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• Funky Monkey Freeze Dried Fruit Snacks

  I recently got to test out Funky Monkey Snacks on my 3-year-old. These snacks are freeze dried fruit with no added sugar, preservatives, colors or flavors. Since my son is a very picky eater I wasn’t sure if he would like them. It turned out that he ate the whole bag in one sitting! Dried fruit is always the... Read More... Posted May 30 2009, 02:42 PM by Lisa Estall with | with no comments Filed under: food, fruit, snacks for kids, freeze dried

• Mess-Free Peanut Butter & Jelly Pillow Set

  Food-allergy-proof and mess-free, this PB&J pillow set features our favorite sandwich toppings slathered over two soft, 16" tall x 15" wide "bread slices" made from eco-felt (i.e., 100% recycled plastic bottles). You can get either pillow embroidered with the kiddoes' names, too -- try doing that with the lunch you're packing this morning. $60 per set from Diffraction Fiber.  Posted May 08 2009, 08:30 AM by Aaron Burgess with | with no comments Filed under: etsy, pillow, food, felt, personalize, eco, housewares, brown, aaron burgess, novelty, appliqued, peanut butter, jelly, diffraction fiber, slow food, white, grape

• 5 Best International Food Play Sets

  You can get your kid the burger & fries, plain produce or basic meat and potatoes play food sets, or you can introduce them to a more cultural array of tantalizing tastes and textures. Here are five diverse international play sets for your kid’s kitchen fantasies. Take a bite right here. Read More... Posted Apr 28 2009, 11:16 PM by SunnyChanel with | with no comments Filed under: Toys, play food, food, pretend play, food toys, food issue, kitchen toys, international play food

• ABC-Shaped Tater Tots From Ore-Ida

  Getting kids to eat tater tots isn't exactly a chore, but these were such a big hit at dinner-time in my house last night I had to recommend them. Ore-Ida ABC Fun Shapes are exactly what you think they are - tater tots shaped like letters instead of the typical cylinders. And for the record, they taste exactly like regular tater tots. Read More... Posted Apr 23 2009, 02:30 PM by Chris Ford with | with no comments Filed under: food, ABC, mdd, tater tots, ore-ida, potato, ore ida, potatoes

• The Chop Chop Chicken

  Do you have designs on raising your child to be butcher? Well if do, the Chop Chop Chicken by Viola is an ideal way to start them on their journey of dismembering carcasses. This wooden chicken comes with... Read More... Posted Apr 23 2009, 09:00 AM by SunnyChanel with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: play food, food, pretend food, food issue, chop chop chicken, viola

• Robots? No Lunchbots

  Green had to meet geeky some day, and fortunately for our kids' sakes it's in the form of little green containers for their munchables. Read More... Posted Apr 09 2009, 09:03 AM by JeanneSager with | with no comments Filed under: food, green baby, green, stainless steel, lunch, BPA free, containers, Jeanne Sager, Lunchbots

• Etsy Alert: On Top of Spaghetti, All Covered with Felt

  What's better than a picture of your kid covered in spaghetti sauce to pull out when they bring home their first date? Spaghetti and sauce they can play with . . . that won't leave the teeniest drop behind. Read More... Posted Apr 03 2009, 04:02 PM by JeanneSager with | with no comments Filed under: etsy, Toys, play food, food, hand made, felt, etsy alert, Jeanne Sager, spaghetti, tomato sauce, Bug Bites

• Fire Up the Grills!

  Time to move the cooking — even the imaginary kind — outside.   Read More... Posted Mar 24 2009, 02:07 PM by Heather Kuldell with | with no comments Filed under: food, pretend play, plush toys, grill, food toys, soft grill set

• Star Baby: Suri Watch – Suri & Katie Get a Tasty Treat

  Apparently someone’s been a very good girl. Katie Holmes, while in Beverly Hills, took a Cinderella costumed Suri to Crumbs Bakery for an afternoon treat. The baked goods hotspot, who are known for their scrumptious cupcakes, just happens to deliver! Yup, from the comfort of your own home in Anytown, U.S.A, you can taste a little of the same magic that Katie and Suri enjoyed.  One item from their site looks pert near irresistible, the... Read More... Posted Mar 23 2009, 10:35 PM by SunnyChanel with | with no comments Filed under: food, cupcakes, treats, katie holmes, Star Baby, suri watch, celebrity baby style, suri and Katie, Crumbs Bakery

• New Lunch Bags By Jane Jenni Just In Time For Spring

  Winter weather got you and your kids down? Designer Jane Jenni has a new item that might bring the springtime just a little early. The Birdhouse Lunch Bag is colorful and cute and chances are your daughter probably will be the only one in school with one. Read More... Posted Feb 11 2009, 09:00 AM by Chris Ford with | with no comments Filed under: food, lunch bags, birds, birdhouse, bird, mdd, unicahome, lunch, unica, jane jenni, lunch bag, bird house

• Have an Answer for “What’s For Dinner?”

