Mighty Junior: Products from June 2008

Baby-In-The-Treetop-Swing

GO PLAY OUTSIDE! BACKYARD GUIDE

$49 at Hand Picked Collection | Buy

| Posted 30 Jun, 2008 in June 2008 by Melissa Summers

Jumbo Inflatable Bowling Ball and Pins

GO PLAY OUTSIDE! BACKYARD GUIDE

To be a really good bowler, you’ve got to be the ball.

$90 at Pottery Barn Kids | Buy

| Posted 30 Jun, 2008 in June 2008 by Melissa Summers

The Wurlybird Flyer

GO PLAY OUTSIDE! BACKYARD GUIDE

Motion sickness bag not included.

$329 at Hearthsong | Buy

| Posted 30 Jun, 2008 in June 2008 by Melissa Summers

Music Boxes

Music boxes that don’t encourage ballerina infatuation.

$13 at Warm Biscuit Bedding Co. | Buy

| Posted 27 Jun, 2008 in June 2008 by Melissa Summers

Enormous Magnetic World Map

I’ve passed my love of maps onto my kids. I’d love this in our breakfast room so we could talk about where we’d like to travel while we eat chicken nuggets, again.

$286 at Pedlars | Buy

(Price converted from British pounds.)

| Posted 27 Jun, 2008 in June 2008 by Melissa Summers

Giraffe Bookend

$45 at Quiet Hours Toys | Buy

| Posted 26 Jun, 2008 in June 2008 by Melissa Summers

Monkey Shortalls

$54 at Snips and Snails | Buy

| Posted 26 Jun, 2008 in June 2008 by Melissa Summers

Rock Paper Scissors Sweatshirt

My kid always chooses “Rock” and can’t figure out why he never wins our Roshambo competitions.

$49 at Fig Kids | Buy

| Posted 26 Jun, 2008 in June 2008 by Melissa Summers

Qubies

Fill the tray with baby food or breast milk, then pop on the ingenious lid that separates your food into single servings. Less mess, and you get your ice cube trays back.

$17 at Miinki Moop | Buy

| Posted 26 Jun, 2008 in June 2008 by Melissa Summers

Kangaroo Pull Toy

$240 at SF MoMA | Buy

| Posted 25 Jun, 2008 in June 2008 by Melissa Summers

Elle Nursing Bra

Typical nursing bras are constant reminders that your breasts have become utilitarian. This one will remind you that there are other reasons to appreciate your newfound cleavage.

$23 at Passion Spice | Buy

| Posted 25 Jun, 2008 in June 2008 by Melissa Summers

Cap Trapper

Marker caps are always disappearing. Probably to that same lonely bar where all the lost socks hang out.

$6 at Savvy May Creations | Buy

| Posted 25 Jun, 2008 in June 2008 by Melissa Summers

Milk Screen

Anyone who�s spent time attached to a breast pump knows how painful it is to pour out those hard earned ounces.

This screening kit checks breast milk for alcohol, which means you no longer have to stress about having a glass of wine with dinner, or going on a tequila bender with your girlfriends.

$5 at UpSpring Baby | Buy

| Posted 25 Jun, 2008 in June 2008 by Melissa Summers

LED Bocce Ball

CAMPING WITH KIDS GUIDE

These bocce balls light up, extending your game time even later into summer evenings.

$100 at Brookstone | Buy

| Posted 24 Jun, 2008 in June 2008 by Melissa Summers

Play and Freeze Ice Cream Maker

CAMPING WITH KIDS GUIDE

ON SALE All right already, people! I decided against posting this ice cream maker, but then I got a bazillion emails from people suggesting it. As I am a slave to popular opinion, here it is. You put the ingredients in, add ice, and then play with it like a ball. You can toss it, roll it, whatever. Makes a pint of ice cream in about twenty minutes.

$30 at Amazon | Buy

(Regularly $35.)

| Posted 24 Jun, 2008 in June 2008 by Margaret Mason