As a parent I understand the juggling act that takes place when you send your children off to school. It’s hard keeping track of which events are happening when, where, at what time and for which child. I know I don’t stand alone when I say I need to get organised, but just how do … [Read more.]
I’m sure I’m not the only parent who finds weekday mornings exhausting. I ask the same questions over and over (do you have your lunch/reader/swimming bag/special blue pencil?) to both my school-aged children and in the end figure I may as well pack their school bags myself to save some energy.
Ask and we shall receive! Kids Konserve waste-free lunch kits have just arrived in Australia.
We might be hitting the point of typography obsession here at Babyology, but let’s excuse it by saying it’s one that totally applicable to being a parent. After all, we want our children to be alphabet-aware from a very early age these days!
Parents who have just finished buying up big on school and kindergarten supplies will probably agree that the lunchbox purchase is a harrowing ordeal. My children like to pick their own and I’m almost always presented with three flimsy plastic boxes in awkward sizes that look just like every other lunchbox in the class. Enough … [Read more.]
If you’ve picked up any magazines lately (note I say ‘picked up’ and not ‘read’ because we all know how difficult that is with little ones), you’ll know it’s that time of year where all you see is articles about ‘New Year, New You’ and ‘Back to School’. If you’re in the back-to-school camp, you … [Read more.]
It’s that time of year again when our kids go back to school. My eldest is starting school this year so I’m casting my eye to the furniture he’ll be needing for this huge milestone.
If like me, you are tired of name stickers falling off, and dislike the look of indelible back texta on your children’s things, then Stick ‘n Go (we featured their cable labels and bag tags back in May 2009) have released just the product for you. The ‘Clip ID’ attaches simply with its carabiner clip … [Read more.]
I’ve gone a bit bonkers on reuseable food wrapping since it dawned on me that in less than six months I will have a school-aged child. As a teacher, every day I see hundreds of pieces of disposable packaging going into the bins and sometimes straight onto our school grounds. It really got me thinking … [Read more.]
In classrooms the world over, lunchboxes, like pencil cases are an outlet for self expression. If you’re lumped with a plain one, you decorate it with stickers. If you’ve got one that you’ve outgrown, you decorate it with stickers. Case in point, my eldest son ‘redesigned’ his lunchbox a few weeks ago with Carlton Football … [Read more.]
Take a look at the Funky Lunch sandwich design website and I guarantee you’ll be inspired in some way. Either to make a masterpiece of a sandwich for your little guy or girl like the ones pictured in their gallery or like me, to just be inspired to mix up the lunchbox a bit.
I will … [Read more.]
There is a saying that there’s no need to reinvent the wheel. I guess it’s true, but sometimes I’m really glad that designers do precisely that. Take the humble lunchbox. At its most utilitarian, the lunchbox has to get your lunch from A to B without food getting scattered and squashed. Pretty simple, but thankfully … [Read more.]