The Huffington Post has published a wonderfully comprehensive list of organizations providing earthquake relief in Haiti, along with instructions on how to donate to their causes. Two organizations whose efforts are specifically targeted toward children’s aid are UNICEF and Save The Children.

The Elias Zoo iPhone app offers 22 adorable illustrations of animals. Just poke the picture of the animal to hear the sound it makes. See the demo at eliassmiles.com.

If your kids already have the North Pole on the brain, they will completely flip when they watch this personalized video message from Santa. It's free and takes less than five minutes to program at the Portable North Pole.

With Crayola's "Lights, Camera, Color!" feature, you can upload your own photos to the Crayola website and convert them to coloring book pages. No joke. It's the coolest thing ever. It takes two seconds, but you need an "access code," which you can find on the inside of specially marked boxes of crayons—or you can try using our code: PR24QCHT. Test it out at crayola.com

TV Guide has published a calendar listing the broadcast dates, times, and stations for all the holiday specials, from Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade through to Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin Eve. Frosty, Rudolph, the Grinch, It's A Wonderful Life—they're all listed. View the complete calendar at tvguide.com.

The Yule Tree-To-Be Kit comes with everything you need to plant a Scotch Pine, which should grow to be 7-8 feet in six to eight years. (Makes a great gift for Christmastime babies.) $19.50 at arenaturals.com.

It's been a year-and-a-half since Carvel started making cupcakes topped with ice cream, and somehow no one told us. Chances are, if you don't see them at your local store, they'll be happy to make some for you. YUM. Carvel.com.

If you're not lucky enough to live near the Fashionology store in LA, order one of their DIY kits so you can help your kids design and embellish their own tees, tanks, pants and hoodies at home. Cute, fun, genius. www.fashionology.com

We stumbled upon these new Pasta and Pizza Kits from Ian's, at Wholefoods. Genius, yummy, and fun. Oh, and healthy, too. www.iansnaturalfoods.com

The best new rainy day activity is definitely Create Your Own Spot Story. Log on to FunWithSpot.com, pick a scene (the backyard, the beach), drag and drop your favorite Spot characters anywhere on the page, then add your own text in speech bubbles. Create as many pages as you wish, then print. Voila: your custom Spot story. www.funwithspot.com