In keeping with our Back to School theme for this week, here is another excellent find for your lunch bag!

According to the manufacture, the Kid SIGG Bottle is a smart, safe and stylish step up from the world of plastic sippy cups. Kids SIGG’s are durable and leak proof. Designed and manufactured in Switzerland from a single piece of aluminum, the innovative Kids SIGG Bottle 0.3L is surprisingly rugged and crack-resistant. The special liner ensures great taste and easy washing out – even after you realize it’s been under the car seat with grape juice in it for a week. Sigg water bottles are available in many stores, including Whole Foods, but this cute design is available at getgreen.com.

Pillow Pets, who ever invented this is a genius and probably a millionaire! It’s a stuff animal made with ultra soft chenille fabric, with what seems like hundreds of different designs. This one to the left is the panda, (of course, we LOVE pandas) but there are also other cuties such as Ms. Lady Bug, Wiggly Pig, Friendly Frog and many more.

The trick to this stuff animal is that it is fastened with a velcro. Once undone, the animal all the sudden flattens out and becomes a cozy pillow. On a recent trip, we brought with us Sir Horse and Wiggly Pig, picked out according to the kids’ Chinese horoscope signs, and it was an instant hit!

When China’s 2008 earthquake devastated the world’s largest protected panda habitat, many of the bears were moved to the Befengxia Panda Preserve, a national research and breeding center in Sichuan Province that’s now home to more than 80 Giant Pandas. Among it’s 21 new voluntourism projects, Planeterra offers volunteers the chance to work with a trained panda master to deliver hands on care to the masked mascots of global conservation. Participants can also make visits to Shanghai, Beijing, and the great Wall. For more information, contact Planeterra.

There are currently 1,600 Giant Pandas in teh wild and 200 in captivity.

Cute cute cute….mini panda pillow by mymimi, available at ShanaLogic.  Each pillow is 7″ x 7″, perfect to decorate any little kiddie’s room.  My other favorites include a cute little owl and the mini Geisha.  Thinking of that, we have a birthday party coming up for an eight year old girl, this will make a perfect gift!

Fall is definately in the air, cooler weather, and fallen leaves. Before you know it, it will be time to turn on the heater. This year, instead of dealing with ezema caused by dry air, why not add a humidifier in your rooms. This one, from Crane looks so cute, it’ll make any kids smile!

The whisper-quiet operation won’t disturb sleep while the darling design adds a playful touch to the room. The 1-gal. tank outputs up to 2.2 gal. of moisture a day and features an auto shutoff feature when the tank is empty. For use in rooms up to 500 sq. ft.

My other favorite is this pig humidifier from Sunpentown, which is a Taiwanese company that specializes in electronics such as rice cooker, hot water pot, etc. Again, thanks to whisper-quiet operation, this adorable humidifier doesn’t disrupt your little one’s sleep, it adds up to 7.5 liters of moisture to the air daily with a tank capacity of 3.75-liter. It also features an adjustable mist intensity and auto shutoff

I’m planning to buy this one for my youngest as he was born in the year of the Pig, so this will be a perfect addition to my little pig’s room.

FredFlare did it again, how adorable is this cute mini panda skillet?  It is imported from Japan, and it’s perfect to add some panda love to your kitchen.  It’s also great using it to cook with your kids: good size, good look.

I was so happy finding Perfect Pandas, a forum to share the love of pandas.  They post anything and everything about pandas.  It may be an adorable photo, or an article, or some cute panda products they found.  It’s amazing how many people love the cuddly cub. 

They are not a blog for profit, but simply doing this for their love of pandas.  100% of the proceeds made from advertisements on their site will go to various panda charities including, but not limited to; the National Zoo, Pandas International and the WWF.

I really love this illustration they posted recently, too funny.

Who’s better to guard your children from the dark than this cute Panda magic nightlight from Chloe in Style?  Totally in love.

I would love to take the credit but can’t, this is from my high school friend, Wendy. A live cam for those cute pandas at the San Diego Zoo. Too cute.  I think my favorite is Su Lin.