Change into a ladybug – or a fairy! (5 facepainting tutorials)
My 3YO loves to dress up. As a princess/super/ninjaturtle -girl. We have a big chest with all kind of pretend play clothes, and she likes to layer them. After putting on 6 dresses on top of each other and finishing that of with a cowboy hat and a pirate patch she usually comes down to [...]
Paper Picture Book: Helping hands 44 years ago
Our 115 x 59 mm sized smartphones include 5 heavy and big devices mentioned in this book from 1968: The telephone, the camera, the typewriter, the clock and the television. Wow. Was there anyone, back in 1968 who thought all these came together in a little black box? Hmmm, what will be next? Will the future [...]
How a jaw dropping chalkboard drawing was made (stop motion)
Stunning. Awe amazing. Jawdropping, too. I’m not jealous of this beautiful chalkboard drawing by Alison Owen. Not at all. I’m just hoping and wishing that one day I will have something like this in the house. One day – preferably in the not too far a way future… (check out the stop motion of how [...]
Paper Picture Book: Olifantensoep
Did you ever see one teeny tiny mouse catch an enormous elephant? Well, in ‘Olifantensoep’ you will! ‘Olifantensoep’ is a story about a tiny mouse who doesn’t feel too good. But she’s not sulking. On the contrary: she is gathering all her friends to help her cook a very special soup – the very best [...]
Flower power lion hearts (5 free printable masks)
At any given moment I can make our kids happy by just handing them my iPhone. Even happier by handing my iPad. Travelling by train, for hours on end? Not to worry. Apps will keep them occupied – and they will know how to count to 20 in Spanish when we get home – nice [...]
Baking caterpillars with the kids (5 free cupcake tutorials)
Or put a rainbow in a jar! Getting creative and bake yummie stuff (yes, with the kids!) will make you feel the best mommy or daddy EVER. Trust me, we’ve been there – that’s why we share those fab ideas on how to get crafty. Hop over to Kind Kids App Fanpage for 5 beautiful cupcake [...]
The Dutch Startup Award 2012 (+ an important life lesson by H. Huisman)
Thanks all for voting for ‘Tel de Dieren!‘ as Best Mobile App 2012. But alas… The winner in our category was TRVL – they won with 14 votes more than the runner-up – nice detail, no? We had a fun evening, walking & talking with other Dutch tech app start-up, in the very hip Hotel [...]
Challenge this week: mazes! (5 free printable mazes)
We love apples (we told you before) so we loved the apple maze! And now we challenge you: put the iPad down for a little while and lets go back to paper games! Paper games? Yes, all the cool kids are doing it Check out Kind Kids App Rules Fanpage to find some great mazes and sharpen [...]
Count the Animals! is nominated for Dutch Startup Award
We received great news yesterday: Count the Animals! has been nominated as Best Mobile App by The Next Web’s Dutch Startup Awards. The winner will be determined by popular vote, so you would really help us with your vote! Help us with your vote: Go to http://dsa.thenextweb.com/ Choose “Tel de Dieren!” (this is the [...]
Shooting a video (for our 2 upcoming apps!)
Last sunday we shot a whole lot of film to make film trailers for our two upcoming apps! We had a crew of 6 adorable little girls (here’s 3 of them, in every colour of the rainbow ), 1 script girl/assistent (Marlis), 1 stylist/assistent (me), 1 caterer/kiddie caretaker (Jochem), 1 intern (Stephanie) and one editor/cameraman [...]
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