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Roller Girl

With the 70s coming back hard everywhere from music to fashion (hello, Ella Moss) to Broadway revivals, I am not surprised at all to see the most fabulous pair of old school roller skates, front and center at Fred Flare. The colorblock roller skates by Keith Skates...

What’s black and white and red all over?

by Stephanie Slate | Baby, Toys + Playthings

You know how much little babies love things that are black and white? Well, I’m kind of getting a kick out of imagining a baby freaking out on this awesome play mat. Seriously, they wouldn’t know where to look first. Leave it to the MoMA Store to carry one...

Let’s give em something to talk about

by Cool Mom Team | Toys + Playthings

If you’re not familiar with TableTopics, it’s such a fabulous little secret weapon to have around the house for those holiday weekends in which the throngs of relatives descend upon you. I mean, uh, honor you with their presence. Each box is filled with...

Cool race cars and trains – hold the plastic

by Cool Mom Team | Toys + Playthings

My son’s car obsession knows no limits, which is why we’ve got tubs and tubs full of plastic race cars and trains packing our playroom shelves. But the play life of those tiny cars seem to be pretty short, which is not at all what I can say about this new...

There was an old lady who lived in a graphic novel…

by Eva Glettner | Toys + Playthings

My middle son loves graphic novels. They really get him excited about reading, and I’m certainly down with that. I want him to excitedly pick out a book from the library and read it on the ride home. So he about nearly flipped when we saw Nursery Rhymes in comic...

We’re wishing for Wishbone. The bike, not the salad dressing.

by Cool Mom Team | Toys + Playthings

My oldest daughter, now 7, learned how to ride a bike in a matter of minutes thanks to a few months spent on a balance bike beforehand. However, when it comes to my littler kiddos, they tend to get more frustration than fun out of riding it. Or really, falling over on...

A bouncy chair that does nothing except bounce. Shocking!

by Melissa | Baby, Toys + Playthings

As much as my 5 month old would love for me to hold him 24/7, it’s just not humanly possible. For the times I need to put him down, I think there’s nothing better than a well-designed bouncy chair to keep baby upright while giving him a good view of the...

Supercute superhero dolls

by Lexi Petronis | Toys + Playthings

Sometimes it feels like we’re in the middle of a plastic doll takeover. Those little dudes are everywhere (pretty sure most of them are in my living room) I am more convinced than ever that the last thing the world needs is another plastic guy. These handmade...

Memory meets Modern Art

by Stephanie Mayers | Toys + Playthings

We played lots of board games in my house growing up, and with a 4 year age difference, there were few my sister and I could both make it through without quitting. (We in fact have never completed a game of Monopoly to this day.) One of the few games we both loved...