• Main
  • About
    • Our Story
    • Press
    • FAQ
  • Magazine
    • Current Digital Issue
    • Past Digital Issues
    • Purchase Print Issue
    • Stockists
  • Shop
  • Blog
  • Advertise
    • Media Kit
  • Contact
  • Contribute
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Instagram
  • Pinterest
  • YouTube

Babiekins Magazine

A Trendsetting Magazine & Online Community For The Trendsetting Child + Parent

How To Mend A Heart by Sara Gillingham + Craftykins

By Kellie Diguangco, Former Contributor Leave a Comment

cover

Sara Gillingham is back with another beautiful and encouraging book for little readers. This sweet book tells you how to mend a heart but don’t let the hearts fool you, this is not a Valentine’s Day book but one you can enjoy all year.

tomend

“To mend a heart, you need gentle hands, the right tools, and lots of patches.”

Follow a little boy as his stuffed elephant falls apart, and he finds ways to repair it. Once repaired, it doesn’t stay that way, and he must keep finding ways to fix it. Although we would love to protect our little ones from heartbreak, we know in life this is not possible. The best thing we can do is equip them with the right tools, to handle heartache and move on. I am the biggest fan of children’s books. Children are able to understand complicated emotions.

endpage

It is much better to show them real emotions and how we deal with them, rather to show them books where there are never any problems and everyone is happy all the time. Raising well adjusted children, will happen when we deal with real life issues. Luckily we have gentle, sweet books like How To Mend A Heart to guide our children through.

theheart

Sara Gillingham is an amazing author, illustrator and person. You can find more of her books here , they are always encouraging, lovely and empowering for children.

With Valentines day just around the corner, we used Sara’s book as inspiration for a little paper heart garland.

cookieandgarland

Tools Needed:

Water color paper

Hole Punch

Scissors

Oil pastels

Water color

Ribbon

tools

I pre-cut the shape of a heart and let my son trace it onto water color with oil pastels. Once he was done, we looked at the pages of the book and talked about the different patterns on the hearts. Once he had traced them, and designed them with the oil pastel, he used the water color to paint over the whole heart. Oil and water resist each other, so the water pulls away from the oil and you can see the nice drawing through the paint.

painting

Once the hearts were dry, we cut them, and used a hole punch to make the holes on each side of the hearts for threading through the garland.

garland

It is a fun little read and make, and fun way to enjoy Valentines day together.

Filed Under: Fun Tagged With: children's literature, craft, kids activity, kids books, valentine's day Posted By: Kellie Diguangco, Former Contributor

Swan: The Life and Dance of Anna Pavlova

By Priscila Barros, Editor-in-Chief Leave a Comment

Storykins // Babiekins Magazine | Swan: The Life and Dance of Anna Pavlova photo: Angelina Lopez

Storykins // Babiekins Magazine | Swan: The Life and Dance of Anna Pavlova photo: Angelina Lopez

Storykins // Babiekins Magazine | Swan: The Life and Dance of Anna Pavlova photo: Angelina Lopez

Storykins // Babiekins Magazine | Swan: The Life and Dance of Anna Pavlova photo: Angelina Lopez

Storykins //  Babiekins Magazine | Swan: The Life and Dance of Anna Pavlova photo: Angelina Lopez

Storykins // Swan: The Life and Dance of Anna Pavlova

Since we first interviewed author Laurel Snyder about her latest book “Swan: The Life and Dance of Anna Pavlova“, we’ve been talking about what an inspiration Anna Pavlova is, not just as an historical figure, but as an example of perseverance for our kids, too. Dance can be such an incredible creative outlet and discipline. Our own Editorial Content Director, Leslie Schor, knows a thing or two about getting lost in the music and movement of dance, too. She says, “As a teenager and young adult, dancing allowed me to express myself without fear of being judged. Those moments of losing myself in music, steps and combinations, freed me from ‘real life’. All the the tangible things I worried about would disappear. All that I felt was the joy that comes from connecting with the music and fellow dancers.”

Author Laurel Snyder felt this connection, too, as she went back and re-read the notes she’d scribbled into a childhood volume about Anna Pavlova. In our latest print issue of Babiekins Magazine, we asked Laurel more about this —

“{Q} Your latest book, Swan: The Life and Dance of Anna Pavlova, is beautifully written! What was it about Anna Pavlova’s life that drew you to her story?

