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Get Into Nature!
I grew up in a suburb of Pittsburgh, in a neighborhood filled with kids riding bikes and lemonade stands and tree forts. The kind of place where neighbors borrow cups of sugar from each other, and...
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Lowest Common Denominator
Lego wordle from Lego Friends tv commercial. Any of that say STEM to you? I know we’ve been talking about Lego quite a bit. What I find so fascinating about this story is how it is the perfect...
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One Slice of the Pie
Childhood is a time of discovery, exploration, snuggling, storybooks, and play. It is a beautiful, beautiful time of life. Let’s not limit it. Pigtail Pals is not anti-princess. We’re not anti-pink....
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Girls Build Giant Cake Out of Legos, Which Is Not The Same Thing As Baking...
Remember my little pal Callie, the young girl who wrote the amazing letter to Lego regarding their sexist Lego Friends line? I’m hoping when members of SPARK meet with Lego next month, they show the...
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Cannonball! A new line for boys and girls.
Our new logo! A few weeks ago I announced a big change for my little company as we expanded to include boys in our work. So much of childhood has boys and girls separated for reasons I cannot...
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Kaboom 2012 Playground Challenge
A great organization that builds play spaces for kids. Oh, it is on, y’all. The awesome folks at KaBOOM! emailed last week asking if I’d share about their 2012 Playground Challenge. Now I love the...
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Judgy: Girls, Heels, and Playtime
Image via Ritika Kamal We enjoyed the evening at a park watching the sun set while the kids played and splashed in the stream. A group quickly formed, with the older girls initiating a building project...
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Make Believe Animals Made of Make Believe Colors
This weekend my kids were hanging out with a bunch of friends and I was leading them in a group art project. It was a game left over from Amelia’s Wild Kratts-themed birthday party the week before, and...
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New Spring Designs!
Our Cannonball! line is dedicated to showing boys and girls playing together, and playing outside. Here are our two new designs for spring, they can be purchased here.
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Barbie World: Is It What I Thought It Would Be?
“I played with Barbie as a kid, and I turned out fine.” If I had a dollar for every time I’ve heard that. I could say the same about myself, and minus a few insecure moments about my...
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