Easter is around the corner

We created these fun personalized Easter gifts for your little ones!

3 fun personalized placemats designs:

Our Easter Egg Designs one for boys and one for girls!Cute BunniesAdorable Easter ChicksAn Easter clock featuring all our fun colorful eggs!
Happy Easter shopping from all of us at Olive Kids!

Check out our new Numbers Clock!

It's bright, it's colorful and it's a fun way for your kids to learn how to tell time!

Our new numbers clock makes learning to count can be as easy as 1, 2, 3! Kids will love counting down the hours and learning how to tell time with this fun and colorful learning tool! It features bold numbers on a bright rainbow colored pinwheel background.

Of course our clocks have the silent feature so there is no tick tock tick tock sound!

We have a new Olive Kid

I hate to brag (no I don't) -- I am happy to announce our newest Olive Kid -- my (Kim's) grand daughter Eliana Lucia Forzese, she was born on March 24th at 6:55 pm! My beautiful (both in looks and spirit) daughter-in-law Erica did a marvelous job delivering my first grand child!! and my loving son Kevin did an outstanding job supporting her. They are a wonderful couple and they are going to be amazing parents.

Everything is so different since I had kids, so many new things! My favorite is the internet because they currently live in Iowa (and I am in New Hampshire) so I get to see her everyday via videos, live shows on skype and lots and lots of pictures right at my finger tips!

Here she is posing with her Olive Kids Personalized Mermaid's floor pillow - Isn't she cute!


Here she is with her Mom and Dad


ADORABLE - Right!

Transitioning from a Crib

We know that's it's not an easy task for Mom or Baby so we are here to help!

Did you know that Olive Kids has you covered for all of your bed sizes? We offer toddler, twin, full and queen Bedding in all of our 12 wonderful designs?
Because we have our bedding available in all sizes you'll be able to make the transition for your little ones a little easier by buying their favorite Olive Kids Bedding in the next size up!

It also make it easier for you because you don't have to redecorate the entire room; just buy a new comforter and sheet set and your good to go!


Just one of things we try to do here at Olive Kids to make life a little easier for Parents!

It's the first Day of Spring!

Spring in New Hampshire means lots of different things!

Here are my top ten things Spring in New Hampshire means to me!

1. Melting snow (hopefully)
2. Snow Storms (hopefully not - last year we had one on April 1st)
3. Crocuses trying to push up from under the snow
4. Frost Heaves (do you even know what those are? they make traveling on roads a bumpy adventure!)
5. Lots of MUD (we call it mud season)
6. Large mud puddles that switch back and forth from liquid to ice
7. Wild Turkeys crossing the road on a blind curve while your driving
8. Fishing season begins (hopefully the ice has melted by then)
9. Time to sweep up all the sand off the roads and driveways (it always amazes me how much there is)
10. The best for last ....it means that the grass will be green again, leaves will once again be on the trees and sunny days will soon be here!

That is what Spring is all about here in New Hampshire and I love each and every one (except for the late snowstorms)

Update: March 30th - Russell had a perfect New Hampshire Spring post on his Facebook page and it goes like this "...Its that lovely time of year in NH when the snowdrifts finally melt and you find all the crap on your lawn you forgot to put away..." That is the perfect ending to what Spring means in New Hampshire!

What Sage and Savvy had to say about us!

I've met some huge Olive Kids fans on Twitter (you can follow me @olivekids) and Gem from Sage and Savvy is one of those fans! She is a stay at home Mom with two beautiful young boys which makes her a perfect person to give honest feedback about Olive Kids.

This is what she had to say about us!"I was fortunate to receive the following personalized products: Wild Animals Placemat (ARV, $9.99), Somethin’ Fishy Bookmark (ARV $9.99), Out of this World Name Tag (ARV $7.99)

When I first opened up the box of Olive Kids goodies, I was really impressed with the quality and just how striking the colors and images were. I knew my boys were going to love them!

We selected the Wild Animals Placemat for DS1 because he loves all kinds of animals. We previously used another type of laminated placemat that started to fall apart after just a few uses and washes. We also tried using regular cotton placemats, but they'd easily stain and eventually fade after throwing them in the wash after every use. Olive Kids’ Placemat is sturdy, easy to clean, and what I like best of all is that if I’m still getting things ready for DS1’s meal and he’s already sitting at the table, I just keep him occupied by asking him to point to different animals or colors on the placemat.

DS1 also loves fish, which is why we chose the Somethin’ Fishy Bookmark. Every day we’ll find the bookmark in a different book…it’s just the cutest thing.

