Love this nesting doll set themed on Red Riding Hood, designed by Taiwan-based Mike He as a food containers.  What will your kids stash in them?

via Mocoloco

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• Save 10% Off Plan Toys
• Save up to 60% off Melissa and Doug Toys
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Tea Collection

• $15 Dresses for Girls & $15 Pants for Boys. No code necessary. Offer valid 11/25 – 11/27.

Pear Tree Greetings

• First 1,000 customers at 8 a.m. to use the promo code CYBER40 will get 40% of their Pear Tree Greetings purchase of $125 or more.
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• Get 15% off Entire Store (some exclusions apply)

• Get rolling Black Friday Deals all day long at Amazon.com

Fab

• Save site-wide at Fab.com, our favorite modern design deal site.

Tiny Prints

• Black Friday Deals are all listed here.
• Cyber Monday – 15% – 20% Off at Tiny Prints

Minted

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Cardstore

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Paper Culture

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Here’s a great video that reminds us creativity takes time and not to rush our kids.

Just love Babel, a paper organizer from German design studio, Adam & Harborth.  Available in two sizes – small for papers (40 EUR) and larger (600 EUR) for magazines and newspapers.  Purchase direct from Germany via Siebensachen, although it looks like no shipping yet to the US.

via Design Milk

Wish a playground like this one was in our neighborhood.  A “sculptural playground” in Weisbaden, Germany conceived by architecture and landscape studio, Annabau was a 1st Prize winner in a 2009 landscape competition and recently completed this year.

See more photos at Landezine.

Heard about this on the radio this morning that scientists have studied over 250 films and concluded that this scene from the 1979 remake of “The Champ”, starring Jon Voight and young Ricky Schroder is THE saddest movie scene ever. This locker room scene was proven to most likely bring you to tears. (Forward to the 2:45 time mark for the locker room scene.)

Especially for parents, this scene will be very emotional.

Are you getting daily deal fatigue?  You know the symptoms – signed up for too many daily deal emails, then start ignoring them, then mass deletions, then finally unsubscribing so the emails stop cluttering your inbox.  Aside from the inbox assault, I’m finding that many deal sites are more about the dollar savings, but not very discerning on their product selection.

Now comes Fab.com.  Even though it’s only been a week sine they launched, I have to say I love their deal selections.  Fab emails are like mini design magazines where you can trust their design sensibilities and selections – like shopping with a personal shopper rather than rummaging through the clutter of a discount retailer and lucking into something you actually buy.

Take a look at Fab with our personal invite and decide for yourself.  After all, if you don’t like it, you can just unsubscribe…again.

What a great place to spend time with the kids – on your own DIY “stargazing” structure.  It’s part playhouse and part treehouse, so hours of fun are in store, plus it may end up being a great place to enjoy a glass of wine with the adults. Found via a French site, ducotedechezvous.com, so the do-it-yourself instructions are in French.

See more ideas for creative outdoor play at Babble.

Our favorite online printer, Minted, is now offering beautiful photo calendars.

Every once in awhile we come across a product that addresses our needs perfectly. In this case, it’s the Box Appetit lunch box from Black + Blum. Here’s a few reasons why we love it.

• A lid that seals the different interior compartments.  If you had trouble where your pasta sauce leaks over into your salad or other compartments, you’ll appreciate just this one feature.
• Removable inner tray that you can microwave.  Maybe not needed for school room lunches, but this works nicely for bringing lunch into the office.
• BPA-free and food safe material
• A fork with one sharp edge for cutting softer foods (probably not last night’s steak) – saving the need for an added knife utensil.
• Turn the lid upside down, and there’s a dipping area for sauce!  Plus, there’s an inner compartment for salad dressings.

Plus, it’s looks pretty sharp.  Order online for $22 at Black + Blum’s website.