{A} I was obsessed with her as a girl! I was a dancer myself, and I bought myself this old used book about her, with wonderful photos, and a section of her diaries. A few years ago, I found that book in my mom’s basement, and there were notes in it, things I’d scribbled as a kid, about how much I adored her. When I reread the book, I found myself compelled to write about her. It really felt like I was co-writing with my childhood self, because of those scribbles!

{Q} In what ways do you hope the story of Anna Pavlova inspires those who read the book?

{A} Pavlova was up against so much! She was poor, and ballet was for the rich. She was frail and thin, in an age when dancers were far more solidly built. And when she decided she wanted to become a dancer, she was still too young to even think about ballet school for years. But she worked and waited. I feel like one big lesson readers can take from her story is patience. Our world today is so much about instant gratification, and Pavlova’s story is one of waiting and working, and the joy that both waiting and working can be. ”

We went on to chat with Laurel about her most autobiographical books, the advice she has for inspiring the next generation of writers, her midnight writing routine, and more. Catch the entire interview in Print 7, available NOW!

Photography: Angelina Lopez  |  Beautiful Dresses: I Love You And

Filed Under: Fun Tagged With: anna pavlova, Babiekins, Babiekins Magazine, kids books, kids fashion magazine, laurel snyder, storykins, swan Posted By: Priscila Barros, Editor-in-Chief

Lulu and Pip

By Ashley Williamson, Former Contributor Leave a Comment

Babiekins Magazine | Storykins | Lulu and Pip

Babiekins Magazine | Storykins | Lulu and Pip

Babiekins Magazine | Storykins | Lulu and Pip

Babiekins Magazine | Storykins | Lulu and Pip

Babiekins Magazine | Storykins | Lulu and Pip

Babiekins Magazine | Storykins | Lulu and Pip

Babiekins Magazine | Storykins | Lulu and Pip

My four-year-old has formed few attachments to toys. When Santa brought her a Jess Brown doll for Christmas this year, the connection was quick and magical. Her doll accompanies her on every adventure. She whispers secrets to her and they have tea parties. They climb sand dunes and collect shells, swing on tire swings and lie out under the stars together. Lulu and Pip, written by Nina Gruener and photographed by Stephanie Rausser, is the perfect book for every little girl with a constant companion and a thirst for adventure. Following a little girl, Lulu, on a camping trip with her doll Pip, Gruener captures the magic of childhood alongside breathtaking photographs by Rausser.

Lulu and Pip is charming and inspiring. We get to read it at least once and day and I know it inspires Piper to be even more carefree in her childhood. It is a big book (9.8 x 12.8 inches), which makes it even more inviting and shows the beautiful images in detail. Something about real photographs (instead of illustrations) draw little ones in, like they are watching a true story unfold.

Piper is a country kid and can relate to the adventure of camping and swimming and climbing trees. My hunch is that city kids would be doubly absorbed seeing the wonder of nature. Lulu also gets to wear some pretty splendid clothing with quirky and colourful outfits throughout the story. In Piper’s words, this book “is the best in the whole big world” which I am pretty sure translates to 10/10!

Credits // Doll by Jess Brown from Stars in a Jar | Doll’s Clothing by Wovenplay | Piper’s lace top by Berits Lilla | Kantha Rug by Empire Homewares | Bedding by Soft Gallery | Canopy by Numero 74 |Dream Catcher Bag – Vintage |

Filed Under: Fun Tagged With: #babiekinsmag, Babiekins, Babiekins Magazine, berets lilla, Fashion, fashion kids, Jess Brown, kids books, kids fashion magazine, kids trends, lulu and pip, numero 74, soft gallery, storykins, the little things, vintage, wovenplay Posted By: Ashley Williamson, Former Contributor

I Like Animals

By Jenny Smith, Contributor Leave a Comment

Babiekins Magazine| Storykins // I Like Animals Babiekins Magazine| Storykins // I Like Animals Babiekins Magazine| Storykins // I Like Animals   Babiekins Magazine| Storykins // I Like Animals Babiekins Magazine| Storykins // I Like Animals   Babiekins Magazine| Storykins // I Like Animals Babiekins Magazine| Storykins // I Like Animals Babiekins Magazine| Storykins // I Like Animals Babiekins Magazine| Storykins // I Like Animals Babiekins Magazine| Storykins // I Like Animals

Lions and tigers and bears, oh my! Those are just some of the animals your little will find in I Like Animals from Wide Eye Books. Written and illustrated by Dahlov Ipcar, the book features beautiful and classic illustrations in a 70s style motif. The book brings a nostalgic feeling of finding a gem in the library when you were a kid! Accompanied with the animals in his life—and I’m not just talking about our old English bulldog Doug!—Carter loves to play and read the afternoon away with this book.

