CULTURE BUZZ: An awesome, customizable fort-building set. Crazy Forts plus a bed sheet equals very cool forts.

The Best Links:

1. “Just add bedsheets for endless fun”
2. You Can Download Different “Blueprints” For Different Forts
3. “Just when you thought a kid’s world was powered exclusively by batteries…”

CULTURE BUZZ: A slew of artists and toy makers are creating real life renderings of children’s drawings. Artist Yeondoo Jung’s photo recreations of drawings by kindergarteners faithfully capture all the whimsy and skewed proportions of the originals. Kids these days get all the cool stuff: first those Heelys sneaker skates, then gummy vitamins, and now this.

The Best Links:

1. Child Drawings Turned Real Toys
2. “Ever Thought About Translating Your Kids Drawings Into a Photograph?”
3. I Totally Crapped My Pants, Then I Called Bullshit
4. Yeondoo Jung Official site
5. Kid Drawings Made Realistic - The Monster Engine
6. Your Drawings Stuffed With Recycled Material
7. Yeondoo Jung’s Photos from Crayon Drawings

STYLE BUZZ: Singer Beyoncé’s fashion line, House of Dereon, has created a collection for young girls. The controversial ad campaign features preschoolers in four inch heels, feather boas and looking generally trashy. I can only imagine how terrifying of the House of Dereon Baby collection must be.

The Best Links:

1. Pimp My Kid: The House of Dereon
2. Beyoncé Tarting Up Young Girls Too
3. Dereon Girls Ad Too Adult
4. When Advertising Goes Too Far: House of Dereon for Girls
5. “House of Dereon wants to turn your child into a baby slut!”
6. Vote On Whether You Think These Clothes Are Trashy
7. House of Dereon for Girls at Macy’s
8. Meet House of Dereon..BABY!