I recently had a great summer party at my house despite the fact that the thought of organizing and having a party makes my brain hurt. That’s the ADHD. I can’t process the thoughts required to put together a party which includes decorating, food preparation, and then clean up.. just thinking about it makes my brain hurt.
My summer party actually turned out really good. I didn’t get stressed before or during the party which was exciting in itself. I made a few appetizers including Sweet Potato Chips that were pretty delicious once I finally got the timing right.
Playtex sent me a few pairs of gloves to try out before, during, and after my party and I’m telling you, they were pretty awesome. First, I used the GreatLengths™ Gloves to clean my glass patio table and chairs one of which had bird poop on it (see photos below.. not of the bird poop!). Before having the gloves I would have just used a few paper towels to clean it off and would have been totally grossed out but the gloves took out the gross factor which was really nice. I also used these gloves when cutting flowers from the garden. I was lazy and didn’t want to go to the shed to get my regular gloves out but these worked really well.
GreatLengths™ Gloves
- Test them out when prepping your grill and/or wiping down your patio furniture for the party; these gloves are ideal for the extra messy clean-up jobs (like getting bird poop off of patio chairs)
CleanCuisine™ Gloves
- Use them while preparing spicy recipes like salsa or try them out when preparing meat or fish for the grill so you are sure to keep clean and germ-free
- Try using them while chopping garlic or onions which often stings hands and/or leave a lingering odor
Living® Gloves
- A twist on the classic Playtex® Living® gloves, this new version is ideal for clean-up tasks like washing dishes and cleaning the kitchen
Here are a couple of super-easy, quick appetizers (great for moms!) to try out at your next party:
Oven Roasted Corn on the Cob – courtesy of FoodNetwork.com
Ingredients:
4 ears fresh corn
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Place corn husks directly on the oven rack and roast for 30 minutes or until corn is soft. Peel down the husks and use as a handle when eating. My whoops.. Out of habit, I took the corn husks off before roasting the corn the first time with not such tasty results.
Sweet Potato Chips
Ingredients: 2 sweet potatoes
Directions: Slice two sweet potatoes very thin. Lay as many slices as will fit without overlapping directly on your clean microwave turn table then spray the slices lightly with olive oil cooking spray (salt optional). Microwave them in increments of a few minutes checking for desired crispness.
Learn more about Playtex Gloves at the Playtex website here and buy Playtex gloves at your local grocery store or drugstore.
GIVEAWAY!
Playtex is giving 1 lucky reader 3 Glove samples AND a $50 gift certificate to the grocery store of their choice to buy food/drinks for their own Patio Party.
This is the perfect time of year for a nice patio party! Leave a comment below telling me why you want to win and if you have something fun or funny to tell me about a previous party you held, you’ll get two entries!
Entries accepted until August 18th.
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i love chips in general, the sweet patotoe chips are healthy…can you believe it
Would love to win this for Labor Day party. Thanks!
Playtex Gloves are great for many reasons.
Thanks for the chance to win a prize!
My friend has a party EVERY Friday night..she makes a main dish and everyone else makes sides, it is so fun and random.
We had plans to have a patio party for the 4th but that got squashed somehow. I don’t have too many funny stories as we don’t entertain often. Maybe Labor Day would work for us though! We could definitely use the grocery gift card and I’d love to try the gloves…have the perfect yicky project waiting for the Great Lengths gloves.
id love to win because i will be doing alot of nasty cleaning when the kids return to school and the card would come in handy for cleaning supplies
I’d like to win this for my husband’s birthday party!
I would like to win, cause $50 in groceries could really help us out, I shop mostly at Costco, sometimes Walmart.
A few years ago we had some friends over for a dinner party, and we wondered why the food was taking so long to cook. We were so nervous and rushed, we forget to turn the oven on.
I’d like to win this because hey, free groceries! Plus, we entertain a lot, we rotate houses.
Funny that happened at a gathering recently- we usually have it pretty well divided up who will bring what, etc but this time it was just bring whatever and everyone brought either a chocolate dessert or a potato dish so it wasn’t the healthiest dinner ever, but still enjoyable.
we shop kroger because they double and triple coupons. could really use this right now. last party i attended was my great-nephew’s first birthday party. it was very sweet and the hot links were indeed hot.
I would like to win because this is a product that I could use for many things, but mainly cleaning. A funny thing that happened at my last party: I left a candle burning for nearly 24 hours. It was only when the candle melted to a stub that I noticed that it was burning. I guess not really funny, but rather scary. But only thing I can remember.
I never use gloves – this would be a great opportunity to get to try them out when I clean. Also as I am unemployed, the gift card would be wonderful!
