Kiddos can’t get enough of Sesame Street? Then they’ll love the new, limited edition collection dropping from PAIR Eyewear!
The Sesame StreetxPAIR Eyewear collab is more than just fun frames––it’s also a way to teach kids letters and numbers and positive self-expression. Dropping Feb. 24, the 19-piece line has all your fave characters in bright colors and fun themes.
If you aren’t familiar with PAIR, here’s the skinny. The affordable glasses company offers five stylish base frame options starting at just $60––with free prescription lenses. Choose from six colors, then the fun begins.
Since PAIR’s frames are magnetic, kids and adults can easily change the look of their frames by adding unique toppers, without buying a brand new pair! That’s where the brand new Sesame Street collab comes in.
With 20 topper options ranging from color-block styles and cute character motifs, the new lineup makes wearing glasses a treat. Each topper is just $30, far cheaper than buying a brand new set of glasses. Even better, the simple magnets make it easy for kiddos to swap out on their own.
PAIR Eyewear is dedicated to ensuring every school aged child has access to vision care so they’ve created the PAIR For a PAIR program. For every PAIR purchased, the brand will donate one pair of glasses to a child in need.
You can shop the new Sesame StreetxPAIR Eyewear collection starting Feb. 24 on paireyewear.com.
As students continue to navigate the holidays and classrooms and parents adjust to working back in the office, we are all looking for more comfortable options to protect each other. Many people are foregoing face masks and optioning for face shields, instead. The flip down face visors rest on the forehead, most with comfy adjustable straps that offer better airflow than fabric masks. If you’re looking for a face shield, keep reading to see some of the top sellers.
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This lightweight face shield leaves plenty of room for glasses and a mask underneath and comes with an elastic headband for a tight fit. Coming in colorful and fun designs, it makes wearing a face covering fun.
Rebel Shields' visor is attached to a steel hinge, so the wearer can flip up the visor when not in use. The graphic is made of perforated film for clear one-way visibility and a padded headband makes the visor comfortable enough to wear all day.
PPE manufacturer Ripclear has just launched kids sizes. Coming in two styles (pink bunny and panda), each mask is lined with 3/4" foam around the forehead and a soft elastic headband. Ripclear face shields also offer 91 percent optical transparency and is a certified medical face shield.
Size: Kids and adult
Cost: $20 for a pack of five for kids, $90 for a 20 pack for adults
Online marketplace Etsy has tons of face shield options, but we love Proted's lineup because of the versatile flip up option. With a 90 degree rotation, these face shield's are great for kids and adults. They lay flat when not in use, are adjustable, easy to disinfect and can be worn with glasses and a mask if desired.
For everyday comfort and style, Gemelli's black hat with attached face covering is a go-to. The visor is made of PVC and the hat has an adjustable strap to adjusting.
Zazzle's offers so many designs, we can't keep track! The company's clear face shields are made with PET plastic that is lightweight and easy to wear. They come with an adjustable band and make wearing a cinch.
Polaroid's optical grade, high clarity shield comes with an adjustable black strap so it can fit almost anyone. The curved visor makes for easy viewing and can be easily worn with glasses.
If summer weather has to end, at least we can look forward to some fun in the snow. FUNBOY changed the game when it comes to pool inflatables, now they are taking winter sports to the next level. A retro-inspired, après chic collection of essential snow accessories recently launched.
The winter collection was created to inspire families to safely get outdoors this holiday season and make memories to last a lifetime. These products were created for the perfect snow day experience. These lightweight and portable snow sleds come in a variety of retro prints and classic shapes to elicit memories of nostalgic snow play.
The FUNBOY Winter Bloom Snow Toboggan Sled ($59) features rapid inflate and deflate valve, dual handles for easy downhill grip, hand pull rope included.
The FUNBOY Retro Plaid Snow Tube ($49) has a reinforced rubber base with directional grooves helps keep the sled going straight downhill for endless fun.
Who else is excited to countdown the days until the holidays? Maybe you are just happy to see 2020 come to an end. Walmart has you covered with the ultimate countdown we all need this season.
Starting Nov. 1, the new Tasty 12 Days of Wine, Cheese + Chocolate Pairings Holiday Calendars will be available at Walmart stores. The best part of all is that all three can be purchased together for less than $100. Plus, if you grab all three you’ll have samples of wine already perfectly paired with cheese and chocolate. We can’t think of a better way to ring in the season.
