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...
A Halloween coloring app for kids that offers free offline creativity too
I’m all for kids getting to use my iPad to color and create. But I love getting them offline to do the same with old-fashion crayons and markers too. (Remember those?) Here’s an app company that’s doing both. The Silly Aliens Supercrayon coloring...
Hit the road with the Toca Cars app
Creative, quirky, playful, rule free and devoid of in-app pop ups (hooray!)–all reasons why Toca Boca is one of our most favorite app developers for kids. So lets rejoice for the new Toca Cars app! Taking a cue from more complex games like Minecraft (ahem, Toca...
Toonia: A super-cute, super-easy digital card maker for kids. Or really, for Grandma.
Forcing my kids to write thank you notes has always been a battle, but now my own Southern mom can rest easy–we’ll be sending out our gratitude on time and in style, thanks to an awesome new app just for kids. The Toonia Cardcreator app for iOS is...
An app that will keep my kids happy in the car? Yes, please.
Sitting in the back seat of a car for hours on end–whether we’re on a cross-country road trip or just running errands all day–has got to be so boring for my kids. I think that’s why they’re so crazy about the new app we downloaded this...
My Muppets Show app: It’s time to play the music. For real.
Miss Piggy, Animal, Kermit, Beaker–your favorite Muppets are all together again in a free musical builder app for iOS and Android devices that’s just out–and we think your older kids will have a hard time resisting. To top it off, it’s free!...
Draw (and dance) with Mo Willems in “Mo on the Go!”
There’s nothing more delicious for a parent than when we appreciate an app as much as our kids do–even if it’s not quite for the same reasons. We really loved Mo Willems’ first app and his new one has even more of the spirit of the quirky...Hi! We’re Kristen + Liz
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