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Luxury Hotels with Family-Friendly Activities

June 7, 2017 by crayonsandcroissants

Planning a trip with the little ones this summer? From children’s cooking classes to family-friendly eco-adventures and itineraries just for kids, these luxury hotels have figured out how to make getting away fun for the whole family! The Peninsula Hotels offer kids’ cooking classes at all of their USA hotels. Choose from the Little Bakers Class in Chicago, Kids in the Kitchen in New York or our personal favorite, Kids, Cookies And Cupcakes: Young Pastry Chefs Academy in Beverly Hills – where kids work with the hotel’s pastry […]

Categories: Jet Set • Tags: Family Travel, Four Seasons, luxury travel, Ritz Carlton, sea island, The Peninsula Hotel

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Travel Guidebooks for Kids

June 6, 2017 by crayonsandcroissants

We enjoy using kid-friendly travel guides when we are on the road. The kids love to help us read maps, sketch out itineraries and plan our meals. Here are some of our favorite travel guides. City Scratch Off Travel Maps are portable, colorful, interactive and extremely easy for children to use. Simply scratch off the sights as you go! Available for New York, Paris, London, San Francisco, Chicago and Washington, D.C. Zig Zag Travel Guides are ideal for young children! The layout is simple […]

Categories: Book Lists, Jet Set, Read • Tags: Children, Family Travel, London, New York City, paris, rome, Travel, travel guides

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High Tea with the Tots

March 8, 2016 by crayonsandcroissants

There’s nothing quite like high tea. Bring the little ones along to these family-friendly high tea destinations! New York City While there are a number of choices for high tea with kids in New York City, our favorite may always be the children’s tea at the Plaza Hotel. The Eloise inspired tea menu includes apple and cinnamon cupcakes, peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and pink cotton candy. Grownups have their own selection of tea menus. Visit the Eloise shop while you are there! Perfect […]

Categories: Bites, Jet Set • Tags: afternoon tea, Children, hotels, Travel

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Travel the World Without Leaving Home

March 4, 2016 by crayonsandcroissants

Take your kiddos on the trip of a lifetime with Maps. Curl up with your littlest armchair travelers and explore the world with this beautiful book. Maps includes gorgeous illustrations of cities, rivers, borders, and also details that are sure to appeal to children! Learn about iconic animals, colorful plants, cultural events, festivals and much more. We loved Maps so much, that we just had to check out the companion Maps Activity Book! It is filled with pages and pages of facts, […]

Categories: Jet Set, Read • Tags: books, Children, maps, Travel

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The Five Best Hotels for Little Chefs

February 19, 2016 by crayonsandcroissants

Planning a trip with the kids? These hotels all have special cooking classes and activities for young aspiring chefs! The Peninsula offers kids cooking classes at all of their USA hotels. Choose from the Little Bakers Class in Chicago, Kids in the Kitchen in New York or our personal favorite, Kids, Cookies And Cupcakes: Young Pastry Chefs Academy in Beverly Hills – where kids work with the hotel’s pastry chefs, learning the art of baking and decorating. Kids can create, nibble, sip (on milk) and […]

Categories: Bites, Jet Set

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Go on a Sightseeing Scavenger Hunt with City Scratch-Off Maps

February 1, 2016 by crayonsandcroissants

We recently discovered these City Scratch-Off Maps and now count them among our favorite travel guides. The maps are portable, colorful, interactive and very kid-friendly! We used the New York map to explore our city and enjoyed every minute of examining the map, deciding which landmark to visit next, and then – scratching away to reveal the facts and activities nearby. Little M loves discovering the pictures and text that are hidden below the scratch-off designs. we learned a lot of interesting facts […]

Categories: Jet Set • Tags: Family Travel, Guidebook

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French Cooking for Kids with Claudine Pépin

April 14, 2015 by crayonsandcroissants

Kids Cook French is a beautiful cookbook written by Claudine Pépin and illustrated by Jacques Pépin. We love this new book! Little M and I have spent a lot of time looking through the pages and marking the recipes we want to make. I can’t wait to try the Ratatouille and the Apple Tarts with Almond Frangipani and Little M has his eye on the Cheese Fondue. The classic French recipes are written in English and French. It has been fun to […]

Categories: Bites, Jet Set, Read • Tags: books, Children, Cookbook, Cooking with Kids, Food, French cooking

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Zig Zag Travel Guides for Little Jet Setters

March 27, 2015 by crayonsandcroissants

We love to travel as a family! Exploring new cities, countries, cultures and cuisines is so exciting, especially when traveling with curious little ones. I am always on the lookout for ways to make the travel experience more interactive and entertaining, which is why I am a big fan of travel guides for kids. We recently came across these Zig Zag Travel Guides and absolutely love them! The layout is simple and the illustrations are beautiful. The guide consists of […]

Categories: Jet Set, Read • Tags: Children, Family Travel, Guidebook, Kids, Travel

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Modern Cityscapes for Little Explorers

March 6, 2015 by crayonsandcroissants

These wood and chalk cityscapes from Kiko+ are the perfect inspiration for your littlest world travelers and urban planners. The Japanese designed chalk and wood cityscapes are a wonderful way to instill a love of learning, travel and city design in your kids. Little ones can use the chalk to draw roads and signs and organize the buildings and landmarks throughout the cityscape. Choose from the standard set, Paris or London. I have recently discovered this beautiful Japanese brand and am in love with all […]

Categories: Jet Set, Nest • Tags: Children, Eco-conscious, Family Travel, Kids, Organic, Toys, Travel

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