Bitsbox: A cool website and subscription box for aspiring young coders
If last week’s Hour of Code got your kids fired up to learn more about computer science, then we’ve got an awesome gift recommendation for you. Bitsbox is a cool free website where kids can learn and practice code, and now they’ve launched a fun...
Sponsored message: Minecraft just got wearable thanks to Gameband + Minecraft
This is a sponsored message from Gameband + Minecraft Your little Minecraft lovers are going to be able to take their favorite game with them wherever they go thanks to the new Gameband + Minecraft, the first ever wearable for Minecraft. Can you hear the shrieks of...
5 of our favorite tech Pinterest pins
If you’re obsessed with Pinterest as we are, follow us! Then check out these 5 cool tech pins, along with lots more from our site and around the web. 1. We’d love a pair of these gorgeous leather touch screen gloves please. 2. We still can’t...
Tiggly Math: One of the best preschool tech toys of the year.
Not every toy we buy our kids has to have some sort of “educational component” to it, though I love when I find a great toy that so brilliantly combines play with learning. Such is the case with Tiggly whose Tiggly Shapes was a favorite toy for us in 2013....
18 of the coolest kids’ tech toys and gifts: Holiday Tech Gifts 2014
We’ve shared our favorite cool tech toys and gifts for younger kids, and now our Holiday Tech Gift guide series continues with the coolest tech toys and gifts for older kids. Whether you’ve got a grade-schooler who’s outgrown a learning tablet, or a...
The coolest little kids’ tech toys and gifts: Holiday Tech Gifts 2014
Our Holiday Tech Gift guide series continues with one of our favorite categories: The coolest tech toys and gifts for kids. This year we’re breaking our gift recommendations up into big kids and little kids, since that teen of yours proooobably won’t be...
How to make your own custom emojis. Because it’s an emoji world, and we’re just living in it.
When emojis first started popping up in random social media spots, I thought, “Eh, they won’t last.” But then I starting using the funny little graphics myself in iMessages and on Instagram comments, and suddenly emojis sort of became my jam. So I...
Ozobot: A smart robot that gets your kids more intelligent too
The concept of intelligent robots taking over the planet used to be something you’d only see in sci-fi movies but I’m starting to wonder whether a robotic takeover may not be so far-off. Okay, maybe not in our immediate future, but highly-programmable...
Razor Deluxe Crazy Cart: This is not your father’s Big Wheel
If you’re looking for the spendy kids’ holiday gift of the season (and I know, I can’t believe I’m thinking about this already either) I think I’ve found it in the new Razor Deluxe Crazy Cart ride-on car. I spent a few minutes tearing...Hi! We’re Kristen + Liz
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