Of course we know that kids are naturally drawn to do grown up activities like cook, but there's only so much they can do without us having to be supervising them...

I'm a big fan of surprise balls. Not that I've had so much experience with them, but I found these ones at a store in SF called Unionmade, and they're great. The...

I've written about my obsession with kids' books that are photographed, not illustrated, and especially ones with animals. Well here's a giant one on cats, and...

This is one of those books that is such a sure-fire hit for a birthday gift, for the kid that's into making paper airplanes. Yes, this book takes making paper...

I took two flights last week with my 5-year-old and he barely looked up from The Boys' Doodle Book, a whimsical sketch book that inspires--without hijacking--your...

I just found these pictures from a winter weekend indoors with our toddler, when we were desperate to find something to do that would eat up several hours. Making...

Owen Ramberg, 12, is the Los Angeles-based founder of Gadgetkid.com, a site that gives an honest appraisal of numerous electronics, tech toys, and gadgets on the...

Whoops--it's next week, and we haven't even started thinking about it. Maybe that's because we were working on Valentine's Day projects in the fall, which is how...