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ClickySticky Easter app has a virtual basket of treats for your bunny

Need to keep little hands away from the jellybeans while you get ready for Easter brunch? Thankfully, the thoughtful people who have brought us ClickySticky Halloween and ClickySticky Christmas have a fun and free app that is just right for today’s holiday....

5 of our favorite Pinterest pins this week

by Cool Mom Staff | Link Roundups

It’s no surprise that we’re obsessed with Pinterest. Come join us, and check out these five favorite pins from this week. 1. Easter eggs go geeky. You have to make these for Sunday! 2. One of our most favorite travel gadgets ever. Don’t head out for...

Robotics + Easter Egg Decorating = What will they think of next?

by Cool Mom Staff | Tech Toys and Random Fun

When we discovered the EggBot, we were like uh, wow. (Actual quote.) You have to be pretty into Easter Egg decorating to invest in that thing. But, I admit sheepishly, it’s been on my brain all this time. And hey! Now there’s a deluxe version...

Web Coolness: Geeky Easter eggs, Minecraft 101, Google’s big leak, and LEGO Star Trek

by Cool Mom Staff | Link Roundups

Here are a few links we’ve enjoyed reading this week. We hope you like them too! Forget about pastels. How about decorating your Easter eggs with a geek theme this year? Parents of teens and tweens should read this article on the many ways kids are connecting to...

Pat the Bunny for iPad – the one bunny we love well after Easter is over

by Cool Mom Staff | Holiday Picks

Pat the Bunny is a baby book staple in most households, including mine, where I got at least three copies at my baby shower. After all, it’s one of the very first interactive books. So not surprisingly he’s finally gone digital with a fun iPad app, which,...

Beatrix Potter goes digital with The Tale of Benjamin Bunny

by Cool Mom Staff | Educational Apps For Kids

I have always been a huge Beatrix Potter fan, so I find it thrilling that my own kids are just as enthralled with the artwork and easy prose. And now they’ve got an extra reason to enjoy her works: One of my favorite tales now comes to life beautifully on iPad,...

Kids’ music download of the week: I Think I’m A Bunny

by Christina Refford | Kids Music

Look out Peter Cottontail, my kids have a new favorite on the block. And this bunny is really a monster who only thinks he’s a bunny in this adorable collaboration between a rabbity monster and one exasperated little girl. Listening to musician Todd...

Piquing our Geek: The Original Egg-Bot

by Liz Gumbinner | Tech Toys and Random Fun

You have to be pretty hard core about your Easter Eggs to invest $195 in a machine that makes them look awesome. But that’s just what the creators of the Egg-Bot were thinking when they invented this open-source robot that applies computer controlled motion to...

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