GIVEAWAY: $500 Mini Boden Gift Card
I was looking for something for the girls to wear to camp the other day and realized that everything in their dresser looks like it has been used to wipe down the floors. There are permanent dirt stains inside every crease and fold. All the pinks and blues and whites have dulled to variations of beige. I can’t even see the bright colors underneath all the dirt caked on to their sneakers.
This is one of the reasons I love back-to-school shopping. Summer clothes have been through the wringer and it’s time to make my kids look like clean well put together human beings again!
For the past two years, I’ve partnered with Mini Boden to show-off their back-to-school collection and I could not be happier that I am partnering with them again. With their bold colors, fun patterns and adorably quirky styles, Mini Boden is by far and away my favorite place to shop for my kids online. Not to mention, they’ve got some pretty great styles for adults too.
This year, instead of picking out the clothes myself, I let Mazzy and Harlow pick their own stuff. I’ve learned that I no longer know what they want and if I buy something I think looks cute, it might sit in their closet untouched all year.
Mazzy totally surprised me right off the bat by picking out a pair of overalls. I have a hard time getting her to wear pants so I never in a million years would have imagined she would want pants with a bib!
I also thought for sure that once she got them, they would be too big or not fit right and get relegated to the back of her closet, but they fit perfectly and she was thrilled. She actually asked me if she could wear them every day to school. We settled on once a week.
She selected a shirt with rainbow sleeves for underneath. I’m calling the whole look “Mazzy Brewster” and I’m pretty sure this will be her uniform all year.
One thing Mazzy has been really into lately is wearing her hair down. She’s got a lot of hair and it falls in her face, so I am constantly trying to convince her to put it up or least pin it back. During the shoot, I successfully pinned it back while she wasn’t paying attention.
Here’s her reaction once she noticed:
Suffice to say, I let her keep it down the rest of the shoot!
True to form, the first things Harlow gravitated towards was a flower felt necklace and a rainbow hedgehog purse with a gold strap.
Then I had to find a dress that brought her accessories together. Once she had it all on, she exclaimed, “I look like Mommy!!!”
I’m pretty sure she meant that in a good way.
Harlow also fell in love with a pair of multi-color sparkly Mary Janes. Judging by how much she wore her gold Mini Boden t-straps last year, I see many mornings when I will be arguing with her to keep these in the closet. “They are not good for the playground, Harlow!” “But I love them!!!”
Last year, Harlow decided that her gold shoes were her “shabbat shoes” which meant there was no way I could argue with her about wearing them on Fridays. I think we have found Harlow’s new “shabbat shoes.”
Keeping with the rainbow theme, Mazzy also picked out a gray sweater dress with velvet ruffles in multiple colors. She paired that with a pair of high suede brown boots which truly tells me that my little girl’s style is growing up.
Remember when she would wear nothing but pink?
Harlow selected a bold polka dot dress with a flower applique on the front. As soon as she put it on, she informed me that would be wearing it to her birthday party this year.
FYI, Harlow has been planning her birthday party since last winter. Originally, it was going to be a Frozen party but then she changed gears and decided on a butterfly theme. This dress is perfect for the party because “Butterflies love flowers.”
Next up, matching denim twirling skirts.
If you follow me on Snapchat, I’m sure you saw that this portion of shoot turned into a big dance party.
I should mention that the day of the shoot was ridiculously hot and I was asking the girls to wear fall clothing. At one point, Harlow decided that she was just DONE.
Here Mazzy and I are trying to hold up her head after Harlow did her signature “GO LIMP” move.
I let Harlow take a break while Mazzy tried on her last outfit.
This one was actually my favorite and Mazzy made it even cuter by pairing it with red rain boots, a floral umbrella and two different backpacks.
I mean, seriously. Mini Boden— can you PLEASE make this entire outfit in my size?
Today, to celebrate the back-to-school season, I’m giving away a $500 Mini Boden gift card! You must be a Mommy Shorts subscriber to enter. If you are not already a subscriber, you can subscribe here.
Then go to the Mini Boden site, check out their new collection, and tell me which item you want most for your kids in the comments below!
Winner will be selected on September 5th. You can read the full rules here.
winner update:
Congrats to Addie, who thinks the Ombre shirt for boys is adorable! Please contact annie@mommyshorts.com to claim your prize.
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All photos were taken by Sasithon Pooviriyakul.
This post was sponsored by Mini Boden, but we would be buying and loving their clothing regardless!
What the heck, I’ll still join. I hope they ship here, though.
My Sophia will be thrilled to don that pair of brown tall boots and some knit cardigan – perfect for the coming Ber months. ❤
Mariner and Bretons for my little boy! Love MiniBoden!
The stripey knitted dress!
I love the cosy two in one padded jacket in green! It would look great with my daughter’s back pack and keep her warm! Wonderful design! The lining is super!
There was just way too many things that I would love to see on any of my 3 girls or my boy. I just had to stop looking and pick something so I’ll say the cable cardigan or the butterfly sweater for my girls and the suede sneakers for my boy. But I seriously could go bankrupt on that website! That stuff is adorable!
