If you’re looking for funky new back to school clothes for your little one, look no further – we’ve just received Pink Chicken’s new fall line, and their quirky, colorful dresses are as stylish as they are comfortable. Perfect when paired with tights or Pink Chicken’s own leggings, these Bohemian-inspired dresses are practical, versatile, and a great addition to any girl’s back-to-school wardrobe. Check them out on little urbanites, or come into the store to see them for yourself!
Trying to decide what to do this Labor Day Weekend? Join us at the Pearl District Annual Sidewalk Sale! From Friday, September 3rd through Monday, September 6th the shops in the Pearl open their doors – and their sidewalks – for some incredible sales. Shop at wonderful Pearl stores like Mabel and Zora, Sur La Table, Mio Gelato, and Anthropologie and get up to 80% off! Go here for a complete list of participating merchants.
And at little urbanites we’ll have fabulous sale prices on brands like Petit Bateau, Pink Chicken, Fore! Axel and Hudson, Safety 1st, and Bamboosa. But great sales aren’t all we have to offer: Saturday, September 4th Candace Wilson from Hand Print Tiles will be here in the store to help your little one create a unique hand (or foot!) print tile – a perfect keepsake and a great gift for grandparents or other family members. Candace will be here from 10 AM to 3 PM on Saturday, and the sale lasts the whole holiday weekend.
Come join us and the rest of the Pearl District for good food, great company, and amazing sales!
Yesterday we received the all new Phil & Teds Explorer stroller, and now we’re all a-flutter over its impressive features and functionally stylish look. Talk about a stroller made to stick around for the long haul; the Explorer was designed with your growing family in mind, and can transform from a single infant or toddler stroller into a double infant and toddler or a double toddler stroller with the simple addition of a second inline seat.
Phil & Teds introduced the Explorer to replace the now retired Sport, and they’ve made some fantastic improvements on that older model. One of the first things we noticed was the new “follow the sun” sunhood, which is much larger than the hood on the Sport and versatile enough to keep the glare out of your child’s eyes no matter what time of day it is.
The Explorer’s new pedal brake is another huge improvement. It’s secure, easy to use, and easy on your feet — it’s even flip-flop friendly! The removable seat liner is comfortable and easy to wash, and easily interchangeable with other colors if you feel like changing things up a bit. The seat back is now supported by Phil & Teds contoured, vented Seat Performance System™, and an all new one-handed seat-recline provides infinite adjustability between upright and lie-flat positions.
Even better are the changes they’ve made to the way the stroller folds. The Explorer has an innovative one hand fast fold, a simple pull and slide release that’s safely out of your child’s reach, but still convenient for you.
It’s not easy to find an inline stroller that can accommodate your infant and your toddler at the same time, and the Explorer offers you not one, but two different configurations that will fit both children comfortably and safely. They can ride with the infant in the reclined main seat and the toddler sitting above in the second seat, or with the infant in his or her car seat up top and the toddler in the second seat behind. You don’t get more versatile than that.
But don’t take our word for it — come to little urbanites and try the Explorer for yourself! Our floor model is just waiting to be taken for a spin, and we’re already taking orders for this exciting new addition to the little urbanites stroller pantheon.
Your child’s first day of preschool can be as stressful as it is exciting, but with a little planning ahead and a little patience, you can mark this milestone with ease and aplomb. Here are a few little urbanite tips to help you prepare for that fantastic first day.
1) Take your child to see their new preschool before their first day. Point out landmarks during the drive or the walk there, and let them get a good look at the school itself. You can even call the school and ask to let your child see their empty classroom, so the building will already be familiar when they see it full of other children and strangers.
2) Eat a practice lunch with your child from his or her new lunchbox. Even if their school snacks won’t differ much from what they’d eat at home, they’ll be more comfortable with how things are packed and what they can expect on the day. It’ll also give them a chance to practice opening any tricky new tupperware.
3) Everyone loves having fun new clothes for the first day of school, but keep in mind that the more complicated the outfit, the longer it will take your child to get out of it when they remember in the midst of all this preschool excitement that they need to use the bathroom, and fast. To prevent accidents, keep clothing simple and comfortable. If you dress your child in pants fastened with zippers and buttons and snaps, be sure they’re zippers and buttons and snaps your child can undo easily, without help. Here at little urbanites, we’d suggest starting out the school years with elastic waisted pants for boys, and a comfortable dress or tunic with leggings for girls.
The key to preparing your child for their first day of preschool, just like for any new experience, is letting them know what to expect. With just a little pre-planning, you can leave the stress behind and celebrate the new!
monday artday
Sponge Painting is a simple and easy way for your young child to create and experiment with art. Supplies are basic and low cost. I often purchase art supplies from discount school supplies website and re-purpose recyclable items.
Supplies:
non-toxic paint
sponges
a surface to paint on, like paper or cardboard
scissors
Cut out a few shapes from sponges. Keep it simple at first; shapes like circles, squares, and triangles are easy to cut and look great. Give your child small daubs of paint so he or she can experiment with color mixing. Give them yellow and blue so they can make their own shade of green, or red and blue to make purple. They can also add small amounts of white or black to their colors to make them lighter or darker. This is a great way for your child to learn about color.
