Cut the Rope 2 review: It is here. Oh yes it is. Don’t even pretend you’re not interested.
Thanks to Cool Mom Tech, our family iPad is packed with cool apps and fun games. While a few franchises like Angry Birds and Toca Boca do a great job with new releases, lightning doesn’t strike more than once for every developer. So I was thrilled for a chance...
A free puppet show app to let your kids get creative
Cate & Levi are the artists behind those gorgeous upcycled hand puppets we’ve seen at craft shows, and higher-end stores like West Elm and Red Envelope. The puppets are locally sourced, upcycled works of art, so how wonderful that they’re taking the...
An app to help a big sibling get ready for a new baby. Or at least a virtual one.
With a new baby in the house, both of my older kids are so surprisingly sweet when it comes to caring for her, wanting to pick her up, even changing diapers. It’s amazing how nurturing young kids can be, whether caring for a real baby, a stuffed animal, or in...
3 completely silly, non-educational, totally fun apps that let kids be kids on their holiday break
To us, the holidays are a time for throwing the rules out the window a bit. We eat too many cookies, the kids stay up too late, and if their typical screen time doubles (or triples) while we all enjoy a little down time, so be it. So here are 3 of the silliest,...
Shadow Puppet: The app Steven Spielberg would have loved as a kid
If your kids are budding creative types, but they still love to get techy with their masterpieces, you’ll want to check out this cool new app that allows them to add voiceover narration to their photographs or artwork. Because next Spielberg or Scorsese or...
The best Santa apps for kids: 4 magical ways to connect your kids with the big guy right through your phone or PC
Kids already bubbling over with excitement that Santa will be on his way in just a few more days? Santa apps for kids can be a really magical way to bring the story to life, only we’ve tried out plenty and sheesh, some of them belong on the naughty list. So here...
Clumsy Ninja app: An awesome game for kids. Because? Ninjas.
Clumsy Ninja, the long-awaited app from London tech gurus NaturalMotion has finally arrived, and I’m betting it’s how a lot of kids will be spending screen time over the holidays. To be honest, you might catch me sneaking away to my room to play for...
Toca Boca apps on sale, one day only. Your kids want them, promise.
While we’ve been singing the praises of Toca Boca apps for kids for ages now, we’re not the only ones. They are wildly engaging, often educational, and absolutely charming with quirky details and humorous characters that can only come from this Swedish...
Millie and Dogs and Dinos mean an adorable new ebook for kids
Don’t tell our beloved, drooly Black Lab, but my kids have been spending an awful lot of time with another adorable pooch. This one has been sneaking into their hearts with a series of totally cute iPad stories that combine funny storytelling, adorable doggie...
8 Halloween apps for kids for spooky, creative, or silly fun
Once again, it’s that time we seek out the very best Halloween apps for kids to help keep them in the Halloween spirit, without wearing out their costumes and polishing off the mini Kit-Kats before the 31st even hits. And once again, it’s a hard job. But...
The new Toca Mini app: It’s a small world after all.
Cute? Funky? Funny? That’s entirely up to you in this new colorful world from Toca Boca, one of our favorite developers of kids’ apps, and it’s all created with kids’ wild imaginations in mind. Toca Boca just released its latest iOS treat, and...Hi! We’re Kristen + Liz
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