Mama’s Product Picks

Find out what products made the cut and are mama- recommended. Product reviews for baby, kids and moms. Best books for newly expecting moms.

Empowering Creativity: The Scarf Studio Lets Kids Design Smiler-Maker Gifts for Mother’s Day

Move over Hermès, there’s a new wave of scarf designers on the scene this Mother’s Day, and they’re not your typical fashion moguls – they’re kids. The Scarf Studio, a Denver-based company, is revolutionizing the world of fashion by giving children the opportunity to design their own scarves, resulting in truly magical creations. What started as a brick-and-mortar endeavor has expanded into the online space, allowing kids everywhere to turn their artwork into heartfelt gifts for Mother’s Day, birthday and beyond. The process is simple yet enchanting. Grown-ups can visit The Scarf Studio’s website to print out a template. Kids then unleash their creativity using crayons, markers, or paint to design their masterpiece. Once the artwork is complete, adults upload it and...

GetOutPass Sale: Get HUGE discounts on Denver’s Best Attractions!

Summer is upon us in Denver and we are here to help you have the best summer ever…and to keep that fun going all year long.  WHAT IS GETOUTPASS? NOW is the time to secure your GetOutPass so you can enjoy oodles of free admissions to Denver’s best attractions like the Downtown Aquarium, Bandimere Speedway, Sky Zone Trampoline Park, ice rinks, bowling and more. Scroll down to redeem their INSANE Memorial Day $75 discount!  The GetOutPass is a 12-month membership to Denver’s best attractions making it affordable for everyone.  XCLUSIVE DISCOUNT If you use code MILEHIGHMAMAS at checkout you’ll get the $70 discount off the yearly price, making the pass just $29.95 per person! VENUES The list of venues is what got us excited about having the GetOutPass for our family. W...

Mother’s Day in Denver 2023: The Ultimate Guide to Brunch, Gifts & More

Mark your calendars for Sunday, May 14, 2023, because Mother’s Day is almost here! From unique gifts from your favorite Colorado artisans to brunch to tea, we have the Ultimate Guide to enjoying Mother’s Day in Denver. Don’t miss our annual gift guide and scroll down for Mother’s Day events and brunch. Tip: We will be updating this list frequently so be sure to check back!  Mother’s Day Gift Ideas for Denver Moms Wellness Getaways For experiential gifts, there’s nothing better than Colorado’s unique wellness getaways, retreats, programs and clubs. A few of our favorites: Boulder Open Space and Mountain Parks offers Shinrin Yoku, the Japanese art of forest bathing, a research-based framework for supporting healing and wellness through immersion in fore...

Broomfield Mother and Daughter Promote Positivity and Girl Power with Wild Ones Threads

March 8 is International Women’s Day, a time to celebrate the achievements of women and girls. Colorado is fortunate to have incredible women leaders in politics, business and cultural change, including the fearless females behind Wild Ones Threads.  Broomfield-based Mother and Daughter team Nicole and Airlie Locken, age 10, have always shared a passion for creativity, kindness, and hard work. They dreamed of launching a business focused on spreading positivity and authenticity. When the COVID-19 pandemic forced schools to close, that dream became a reality and Wild Ones Threads was born. “We’d always talked about wanting to build something inspirational together,” says Nicole, a seasoned creative director and graphic designer. “When COVID hit, we had more time together as a family an...

Win These Books + Toys: Five Days of Giveaways!

From old classics to new innovative and inclusive todays, here is a fun and diverse holiday round-up that covers all demographics and price points. The winner of this package receives ALL items listed shipped directly to his or her door. Be sure to enter to win Day 1’s Mom Pack here, as well as our Day 3’s Fun for Travel giveaway, Day 4’s Cacao + Cookie and our Grand Prize Giveaway (an $800 value!) Also, don’t miss our Holiday Gift Guide: 50+ Colorado Gift Ideas for the foodie, adventurer, wellness gurus in your life.  Books + Toys: Five Days of Giveaways  Strawberry Pencil Magic Book Series This is a darling children’s book series geared toward the emerging reader or any good listener. The titles are hysterical such as “I did, with an Ostrich” and “...

Five Days of Giveaways + Mom Pack Holiday Gift Guide

Five Days! Five Grand Prize Winners! Happy Friday! Here we go! This pack is for around the house, and the scenarios we have all been handed these past 20 months. Enjoy this first bundle ALL under $50 a piece. This prize winner will win each of the following items which will be shipped to his / her house separately from the companies. If there are options to choose from, you usually get to have a preference. Good luck. The packs are GOOD this year. Scroll to the bottom to enter with options to enter to win every day through Dec. 31, 2021.  Be sure to enter to win Day 2’s Books + Toys giveaway as well as our Day 3’s Fun for Travel giveaway, Day 4’s Cacao + Cookie and our Grand Prize Giveaway (an $800 value!) Also, don’t miss our Colorado Holiday Gift Guide with 50...

