By Elena Epstein, director of the National Parenting Product Awards. For more product reviews, visit nappaawards.com. All product images were provided. Cake-N-Bake Challenge Bring the excitement of cooking shows into the game room. A fast-paced color-matching, cake-building game where the fastest baker wins. Complete with colorful textured foam cake slices …
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Shari Bailey knows birthdays can be among the most special celebrations in a child’s life—especially for children who don’t know how many of them they will have. Of her 8-year-old twin girls, Lana and Laila, the latter has a rare congenital disorder, Jacobsen’s Syndrome, which occurs in only one …
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Oh, the weather outside may be frightful, but the glistening ice from these indoor and outdoor winter skating rinks is all too delightful. Downtown backdrops and shopping centers in Baltimore and beyond offer picturesque views in locations convenient for a family outing. Stop in for an hourly skate, book a …
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This Christmas Wreath craft helps usher in the holiday season as a time of laughter, fun, toys, pine smells, cookies and Santa! It is a simple construction with few materials and a lovely result. Materials Paper Plate (s) Strips of colored paper (red, green, yellow) Scissors Glue (stick or …
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The holiday season is here! That means cozy reads to share with family, friends and loved ones. These books from Baltimore County Public Libraries will get you in a joyful spirit, no matter which holidays you celebrate! Board Books “Loving Kindness…Happy Feelings for Little Ones” by Whitney Stewart This …
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Mid-Atlantic Media publication Baltimore’s Child won a total of four awards in the Parenting Media Association Design and Editorial Awards Program—two of them gold. The awards recognize excellence in family publications across the U.S. in 2022. Publications are awarded gold, silver and bronze awards in two categories: small or large …
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Click the images below to download this Top 10 calendar as a PDF. This roundup of family events appears in the November 2022 issue of Baltimore’s Child.
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With any pregnancy comes changes to a mother’s skin—such as a growing belly that stretches the skin — but beyond that there are other skin changes brought about by hormones. “Because of [hormones], we see changes to our skin, hair and nails,” says Jamie Goldberg, who has been a dermatologist …
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Sixty-five first graders received free bicycles at North Bend Elementary/Middle School earlier this month, where professional mountain biker Jeff Lenosky shared safety tips and encouraged the kids to get outside and stay active. Early on Friday, Oct. 14, volunteers showed up again, after having helped build the bikes the previous …
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Sixty-five first-graders received free bicycles at North Bend Elementary/Middle School earlier this month, where professional mountain biker Jeff Lenosky shared safety tips and encouraged the kids to get outside and stay active. Early on Friday, Oct. 14, volunteers showed up again, after having helped build the bikes the previous evening, …
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