Ric Rac Tulle Skirt!!! Love Mini Boden!
The rainbow rain boots!
I love the suede boots and the twirly chambray dress!
There is too much to choose from everything is adorable, but my girl has her eye on the butterfly life cycle tee.
I love the baby boy stuff but especially the sweaters and cardigans – like the tractor cardigan!
Loving the sparkle cardigan for fall!
Twirly Frill Skirt in Hotchpotch Bud, Stripy knitted dress, Sequin Logo Dress in Vintage Pink Owl, and the Owl Backpack are the top picks of my daughter for her first year of kindergarten.
So hard to choose!!! I love the blue rainbow tunic, rainbow stripy dress, and Breton jeresy dress for my 5 year old. Omg and the snowy owl anorak!!! My 20 mo old son would be adorable in the star knee patch skinnoes, puffin t shirt, and the fun sweater in sunrise marl. Thanks for showing me this site, I love it!
We love mini boden so much! Just bought that rainbow stripe dress, and definitely want it in the other colors now! So soft and cute!
Would love the harvest smock dress!!! So cute!
The hotchpotch dress is summery but I love it.
Too much cuteness. If I had to choose it would be the retro jersey dress for my oldest (love the bright orange flower) and the logo jersey dress for my youngest (who loves butterflies).
I love the decorative skirt in yellow for my little one. LOVE Mini Boden ❤
The twirly frill skirt would never get taken off!! ?
What a great collection!! I am loving the pintuck ruffle dresses. One in every color, please!
I have set my eyes on the girls Hotchpotch Boho Dress and the Retro Jersey dress.
My favorites are the stripy knitted dress for my daughter and the easy peasy shirt for my son, but everything is so cute!!
The duffle coat, cozy borg jacket, sherpa lined anorak, jogger pants, rain boots, leather high tops… The list goes on! So cute!
I love the dresses, the multicolored stripes, the denim dress and the accessories are all picks I would love for my girls.
Love the striped blue/white shirt, striped colorful dress, overalls. My twin girls love stripes! 🙂
I would easily surpass the $500 mark with this collection! I think the rain boots would definitely be a favorite in our house!!
I have a little dude – he needs the Baby Boden Cosy jacket! 🙂
I would absolutely love the SEQUIN LOGO DRESS with Whirlpool Squirrel for my daughter! Adorable!
Love love love the sheep cardigan
Id have to buy two so my girls match!!!
The boys everyday sweater!
Beautiful pictures! I’d love the decorative skirt (in blue) for my 3 year old daughter. I’d pair it with a white Peter Pan collared shirt, knee socks and Mary Janes!
I love the stripey dress like Mazzy is wearing. Super cute!
I love the rainbow dress! Can they make it in my size? Oh wait, I’d look ridiculous! 😉
I love the camel corduroy pants with pink polka dots but I’m in the same boat you are – all of the sudden my daughter doesn’t like the things I think are cute. When I give her a choice, it’s always a complete surprise!
The Pintuck Ruffle Dress is very cute!
My daughter would love any of the skirts but if I had to only pick 1 it would be a tie between the denim skirt and ditsy Daisy skirt!
We love all the skirts but my daughter especially loves the denim or ditsy Daisy skirt!
My 4 years old would love that sequin squirrel dress
The rainbow dress is just too cute!
Stripes, stripes and more stripes please. And maybe the hedgehog purse.
The Down in the Meddow Dress!!! And like everything else. I love Mini Boden!!
My 5 year old would love the Frill knitted dress and my 2 year old would love anything with a hedgehog on it. Love, love, love Mini Boden.
The classic cord overalls! So stinking cute.
The summer hotchpotch dress!
I ? The girls ski jacket!!
Mazzy in the rainbow striped dress might be the cutest thing I’ve ever seen. My twin 4yos would love these and I think the cuteness might just kill me! They start preschool for the first time this week and mama is having a tough time!
I love the stripey dress in the Audry Shop!
I would love to have everything but if I had to choose one thing for each kid I’d love the boys knitted jacket for my son and the girls knitted jacket for my daughter. They’d be the cutest little forest creatures around!! Hope we win!!
I love dressing my son in mini Boden! His best outfits are all from there. The back to school collection is killing me! Loving the farm life shirts, the Wordle shirts, the pull on cords and harvester sweater. I can literally go on and on, I want it all! I foresee cute and well dressed kids in the near future!
Either the Retro Jersey Dress or the Long Overalls, please
Sequin logo dress… I can see my 2yo running around telling everyone about the squirrel on her belly.
I LOVE the fun pocket and legging set!! those mouse pockets are everything!!
My daughters would live all the dresses. Hard to choose just one!!
Pretty collar romper in hedgehog!
I am a sucker for fun t shirts for my son and these are pretty awesome. I love the Britannia one!! I would buy so many though!
I love the Stripy Dress for my 3 year old daughter and the vehicle t-shirts for my 2 and 5 year old boys. These clothes are so cute! And your girls look like they belong in a magazine, they are gorgeous!
Embroidered Tulle Dress (Navy Sequin Spot) and the hedgehog shirt!