The new Tasty Holiday Calendars bring 12 days of wine, cheese and chocolate pairings to life with wines like SRSLY Sauv Blanc, Oh So Rose and Beyond Red Blend. Discover unique cheese pairings including mozzarella cheddar and jalapeño pepper and chocolate pairings including a pink ruby cocoa strawberry ganache heart and a dark chocolate ganache tree.
Tasty 12 Days of Wine – $69.98
Whet your palette with cans of Tasty wine, each equivalent to two glasses of wine. Enjoy exciting varietals including Bubbly Rose, Beyond Red Blend, SRSLY Sauv Blanc, Pinot Noir, Deeply Blood Orange, Oh So Rose, Raspberry Rose, For Real Grapefruit and Lil’ Brut.
Tasty 12 Days of Cheese – $9.98
What’s wine without cheese! Pair your blend with a selection of cheeses such as mozzarella cheddar, sharp cheddar, jalapeno pepper and cheddar.
Tasty 12 Days of Chocolate – $9.98
Indulge in decadent chocolates, paired perfectly with your daily glass (or two!) of vino. Enjoy samplings of punk ruby cocoa strawberry ganache hearts, milk chocolate sea salted caramel snowmen and dark chocolate ganache trees.
They couldn’t read that “E,” and got their eyeglass prescription from the eye doctor. Now, the fun part: choosing glasses! You’re probably already thinking about how much those glasses will cost, but kid’s eyewear doesn’t have to be expensive or even cost more than that pizza delivery! Read on for six reasons why we are loving Zenni, the online store that’ll have them seeing clearly and take the stress out of buying specs!
1. Affordability
Zenni has the highest quality prescription eyewear at way less than traditional retailers. Everything is delivered directly to the consumer without a brick-and-mortar store, and that means savings for you. Get ready for this: a complete prescription pair starts at $6.95, less than your latte. The average pair costs just over $40, which is a huge deal if you've ever walked into an eyeglass store and added it all up.
Kids are picky—choices help! Zenni has nearly 300 styles for kids, so they are bound to find something they love. Glasses aren't just a necessity, but a fun accessory, and Zenniempowers kids to express themselves and feel good about their glasses!
Zenni offers the largest online selection of affordable eyewear for the whole family. Their choices go way beyond the generic "kid wall" of glasses; they offer cool specs for every personality, made just for kids, from toddlers to teens. Eyewear for every kid!
3. Durability
You want your kid to actually wear their new glasses, so comfort and durability of kid's frames are especially important. Zenni's kid's assortment assures the highest level of comfort and durability, including long-lasting impact-resistant lenses.
Out of Zenni's impact-resistant lens offerings, Blokz® Trivex® offers the best combination of safety, comfort and optical performance. These lenses are lightweight, impact-resistant and feature Blokz® blue light-blocking technology, which helps protect young eyes from the harmful light from digital screens, artificial light and the sun—meaning they're ready for whatever your kid is up to that day!
This summer, Zenni has partnered with premium eyewear designers Coco and Breezy to launch Planet CB, a line of prescription and sunglass eyewear just for pre-teens. These eight stylish frames come with their own affirmation, celebrating uniqueness, individuality and self-expression. Zenni is donating a portion of Planet CB eyewear proceeds to Child Mind Institute's Healthy Brain Network to provide mental health resources to kids in Black communities.
We love that Zenni keeps their kid styles fresh and innovative, with cool new collections yearly. From their Kid's Flexible collection with frames made out of a single piece of soft plastic to their Kids' Style Squad Collection of 15 sophisticated styles made of hand-polished acetate with adjustable temple tips, your kid has tons of options to show their style!
So cool: Zenni is the only online eyewear company that offers temple engraving with letters and icons. This awesome option starts at $1.95 to add your kid’s name or personalized icons like unicorns, rainbows, favorite sports and more. Now their new glasses will truly be their own and an accessory they can’t wait to wear every day. Bonus points that these shiny new specs will easy to locate if left behind.
6. Shop Online
Does the thought of dragging your kid store-to-store to find their dream pair make you want to scream? We've got you covered:Zenni's kid's collection and all of their eyewear are available exclusively online—and you can test out how they look without even leaving your couch thanks to Virtual Try-On!
