Young House Love

Home Decorating & DIY Tutorials

  • Shop Our Houses
    • Our Current House
    • Our Richmond House
    • Our Beach House
    • Our Duplex
  • Before & Afters
    • Our Current House
    • Our Previous House
    • Our Beach House
    • Our Duplex
    • Our First House
    • Our Second House
    • Our Showhouse
  • DIY & Decorating Tips
    • Most Popular
    • Home Improvement
    • Painting
    • Cleaning & Organizing
    • Crafting & Art
    • More . . .
  • Painting Projects
  • Plants Guides
  • Shop
    • Our Fav Home Finds
    • Our Lighting Line
    • Our Books
    • Book Club Picks
    • Black-Owned Businesses

Young House Love » Giveaways » Fab Freebie: Space Rhino

| By John Petersik | August 3, 2009 | 813 Comments

Fab Freebie: Space Rhino

***This giveaway is no longer accepting entries***

This may be my favorite freebie title of all time. Is it the name of a band? Is it the newest Pixar film? Nope, it’s just the two words that describe the options that this week’s SIX winners will get to choose from thanks to Cardboard Safari. They’re the makers of cool, quirky animal trophies that are formed entirely out of intersecting pieces of laser-cut cardboard. So if you ever wanted that big moose head on your wall but didn’t have the heart to bust out your inner-Palin, they’ve got you covered.

Cardboard Safari Heads

In fact, Cardboard Safari is so environmentally friendly that their cardboard is all recycled, non-toxic and made locally. They’re actually based in nearby Charlottesville, VA and we’ve bumped into their quirky, cool products all over town lately (our friend Noah even helped design their skull-themed products) so we figured it was about time we did a giveaway with them.

Cardboard Safari Prizes

And just as the post title suggests, we’re giving away two of their newer products as they continue to expand beyond their signature trophies. This week’s winners will get to choose from their new Full-Body Rhino OR Astro Rocket (shown above). Each comes in three sizes in either brown or white cardboard (though they’re entirely paintable if you’d prefer, say, a pink rhino). They’re shipped flat and assembly is easy (kinda like a fun puzzle).

In fact, you can check out the video below of us putting together the – prepared to be shocked – small white rhino that we snagged for our very own home. You know how Sherry is about white animal accessories. You can also watch the video here on YouTube if the video isn’t working for you below. The whole thing took us about 15 minutes, not including a bathroom break for a certain four-legged family member.

Here are your giveaway details for this week:

  • PRIZE: Full-Body Rhino or Astro Rocket of any size and color from Cardboard Safari (each valued up to $58)
  • TO ENTER: Comment on this post with the words “RHINO ME” or “ROCKET ME” based on your preferred prize and…
  • BONUS QUESTION: Tell us what your dream adventure vacation is. Would you love to go on a real life wild safari? Or maybe someday take a trip into space? Feel free to stretch the bounds of reality here – we’re dreaming after all!
  • GIVEAWAY CLOSES: Wednesday, August 5th at 8pm EST
  • NUMBER OF WINNERS: Six!
  • PRIZE SHIPS: Within the US of A only this time
  • USUAL STUFF: One entry per e-mail address is permitted. The winner(s) will be selected using random.org and announced on Thursday. Good luck!

Oh, and here’s Robbie’s new home on the shelf above his ceramic cousin:

Cardboard Safari At Home

You know what they say. Happy wife, happy life.

Get more info on our freebies at our Giveaway FAQs page. Images courtesy of Cardboard Safari.

More posts from Young House Love

Filed Under: Giveaways, Videos

Our Natural Latex Mattress Review
How To Paint Wood Paneling

Comments

  1. Jessica J. says

    August 4, 2009 at 9:20 am

    RHINO ME!
    (OR ROCKET ME… I just can’t decide, they’re both so cool!)

    My husband and I are not well travelled at all. Top of my vacation lists include San Francisco and Alaska. I’d also love to visit New York City and somewhere in the south.

    Reply
  2. claire says

    August 4, 2009 at 9:24 am

    rhino me! so cute!

    i would love to go sailing around the world and stop at each little island i see!

    Reply
  3. Kevin M says

    August 4, 2009 at 9:24 am

    Rocket me! My son (his birthday is today) would love that for his room.

    Reply
  4. Lauren G. says

    August 4, 2009 at 9:28 am

    RHINO ME

    Reply
  5. Cate says

    August 4, 2009 at 9:30 am

    Rhino me!!!
    My dream vacation…a Costa Rica adventure!

    Reply
  6. Katie V. says

    August 4, 2009 at 9:31 am

    RHINO ME !!

    Reply
  7. Katie says

    August 4, 2009 at 9:32 am

    Rhino me!! These are fabulous…

    Reply
  8. Katie says

    August 4, 2009 at 9:32 am

    rocket me!! :)

    My dream adventure vacation would be to take my 4 month year old to to the mall with effortless ease. JP. It would actually be to stay in the bahamas on the beach not at a tourist sight. :)

    Reply
  9. Stephanie says

    August 4, 2009 at 9:35 am

    Rhino me! My dream vacation is a world tour. Why limit yourself when the options are endless?

