Mazzy’s style has confused me lately. She’s not as interested in pretty dresses and sparkly shoes but has turned her attention to tall suede boots and… and…and… I don’t know what. I’m still trying to figure it out. We have the most stressful time picking out clothes for school in the morning. I hold up outfits from her closet and she vetoes every one. When she picks out something, it’s a mess of little girl and big girl style, that has nothing I can pinpoint as— “Ooooooh, that’s what I should shop for…”
If I were to make a general assessment, I would say Mazzy is moving away from “pretty” into the much more elusive territory of “cool.”
“Cool” is a word I think I understood about fifteen years ago. Now, I clearly have no idea. Or at least, my daughter doesn’t think I have any idea. I’m not even sure that Mazzy knows what she is going for, but anything “babyish” is definitely OUT. Until it’s not.
Matching is another issue. Even if Mazzy has several items she likes, she thinks she can wear them all at once which is definitely not the case. I mean, she can wear anything she wants (“That’s my CHOICE,” she tells me) but I am also allowed to tell her, “Well, you should trust me. That doesn’t look good together.” I’ll usually say it once and if she doesn’t want to listen, that is up to her.
Fashion is one of those battles that is rarely worth it, in my opinion.
We’ve been working with LittleMissMatched this year and their stuff seems to be the kind of clothes that Mazzy gravitates towards. It bridges the gap between kid and cool. For instance, they sent us a jacket for the fall that went over great. It’s denim with black leather sleeves (very cool), but also has multi-color snaps running down the front (very kid.)
Just in time for the holidays, LittleMissMatched upped their “cool” a notch. They sent us a new deluxe set called “Attach-a-Patch.”
The set includes all different patches— from smiley face emojis to cupcakes to letters of the alphabet— that you can stick on your clothes (to switch things up a bit) or iron on (for a more permanent look.)
It comes with markers and sparkly glue so that you can hand decorate the patches to make them original. You can also do things like layer a smiley face with a floral head band or add glasses and lipstick. Very Snapchat!
Mazzy was super excited about the set when she saw it, which is large and colorful and obviously met her new “cool” criteria.
“THIS IS COOL, MOM!” she said.
I took that as the highest compliment.
Her only issue was that Harlow was there when she opened it and immediately started crying that she wouldn’t get to join in on the fun. After a little arguing (and some threats that I would take the whole set away,) Mazzy agreed to let Harlow choose three patches for herself. Good thing we got the deluxe set.
Harlow chose the cupcake, the camera and the hot pink smiley face emoji. (Have I mentioned that Harlow is obsessed with a stuffed emoji with heart-eyes? She sleeps with it every night and calls it Moji. I must do a whole blog post on Moji soon.)
Next, the girls picked out clothes that they wanted to decorate. Mazzy picked her LittleMissMatched jacket and sneakers, thanks to them both being used as examples on the box. She also picked a plain pink t-shirt and a shirt with her school logo. Harlow picked an old jean jacket and a black long sleeve shirt.
Then the girls got to work, coloring their patches and sticking them on in the most ideal places.
I tried to lead them to where I thought the patches would look best, but I was quickly rebuffed. “No, Mom. I want it HERE.”
Alright, guys. Just like fashion battles aren’t worth it, patch placement battles seem unnecessary as well. In the end, the girls were thrilled with their clothes and had me iron on the patches they were most certain about.
On of my favorite moments was when Harlow spilled something on her dress and started to cry. She hates getting messy. And I was like, “I know! Let’s put a patch over the stain!” and that cheered her right up. We got one of the blue denim patches and decorated it with the letter “H” and an exclamation point. I dare say, her dress is even cuter than before.
But Harlow was most excited with her cupcake smiley face shirt. She colored that cupcake herself.
In conclusion, LittleMissMatched’s Attach-a-Patch makes for an excellent holiday gift for your not-so-little-anymore kid.
I hope your kids like the set as much as mine!
Giveaway:
If you’d like to win the Attach-a-patch set along with a $150 LittleMissMatched gift card, please leave a comment below! Just tell me which patch your kid would fight to the death for.
Winner will be announced on November 30th. Good luck!
WINNER UPDATE:
Congratulations to Kerrin! Please contact allie@mommyshorts.com to claim your prize!
Special Offers:
From Wednesday through Sunday, All Attach-a-Patch sets are 50% off! After Sunday, you can also use the promo code MOMMYSHORTS for 25% off the entire site + free shipping. That code is good until 12/31/16.
love the unicorn patch!
Right there with u with a 6 & 4 year old. They only want to wear certains things every morning. The unicorn and rainbow patches would be very popular in our household:)
OMG!!! I love that you are doing a giveaway! I was just shopping for something for my niece when this post came into my news feed as I switched back and forth between amazon and facebook! It’s like it was a sign!!!! She would LOVE the unicorn patch or the emojis patches!
That unicorn patch – for sure. 😉
Love the emoji patches! That is too cute
Omg we would both die for the unicorn and the cupcake patches!
My Ellie would be all about that unicorn, for sure. Such a clever product!
Unicorn or rainbow. Always the unicorn or rainbow. ? My older one is right behind Mazzy. She is six and is at the pink, glitter, sparkly stage. But I see signs of the cool stage every now and then.
