COVID Update: Please be sure to check directly with vendors concerning their most up-to-date closures, restrictions and policies, including their cancellation procedures, should COVID numbers continue to spike. Got a party to plan for a kid with a chilly-weather birthday? We’re here to help get those creative juices flowing with ideas for kids who like to bake or play sports, and everything in between. We even have parties that bring the festivities to you! Read on to get the planning started. photo: iFly For Those in Constant Motion Altitude Trampoline Park. Chicago's first trampoline playspace and activity center features state-of-the-art trampoline entertainment as well as a variety of activities such as Wipe-Out, Basketball, Dodgeball, Rock Wall, Foam Pit, Trapeze, Kids...
Vendor: Fat Brain Toys Type: Toy Price: 24.95 A 2020 Toy of the Year Finalist!An incredibly unique shape-exploration experience!The six chunky shape blocks are each designed with fascinating textures that are sure to thrill the fingers. There's a cube, a diamond, a sphere, a triangle, a flower, and the happy Fat Brain logo...But the best part? As kids push the shapes through the elastic bands of the cube, curiosity is sparked and young minds can't help but explore, experiment, and discover.It's beautifully simple and amazingly mind-expanding!Play freely with InnyBin.InnyBin Innovative shape-sorting box Encourages fine motor skills, tactile exploration, experimentation 6 chunky, uniquely textured shapes fit through the elastic bands of the cube A tactile challenge for little ones A frustration-free...
Billie Eilish is the epitome of youth culture, which makes Reddit user u/FunkTurkey’s parody of her song “Bad Guy” all the more hilarious. The video, titled “Dad Guy”, pokes fun at nearly every dad trope, from lawn-mowing to wearing the same pair of sneakers every day. The result is essentially one long, hilariously dorky dad joke, and fellow dads are, unsurprisingly, super into it.Set to Eilish’s goth-pop beat, FunkTurkey highlights the every day, not-so-glamorous parts of dad hood. We see him plucking his overgrown nose hairs, downing an entire bag of chips, and struggling through a jog. The lyrics are equally relatable, with lines such as “You ask/ I say go ask your mom” and “Gained a couple pounds type/ eat...
With only three days until Mother’s Day, the window for last-minute shopping is closing fast ⏤ especially online. Sure, a handful of retailers have started matching Prime’s two-day free shipping, but the fact remains that short of paying a crazy amount for overnight shipping, Amazon is still your best bet this late in the game to have that perfect gift delivered on time. Luckily, Amazon is also having a big sale on last-minute Mother’s Day gifts right now. Here are five worth 1-Click ordering right now:Echo ShowThe beauty of the Echo Show, other than the fact that it’s a full $60 off, is that it makes a super-easy Jetsons-style video phone for the kids to call their grandparents. Buy Now...
Choosing the 15 books on this list of September children’s book releases out of the many fantastic children’s books releasing this month was hard. More books tend to be published in the early fall months, and while it’s not quite fall, there were still more excellent children’s books to choose from than in previous months. I shout out the ones that didn’t quite make this list at the end. This month’s picks are full of multicultural children’s books, from an early chapter book about a multi-generational Indian family (Sona Sharma, Very Best Big Sister?) to an exciting middle grade fantasy steeped in Islamic folklore (Amira & Hamza: The War to Save the Worlds). A common theme I noticed this month...