Thanks for the giveaway!
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I would just like to have a party and relax. I took college classes all summer, only had a small break and now fall classes have started already. I just need an evening to relax and have fun.
I want to win because I am in dire need of gloves and groceries!
Playtex gloves are my favorite, and they last a long time.Thanks for having the contest!
i love parties. we throw big bbq’s a lot. i love playtex gloves too!
last year on hubby’s birthday we had a party for him. i thought i had everything ready and good to go when i found out that i had forgot the beer. oops. so i called a few people and they brought the beer, crises taken care of!
I would love to win. My daughter’s birthday is coming up. A party would be great.
I would love to win because this would help out either with a triple baptism i’m having soon or my twins birthday
I want to win because the gloves will be super handy when prepping for the next cookout. The gc will be great to buy all of the food for upcoming Labor Day
I have 4 cats which means 2 litter boxes that get filled up fast and I’d really love some good cleaning gloves to use while cleaning them.
you can never have too much grocery money
Those extra mouths at parties really pack on the expense. This would be great for the Labor Day Bash.
I would love to win this because I have gotten dermatitis
from using chemicals and not wearing gloves.Which the
doctor told me.Playtex seems to be the best glove for
me and and with school starting I could use GC.I have
a hard time with parties,seems like something always goes wrong.One year the dogs were fighting under the table
with the food and tipped it over.What a mess and diaster.
I ordered Pizza and saved the day
We have Crawfish(mudbug) boils & BBQ’s all summer!
Just last weekend we had Crawfish races in which the kids would choose a live crawfish to race down a table to the finnish line & gave away prizes to all of the kids like bubble makers & nerf balls.
I would love to win this because I would love to have more get togethers but it does put a dent in my budget!
What a fun giveaway! In spite of the fact that we have a dishwasher, I find myself very often doing dishes, so for that I would love some quality gloves as well as for using them when I am cleaning the floors and bathroom! They come in so handy to protect our ladylike hands, don’t they!
My husband and I love, love to entertain. Living out on the lake our impromtu get togethers are always festive and lively. We love to grill outside when the weather is nice, but very often it is cold and rainy here so we do entertain a lot inside. We always open up our kitchen and cupboards when friends and family come over. We love to involve our guests in the meal preparation. We encourage them to add their own special touches to the dishes we create. It makes for so much entertainment, humorous conversations, and we make a lot of new memories each and every time. People know when they come to our home that it is going to be an interactive experience, and most certainly never dull or boring. We provide all the music, wine, and food for the meals, and they provide us with their creative culinary talents. Together as a whole we have concocted some savory, delicious meals that have been talked about for months afterwards. So, having a $50 GC is another motivation to have an end of the summer celebration. Thanks so much for the chance to enter.
it always seems like my hubby’s friends end up partying at our house & somebody is gonna spill and/or break something. these gloves will come in handy not to mention the card for munchies etc.
I would love these! I have all kinds of dirty jobs around the house (dog and cat baths, toilet cleaning, poo removal, etc), and I know my fingernails will thank you if I win these!
Funny story: I was demonstrating some kitchen products one time at my house. Well, I went to show how the apple peeler just did wonders, and the apple core just gave out. Luckily, I was saved by a more sturdy pear!
I would love to have these gloves for working in my garden. Maybe if my garden looked better I would be able to have a party in my back yard.
Would love to win these for when we host our next party! We always host birthday parties, xmas parties, etc!
Thanks
ksweeper21@gmail.com
I want to win because I love this great prize!
I need it to protect my hands. I haven’t had a party lately.
I would love to win this. During this tough economy $50 would come in handy right about now
i want the gloves for my mother-in-law. she would like them. last party i had kids spilled drinks all over the floor and the glass broke. it was not cool to clean up all that mess. i would love to win the gorcery card!
OMG do I have a story! Yes, I need gloves but for my FIL! When he came to visit he told us of stories about how to quickly start the bbq grill (at the time we didn’t have a gas grill; just good old fashioned charcoal). He asked me for some cotton balls and a jar of my toddler’s vaseline!?!?! He dipped the cotton balls into the vaseline jar and not being careful got the vaseline covered all over his hands and then he tried to drop the vaseline covered cotton balls onto the somewhat hot coals shaking his hands vigorously to detach from them and in the meantime the flames sparked and engulfed the cotton balls and almost his bare hands!!! I could not stop from laughing and new that no one would eat the dinner that was started from vaseline / cotton ball embers
We like to have parties with our wonderful family and friends. Last party we had our horses got out and were heading for the fruit bowls. I was so embarrassed about this.
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