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My 3-year-old daughter loves anything with ink. Whether doodling, finger painting, coloring with crayons, or using markers to draw on the walls, she’s mighty with the proverbial pen. Only thing, she’s not exactly progressing when it comes to creating a decipherable letter, number, or shape. That’s normal at 3, of course, but I still wondered if there was a better way to channel of her love of ink into more finely tuned motor skills. Turns out, there is ⏤ but it doesn’t use real ink at all. Just the opposite. It’s called the Play n’ Trace by Boogie Board, and...

Get Christmas gifts for less with a Walmart deal! Head on over to Walmart.com where you can score Melissa & Doug Deluxe Pizza & Pasta Play Set for just $20 (regularly $54.99)! This play set includes 92 pieces that let your kiddo pretend to be the customer or the chef! The play food includes sliceable wooden pizza crust with felt and wooden toppings, four kinds of felt pasta, wooden ravioli fillings, felt sauce, and cheese.  Even better, this set encourages fine motor, imaginative play, sorting and counting, and color recognition skills! Still undecided?  Check out what others have to say…...

It’s been way too long since we did a roundup of the best baby travel gear, so we thought we’d round some up! Readers, what’s your favorite baby travel gear, as well as travel gear for little kids and beyond? What do you bring on vacations (versus rent or make do with once you get there)? (Have you ever just purchased non-travel-friendly items and shipped them to your in-laws or hotel for the sake of convenience?) This post contains affiliate links and CorporetteMoms may earn commissions for purchases made through links in this post. For more details see here. Thank you so much...

The problem with Play-Doh is that no matter how many colorful cans you buy, it always ends up in one giant brown clump. Rather than spending more money on more playdough though, or desperately trying to teach a toddler how not to mix colors, it’s just as easy to make your own homemade playdough ⏤ and it’s cheaper. Homemade playdough is just like the kind you buy in the toy aisle except it’s made with ingredients you already have in the kitchen. Even better, making it from scratch using a playdough recipe not only soaks up an afternoon with a fun...

"I want to be Iron Man for Halloween," my toddler told me . . . in January. He has been talking about Halloween since we went trick-or-treating last year - and begging me to watch the Halloween episode of his favorite TV shows, to wear his old costumes, and to plan for this year's holiday ("we get candy on Halloween, Mama"). If your kid is obsessed with all things pumpkins and monsters, too, then check out some of these Halloween toys for toddlers available for purchase right now! These definitely-cute-and-not-scary toys are just spooky enough to hold a 3-year-old's attention...