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What’s the best advent calendar? We ask experts—kids! We surveyed the families that read our parenting books to find their all-time favorite advent calendars. Here are the ones that came out on top. FYI: We’ve been reviewing and rating products for the home and families since 1994. To keep things independent, we don’t take money or freebies from brands we review! Our work is 100% reader-supported!

What’s the best light box for tracing? For diamond painting? What about photography? We tried out light boxes from 7 brands before deciding these are the best bets. Yes, all these boxes are A4 compatible—some worked better for different tasks, however. FYI: We’ve been reviewing and rating products for the home and families since 1994. To keep things independent, we don’t take money or freebies from brands we review! Our work is 100% reader-supported!

What’s the best hot chocolate? To find out, we did a blind taste test with 9 different hot cocoas. (Yes, a tough job but someone had to do it). Which was best? Here are the winners, as judged by our chocolate enthusiasts. FYI: We’ve been reviewing and rating products for the home and families since 1994. To keep things independent, we don’t take money or freebies from brands we review! Our work is 100% reader-supported!

What’s the best heat press machine for t-shirts? We asked the pros—readers of ours who are custom t-shirt enthusiasts! We asked for their favorites and then
did another 7 hours of research. We compared overall quality, ease of use and durability. Here are the ones we’d recommend. FYI: We’ve been reviewing and rating products for the home and families since 1994. To keep things independent, we don’t take money or freebies from brands we review! Our work is 100% reader-supported!

What’s the best mini heat press? Heat press machines can help you create custom t-shirts, tote bags, coffee mugs and more. However, some large machines are overkill if you just want to personalize some gifts for friends . . . in that case, a mini heat press may be just the ticket. We interviewed our crafty parent readers for their suggestions—and then we took these picks and did 5 hours of more research. Which mini heat press was easiest to use? Had multiple heat settings? Best bang for the buck? Here are the ones we’d recommend. FYI: We’ve been reviewing and rating products for the home and families since 1994. To keep things independent, we don’t take money or freebies from brands we review! Our work is 100% reader-supported!