Backpack, Backpack!
Pottery Barn Kids backpacks come in cool designs for the Elementary set, such as Pink Zebra and Blue Camo. Sizes are mini, small, large and rolling. Robot sewing machines will personalize it with your kid’s name for another $7.
Price: $24 to $69.50.
Who For: Lost and Found Boys and Girls.
Available: www.potterybarnkids.com
Study Wall Boards
In the future, all work will consist of sorting. Make sure your kid qualifies by getting them a study wall board. Pottery Barn Teens has a cool threefer: magnetic white board, calendar white board, and cork.
Price: $149
Who For: Well Organized Teens
Available: www.pbteen.com
Bento Boxes
Metal Japanese bento boxes are the way to stand out amongst the helicopter moms and Disneyland dads. LunchBots is the brand with the practical rubber lid, so edamame water doesn’t end up all over the iPad. Reusable, cute and just…neato. Cool beans!!
What: Stainless steel and rubber lunchbox
Price $20
Who For: Gluten-free, paleo, no-HFC kids everywhere (and their parents)
Available: lunchbots.com, Amazon.com
Windows Notebook-Tablet Hybrid
Got the tablet-laptop dilemma? Hewlett Packard’s Envy 2 is a hybrid notebook-to-tablet. The magnetic hinge allows you to take the screen on its own as a 11 inch Windows tablet. This is the middle model of HP’s x2 family. Plenty for any kid.
What: Hewlett Packard Envy 2 hybrid
Price: $649.99
Who For: Non-Sheeple High Schoolers
Available: http://www8.hp.com/us/en/ads/x2/envy-x2.html
Graphic Ts
So your Tween thinks she’s got it tough eh? Indulge her fantasy with snotty slogan shirts from Angry Blossom such as “I’m out of your league,” “Love Junkie” and “Chieftess” (a skull in an Indian chief headdress).
What: T shirts
Price: $9 up
Who For: Former Cuties and Future Bridezillas of America
Available: http://angryblossom.com/pages/graphics