Credits // Hat by American Apparel | Top and Bottoms by Bang Bang Copenhagen from Minimodel Gallery | Onesie  and Leggings by Bobo Choses from Minimodel Gallery | Moccasins by Minimoc | Animals from Schleich | I Like Animals from Cissy Wears

Filed Under: Fun Tagged With: #babiekinsmag, animals, Babiekins, Babiekins Magazine, bang bang copenhagen, bobo choses, books, cissy wears, Dahlov Ipcar, Fashion, fashion kids, I like animals, kids books, kids fashion magazine, kids trends, minimoc, minimodel gallery, storykins, Superbuds Posted By: Jenny Smith, Contributor

An Awesome Book

By Jenny Smith, Contributor Leave a Comment

Babiekins Magazine | Storykins // An Awesome BookBabiekins Magazine | Storykins // An Awesome Book Babiekins Magazine | Storykins // An Awesome BookBabiekins Magazine | Storykins // An Awesome Book Babiekins Magazine | Storykins // An Awesome Book  Babiekins Magazine | Storykins // An Awesome Book Babiekins Magazine | Storykins // An Awesome BookBabiekins Magazine | Storykins // An Awesome Book Babiekins Magazine | Storykins // An Awesome Book
There are some books so sweet, they can bring tears to your eyes. In rhyming whimsy with steadfast storytelling, “An Awesome Book“ by Dallas Clayton, is an uplifting and touching one that helps you and your little remember “to dream a dream as big as big could ever dream to be.” A very important message that we as adults, often forget. What started out as a project inspired by Clayton’s own son, has now turned into a series of fantastical books all of which have an air of thoughtful playfulness, reminiscent of classics like Dr. Seuss and Shel Silvertein. These books are a fun read with heartwarming sentiments that truly resonate.
An interactive online version of “An Awesome Book” is available at www.veryawesomeworld.com in its entirety read aloud by Clayton along with his other titles like “Make Magic! Do Good!” and “It’s Never Too Late” for purchase on Amazon.

Filed Under: Fun Tagged With: #babiekinsmag, an awesome book, Babiekins, Babiekins Magazine, books, Dallas Clayton, dream, Fashion, fashion kids, kids books, kids fashion magazine, kids trends, storykins Posted By: Jenny Smith, Contributor


Start Exploring!

  • DIY
  • Editorials
  • Editors’ Lifestyle
  • Farm + Homesteading
  • Features
  • Food
  • Hey Pretty Mama
  • Homeschooling
  • Interiors
  • Kids’ Parties
  • Street Style
  • Travel


























































Archives

ABOUT

  • Our Story
  • FAQ
  • Blog
  • Contact

ADVERTISE

  • Media Kit

MAGAZINE

  • Current Digital
  • Past Digital
  • Print
  • Stockists

CONTRIBUTE

  • Submit Work

Copyright © 2023 · Babiekins Magazine | A Trendsetting Kids' Fashion Magazine and Online Community for Parents and Children Alike · Since the Southern California birth of Babiekins in 2010, the magazine has grown from into an internationally-recognized print publication with a global circulation and now a thriving online community. We are more than a kids’ fashion magazine. We search everywhere for inspiration, and go beyond trends to bring you fashion, style, decor, design, books, DIY, parties, and playthings. Our readers look to us to keep up with the best and most up-to-date concepts in the children’s market worldwide. We have an eye for quirk. We’re high-fashion, but we value whimsy over tradition. Playful childhood is more important to us than making kids into copycat adults. We believe life is beautiful, life is valuable, and life changes when you see it through the eyes of a child. We seek to transcend skin color, language and zip codes and bring out the real, wild, magical creativity inherent in every child. And behind Babiekins is an optimistic team of mothers-turned-editors, working from home, often with our own little babiekins climbing on, under and around the desks. We want to encourage you, and challenge you to see something different — something special — in yourself and in this world we all share. Welcome to Babiekins!

Privacy | Terms of Use