    Reply
  10. Brooke says

    August 4, 2009 at 9:36 am

    Rhino me! My dream vacation would be to Japan and then to Australia and New Zealand.

    Reply
  11. luke says

    August 4, 2009 at 9:38 am

    rocket me–i’d love to go to europe

    Reply
  12. Karen says

    August 4, 2009 at 9:39 am

    Rhino me—Italy is my dream adventure.

    Reply
  13. Jess says

    August 4, 2009 at 9:44 am

    Rhino Me!
    My dream adventure vacay would be to see these guys in the wild, on an Africa safari. Someday!

    Reply
  14. SamiJ says

    August 4, 2009 at 9:45 am

    ROCKET ME
    An entire summer at a lake house – a lake house that has a caretaker & a jeep for my use, with a canoe & a floating dock and a rope swing.

    Reply
  15. Stephanie says

    August 4, 2009 at 9:46 am

    Rocket me! I would love to be a National Geographic Photographer IF and only IF my family could travel with me. So I’d love to travel alllllll over the world to places that not a lot of people get to see!

    Reply
  16. Chrysta says

    August 4, 2009 at 9:52 am

    ROCKET ME!

    We have always wanted to go this one special trip see polar bears.

    Reply
  17. Kana says

    August 4, 2009 at 9:54 am

    Rhino me! – my dream adventure is to go on a spaceship and travel to Saturn. I know, I sound like a kid but I’m nearing my 30s.. I had this amazing dream when I was about 10 that I flew (yes, I had wings of some sort) and flew by Saturn. The best dream I ever had in my life and I still remember it to this day! Hmm… maybe I should’ve said Rocket me? – but the Rhino is too cute :)

    Reply
  18. Julie says

    August 4, 2009 at 9:55 am

    Rhino me!

    Reply
  19. Erin Montague says

    August 4, 2009 at 10:00 am

    Rhino Me!
    My dream vacay….most definitely Italy. Well, a tour of Italy, would be first on the list. To be totally honest, if the sky were the limit, I would go on a tour of Europe, hitting all the major spots. Venice, Rome, Greece, Barcelona, Paris, Berlin, Prague, Ireland, England, Tuscany, You get the picture. But If I could only go to one country then…you guessed it, Italy.

    Reply
  20. Amanda B says

    August 4, 2009 at 10:05 am

    Rhino Me! I would love to go to Costa Rica or Paris. I know, odd…

    Reply
  21. Karen says

    August 4, 2009 at 10:05 am

    Rocket me! Ooh, a trip to space would be great! Sign me up :)

    Reply
  22. Brandy says

    August 4, 2009 at 10:06 am

    Rhino me!

    Dream vacation – hiking/camping in the Australian outback.

    Reply
  23. Missy says

    August 4, 2009 at 10:07 am

    rocket me [please]!
    the hubs and i have always dreamed of a vaca across europe. london, paris, rome, amsterdam- all the regulars.

    Reply
  24. Bonnie Morscher says

    August 4, 2009 at 10:08 am

    Rhino me, please! Rhino is the nickname of a friend and that would be such a cool gift for him. Dream adventure? Renting an RV to explore the country with my daughter and two doggies!

    Reply
  25. Allison B says

    August 4, 2009 at 10:08 am

    ROCKET ME!

    I’m about to go on my dream vacation at the end of the month! I’m going to Burning Man and I’m so excited.
    A week camping in the Black Rock Dessert should be a real adventure.

    Reply
  26. Oonafey says

    August 4, 2009 at 10:10 am

    Rhino me! He is absolutely adorable!
    Any vacation for us is a dream. I am hoping to take my fiance somewhere tropical for his birthday in January, but I can’t decide where!

    Reply
  27. doahleigh says

    August 4, 2009 at 10:12 am

    RHINO ME!

    I want to ride an elephant, but not at the circus. Somewhere cooler.

    Reply
  28. Carla says

    August 4, 2009 at 10:16 am

    Rocket Me!!!
    My dream vacation is to spend a month in a little Parisian apartment…by myself….and just putter around the city.
    THEN go spend a month in Ireland and see where all my clan came from.

    Reply
  29. Carrie Hamilton says

    August 4, 2009 at 10:17 am

    Rhino Me!!! My dream vaca would be to go to the Giraffe Hotel which I think is located in Africa. =) I love the those little fella’s! =)

    Reply
  30. Carrie says

    August 4, 2009 at 10:17 am

    Rhino me! These days I have my sights set on hiking to the bottem of the Grand Canyon and back up again!

    Reply
  31. dcfullest says

    August 4, 2009 at 10:20 am

    RHINO ME!

    I want to go to Nepal!

    Reply
  32. Erica says

    August 4, 2009 at 10:20 am

    ROCKET ME!
    My husband is away right now for a satellite launch campaign for his job… he’ll be seeing a real ROCKET launch in a few weeks. We’ll be apart for over a month and this would be a super fun gift to have for him when he returns! Random.org, pick me!!!

