Contest Bee loves cooking and encouraging our little ones to get creative in the kitchen is something we give a huge thumbs up to!  If you and your child have a favorite, spooktacular Halloween recipe, www.easy-kids-recipes.com is giving away a $200 gift card to the best 2010 Halloween recipe!  Choose a card to amazon.com, fatbraintoys.com, or even walmart.com if you are the winner.  They are even giving away a second prize of a $100 gift card, too!  All you have to do is enter your step by step instructions for the recipe, snap a photo of it, and submit it to their website.  Bonus points are given for creative, gross, and fun recipes that capture your child’s imagination.  Get cookin’ with your favorite little goblin and enter today for your chance to win! Contest closes on November 6.

In honor of the new Call of Duty Black Ops game, Best Buy is giving away five “Ultimate Home Theater System Packages” worth $2,247.98!  Win a 50″ 3-D HDTV, one pair of 3-D glasses, a home theater sound system, an Xbox 360 console, a year subscription to Xbox LIVE, and a Call of Duty Black Ops Prestige Edition Video Game!  Enter today for your chance to take your gaming experience to the next level!

Do you love snow?  Www.whistlerblackcomb.com is giving away a dream ski vacation for two in the Love Snow Dream Ski Vacation Contest.  You and a guest will fly to Vancouver, BC Canada where you will fly to Whistler.  From there, you will experience five nights at The Fairmount Chateau Whistler, embark on a heli-skiing adventure complete with lessons, enjoy fondue at The Crystal Hut, and have lift tickets for four days along with equipment rental if you need it.  You will receive a $200 gift card to spend on food and they will even throw in tickets for breakfast at the buffet atop the mountain.  If you really love snow, this is one vacation you must try to win!  Enter for your chance today!

Isn’t it amazing how certain fragrances really bring memories back in a flash of an eye?  Do you have a special scent that you feel is worthy of being made into a Limited Edition Body Shop shower gel?  Maybe it is the smell of freshly cut grass, a fresh ocean breeze, or even the smell of your fireplace on a cold winter’s night that inspires you.  Simply write about the name of your fragrance, the description of the scent, and your inspiration for the scent.  If your fragrance is selected, you and a guest will fly to London and visit The Body Shop laboratory where you will mix up your fragrance and watch it be turned into a Limited Edition Body Shop shower gel!  You will stay in a three star hotel for three nights and they will even give you £1,000 to spend whilst visiting.  Get writing today for your chance to clean up on this contest!

You could win an inaugural cruise on Royal Caribbean’s Allure of the Seas!  You and a guest will fly to Ft. Lauderdale, Florida  where you will stay overnight in a hotel.  From there, you will set sail on the inaugural cruise for two nights in your stateroom cabin.  You will be given your very own camcorder to document your adventures and Royal Caribbean Cruises may use the footage of your adventures!  Be the star of your own vacation and enter today!

Contest Bee lovers, here is your chance to whisk a lucky friend or significant other away for a four day, three night trip to Monterey, California!  You and your guest will enjoy airfare, three nights in a hotel, one spa treatment for you and your guest, one round of golf for two at a golf course in Monterey, a private wine country tour, dinner for two with win pairings, and ground transportation to and from your hotel!  Twenty-five other lucky winners will receive Winery branded apparel and Monterey souvenir gifts worth $50 each.  For your chance to win this splendid getaway, enter today!

For all of you DIY lovers, here is your chance to meet the star of HGTV’s Holmes on Homes in New York City!  That’s right!  Lumber Liquidators is offering one lucky winner the chance to meet Mike Holmes at his magazine launch party in New York City.  You and a guest will enjoy round trip airfare, two nights in a hotel, and you will attend the launch party.  In addition, they are throwing in a $1,000 gift certificate redeemable for flooring products from Lumber Liquidators!   For your chance to win this fabulous prize, enter today!

Do your kitchen appliances need rescuing?  Sears challenges you to write a short explanation of why your kitchen needs help along with a photo of your kitchen and you could win a new suite of   KitchenAid products, one Service Live $1,000 Service Live Credit, and an hour phone consultation session with Kitchen blogger Susan.   Other prizes include  KitchenAid Stand Mixers worth $399.00 and five hundred lucky winners will each receive a $25 credit toward any home service order on Service Live.  For your chance to make your kitchen shine, enter today!

Win a trip to Wales to visit the country that inspired photographer Cambridge Jones’ traveling photography exhibit, Talking Pictures.  Your trip includes round trip air travel for two to Britain on American Airlines, three nights accommodation with daily breakfast for two, a day excursion for two, and two First-class BritRail Flexipasses.  For your chance to visit Wales for your own photographic inspiration, enter today!

American Express is offering you the chance to win a fabulous vacation to Lake Louise in Canada.  Known as Canada’s “Diamond in the Wilderness” and also the “Hiking Capital” of Canada, your vacation will take you to some of the most lovely landscapes that your eyes have ever seen.  You and a guest will fly to Calgary where you will be transported to The Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise.  You and a guest will spend three nights in your Deluxe Lakeview room, enjoy a daily breakfast, and choose an hour guided activity for two ranging from hiking to cross country skiing.  To plan your escape, enter today!