email alerts. Deadline to enter is April 1, 2011. See the contest page for details.

The Frugal Free Gal, who will keep you from spending too much with advice and coupons, is giving away a $20 Amazon.com Gift Card. Just “Like” The Frugal Free Gal on Facebook and you are entered to win! Giveaway ends on March 31, 2011.

Want to learn more about the amazing health benefits of California Dried Plums (aka “prunes”)? Check out the CDPB Super Snacking Sweepstakes website and you can enter to win a $1,000 gift card to a grocery store near you! Sweepstakes ends March 21, 2011; see contest rules for details.

Sell or trade, or purchase discounted gift cards to your favorite grocery store on Plastic Jungle >>>

Welcome the weekend, but first let us know if you’ve won anything yet from all of our posts, or if you have a contest to share too!

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!

Wow, things are really heating up for the holidays! The excitement is palpable, what with Cyber Monday deals all over the internet…

And the Plastic Jungle wants to help kick it up a couple extra notches!

We’re now offering eCODEs (or electronic gift cards), so you can take advantage of all those Cyber Monday deals right away.

Also, on Facebook, we’re giving away a $100 gift card every day through December 25th.

So now’s the time to get your holiday shopping done and save a whole lot of dough, plus you have a good chance of winning some.

Here is how an eCODE works:

An eCODE is an electronic gift card. Simply look for the eCODE icon on PlasticJungle.com to find gift cards available in electronic format.

Once your payment has been processed, the eCODE will be emailed to you.

Make sure to stack your Cyber Monday deals by adding discounts and coupon codes offered by retailers to the savings you find with eCODEs on PlasticJungle.com.

Hello, Plastic Jungle blog readers, and a happy TGIF to you! Today we have a fantastic list of gift card giveaways from around the web. It’s always great to win a free gift card, but this particular time of year it’s especially nice, since a free gift card can allow you to mark one more person off your holiday shopping list.

Most of the gift card giveaways listed only require that you comment, tweet, and/or like them on Facebook to be entered, but often there are extra ways to enter. Be sure to take note of the deadlines for each entry so you can enter in time to win.

Don’t forget to come back here and let us know if you snag one of these great gift cards from our gift card giveaway list. Also, if you know of a great gift card giveaway we haven’t listed we’d love to hear about it, and we know our readers would too, so don’t hesitate to leave a comment with the link to the giveaway.

Good luck!

Simply Stacie has a gorgeous blog and she — in tandem with several other bloggers — is promoting the giveaway of a $50 Walmart gift card from Kelly’s Lucky You. This giveaway ends on November 12th at midnight. You can gain entries by following the instructions in the link above.

One of the great perks of posting these giveaways is discovering new sites! For instance, Contest Corner. This great blog is all about listing contests and giveaways from around the web. Currently there is a blog about a great gift card giveaway from Spring USA. All you have to do is like Spring USA on Facebook, and you will be entered to win a $100 gift card from their store. There is also a list of contests and giveaways in the sidebar of Contest Corner.

This gift card giveaway is huge! The Shopping Mom is giving away a $150 Visa gift card to help spread the word about the launch of the 2010 Holiday Gift Guide. This gift card giveaway runs through Dec. 10th. Follow directions in the link above for the many ways to enter. Somebody is going to get very lucky!

You can never go wrong with an Amazon.com gift card! Frugal Living and Having Fun is giving away a $25 Amazon.com gift card to one lucky winner at midnight on Wednesday, November 1oth.

As I stated earlier, one of the coolest things about posting these gift card giveaways is finding new sites. Here’s one we’ve never listed before, Giveaways Cafe. Looks like their soul purpose is to list different giveaways from around the internet. The top one on the page as of the writing of this post is from Cuckoo for Coupon Deals, and guess what it’s for? A $50 gift card from yours truly, Plastic Jungle, and you get to choose the store! Alright! This awesome, ( ) gift card giveaway ends on Tuesday, November 9th.

Mommy’s Minute is giving away a $50 gift card to Photo Creations, and this is the perfect time to win this because you’ll have plenty of time to order your cool photo Christmas cards! Of course, you can use the gift card for whatever you want at Photo Creations, and Mommy’s Minute has a great review of their site.

Oh my…was just about to wind this post up when I came across this spectacular gift card giveaway! The Moviefone blog is giving away a $500 Visa gift card. It is very easy to enter, there’s a box at the end of the post to enter your email address, that’s it! You can also comment and tell them what kind of girl’s night out you would have if you won, since they are promoting the awesome Tyler Perry movie, For Colored Girls. This gift card giveaway runs through November 12th.