We currently use DS2’s Out of this World Name Tag on his diaper bag since he doesn’t use a backpack yet. I like how you can put contact information on the back of the tag with a permanent marker just in case whatever the name tag is on ever gets lost.

You can personalize other cool items such as clocks, pillows, and growth charts. Olive Kids offers so many products and so many designs--there's lots and lots of cute things that both you and your kid will love!"

Birthday Celebrations!

If you have a young child you know that having their birthday party is no easy task! First you have to decide whether your going to have a family party or are you going to invite some of their friends... Maybe you have both!

If you decided on having friends are you going to invite the entire class, just close friends or maybe just boys or just girls!

Now you have to decide if your going to have it at home (less expensive but more work) or at some venue like the bowling alley or roller skating rink (which can get pricey if you invited the entire class).

The time of day is a big deal too, because that is the deciding factor to whether or not you have to serve a meal or just snacks and birthday cake... yikes this is a lot of work!

But you still have more to do! The dreaded gift bags/birthday favors for each kid that attends the party - by the time you find all the little things to put in them they end up costing a small fortune.

Which brings me why I started writing this blog post, we have a perfect solution to the dreaded gift bags/birthday favors -- our personalized placemats! The personalized placemats can be used to set the birthday table (no fighting over who sits next to who) and then the kids take them home as their gift. Their moms will be happy they didn't come home with a bunch of candy and lots of little stuff that is going to end up on their floor! You'll be happy because you only had to go one place to buy them - our website just click on the image an you'll be there!

With over 32 designs to choose from there's sure to be one to fit the birthday theme! We offer a discount when you order 5 or more placemats, just send an email to our customer service department with the quantity of placemats you would like to order and they will get right back to you!
This is what one mom had to say about getting Olive Kids Personalized Placemats as her daughter's birthday favor!

"The placemats were totally fantastic! They were a huge hit with my daughters friends. It will be something they can keep forever and remember my daughter. I was very impressed with how durable they are. Great Job & Thank you so much!"

So save yourself some running around by getting that extra special personalized birthday favor for your kids birthday party - an Olive Kids Personalized Placemat!

February Contest Personalized Clock Winners!

Drum Roll please....

Amber M from Truman, AR... Game On clock for Mason!
Carol D from Wayne, NJ...Butterfly Garden clock for Gianna!
George H from Bettendorf, IA ...Trains Planes and Trucks clock for Jakob!
Gigi H from Munford, TN... Heroes for CJ!
Mandy Z from Cleveland, MS...Trains, Planes and Trucks for Hank!

Nancy L from Winfield, MO decided to get a flowerland clock for her sewing room "With five grandkids I couldn't pick so I will use it in my sewing room! She is an amazing seamstress I could only dream of doing what she does with a needle and thread!

Congratulation to Everyone and don't forget to enter our March Contest!

Olive Kids March Contest

You can enter to win our fun personalized Easter Placemats! With 3 fun designs for both girls and boys they are sure to be a hit at your Easter celebration. Just click on the image below and fill out the simple form and your entered to win. Winner will be selected on April 1st (no it is not an April Fools day trick) so we can get the prize to you before Easter. If your family doesn't celebrate Easter and you win we will be happy to send you a placemat of your choice!




Good Luck!

St Patty's Day OK style!

As the saying goes everyone is Irish on St Patrick's Day! That is why we made our fun personalized St Patty's Day Placemat! It's the perfect addition to your corn beef and cabbage dinner. Make it your new St Patty's day tradition - order one for each of your family members it's sure to make the day extra special!

March Sale

Olive Kids set of 3 Framed Art Prints are 10% off for the month of March!

That means you'll get 3 beautifully hand crafted wood framed art prints for under $117. It's a great way to spruce up your kids room and with 24 designs to choose from there's sure to be one that your kids will love.



This product is one of many Olive Kids products that are made right here in New Hampshire!

So pop on our to our website by clicking on the image above to see which design will work in your kids room. Sale end on March 31st so don't delay.

Please Vote For Us!

Olive Kids is a company that was founded by a Mom and Dad team! We would be so thankful if you could take a minute to click on the button below and vote for us to become one of the top 200 mom-owned businesses!

Victoria Colligan who is the founder "Ladies Who Launch" is bring you this opportunity to vote for your favorite Moms in business. This is what she has to say about Mom; "Everybody knows one. Like a super hero, she balances running a family with the heroics of running her own business". I couldn't agree more, our super Mom is Anita the Mom behind Olive Kids and I would love to be able to tell her that she made the top 200! So please vote and thank you very much!

Deadline March 31, 2009