We also love the gold sequin shoes that Harlow picked out.
The squirrel line! It’s my sorority mascot and omg mini Boden does it cuter than anyone else!
I love Mazzys overall! They would great on my two girls !
I love the stripey dress. My three year old will love the twirly skirt, the ric race tulle skirt and hedgehog purse. My almost one year old isn’t picky so I’ll be happy to dress her in the cozy sweatshirt dress or pretty overalls.
I love the overalls and my six year old daughter is obsessed with the dresses!
Your girls look so gorgeous! I love Mini Boden’s clothes, and my 16 month old would love the Hedgie Jersey Dress. Well, I would–she really doesn’t care what she wears yet.
Oh these outfits are so cute! I bet my almost 3 year old would pick the sequin logo dress – the blue one with the squirrel. And I bet if I were doing a photo shoot it would also end in a dance party, likely to the soundtrack of frozen! ?
My 8 year old would love the blue striped poppy dress!
I love the floral jumpsuit! Mini Biden is amazing!
Definitely the cozy sweatshirt dress! My daughter loves dresses and this is perfect for fall!
I love the baby girl jersey dresses for my daughter and any of the appliqué long sleeve shirts for my son!!
The twirly chambray dress and the rainbow tunic are both super cute!
I love Mini Boden! For my boys would pick: the essential sweatshirt, big creature t’s, rock n’ roll raglan, jaspe’ slub polo, plus some heritage pull-on’s, skinny jeans, and indigo joggers. I could go on!!
My girls need the twirl skirts!
The ric rac skirt and the frill dress! Uniforms for sure.
Pretty pack away rain jacket!
I like the boy raglan t-shirt. Casual and easy.
My daughter may not love ruffles…or bows…or dresses. But that’s what I love about Mini Boden–they have great styles that are fun but not too frilly! Like the sequin baseball tees (http://m.bodenusa.com/en-us/girls-tops-t-shirts/91396-blu/girls-mountain-blue_vanilla-pod-sequin-trim-baseball). When great quality meets kid-approved style, I’m all ?!
My daughter would love the rainbow stripes that Mazzy is wearing and my son would definitely want the headphone shirt!
I am dying over the rainbow dress and rain boots. Also there is a dinosaur shirt I’m pretty sure my 3 year old would adore! She likes to “coordinate with bubs” her baby brother
I love the chambray pantsuit…for my daughter and for ME!
My daughter would love all the sweaters with animal appliqués! But I like the shaggy lined zip through the best 🙂 Everything is adorable, tbh.
The jaspe slub polo for my son, matching frill twirly dresses for my daughters.
Their sweats are amazing- so soft! It’s a toss up between those and the brown wing tips for my 2 1/2 year old boy. So sweet!
I am in love with the “black sheep” shirt for my little feisty 3year old and the “goal” appliqué shirt for my 6year old who loves soccer! What a fun giveaway!!
Chambray dress!
I’m in love with the girls snow jacket!!
grey marl butterfly x2 for both my girls
I love the color pop jersey dress in the babies section! The blue polkadot pattern, with the pop of yellow is too cute. I love the mixture of patterns in the picture. Pattern mixing has become a new love of mine!
The “Super” Logo Sweatshirt! So cool!
We need this adorable rain boots! We braved the first day of kindergarten in the rain today and those would have come in handy 🙂
I agree, Ilana… mini Boden needs to make these in adult sizes, too! I would make a whole outfit for my daughter with their Butterfly sweater, Ric Rac tulle skirt, and Glitter high tops! Too cute!
The denim twirly frill skirt and frill knitted dress with rainbow ruffles would be perfect for my little dancer! We are definitely pro ruffles in this house 🙂
Definitely the rain boots & that hedge hog purse!! ❤️❤️ Mini boden has the cutest things and the softest materials! Thanks for the chance! ?
LOVE LOVE LOVE the Twirly Chambray Dress!!! I mean, who doesn’t love a good twirly dress, and BONUS 🙂 it’s Chambray…I mean, come on!!!
That twirly skirt is my fav!
My son would most want the lined cargo shorts, in Red. Lately that’s the only color he wears–and red pants are tricky to find.
Boden makes the cutest clothes for boys (and girls, I’m totally jealous of your 2 girls, but I only have boys to dress..) My boys would rock those cool Beanie Fox Ts and we love the pants and patterned socks. New outfits for school! Yay!
My girls would love the overall dress!
I have 2 boys and 1 girl. This is my daughter’s first year in school without a uniform. She would love the life cycle t-shirt (with tadpoles and frogs). This is the toughest of my 3 kids and she is always wanting to learn more, I ♡ her energy and enthusiasm for knowledge. We have recently moved and this would be such a blessing to get her some new clothes since I am currently unable to find work!
We have our eyes on that pretty shoes Harlow was wearing! Ever since it first came out on the website this year! Please oh please let me win it…
Omg of course the hedgehog sweater. Who doesn’t love a happy hedgehog???
I love love the Colour Pop Jersey Dress
& wordle dress!
Well after seeing Mazzy in them it turns out my 5 yo needs a pair of those overalls!