by Kate Etue | Toys + Playthings
I’ve been lugging a big bag full of toys and snacks to keep my three year old entertained lately, but I’m planning on lightening my load, thanks to the cool, modern printable paper dolls by Merrilee Liddiard that I just found. Aren’t they gorgeous? I...
by Kate Etue | Toys + Playthings
I didn’t grow up in NYC so I don’t have FAO Schwarz shopping memories like some of my city friends. But I did know about them from Big, and I loved pouring through their catalogs around the holidays every year, carefully circling the hundreds of high-end...
by Kate Etue | Toys + Playthings
My kids’ grandparents regularly ask what cool, creative gifts they can give them at the holidays (because we have awesome grandparents), and this year I’m putting Playpa play paper on our list without a doubt. I just discovered this huge roll of coloring...
by Cool Mom Team | Toys + Playthings
This is a sponsored message from MEGA Whether you’re shopping for birthdays, holidays, or even World Animal Day (that’s today!), these three new animal-themed building toys from kid-favorite MEGA might just be the perfect gift for the little animal lover...
by Cool Mom Team | Toys + Playthings
This is a sponsored message from Seedling Kids love tech. Kids love stuffed animals. So of course kids are going to love Parker, the world’s first Augmented Reality teddy bear who’s here just in time for the holidays. Parker combines classic pretend play with...
by Liz Gumbinner | Toys + Playthings
When I came across Broadway Bricks, a site for which 15-year-old Jack Abrams geniusly recreates the great Broadway Musicals using LEGO minifigs, I simply can’t believe I hadn’t seen it before. I immediately sent the link to my daughter, because she has a...
by Caroline Siegrist | Toys + Playthings
The accomplishments of women build on one other. We couldn’t have a female presidential candidate today, for instance, if suffragettes like Elizabeth Stanton hadn’t demanded the right to vote, and pioneers like Shirley Chisholm hadn’t broken that...
by Lexi Petronis | Toys + Playthings
Don’t you love when your favorite trends meld together into one perfect item? In this particular case, we’re talking unicorns and donuts. So of course someone had to go ahead and create a must-have baby item in this new unicorn donut teether. From Loulou...
by Kate Etue | Toys + Playthings
We’re big fans of Budsies, custom dolls based on your kids’ own artwork. My kids’ own drawings were lovingly interpreted into adorable stuffed animals by their team a few years ago, and they’re still favorites around our house. So when we heard...
by Georgette Gilmore | Toys + Playthings
Having a preschooler means lots of classmate birthday parties to look forward to during the school year. And that means lots of birthday gifts, which can really add up. Luckily, there are lots ideas of really cool birthday gift ideas for preschoolers that are under...
by Kate Etue | Toys + Playthings
Attention muggles: we’ve just discovered the fidget spinner of your Harry Potter-loving kids’ dreams.They will love taking pretend-play to the next level with this totally on-trend Golden Snitch fidget spinner. UPDATE: This shop no longer seems to exist....
by Liz Gumbinner | Toys + Playthings
My daughter has been completely obsessed with Hamilton because she is a normal 2017 kid. And as an artist, she’s just as obsessed with these Hamiltones Hamilton crayons by Thespian Swag. Enough that she’s been forwarding me pictures of them for days. Now...
