holiday apps

If you're looking for a way to entertain your kids so that you and your Valentine can have a little alone time today, we've got just the thing. The adorable new Windy's Valentine Delight is a charming interactive story from Loud Crow, ma…

Well wasn't I delighted when I went to update all my out-of-date apps (another resolution), and clicked on Aviary in the App store (also in Google Play for Android ) which is one of my very favorite free photo editing apps. It was then t…

While gift cards won't necessarily elicit tears of joy, they actually can make a lot of sense. Gift cards are a great choice for people you want to recognize, but don't know well enough to choose a personal gift, or for when you have a l…

I still have some gifts to buy and cards to send, but it's nice to know that I can take care of some of those greetings to friends and families with a few clicks on my phone or computer. Here are seven of the best websites and apps that …

It's Christmas! Time to sip some cider or egg nog and enjoy the age-old tradition of playing on the iPad with your kids. Ha. Even though the technology is so not what we had as kids, these fun Christmas apps are getting us in a festive m…

My daughter came home from school last week, begging for a video chat with Santa. How very 21st century. But what was more surprising was that my ever-practical, Elf-on-the-Shelf-mocking, not-believing-in-Santa kid flip-flopped! And I ow…

It's not often that we have good news for procrastinators, but if you haven't yet mailed your holiday cards, then today is your lucky day. Because we just discovered 20Stamps , an awesome iOS app that lets you design your own customized …

So of course Halloween has crept up on us seemingly faster than ever before. I'm going to avoid thinking about what happens after Friday (holiday shopping, eek!), and focus on getting those costumes ready and devising a strategy to not e…

About halfway through our summer, my bag of tricks is getting dangerously empty when it comes to creating fun, new things to do with the kids. But one of our favorite arts-and-craft companies, Kiwi Crate , has developed Kiwi Corner , a w…

I'm all for gift cards as Mother's Day gifts (or any other gift) when it's really appreciated and thoughtful. For me: $500 to the shoe department at Saks will do. (There's a reason it's in our Mother's Day gift guide this year, ha.) For …

For the past few weeks, New York City has been awash in giant Easter eggs, in a brilliant (if a little time-consuming for me) social-media-meets-installation-art campaign for Fabergé called The Big Egg Hunt . It brought eager New Yorkers…

If your kid loves the magic of Santa apps , and how cool it is when Santa seems to interact with them, then we've got another one for you: the quirky but very charming Letters to Santa app from the Canon USA Pixma printer . If your kid h…

If you have been so busy decking the halls that you haven't gotten around to sending Christmas cards, have no fear! Time is ticking, but you can send cards online using your iPhone, Android phone, tablet or computer, with help of these 6…

Kids already bubbling over with excitement that Santa will be on his way in just a few more days? Santa apps for kids can be a really magical way to bring the story to life, only we've tried out plenty and sheesh, some of them belong on …

I'm not kidding you when I say that every year, I plan to do one of those cool advent calendars with little toys or candies in every counting-­down window, and every year, I don't follow through. (Sad face.) That's why this adorable adve…

Even though I'm not cooking the turkey this year (hooray, hallelujah, amen!), I'm preparing a few side dishes and desserts. And because I'm not necessarily known for my kitchen skills, you can bet I'm going to be relying heavily on my sm…