60+ Pics From Crate & Kids’ Back-To-School Bash
Written by Katie Hintz-Zambrano
Photography by Jasmine Pulley
Our Back-To-School Bash with Crate & Kids in Chicago was an absolute blast (to say the very least). Hundreds of moms, dads, and kids came out to pick out their brand-new backpacks by Crate & Kids, and fill them up with a variety of goodies at our exclusive Backpack Bar experience. This included a bevy of snacks and school supplies by LunchBots, Stasher, Hiya, Candlewick Press, Sunnie, Lesser Evil, BaubleBar, Yoobi, Tubby Todd, Happy Wolf, Soley, Surebonder, New Primal, GoodPop, and Evergreen. Our friends at Hearth were there to lead the way, setting up their beloved Hearth Display and helping kids check-off all of the items on their BTS list.
In addition to our Backpack Bar and shopping Crate & Kids’ adorable back-to-school collection (backpacks, water bottles, lunchboxes, pencil cases, and more!), guests enjoyed an iced coffee bar by Jot x MALK, a stunning grazing board by Chicago’s own Broken Tart, filled with Sunnie grain-free crackers, cheese, and other delights, personality portraits by Ajah Lexi, and DIY backpack-charm making with BaubleBar. Take us back!
Check-out our Back-To-School Bash with MOTHER and Crate & Kids below!
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- Striking a pose in front of the backpack wall.
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- Trying on her new Crate & Kids backpack to start her adventure.
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- Which is your favorite? (See all the options here!)
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- Mix and match accessories, too!
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- A peek at our thrilling Backpack Bar experience.
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- Surebonder's mini glue guns and colorful glue sticks were a hit!
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- Want some Sunnie snacks?
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- Kids got to try two flavors of grain-free Sunnie crackers, plus the S'more Snack.
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- Hearth founder Susie Harrison was on hand to show families her awesome creation: the Hearth Display.
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- Kiddos got to use the Hearth Display to check-off all of their Backpack Bar goodies and make sure they didn't miss anything.
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- Kate Scofield pitched in to help out at the Backpack Bar.
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- Kate handing out Stasher bags and lunch boxes from back-to-school favorite LunchBots. Kids got to take their pick of several vibrant colors of bento boxes.
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- Those bags are getting heavy!
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- Soley provided Organic Mango & Guava and Mango & Orange fruit gummies—yum!
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- Fill 'er up!
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- A mom and kid dream experience.
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- Hiya multivitamins to keep kids healthy all school year long.
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- Welcoming back-to-school season with full hands and hearts.
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- Goodies from our friends at GoodPop.
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- Happy Wolf included two flavors of their fridge-free snack bars: Chocolate Chip and Strawberry.
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- You can never have too many back-to-school snacks.
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Candlewick Press books lined up for kids to take their pick of four compelling titles.
These included Circle by Mac Barnett and Jon Klassen, Dazzle Makes A Wish by Cynthia Lord and Stephanie Graegin, Good Night, Little Bookstore by Amy Cherrix and E. B. Goodale, and Over The Shop by JonArno Lawson and Qin Leng.
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- Walking our little readers through the offerings.
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- All of the adorable Crate & Kids backpacks were filled to the brim with goodies by LunchBots, Stasher, Hiya, Candlewick Press, Sunnie, Lesser Evil, BaubleBar, Yoobi, Tubby Todd, Happy Wolf, Soley, Surebonder, New Primal, GoodPop, and Evergreen.
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- The absolutely stunning spread by the mama-owned, Chicago-based Broken Tart.
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- Sunnie grain-free crackers, cheese, cookies, muffins, tarts, a mountain of fresh butter, and other delights.
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- Sunnie grain-free crackers (in Sea Salt and Cheddar) were the savory stars of the spread.
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- Be on the lookout for Sunnie crackers and other back-to-school snacks at Target, Whole Foods, Thrive Market, and more!
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- Over a week later, and we're still drooling about this Broken Tart spread.
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- As delicious as it was beautiful.
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- Jot's limited edition Summer blend includes notes of mango, chocolate, and grape.
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Just take one tablespoon of Jot's coffee concentrate, 8 oz. of water or milk (or MALK!), and you've got a barista-level coffee at home!
We're hooked!
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- A back-to-school photobooth moment.
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- Cute kiddos everywhere—from preschool to elementary school and up!
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- Morgan Mikowski of Crate & Kids strikes a pose.
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- Moms and kids getting crafty.
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- To deck out their new backpacks, our guests created charms using BaubleBar beads.
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- Endless colors, patterns, and sparkle to choose from!
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- Plus, fuzzy little pom-poms.
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- We loved seeing the kids' creations.
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- A little help from mama.
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- Coffee for moms + crafts for the kids = a winning Sunday.
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- Happy mama friends, all around.
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- And adorable mama-kiddo pairings.
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- The scene on the 3rd floor of Crate & Barrel on W North Ave—which includes a Crate & Kids shop-in-shop.
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- School-ready littles (and mamas) with their backpacks and apples.
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- Enjoying a Sunnie x Broken Tart combo plate.
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- Be on the lookout for these sweet mama-and-me portraits on Instagram.
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- A fun sister-cousin outting.
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- Back-to-school ready!
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- Susie Harrison of Hearth and yours truly.
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- A little beading is good for all ages.
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- Happy kids = happy mamas.
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- OOLY's Foil-tastic Foil Art kept kiddos busy, too.
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- A great option for low-mess fun.
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- Meanwhile, out in the store...
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- Impromptu story time.
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- Photo opps.
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- Cute family moments.
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- Matching mommy-and-me style.
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- Lots of backpack love.
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- And now we're ready for school!
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- Until next time...
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