  Many days, I start thinking ahead to dinner while I’m taking my lunch break. When I know what the plan is, I have pleasant thoughts. When I don’t, I start trying to remember what I have in my fridge and begin to stress about it. That’s where the “What’s For Dinner?” pad comes in. Read More... Posted Jan 19 2009, 12:34 PM by Heather Kuldell with | with no comments Filed under: organization, food, dinner, meal planning, what's for dinner? pad

• Bacon? That’s Mr. Bacon to You

  Carnivores vs. vegetarians. Bacon vs. tofu. Can’t we just all get along? Read More... Posted Oct 17 2008, 12:11 PM by Heather Kuldell with | with no comments Filed under: play food, food, bacon, kitchen, tofu

• Skull and Jack-O-Lantern Pancakes

  These skull and jack-o-lantern pancake molds are the good kind of scary. Start celebrating Halloween early and let it last all month with yummy breakfasts and sweet creative treats like these.  Read More... Posted Oct 03 2008, 02:46 PM by elizabeth leach with | with no comments Filed under: food, toddler, Breakfast, halloween, gift, jack-o-lantern pancakes, skull pancakes

• ABC Kids Expo 2008: Dabba Walla Lunch Bags And Backpacks

  In India, the "dabbawalla" (Wikipedia entry) is the guy who collects the hot lunches of office workers from their home, brings them to the office, and then returns the empty boxes back. In America, Dabba Walla is a company that makes really cool neoprene lunch bags and backpacks. Read More... Posted Sep 19 2008, 02:58 PM by Chris Ford with | with no comments Filed under: bags, feeding, lunch box, food, School, backpack, bag, ABC, lunchbox, back pack, india, mdd, lunch, ABC Kids Expo 2008, dabbawalla, dabba walla

• ProBugs Promises Up to 10X the Beneficial Creepy-Crawlies of Regular Yogurt

  Sure, Halloween is still over a month away, but depending on how progressive-minded your community is, you could stock up on Lifeway Foods' new ProBugs beneficial-bacteria-loaded drinkable yogurts for trick-or-treating and positively clobber all those moms and dads who still insist on giving out candy. Read More... Posted Sep 17 2008, 01:04 PM by Aaron Burgess with | with no comments Filed under: food, snacks, halloween, probiotics, organic foods, probugs, drinkable yogurt, lifeway foods, kefir

• ABC Kids Expo 2008: Calla High Chair

  The Calla High Chair is kind of a puzzle for me, because while the shape of the chair really makes it stand out, even from all the other "modern" highchairs at ABC, it's still just a high chair. It's still just a piece of furniture with a very limited practical shelf-life that your kids are going to inevitably make very, very messy. But your kid has to sit somewhere and eat, right? More details after the jump. Read More... Posted Sep 15 2008, 12:48 PM by Chris Ford with | with no comments Filed under: furniture, high chair, food, mealtime, highchair, fleurville, decor, ABC, eating, mdd, yves behar, ABC Kids Expo 2008, calla, calla highchair, meals

• ABC Kids Expo 2008: Snacker Catcher

  It was fun to check out all the new products from the brands that we all know, but it was also fun to find new products from people who had a good idea and are trying to make it happen. The Snacker Catcher, a "big snack" tether, is one of those products. It basically looks like a pacifier tether - you clip one end to your child's clothes and you cinch the other to a large piece of food (like half a bagel or a cookie or something. Then when your child inevitably drops it, it won't fall on the ground. More details after the break. Read More... Posted Sep 12 2008, 04:28 PM by Chris Ford with | with no comments Filed under: feeding, food, snacks, ABC, eating, snack, mdd, ABC Kids Expo 2008, bebalee, meal, snacker catcher