Staying at home for months on end has had us all online, and shopping online, a lot more. Our DC Editor Meghan Yudes Meyers feels us. A working mom with two kids, we asked Meghan for her top 12 products that have gotten her through the pandemic, the summer, and beyond. Read on to hear more from Meghan.
As a working mom of six-year-old twins, I’ve spent the past five months feeling a little bit like I’m on the ultimate episode of Survivor. Like you, I’ve navigated the new challenges (and adventures!) that come with raising kids in a pandemic world. I’ve brushed up on ways for us to stay healthy and invested in products that allow us to enjoy our home in new ways. Below are some of my favorite mom hacks and survival gear for quarantine life with kids. Scroll on for my must-haves to help get you through another week!
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For years, wipes were my can't-live-without mom crutch. But these days, my Kinders don't appreciate me pulling out a pack of wet ones. Enter Suds2Go. It's a portable hand washing station that makes cleaning up on-the-go a cinch. Officials tout that hand washing is the best defense against viruses, but even if a restroom is open (and most aren't) I aim to avoid these germ havens. Suds2Go is now a permanent fixture in my mom bag.
My kids are still at the touch everything phase, so I've been avoiding trips to doctors' offices like the plague. I read about a simple device that can help me gauge whether respiratory issues require a trip to our ped or the local ER; it's an Oximeter Blood Oxygen Saturation Monitor. By slipping this meter on the end of your finger, you can quickly check a heart rate and oxygen saturation. I purchased one made for kids, but it works for everyone in our family.
If you have school-age kids, chances are they will be spending the majority of their school day online this fall. These glasses work for those that don't have a prescription for eyewear, but still want to protect their eyes (and mind) from the harmful effects of blue light.
The Nature Anywhere Window lets you turn any room of your house into a wildlife observatory. Simply wet the suction cups and slap this bird feeder onto any glass surface; voila instant home viewing! It took the birds in our hood a few days to feel comfortable eating at our eye level, but they soon learned we were harmless. We even got two different bird nests in our yard!
Some of our favorite places have still not opened, so I've done my best to replicate those experiences within our four walls (and, lucky for us, in a backyard). We got a supersized bound house so that each kid would have enough room to bounce without jumping into one another. We're looking forward to the day when we can jump with friends, too (yes! It's big enough for that, too).
We've been finding new ways to make our outdoor activities more interesting... and educational. These magnifying glasses have become a must on our nature walks. But when we want to get a better look at the birds or a distant landscape, we pull out our binoculars or this telescope.
We're spending as much time outside as possible, but while we welcome the fresh air, we don't always want to be in the sun's direct rays. I can skip slathering the kids in sunblock with this portable tent. It's perfect for quite classroom activities, like reading and painting.
We've logged an excess number of hours at home so far this year, so I plan on trying to make our classroom as mobile as possible this fall. This caddy tote let's each of my kiddos bring their necessary supplies with them. We can easily relocate from the dining room table to our maker space to our outdoor classroom with all our necessary supplies.
I'm obsessed with this double-sided magnetic wipe board that let's my kids work on their individual educational needs at... get this... the same time. You can use dry erase pens to practice letters, sight words, numbers and math problems. Or get into some STEM fun with magnet play.
Like a lot of parents, I'm experimenting with new ways to carve out work time from home. While Disney+ has been a go-to for Zoom calls, I've been trying to find more ways to keep my kids occupied without using screens. Both my littles love games and puzzles, so these brain challenges by SmartGames build cognitive skills while also increasing their confidence; they can be done independently!
My kids are creative bundles of energy; give them some craft supplies, and they are self-sufficient for a solid 60 (at least!). I love all of OOLY products because they feature bright, vibrant colors, but these colored pencils are some of my faves. With two kids heading off to Kinder soon, pencils let them practice the fine motor skills they'll need in (or out of) the classroom. And with more control over their art work, they are able to master more difficult drawings.
These days, headphones are a must in our house. They let my kids rock out on their electric guitars while I'm busy on my computer. They also come in handy for letting kids watch a movie by themselves or getting joining an online Zoom class without retreating to a different room.
Father’s day is about making all the dads feel special but that doesn’t mean you need to spend a lot of money. And while most people look to gadgets for Father’s Day gifts, I’m challenging you to be different this year. With a little bit of creativity and out-of-the-box thinking, you can give the most thoughtful and affordable Father’s Day gift ever!