My daughter would LOVE the cupcake patch! She is obsessed with cupcakes and ice cream!
My kids would fight over the bow and the yellow smiley emoji… the post says winner will be announced on X date.. when will the winner be announced?
A fight over the “Hello my name is” sticker/ badge! I would just wish to be able to write and erase as she changes her mood!
My unicorn-obessed daughter would love the purple unicorn patch! And the rainbow patch! She loves all things unicorns and rainbows these days!
The sparkles. All of the sparkles all of the time!
The donut! That’s a current obsession around here!
The eyes! They all go nuts over eyes. I’ve been “eyeing” this set at our local gift shop.
The cupcake patch for sure!!!
Tie between cupcake and anything emoji!
My daughter loves the yellow smiley. 🙂
My daughter would love the rainbow patch!
My 5 and 7 year old girls would love any and all of these patches! Right up their alley for sure!
Omg my 8 year old would ADORE the emoji patches!! Love it – and their clothes look great!!
My niece would LOVE the cupcake!
My niece and nephew would both be thrilled with this set!
If there is a mermaid, that would be the fight to the death patch my kids would argue over. If not, any patch that my 7 year old would like, is the one my 3 year old would want. and then she would steal it and hide it.
The letter patches. She loves letters.
Definitely the rainbow patch! 🙂
Definitely the unicorn patch, but only because I don’t see a cheetah there!
I would fight with my kid over the unicorn emoji!
the rainbow!
The unicorn patch would most definitely be the big hit in my house.
We are all about rainbows in this house! I may have to buy a deluxe set for a birthday party we’re hosting soon. I think a bunch of 6 year old girls would love it!
Oh my, my 7 year old, who vetoes multiple outfit choices every day, would LOVE the pink smiley face – or the unicorn.
Cupcake patch!
She would fight for the unicorn patch for sure! Unicorns and rainbows are her thing right now.
The color your own cupcake would probably be the winner – although her initials would definitely be up there too. Super Cute!
I could not ordered this fast enough for
My niece and now I’m wondering if my kids are going to flip out when they see it! They could use those letters like crazy and my oldest would be all over the cupcakes!
They love to argue so they would fight over all of them!
My 6 year old world love the unicorn! Just today I was trying to figure out her Christmas gifts, this is cute.
My 9 year old daughter would die for this set. She is so particular about what she wears. The patches would definitely elevate her cool fashion factor!
My daughter would love the cupcake patch
My daughters are emoji obsessed!! Love this ide!
I bet my son could pull most of these off too. He’s super obsessed with emojis these days and loves the color pink so he’d love this!!
The donut! For my son and daughter.
I think it would be those sunglasses! Although, I’m partial to the ‘you be you’.
Absolutely love this! With 5 & 6 year old girls, this would be a hit at our house for sure. The unicorn and cupcake would definitely be the most popular. There is something to be said about adding your own flair to an outfit!
Those letters!
My daughter would die for anything emoji !!!!
My 6 yr old went for the cupcake and donut 🙂
I think the sock patches are cute!
I want to give that set as a gift! She would love that unicorn patch for sure.
Donut
The emoji patches would go over big in our house!
She would probably be all about the donut one but like you I don’t even know anymore, it seems like her tastes change daily these days.
My niece Samantha would fight for the cupcake or an S for her name.
The emoji patches and letters would be favorites with my girls!
The yellow smiley wins out in any comparison! Personally I like the rainbow,
my kid would want the peace sign
Definitely the emoji patches!
My daughter would go nuts for the cupcake and unicorn patch.
And I know what you mean about their sense of style. My six year old used to be so easy going and now is really having an opinion about everything.
Of course, there are times she reminds me she’s still little as when I told her she couldn’t walk out just wearing her pink bulldog tights on the bottom (she had on a perfectly normal, cute top). Apparently telling her that her underwear was showing and that tights-as-pants was inappropriate was highly embarrassing and resulted in a 15 minute meltdown. We were late that day.
my daughter would looooove these! the big eyes, just looking at you! she’d go gagaga for that!
Cupcake for sure!!!!
My daughter would love the rainbow!!!
Cupcakes and rainbows would be big hits with my 6 and 3 year old girls : )
Emojis are super cool if you ask my kid. She would love those patches
The little socks.
my granddaughter would like the hot pink smiley face emoji and the unicorn
Oh man – my 4 year old going on 14 would love the cupcake and would put up a solid fight for it.
I know Olivia would love the unicorn! I think I need a set for me! This looks like so much fun! 🙂
cupcake!
My son will love the Unicorn patch.
My kids would love to decorate the socks patch or the cupcake!! So much fun!!!
Definately the unicorn!
The eyes, and the glasses!
Anything PINK!
very innovative idea. I like seeing something new!
Definitely the unicorn patch!
My girls would probably fight over the emojis and the glasses!
In our house it would have to be between the LOVE patch by the 4 year old (since it has a heart in it) and the sneaker for the 11 year old who is a true “sneakerhead”.
The peace sign. Because it’s “cool.” I don’t understand cool anymore, either.
do you know if little mis matched is still making clothing??? they don’t have any on their site????