• ABC Kids Expo 2008: Mate Stay-Put Mat and Plate From Skip Hop

  Everyone knows and loves the diaper bags from Skip Hop, but it's the new things that aren't diaper bags that got me excited this year at ABC. The first really cool thing I saw was "Mate", the toddler plate, placemat, spoon and fork set. Read More... Posted Sep 10 2008, 08:02 PM by Chris Ford with | with no comments Filed under: feeding, food, toddler, spoon, toddlers, ABC, skip hop, fork, plate, eating, mdd, ABC Kids Expo 2008, place mat, skiphop, mate stay-put mat and plate, mate

• ABC Kids Expo 2008: The Wean Machine Portable Baby Food Grinder

  Fortunately, everything I saw at the ABC Kids Expo wasn't fancy furniture and strollers. I also saw some interesting and innovative smaller products as well. At the top of the list for me was a little portable baby food grinder called the Wean Machine. Explanation and a better photo after the jump. Read More... Posted Sep 10 2008, 12:03 PM by Chris Ford with | with no comments Filed under: feeding, baby, infant, food, baby food, ABC, kitchen, mdd, portable, ABC Kids Expo 2008, wean machine, juvenile solutions

• Win a $500 Mealtime Prize Package! Get Discounts!

  Psst! Did you hear about the latest photo contest on The Babble Playground? We’re looking for your messiest faces and the reward for the winning photo includes some of the hottest mealtime accoutrements on the market. Click below to see what’s in this package worth over $500: Read More... Posted Sep 05 2008, 03:33 PM by editors with | with no comments Filed under: trebimbi, baby, food, Kushies, giveaway, babble playground, messy face contest, funny faces, mutsy, kuster high chair

• Hot S’More Action Minus the Campfire

  Okay, this one goes more in the category of something I’d get more for me than my kid, you know why? ‘Cos I love me some hot S’More Action. Ever since I was seduced by their taste sensations while on a Camp Fire Girls retreat, I’ve had a little spot in my heart and place reserved on my field of taste buds for this gooey mixture. But how often do I find myself around an open flame with sticks, Graham Crackers, marshmallow and chocolate... Read More... Posted Jul 31 2008, 11:42 AM by SunnyChanel with | with no comments Filed under: food, cooking, treats, Microwave, S'More, Camp Fire Girls

• Put Your Own Photo on Candy with My M&M's

  Looking for a party favor or birth announcement gift that you've absolutely never seen before? The melt-in-your-mouth-not-in-your-hand candy M&M's has recently launched "My M&M's," the customizable, printable chocolate. And it just might be that perfect party favor. Read More... Posted Jun 30 2008, 11:20 AM by Chris Ford with | with no comments Filed under: party favors, photo, food, candy, gifts, gift, chocolate, eating, mdd, birth announcement, wedding, m&m, m&m's, printing, my m&m's, party favor, party, birth announcing, mymms.com

• Cookies Take Off with Rocket Spatula

  If there’s one word that will rocket a kid’s afternoon into the stratosphere, it’s “cookies.”  With this Rocket Spatula you can fuel even more fun by having your child play co-pilot to a delicious bond-building activity, even if you cut a few corners with the store-bought, pre-mixed cookie dough. On sale at Williams-Sonoma for $5.99, the spatula features a flexible nylon head, a brushed stainless steel handle, and measure 10 inches long. (Photo credit: williams-sonoma.com.)  Posted Jun 10 2008, 04:31 PM by Heather Kuldell with | with no comments Filed under: food, cooking, williams-sonoma, rockets, flexible rocket spatula

• Japanese Food Containers Are a Lunch Box Alternative

  After finding the Japanese wooden toys made by Decole last week I've been checking out their other products, and I've found another good one. These plastic food containers are far from necessary, but they are cute and might be good enough to use as a lunch box. Read More... Posted May 12 2008, 06:06 AM by Chris Ford with | with 3 comment(s) Filed under: lunch box, food, mealtime, toddler, toddlers, eating, mdd, meal time, lunch, japanese, decole, pre-school, eat

• Toy French Food from Japan

  Why is it that I love toys from Japan so much? This little happy wooden toy food set is everything you need to make imaginary pot-au-feu (basically French boiled dinner). The set comes complete with a knife, spatula... Read More... Posted May 07 2008, 07:06 AM by Chris Ford with | with no comments Filed under: wooden toys, Toys, play food, food, japan, toy, French, mdd, japanese, knife, decole, pot-au-feu, spatula