    Reply
  33. Candace says

    August 4, 2009 at 10:21 am

    RHINO ME!

    OH SPACE!! Or or or a 3 month trek through Asia. Japan, China, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Thailand, Myanmar & India. Can I win that trip instead? No? Well, the rhino then.

    Reply
  34. Anna says

    August 4, 2009 at 10:24 am

    “ROCKET ME”

    Reply
  35. Alicia says

    August 4, 2009 at 10:28 am

    Rhino Me!

    Dream Va-ca- the Rain Forest definitely! I’d love to experience real wild life there before its disappears.

    Reply
  36. Vicki says

    August 4, 2009 at 10:28 am

    RHINO ME–

    hmmm that sounds alittle off— ahhh a vacation to the bottom of the sea– except it would be warm water with sunlight beaming through and yes I could breath under there and I would have a body that could fit a bikini—hmmm but thats a whole other dream…

    Reply
  37. Mark says

    August 4, 2009 at 10:35 am

    “ROCKET ME”

    North Carolina, outer banks.

    Reply
  38. Liz says

    August 4, 2009 at 10:36 am

    RHINO ME!

    Dream vacay….take a lot of time off to have a stay-cation and work on my own design line.

    or

    take a lot of time off and travel from one side of the country to the other, slowly, looking for inspiration!

    Reply
  39. used cars sioux city says

    August 4, 2009 at 10:40 am

    RHINO ME Those are the cutest ever! I want to visit the Bahamas island with pink sand.

    Reply
  40. jessica says

    August 4, 2009 at 10:42 am

    ROCKET ME!!!

    Reply
  41. Wade Niday says

    August 4, 2009 at 10:44 am

    RHINO ME!

    My dream vacation at the moment is Alaska, in the summertime!

    Reply
  42. Marc says

    August 4, 2009 at 10:44 am

    RHINO ME!

    Although based on the responses there may be better odds to ROCKET ME SON! (space yarr)

    Space is the ultimate adventure. Almost any tom, dick or harriet can get a scuba or safari adventure.. space is still out of reach for all but a very select few. Though it’s tied for me with getting on a adventure race type show (Amazing Race/etc).

    Reply
  43. Arlene says

    August 4, 2009 at 10:48 am

    Rhino Me!!!!

    I’d love to go to Australia, mate

    Reply
  44. mary says

    August 4, 2009 at 10:48 am

    Rocket me!
    My dream vacation is Spain. I haven’t made it there yet,
    but I vow to make it happen some day.

    Reply
  45. jimena says

    August 4, 2009 at 10:54 am

    Rhino me!!

    Europe and more Europe.

    dont worry I have an US adress :)

    Reply
  46. Kristin says

    August 4, 2009 at 10:56 am

    RHINO ME!

    My dream adventure is eating my way through the Mediterranean – Spain, Portugal, southern France, Italy, Greece, Turkey… yum. I’m hungry just thinking about it!

    Reply
  47. Laura P says

    August 4, 2009 at 11:00 am

    RHINO ME! Dream vacay changes frequently … right now I’m dreaming of a Tuscany getaway!

    Reply
  48. Carolyn says

    August 4, 2009 at 11:11 am

    Rocket me!

    My dream vacation would be visiting the Greek Isles, especially Santorini.

    Reply
  49. Robin says

    August 4, 2009 at 11:12 am

    ROCKET ME!

    I have a lot of dream vacations – but tops on my list are the classic backpacking around Europe trip or lounging on the beach in Hawaii (where my lucky mom is on vacation right now).

    Reply
  50. Kim M says

    August 4, 2009 at 11:15 am

    ROCKET ME!!

    I would love to go to Hawaii!!

    Reply
« Older Comments
Newer Comments »

Stuff We Love

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

John and Sherry Sitting On Woven ChairHey, we’re John & Sherry. We’ve fixed up 7 homes, written books, designed products, started a podcast, and then downsized & moved to the beach! Here you’ll find over 3,000 DIY projects & home updates. More about us…
*This site contains ads and affiliate links*
See our disclaimer & privacy policy to learn more

Latest Finds

  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Pinterest
  • RSS
  • Twitter
  • YouTube

SHOP OUR LIGHTING

Young House Love Shades Of Light Capiz Chandelier

GET POSTS BY EMAIL

We’re Digging

Traditional Rug
The “Magic” Rug
Smokeless Solo Stove Firepit
Smokeless Firepit
Outdoor Solar LED Path Lights
Solar Path Lights
Criss Cross Office Chair
Our Desk Chair
Blue Air 211 Air Purifier
Our Air Purifiers
Eufy 11S Max Robot Vacuum
Our Robot Vacuum
Kohler Memoirs Toilet
Our Favorite Toilet
Livable Luxe Book
Fav Design Book
SEE MORE OF OUR FAVORITE FINDS > >

  • About
  • FAQs
  • Press
  • Contact
  • :)

© 2025 Young House Love ® · Disclaimer · Privacy Policy · Terms of Use · A Fun Wordpress theme on Genesis Framework · Hosted by Liquid Web