Gretchen’s October Grabs: The best pumpkin treats, tea, books and more

Do you already have your pumpkins on the front porch? Have your Halloween costume been picked out? Already have eaten half of the candy bag you bought thinking you’d be prepared this year? There is more to October than Halloween – it includes all things fall! As we tumble down into fall for real and even snow, we’re ready to bring on all the coziness. Celestial Seasonings Tea. I full-on admit that I love tea on a crispy fall evening. My most recent fall find love is Celestial Seasoning’s Vermont Maple Ginger tea! It is the perfect mix between sweet and spice featuring, of course, Ginger and Maple syrup. I like to sweeten mine a bit with an extra dash of maple syrup and a dash of creamer. And…in case you were unaware, Celestial Seasonings is a Colorado company, based in Boulder. So, I...

Girl Scout’s new cookie is the chocolate caramel dose of hope we all need

It’s the hope we need during this pandemic! The Girl Scouts are to the rescue with their new Adventurefuls indulgent brownie-inspired cookie with caramel-flavored crème and a hint of sea salt. Adventurefuls cookie will join the nationwide lineup for the 2022 Girl Scout Cookie season. Girl Scouts in Colorado and across the United States will offer the Adventurefuls cookie next season alongside favorites like Thin Mints® and Samoas®/Caramel deLites. Every purchase of Adventurefuls, and the whole portfolio of iconic cookies, during cookie season, fuels local Girl Scouts’ adventures throughout the year: exploring what interests them, discovering their passions, and taking action on issues they care about. Whether they’re using their STEM skills to solve a problem, changing a la...

GetOutPass: Get 45% Off Denver’s Best Activity Pass (exclusive offer!)

Keep summer going all year long!!   Sure, Denver’s glorious summer may be winding down but NOW is the time to secure your GetOutPass so you can enjoy Denver’s best attractions like Elitch Gardens, Fat Cats, and Bandimere Speedway all year long for 45% off (scroll down for details). WHAT IS GETOUTPASS? The GetOutPass is a 12-month membership to Denver’s best attractions that can be paid for in a few ways, making it affordable for everyone. You can pay the full yearly price upfront for $149.95 for the one-time payment, $23.97 for quarterly payments, $8.37 for monthly payments. There is also an option to gift the GetOutPass with the gift voucher option this can be bought now and redeemed later. EXCLUSIVE DISCOUNT If you use code MILEHIGHMAMAS at checkout you’ll get...

The cooling sheets you need right now and how to watch your favorite Olympic moments

Running through the sprinkler or jumping into a lake, you will stay cool with the Grabs we have for you this month! I’ll be excited to harvest my first tomato of the season, pick a few raspberries, spend time at cookouts with friends, catch a baseball game, do some stand-up paddleboarding. July is great. The Olympic and Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020. Despite the Olympics being a full year behind…we can’t wait to watch them starting July 23! We usually pick a food from the home country to eat for dinner the night that we watch the opening ceremony. This year we may choose sushi. But seeing the best of the best representing Team USA – Simone Biles (and the other gymnasts), swimmers, track stars and the many that come from Colorado. We may even head down to the Olympic Center in Colorado Spring...

Gretchen’s Grabs for June: Smores kit, must-watch TV and ruffles of summer!

June is summer! Cookouts, pools, longer days, movies outside and concerts!   Table Mountain Farms Smores Kit. Years ago, when my kids were little I told them I was making gourmet peanut butter and jelly sandwiches when I made them on wheat bread, organic almond butter and sugar-free jam. But the Table Mountain Farms brings gourmet to a more adult level with kid-size fun! The s’mores kit is complete with artisan-made Graham crackers, homemade marshmallows and the coups de grace is the Table Mountain Farms Dark Chocolate Goat’s Milk Chocolate caramel. Ruffles of Summer. I recently found a shirt that might work for both my daughter and myself! Eeep. Ruffles are really in this summer and usually, a well-placed ruffle can hide the parts I don’t want to be shown off (read: my belly). The Wo...

Gretchen’s Grabs: Best picks for April in Colorado

I love April in Colorado. It feels like all the seasons in one day. One day we will have snow (and some ski areas are still going through mid-month). The sun returns in force and makes us dream about what our summer might bring. Table Mountain Farms Easter.  If Covid taught us one thing, it was to help support local businesses. I tried the Goat’s Milk Caramels from Table Mountain Farms. They come in four flavors: Vanilla Bean, Cinnamon Vanilla, Whiskey and Salted Dark Chocolate. They each had a distinct (but not overpowering flavor) and the tang of goat’s milk instead of cow’s milk. Lowe’s Weekly Spring Celebration. Lowe’s is celebrating spring all April long with weekly giveaways and fun. Week One – The Garden-to-Go kit includes a Bonnie Foodie fresh plant, Miracle-Gro Potting Mix, M...