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What To Do This Weekend: Make a $10 Play Kitchen

Can you make a $10 play kitchen? Sure you can! Although we've shown many beautiful and detailed play kitchens here on Ohdeedoh, kids really just want something to play with. Christie challenged h...

Cooper's Tea Party Play Mat

If we had an applause-o-meter our hands would be red from clapping! Fallon made this tea party mat for her young friend, Cooper, and we think it's just delightful. The only negative thing we have ...

Hot or Not? Tie Buddies

With Velcro being a popular shoe closure, kids aren't learning to tie shoes until much later these days. Tie buddies feature little characters that attach to your child's laces to help them learn to ...

Tegu Blocks

We didn't think it was possible to improve on a classic like wooden blocks, but the folks behind Tegu may have just done it. They came up with the idea for these seemingly magical blocks while observi...

How To: Toy Footie Pitch (aka Soccer Field)

Do you have a young football, futbol or soccer fan in the house? Jo does and she made him this awesome "footie pitch" (you can call it a soccer field if you like) game to play. It all started when...

Found: Painted Wood Blocks

Jill Green of Homemade By Jill has been busy crafting up a storm again and has made her own play blocks! They provided a weekends worth of entertainment and then some. Details after the jump... ...

What To Do This Weekend: Baby Doll Diaper Bag

We spotted this adorable little diaper bag over at Artful Parent. I don't think we even knew about diaper bags back when we were pushing our dolls around in strollers or rocking them in the cradle!...

Roundup: Modern Day Pac-Man

Long live Pac-Man! If this game of old still inspires designers and crafters everywhere, we're guessing your kids can be inspired too. From cupcakes to accessories, toys to decals, Pac-Man, Pinky an...

Toy Designer: Ben Blanc

We're always really excited about new and innovative toy designs.. I mean, who isn't? Especially when they're made out of recycled materials - that usually helps us justify buying yet another toy!...

Thomas the Transforming Tank Engine

They're two they're four they're six they're eight. More than meets the eye -- it's great! O.K., so we've taken a few liberties with the Thomas and Transformer theme songs but this Thomas the Transfo...

Would You Live in a House of Legos?

We bet your kids would! Or they'd like to visit at least. We know Brit James May as one of the hosts of Top Gear (entertaining even if you're not interested in cars), but it turns out he's also a ...

Making Dollhouses

Another cool, homemade dollhouse to inspire you- and look who's moved in? It's home to Charlie and Lola now. ...

Endangered Species Erasers

It's not often we stop to admire erasers (okay, maybe this one) but we were struck by the realistic renderings of these endangered animals. And doesn't every kid need a good eraser in their arsenal...

Bed Board

Get ready for those winter colds with a bed board! We are just loving this idea from Maya Made. While the little ones are resting in bed, a portable chalkboard or light piece of wood painted in chal...

Repurposed Play Kitchen

We've seen play kitchens made from many different components - lots of Ikea, thrifted and found items, but we hadn't seen this idea yet. Take a close look - can you tell what common, not particular...

Inexpensive Game Board Table Hack

Some of the best hacks when it comes to IKEA furniture are simple ones. They keep the already streamlined IKEA aesthetic nice and tidy and this board game hack is no exception......

Found: Hand Powdered Steam Engine!

We are going to file this idea in the category of "So cool and ridiculously over priced." It's like a paddle boat, but a train and you use your hands. Ok, so fine, it's nothing like a paddle boat a...

Tattoo Man & Lady Dolls

Covered head to toe in detailed turn-of-the-century style tattoos, Tattoo Man (Mr.Percy) and Tattoo Lady (Lil' Edith) are designed by tattoo artist Jason Schroder......

Etsy Find: Arctic Playscape

One of our favorite elements of the Waldorf learning approach is the nature table: a special hands-on place for children to visualize and display the changing seasons. This Arctic playscape -- complet...

Four Square Ping Pong Table

We're going to forget for a moment that this four square ping pong table would take up a ridiculous amount of space in your home, because the idea of taking our turn at this game is far too exciting....

Tick Tock Bring On The Robot Clocks

We came across these sassy little robot clocks that are the perfect accent to your children's spaces. Although, truth be told, they're kinda perfect for lots of spaces! They would be a great thing...

Camping Play Quilt

If you happen to run into Kerri's family at one of the music festivals they love to attend, feel free to warm up by their fire or dip your toes into their lake. And, who knows, her son might be nic...

What Are Your Child's Favorite Non-Toy Toys?

If you're a parent, you quickly find out that your baby is more interested in the everyday stuff. Our little one loves paper- anything from the bills we have waiting to be paid to a bowl of wrapped t...

Eco Friendly: Ma Me Pa Turtle Pull Toys

We have a serious love for pull toys. Maybe it just fits with our bossy nature and always wanting to be the pack leader of a group, but either way, these eco-friendly string-along turtles could be ...

Found: High Flying Cable Cars

It's not often a toy stops us in our tracks and has us wishing we had one when we were younger. When it comes to these wooden cable cars, all we could think about was the "mountains" they would cl...