Parenting
Introducing Automoblox: My First Custom Car Creations
by Arnold Carreiro
Don’t be fooled- the finely crafted wooden cars made by Automoblox are much more complicated toy than you’d think. While it’s really cool to see little kids assemble their own sturdy and brilliantly designed car, the real fun starts when you mix two or more vehicles together!
Want To Get Pregnant? Track Your Fertility With Glow IPhone App
by Ellen Dudley
Want to increase the chances of getting pregnant? Updated Glow iPhone app helps women get pregnant by predicting their fertility. This app now includes access to other parents-to-be so you can exchange experiences and stories and get pregnant faster.
LEGO Master Builder Academy Sets Turn Kids Into LEGO Construction Pros!
by Arnold Carreiro
If you’ve got piles of LEGOs in the house, individual models on every Christmas list and multiple bins designated to store extra bricks, you’re living with a hardcore LEGO fanatic. The LEGO Master Builder Academy series takes that passion, and teaches fans to be the best builders they can be!
Violent Video Games Actually Make Kids...Smarter?
by Nicholas.Greene
You know hwo people are always saying video games are bad for children; that they rot the mind and damage one's inhibitions? Turns out that's not true. New research surfaced this week revealing that violent games are actually good for children. Wait, what?
Nerf Firevision: The Best Nighttime Techno-Football Of All Time
by Arnold Carreiro
I’ve got to give credit to Hasbro’s Nerf division, as they always end up
innovating surprisingly novel ways for kids to blast, slap and throw to
each other toys made with soft Nerf foam. This year’s cool new Nerf
sport involves their Firevision tech, which literally places the
football in an all new light.
Eco-Dough: For Kids Who Try To Eat All Their Toys!
by Arnold Carreiro
Seriously though, Eco-Dough is an all-natural and creative substitute to
that other ultra-popular modeling clay toy, but mostly composed of
fruit, vegetable and plant extracts. If your kid has a nasty reaction to
the wheat filled alternative, you’ll want to check this stuff out!
Is Crayola’s Create2Destroy Series The Creation Toy Of The Year?
by Arnold Carreiro
They’re just as destructive and creative as they are fun, and I really
think that Crayola finally developed the art toy that every little boy
on the planet wants: Something to build, smash and rebuild all over
again. Then again, dinosaurs make everything better…
read more
2 comments Squeezy Freezy Makes Homemade Slushies In Minutes
by Kim Patterson
The Squeezy Freezy is a
simple, yet effective gadget that transforms your favorite drinks into
frosty fun! It's a colorful, squishable drink container
that works as a mini slushy machine of sorts.
Spot It! Reinvents Classic Matching Game Genre
by Arnold Carreiro
Blue Orange, makers of the award-winning matching card game “Spot It!,”
has made the most interesting innovation of the genre since Milton
Bradley’s “Guess Who?” made its debut 1979. That’s a pretty remarkable
achievement for a set of 55 cards and a tin!
Eight Cutest DIY Thanksgiving Crafts For Kids
by Holly Cochran
Kids love crafts, and they love showing off their creations. Thanksgiving, with gatherings of family and friends, is the perfect time to indulge kids with easy to make cute crafts. Here are 8 of my favorites:
Moon In My Room Is The Ultimate Lunar Nightlight
by Arnold Carreiro
Uncle Milton’s globular “Moon in my Room” is one of the prettiest and
most entertaining nightlights that I’ve ever seen. What little astronaut
wouldn’t want to fall asleep to the gentle glowing lunar cycle on their
wall?
Battroborgs: Punch-Powered Robot Fighters!
by Arnold Carreiro
TOMY’s Battroborgs are an interesting combination of the Nintendo Wii’s
motion controls and the classic Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots game that makes
the theme of colorful pit fighting robots an exciting, innovative and
exciting new toy.
Meet Quirky’s 5 Newest Inventors!
by Invention Ideas
Crowd-supporting website Quirky regularly receives ideas from inventors
for a chance to have their proto-inventions made into mass manufactured
products. Let’s take a peek at the latest batch of innovators and their
interesting ideas:
Industrial Designer Develops Wireless 'Smart Jacket" For Premature Babies
by T Goodman
An industrial design student received her PhD cum laude last month for
her design of a Smart Jacket for premature babies. Her creation will, no doubt, launch a successful career for a new graduate, but change the
lives of millions of premature infants and their families...
Teach Your Kids About Programming With Play-i's Adorable Robots
by Tech Light
I've always sort of regretted never learning programming as a kid. With how digitized today's sociey has become, it seems a downright indispensible skill. Parents: do your children a favor. Teach them. There's even a robot to make the job easier: it's called Play-i.