Make It Personal: A personalized gift always feels extra special. You can take any photo and put it on just about anything these days. Mugs, shirts, pillows, printed art, coasters, candles, koozies, and even socks! The list goes on. Or, get his initials monogrammed on a pair of cuff links, a key chain, his favorite golf balls, whiskey glasses, even his phone case. Giving something with such a personal touch makes them think of you the instant they look at it. I love Shutterfly and right now they are offering up to 40% off their personalization services. Etsy and Uncommon Goods also have some great ideas!
Give an Experience: Experiences are such a great gift. He’ll get to try something new, learn something or just enjoy something he already loves. Check out Masterclass (allows you to take a class from professionals like a chef, a photographer, a magazine editor), SkillShire (an app that give him access to learn loads of new skills), and Airbnb (locals offer their expert knowledge from wine tasting and tours to architectural walks around the city) for one-of-a-kind experiences.
Give a Monthly Subscription: The best part about a monthly subscription is that this type of gift lasts longer than just the day!
Dollar Shave Club: This monthly subscription for razors starts at just $1. Keep your dad stocked and clean cut.
Beers of the Month: There are lots of companies ranging in prices that offer monthly beer subscriptions. You can select beers from around the world that come monthly to his doorstep.
Magazine/Newspapers: This is a great gift for someone who loves to read a newspaper and magazine while supporting the need for journalism.
Butcher Box: A box of selected meat for a one time gift or monthly subscription.
Kindle: For just $9 a month you can gift unlimited books
Lindsay Myers is a Los Angeles-based budget travel and lifestyle expert whose outside-the-box approach proves you don’t have to pay top dollar to experience all that life has to offer... all you need is a mix of creativity and a thirst for adventure!
Barbie has teamed up with Star Wars on its latest collaboration paying homage to Star Wars, by putting a high-fashion twist on iconic characters. Last year, Mattel introduced a line of Star Wars x Barbie dolls inspired by Princess Leia, Darth Vader and R2-D2. This year, they have unveiled additional dolls inspired by Chewbacca, C-3PO, Rey and Stormtrooper characters.
The Star Wars Stormtrooper x Barbie takes design inspiration from their legendary look to capture their plastoid armor in a runway-ready silhouette.
Star Wars Stormtrooper x Barbie is striking in head-to-toe white over a black bodysuit with a shiny patent-leather look. A platinum bob, dark glasses, cuffs, a utility belt and boots with a knee protector plate detail complete the battle armor-inspired look.
The Star Wars C-3PO x Barbie® doll takes design inspiration from C-3PO’s legendary look to capture his golden armor in a runway-ready silhouette.
Star Wars C-3PO x Barbie shines in a head-to-toe liquid gold look with accents of sheer organza and golden sequins. Polished details include a golden collar, bangles , C-3PO-inspired glasses and a brilliant cincture echoing the droid’s primary power coupler outlet.
The Star Wars Chewbacca x Barbie takes design inspiration from Chewie’s legendary look, bringing a glamorous edge to signature costume elements.
Star Wars Chewbacca x Barbie wears a lavish faux fur coat over a strapless dress with a fur skirt and bodice of vinyl and sheer organza.
Chic details include a furry headband and knee-high boots, as well as cuff bracelets and a handbag inspired by Chewbacca’s signature bandolier and satchel.
Is your game closet looking for a refresh? You’re in luck because Hasbro just released the latest version of Monopoly, Monopoly: Ghostbusters Edition!
The updated board game lets players travel through New York City in an attempt to win Ghostbusting contracts. The new version has a fresh game board and artwork based on the original Ghostbusters movie.
Perhaps one of the best new features are the brand new tokens, which include filmed-themed gadgets such as the PKE Meter, Proton Pack, Janine Menitz’s glasses, Ecto Goggles, a radio and Dana Barrett’s Cello. This edition also includes Roaming Vapor cards, as well as Supernatural Entity and ECTO-1 and Entity spaces on the board.
The game will be available at most major retailers this weekend for $29.99.
With over a year left until the third installment of Fantastic Beasts hits theaters, we are in need for a fresh stash of Harry Potter goodies. Luckily, Williams Sonoma is constantly updating its collection! Here are a some of our favorite exclusive magical finds.
The 26-piece set includes eight stainless steel cookie cutters, 12 icing bags, one storage box, four decorating tips and a plastic coupler--everything you need to make sweet Hogwarts treats.
