LEGO

In the wake of the hugely popular female LEGO scientist minifig , LEGO goes one giant step for humankind further in introducing a LEGO Research Institute set featuring female scientists . And we stand up and applaud for more smart STEM t…

Well of course we're obsessed with the LEGOLAND Model Builder Challenge . Our kids are all big fans of LEGO, and so are we, especially the blocks aren't underfoot or getting sucked up by the vacuum. The LEGO Movie was a huge hit, and LEG…

As much as we joke about permanent Lego block indents in the soles our feet, we're all big Lego fans around here. And with the success of The Lego Movie , here comes the merchandising! Not that I'm complaining. I would totally love a Wyl…

If you have some serious LEGO appreciators in the house or you never got around to the perfectly posed group family photo for the annual holiday card, we have you covered. With the DIY LEGO minifigure family holiday ecard . If you--and y…

I'm not sure about you, but in my house, Minecraft is pretty much all my kids talk about. They play it on the PC, on the iPad, and yes, even in real life. Hold the real pick axe. If your kids already have tons of Minecraft toys like mine…

After my kids commandeered the so-called "family iPad" that was our holiday gift two years ago, I admit I've been pretty stingy about putting kids' apps on my own iPad Mini . Not that that's kept my kids from asking to play with it. But …

We're so excited to launch our 2013 Holiday Tech Gift Guide with the very coolest tech gifts for kids. Boy, this was a tough year to pare down our very favorites, but pare down we did, leaving you with 16 tech gifts for kids of all ages …

As much as we love LEGO, and have even made a case for the benefit of LEGO Friends , the company has still got a fairly wide gender gap. Fortunately, it's clear they're still working to close it. So we are pretty happy to see that LEGO h…

Don't know about your brood, but if our kids are excited about the new LEGO movie we've been hearing about for months, the video game is coming in a close second. And we've got some just-released screenshots to get them excited. (Show th…

When my kids realized they could hand out diamonds to their friends for Valentine's Day, they flipped. And they are so obsessed with Minecraft that even handing a ready-to-explode Creeper card sounds perfectly logical. If this all makes …

I may not understand it all, but my eight year-old says the Minecraft game is awesomeness , and given how much he and his sisters play it on my iPad, I'll take his word for it. This is a evidently a huge deal among their elementary schoo…

LEGO has gotten so sophisticated. Whether you're into female scientists or hunting swamp monsters , there's a set for that with all sorts of fascinating accessories. But here's a free online site that takes LEGO back to its roots: claimi…

We couldn't get May the Fourth go by without a few of our very favorite recent Star Wars picks . ("May the Fourth be with you?" Get it?) After all, we have a whole entire category just for them, and even a Star Wars Pinterest Board , con…

Alarms? Waking up early? A Jedi craves not these things. But your little Padawan might crave an alarm clock melding their favorite Star Wars character minifigures and Lego. It's always Darth o' clock with this detailed Lego Star Wars Dar…

Ask my son to write up his Christmas list, and he'll hand you the LEGO catalog with about a hundred things circled. While I love watching him sit and build everything from the Space Shuttle to a mulitcolored house for all his LEGO mini f…