{"id":145147,"date":"2022-10-20T09:00:29","date_gmt":"2022-10-20T13:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mothermag.com\/?p=145147"},"modified":"2023-03-05T07:54:30","modified_gmt":"2023-03-05T12:54:30","slug":"follies-chloe-varelidi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mothermag.com\/follies-chloe-varelidi\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet The Mama Behind Follies: Open-Ended Toys Inspired By Modern Art"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Making forts is a tried-and-true creative activity for kiddos. And with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.playfollies.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Follies<\/a>, that creativity is dialed up several notches. Founded by globally-minded, DC-based mother of two Chloe Varelidi, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.playfollies.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Follies<\/a> creates a variety of open-ended toys and DIY sets that allow children to build whatever their imagination desires\u2014including bold, colorful shapes and play spaces inspired by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.playfollies.com\/products\/the-casa-azul-set\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Frida Kahlo<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.playfollies.com\/products\/follies-the-bauhaus-set\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bauhaus<\/a>. Plus, the brand just recently debuted goods <a href=\"https:\/\/www.playfollies.com\/products\/the-baby-bauhaus-set\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">for babies<\/a>\u2014right in time for the holiday shopping season ahead.<\/p>\n<h4>Get to know the mama behind Follies and hear about her latest creations, below!<\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Making forts is a tried-and-true creative activity for kiddos. And with Follies, that creativity is dialed up several notches. Founded by globally-minded, DC-based mother of two Chloe Varelidi, Follies creates a variety of open-ended toys and DIY sets that allow children to build whatever their imagination desires\u2014including bold, colorful shapes and play spaces inspired by&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":145179,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[78,145],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mothermag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145147"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mothermag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mothermag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mothermag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mothermag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=145147"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.mothermag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145147\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":151706,"href":"https:\/\/www.mothermag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145147\/revisions\/151706"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mothermag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/145179"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mothermag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=145147"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mothermag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=145147"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mothermag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=145147"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}