Tom Wiegand is building a business — out of blocks. The 41-year-old Marysville man is the inventor and owner of Paint-A-Block: plastic blocks about 3 inches long and an inch wide that stack together to create everything from benches to 5½-foot towers, reports The Times Herald. They are kind of like a Lego,” Wiegand said. […]
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California-based SmartyRents uses the Netflix model to help parents keep their children aged 9 months to 10 years old challenged and entertained, according to trendspotter Springwise. The effort was launched just last week by two former teachers, which is why it also focuses on games with an educational bent. Included in its inventory, for example,
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Remember the excitement you felt receiving mail as a child? That’s the inspiration behind San Francisco-based Little Passports, a new educational subscription service that aims to turn 5-to-10-year-olds into world travelers, one country at a time, according to trendspotter Springwise. Little Passports delivers monthly travel packages designed to provide a fun, hands-on way for kids
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The Gazette: The tween years continue to present a fashion dilemma to girls and their parents, says Elena Grant. This is how the North Vancouver mother of three came to start Sofia-bella, an age-appropriate online boutique for girls that launched in September. “My daughter Sofia turned 12 and started to become conscious of what she
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The Press-Enterprise: Three years ago, Kristi Necochea went shopping for a doll for her daughter, Madelyn, then 4 years old. “All I saw were Bratz dolls that didn’t seem appropriate,” she recalled. Disappointed but inspired, she started a company that makes the kind of dolls she couldn’t find in the stores. Today, Friends Forever Girls,
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Raising kids to be design-minded and eco-conscious isn’t always easy, but Fast Company has put together some products that kids will love just as much as adults. Skip Hop’s Wishbone bike is eco-friendly and practical–this recycled-plastic and sustainable-wood 3-in-1 bike goes from three-wheels to two with a quick switch, and also adjusts its height for
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A year ago, Glenn Beck’s semi-autobiographical novel, The Christmas Sweater, was atop USA TODAY‘s Best-Selling Books list and in the top 10 for three weeks. Now, it’s back on the list — and not just in its grown-up form. The Fox News host’s 284-page novel was No. 47 last week, and a new 40-page picture-book
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Imagine a toothbrush so much fun to use that kids would brush their teeth without a single reminder from Mom or Dad. Dr. Fresh is asking second through fifth graders across the U.S. to dream up just such a toothbrush with the “Be A Dental Inventor” contest — the fourth annual toothbrush design contest according
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As a child, Jainarain Kissoon was constantly surrounded by the issue of divorce–just not in the conventional sense, reports Entrepreneur. His mother was a divorce attorney, so the topic came up often. Still, it wasn’t until his mother’s cousin suffered through a painful divorce that something clicked for Kissoon. He wonderd if there was a
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At first it might seem that clothing would have nothing in common with a painting business but that’s not entirely true. For Sandra Schulze there is a lot more behind those businesses than meets the eye. Inspired by the photo of her friends’ daughter, Sandra went to work on what would become her first mixed
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