Then once they have a color ready, let them stamp! Any sturdy paper will do, but I like to use items from my paper recycling: scrap paper, cardboard from broken down boxes, and paper bags from the grocery store. Experiment with different surfaces and give these items new life!
I love hearing feedback. Be sure to let me know if you enjoyed this art activity, and to share any variations or tips.
Have you been thinking about buying a Stokke Crib or High Chair for your little one? Well, now’s the time to do it!
Little Urbanites is teaming up with one of our favorite companies, STOKKE, for an amazing 4 Day Sale from Thursday, August 19th through Sunday August 22nd. A Stokke representative will be in the store to demo new products and answer your questions about these exciting products.
Have you been thinking about buying a Stokke Crib or High Chair for your little one? Well, now’s the time to do it!
Little Urbanites is teaming up with one of our favorite companies, STOKKE, for an amazing 4 Day Sale from Thursday, August 19th through Sunday August 22nd. A Stokke representative will be in the store to demo new products and answer your questions about these exciting products.
Materials:
Temera Paint
Paper
Process:
1.) Drip a few drops of paint onto the paper
2.) Fold the paper in half
3.) Open the paper up
Tips:
Do not use too much paint, let your child do most of the project for themselves.
Variations:
Use 2 primary colors to teach your child about color mixing .
If you’ve ever longed for a Stokke, now’s the time to strike! Starting Thursday, August 19th, little urbanites is having a huge four day sale on our favorite Stokke products: the Stokke Xplory stroller, the Stokke Sleepi crib, and the Stokke Tripp Trapp high chair. There’s never been a better time to bring one of these stunning products into your home and into your child’s life.
Most people’s first reaction to the Xplory is a shocked, “Is that a stroller?” You can hardly blame them; seeing an Xplory surrounded by more conventional strollers is a bit like seeing a swan surrounded by ducks. Since it was first introduced in 2003 the Xplory has won numerous design awards, and in 2006 it was featured in a design exhibition at MoMA, the Museum of Modern Art.
But the Xplory isn’t just a pretty face, and the brilliance of its design extends far beyond its elegant, streamlined look. The Xplory lifts your child up off the ground, above the car exhaust and the street and a constant view of their fellow pedestrians’ knees. This unique height-adjustability lifts your child to your level, promoting interactivity and encouraging all-important eye-contact, and the reversible seat allows your child to face you or the busy world around them.
An incredible stroller deserves incredible accessories, and when you buy a 2010 Stokke Xplory during our four day in store sale, you’ll receive either one free premium accessory or two free non-premium accessories. Your premium accessory choices are:
Free Summer Kit (a $200 value)
Free Travel Bag (a $125 value)
Free Carry Cot (a $200 value)
Free Footmuff (a $120 value)
Free Changing Bag (a $120 value)
Your non-premium accessory choices are: an Xplory Car Seat Adapter (an $80 value), an Xplory Cup Holder (a $25 value), an Xplory Parasol (a $50 value), and an Xplory Blanket (a $70 value).
Too many exciting options to choose from? Come by little urbanites and see the Xplory and its accessories in person! The sale starts Thursday, August 19th and ends Sunday, August 23rd, and we’ll have a Stokke representative in the store to answer all your burning Stokke questions. And stayed tuned to the LU Blog for more details about the Tripp Trapp high chair and Sleepi crib sale!
Even the simplest family tree can make an elegant, meaningful gift for your loved ones and a perfect addition to a wall of family photos.
To start, make a list of the names you want to include in your tree. The more generations and branches you include, the denser and more detailed your tree will be. Also consider adding birth dates and locations, which will give your tree a sense of history and place.
After you’ve made your list, draw a rectangle on the bottom half of the paper you’ve chosen and label the rectangle with your name and information. Beside your name add a rectangle for your spouse or partner. Draw a horizontal line connecting the two rectangles, and then another, vertical line down the page. At the end of the vertical line draw another rectangle for the name and information of your child. Now you can add your siblings and parents, and the siblings and parents of your spouse or partner on their half of the tree.
If you want to spice things up a bit, there are plenty of variations on the basic family tree. If you like, you can reverse the generational flow of things and place your child/ren at the top of the tree as the uppermost branches, while your ancestors make up the trunk and the roots. Collage is a wonderful way to add color and texture to your family tree – photocopy your old family photos and collage them with old newspaper clippings, magazine advertisements, and other images that will evoke times past.
And for a family tree project your kids can do with you, cut brown construction paper into a trunk and branches and use leaf rubbings to add the names. Or if you’d rather have something a bit more three-dimensional, find a twig with enough small branches and secure it in the bottom of a paper cup with a lump of clay. Then make a green construction paper leaf for each member of the family. Punch a whole in each leaf and tie the leaves to the twig branches with ribbon or yarn.
No matter how you make it, a family tree is a wonderful way to teach your children about where they’re from and the family who loves them.
