IKEA Centennial is celebrating Earth Day with giveaways. On Saturday, April 21, the first 200 IKEA FAMILY members to show their membership card at the lobby entrance will receive a FREE SNAJDA laundry bag. On Sunday, April 22, the first 200 IKEA FAMILY members to show their membership card at the lobby entrance receive a FREE STAJLIG multifunction hanger. On both days, the early birds also get a FREE Talanda milk chocolate bar or Talanda dark chocolate bar.
The celebration starts at 9:30 a.m., so get there early. (If you’re not already a member of its loyalty program, it’s FREE to join IKEA FAMILY. To join now, click here.) The giveaway is part of its IKEA Make Room For Nature event.
The day-long event offers lots of deals and giveaways (including food specials and FREE coffee), click here for details. If you have never been to IKEA, be sure to wear your walking shoes. It’s a really, really big store!
Here are other events planned for the weekend:
Saturday, April 21
Sustainability Scavenger Hunt
Location: Store Entrance Lobby
9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
The hunt is on! Grab the kids and join us on a scavenger hunt to find amazing products that can help you to live a more sustainable life at home. Identify all of the products correctly and win a prize.
Make the Switch Interactive LED Game
Location: Showroom Entrance
9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. & 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Compete for prizes in this interactive game to see who can catch the most lightbulbs and save the most energy.
Furniture Circularity
Location: Showroom – Workspaces
10 a.m. to noon & 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Learn about furniture circularity. It’s a new term in sustainability and involves smarter usage of resources, by prolonging the life of products and materials, giving them more value within the limits of one planet. We’ll talk about the importance of circularity and how it can help the environment.
On the Chopping Block
Location: Markethall- Cookshop
10 a.m. to noon & 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Preparing a healthy meal is easy when you have the right tools. We’ll create a quick and easy salad using the IKEA 365+ knives and our sustainable bamboos cutting boards.
Sustainable Fika
Location: Swedish Food Market
10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. & 2 p.m. to 3 p.m.
Fika is the Swedish word for a coffee break. Join us in the IKEA Restaurant for a fika and sample sustainably farmed coffee and chocolate.
Little Sustainable Artists
Location: IKEA Restaurant
11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Being an artist is very much about thinking differently and doing the unexpected. Create and take home a free craft using recycled materials like cardboard, fabric scraps, newspaper and more.
Sunday, April 22
Sustainability Scavenger Hunt
Location: Store Entrance Lobby
9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
The hunt is on! Grab the kids and join us on a scavenger hunt to find amazing products that can help you to live a more sustainable life at home. Identify all of the products correctly and win a prize.
Make the Switch Interactive LED Game
Location: Showroom Entrance
9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. & 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Compete for prizes in this interactive game to see who can catch the most lightbulbs and save the most energy.
Furniture Circularity
Location: Showroom – Workspaces
10 a.m. to noon & 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Learn about furniture circularity. It’s a new term in sustainability and involves smarter usage of resources, by prolonging the life of products and materials, giving them more value within the limits of one planet. We’ll talk about the importance of circularity and how it can help the environment.
On the Chopping Block
Location: Markethall- Cookshop
10 a.m. to noon & 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Preparing a healthy meal is easy when you have the right tools. We’ll create a quick and easy salad using the IKEA 365+ knives and our sustainable bamboos cutting boards.
Sustainable Fika
Location: Swedish Food Market
10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. & 2 p.m. to 3 p.m.
Fika is the Swedish word for a coffee break. Join us in the IKEA Restaurant for a fika and sample sustainably farmed coffee and chocolate.
Little Sustainable Artists
Location: IKEA Restaurant
11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Being an artist is very much about thinking differently and doing the unexpected. Create and take home a free craft using recycled materials like cardboard, fabric scraps, newspaper and more.
You’ll find more 2018 Earth Day festivals and events here.