I recently found the lunchbox of my dreams.
It’s the cutest blue, red, and yellow little zip-up with a perfect cutlery pocket inside. As much as I wanted to gatekeep this find, I’m sharing it with all of you because your kids probably need it more than I do.
So here’s how you get it: If you head to the back corner of Golden Age Design in downtown Robbinsdale, you’ll find this lunchbox in a small but mighty children’s section of the store.
Carefully curated by Golden Age Design co-owner Kara Kurth, the store’s selection of children’s items includes high-quality, Montessori-inspired toys and school items. “The kids section was something that we've always really liked to pour into because happy kids make happy parents,” Kurth said.
The space includes items like wooden and plush toys, storage containers, and notebooks for “tiny hopes and dreams.” A parent herself, Kurth said her goal is to foster children’s imaginations and encourage play. “We really believe in them and don’t want their magic to disappear,” she said of the children in her life.
Kurth also thinks about the experience of parents and grandparents of children shopping in the store. Many of the items sold harken back to the days before technology dominated children’s entertainment. For adults, “it's like this passing of the torch – they're excited to share something that maybe they played with when they were little.”
Kurth emphasizes quality in addition to cultivating whimsy and nostalgia through her collection. Instead of buying pencils, erasers, and scissors from a big-box store that might last only a few months, she hopes her store can offer ethically-made and sustainably-sourced items that last years.
As she looks to the future, Kurth hopes her children will one day pass down items from her store to their own children. “We think those lessons are really important for kids – buying slower, buying quality items so you can use it for a lifetime.”
