Wendy Tsao's ingenious business takes any child's drawing and makes it into a little plush friend. It's wonderful because it helps a child bring her/she imagination into reality. This is Stobbayew, a six-legged rabbit who lays eggs. She was designed by Maya, age 4, who loves her.

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During the summer of 2010, Mallory Kievman was afflicted with a bad case of the hiccups. She tried many different folk remedies and the hiccups eventually went away. But Mallory figured that there had to be a better way to get rid of the hiccups quickly. So she invented a lollipop that does just that:

She had developed the product in her family’s Manchester, Conn., kitchen, amalgamating her three favorite cures — lollipops, apple cider vinegar and sugar — into a single confection. “It triggers a set of nerves in your throat and mouth that are responsible for the hiccup reflex arc,” said Mallory with a matter-of-fact tone. “It basically over-stimulates those nerves and cancels out the message to hiccup.”

She submitted her invention, dubbed the Hiccupop, to a kids' invention contest and won. Now she's launching a company to market her invention:

Mallory hopes Hiccupops will become a staple of school nurses’ offices and drugstores. She also wants to explore a medical niche, since hiccups are a common and uncomfortable side effect of chemotherapy. “It always has been really appealing to me to be able to sort of have a product out there that can help people,” she said. “I want to become a doctor and go into medicine.”

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If you want to go all the way with a kids' backyard playhouse, then you must hire Arthur Millican Jr. He once worked for Disney creating fantasy worlds and now brings that expertise to individual families. This playhouse is, believe it or not, owned by a child. A child of whom I am insanely envious.

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Little Mason is all tuckered out. But rest is for the weak, especially when there's ice cream to be devoured.

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The nonprofit organization Burning through the Pages has one mission, and it's a good one:

In a time of overwhelming technology and mindless entertainment, we want to get books into the hands of young adults based on what they love and are passionate about, in the hope that they will become active readers and find sanctuary in the limitless stories and ideas found in literature.

To promote this objective, it hired artist Mike Andereck to create this excellent poster.

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The best thing about these kid breakfast crafts, like the Bunny Bottom Pancakes and the Teddy Bear Toast, is that non-crafty people can make them easily. The sunny pancakes by Michele Borboa are a great example.

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May the Forth be with you.

Some Jedi apprentices begin training at the age of six. But once in a while, a candidate of prodigious talent appears. This toddler is one of them. She can barely walk, but she can defeat even the formidable Darth Maul in battle.

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The kitty cat wants to play with Jack the toddler (who is dressed like a delicious zebra). Alas, he is unable to penetrate the invisible barrier that separates them.

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A friend of redditor ddrt had a pregnancy photo shoot with his wife. I hope that these images go into their baby book.

Why should you take these shots? Because someday your child will be a teenager. And you can show these pictures to her friends in order to embarrass her.

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Monstrum, a Danish architecture firm, specializes in imaginative playgrounds. Their design principles are "visual design, motor challenges and safety." Yada, yada, safety. Whatever. They look amazing! This one in Copenhagen looks like the buildings are coming alive. Think about the fantasy adventures it could spark in the mind of a child.

Or, well, honestly, a middle-aged man who's too old to play on playgrounds, but could have fun on this one. I'll admit that.

View more of Monstrum's playgrounds at the link.

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The daughter of blogger Robb Allen made this clever Pinewood Derby car shaped like a Wii Remote. He writes, "...I routed and helped her paint, but she did most of the rest." Is it an aerodynamic design? No, but it's cool.

Link | Previously: High-Tech Pinewood Derby Race Track

Imagine that you're taking a five-year old to a state fair. He runs off into the crowd. You can't find him; he can't find you.

Well, Beckie of Infarrantly Creative has a fun idea that could help. Tag your child with a temporary tattoo featuring your cell phone number. She has a template, which you can find at the link. Apparently there's such a thing as temporary tattoo paper, and you can run it through a regular inkjet printer. That's the only thing you'll need to purchase to implement Beckie's plan.

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When your baby first sees that plastic tub that you picked up at Walmart for $15, he'll wonder if he was accidentally switched at the hospital. A more refined choice is this ceramic whirlpool bath by BluBlue. Sure, it's $3,200, but that's the price you have to pay to keep up with the Jonses' baby.

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"He dug a hole, but he had dug only a little of it when Frith came over the hill alone. And he saw El-ahrairah's buttom sticking out of the hole and the sand flying out in showers as the digging went on. When he saw that, he called out, 'My friend, have you seen El-ahrairah, for I am looking for him to give him my gift?' 'No,' answered El-ahrairah, without coming out, 'I have not seen him, He is far away. He could not come.' So Frith said, 'Then come out of that hole and I will bless you instead of him.' 'No, I cannot,' said El-ahrairah, 'I am busy. The fox and the weasel are coming. If you want to bless me you can bless my bottom, for it is sticking out of the hole.'"

Easter is over, so mark the Blessing of El-ahrairah with these pancakes by Farmlife Chick. They'll be a fine complement to the bunny face pancakes.

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The driver of a school bus in Fife, Washington had a heart attack while driving. The bus began careening down the road and might have crashed disastrously, if not for the quick thinking of 13-year old Jeremy Wuitschick. He jumped in the front seat and brought the bus to a full stop.

The video above is pretty amazing. Jeremy really did respond instantly and intelligently despite being taken completely by surprise. The time between the driver's heart attack and Jeremy has his hands on the wheel is under ten seconds.

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