# 4A's Creations > Fresh Ideas Everyone Will Benefit From ## Posts - [Toy Insider 2025 Holiday Gift Guide](https://4ascreations.com/toy-insider-2025-holiday-gift-guide/) - [Hot for the Holidays- Disco Island](https://4ascreations.com/hot-for-the-holidays-disco-island/) - [Disco Island Parents Award](https://4ascreations.com/disco-island-parents-award/) - [Mojo Nation Magazine](https://4ascreations.com/mojo-nation-magazine/) - [Hootenanny Articles- Disco Island Escape](https://4ascreations.com/hootenanny-articles-disco-island-escape/) - [Play Creators Award Finalists](https://4ascreations.com/play-creators-award-finalists/) - [Carteret County News-Times](https://4ascreations.com/carteret-county-news-times/) - [Platteville Alumni Magazine - Spring 2025](https://4ascreations.com/platteville-alumni-magazine-spring-2025/) - [Stress Check, Inventors Digest, May 2025, Vol. 41 – Issue 05](https://4ascreations.com/stress-check-inventors-digest-may-2025-vol-41-issue-05/): Couple's carefully tested educational products show promise for autistic and other children. - [Start at the Finish, Inventors Digest, March 2025, Vol. 41 – Issue 03](https://4ascreations.com/start-at-the-finish-inventors-digest-march-2025-vol-41-issue-03/): Couple's carefully tested educational products show promise for autistic and other children. - [Are You Game to Self-Publish?, Inventors Digest, January 2025, Vol. 41 – Issue 01](https://4ascreations.com/are-you-game-to-self-publish-inventors-digest-january-2025-vol-41-issue-01/): Couple's carefully tested educational products show promise for autistic and other children. - [TAGIE! She’s It!, Inventors Digest, December 2024, Vol. 40 – Issue 12](https://4ascreations.com/tagie-shes-it-inventors-digest-december-2024-vol-40-issue-12/): Couple's carefully tested educational products show promise for autistic and other children. - [What’s in Your Control?, Inventors Digest, November 2024, Vol. 40 – Issue 11](https://4ascreations.com/whats-in-your-control-inventors-digest-november-2024-vol-40-issue-11/): Couple's carefully tested educational products show promise for autistic and other children. - [Military Entrepreneur magazine - The Rosie Network](https://4ascreations.com/military-entrepreneur-magazine-the-rosie-network/) - [People of Play](https://4ascreations.com/inventor-makes-small-business-a-family-affair-2-2/): Couple's carefully tested educational products show promise for autistic and other children. - [April Mitchell and Carine Rosalia talk us through their first inventor collaboration: Am I a Dirtbag?](https://4ascreations.com/inventor-makes-small-business-a-family-affair-2/): Couple's carefully tested educational products show promise for autistic and other children. - [The Best-Laid Flight Plans, Inventors Digest, September 2024, Vol. 40 – Issue 09](https://4ascreations.com/the-best-laid-flight-plans-inventors-digest-september-2024-vol-40-issue-09/): Couple's carefully tested educational products show promise for autistic and other children. - [Mistakes in Building Relationships, Inventors Digest, August 2024, Vol. 40 – Issue 08](https://4ascreations.com/mistakes-in-building-relationships-inventors-digest-august-2024-vol-40-issue-08/): Couple's carefully tested educational products show promise for autistic and other children. - [Let's Make a Deal, Inventors Digest, June 2024, Vol. 40 – Issue 06](https://4ascreations.com/lets-make-a-deal-inventors-digest-june-2024-vol-40-issue-06/): Couple's carefully tested educational products show promise for autistic and other children. - [Pitching to a New Industry, Inventors Digest, May 2024, Vol. 40 – Issue 05](https://4ascreations.com/pitching-to-a-new-industry-inventors-digest-may-2024-vol-40-issue-05/): Couple's carefully tested educational products show promise for autistic and other children. - [4 at the Core, Inventors Digest, April 2024, Vol. 40 – Issue 04](https://4ascreations.com/4-at-the-core-inventors-digest-april-2024-vol-40-issue-04/): Couple's carefully tested educational products show promise for autistic and other children. - [Let’s Make a Deal, Inventors Digest, March 2024, Vol. 40 – Issue 03](https://4ascreations.com/lets-make-a-deal-inventors-digest-march-2024-vol-40-issue-03/): Couple's carefully tested educational products show promise for autistic and other children. - [Courting That Spark, Inventors Digest, January 2024, Vol. 40 – Issue 01](https://4ascreations.com/courting-that-spark-inventors-digest-january-2024-vol-40-issue-01/): Couple's carefully tested educational products show promise for autistic and other children. - [Inventor Makes Small Business A Family Affair](https://4ascreations.com/inventor-makes-small-business-a-family-affair/): Couple's carefully tested educational products show promise for autistic and other children. - [A Gold Mine, Inventors Digest, October 2023, Vol. 39 – Issue 10](https://4ascreations.com/a-gold-mine-inventors-digest-october-2023-vol-39-issue-10/): Couple's carefully tested educational products show promise for autistic and other children. - [A Week in the Life, Inventors Digest, September 2023, Vol. 39 – Issue 09](https://4ascreations.com/a-week-in-the-life-inventors-digest-september-2023-vol-39-issue-09/): Couple's carefully tested educational products show promise for autistic and other children. - [Product, or Presentation?, Inventors Digest, August 2023, Vol. 39 – Issue 08](https://4ascreations.com/product-or-presentation-inventors-digest-august-2023-vol-39-issue-08/): Couple's carefully tested educational products show promise for autistic and other children. - [5 Fatal Flaws, Inventors Digest, July 2023, Vol. 39 – Issue 07](https://4ascreations.com/5-fatal-flaws-inventors-digest-july-2023-vol-39-issue-07/): Couple's carefully tested educational products show promise for autistic and other children. - [3 Big Questions, Inventors Digest, May 2023, Vol. 39 – Issue 05](https://4ascreations.com/3-big-questions-inventors-digest-may-2023-vol-39-issue-05/): Couple's carefully tested educational products show promise for autistic and other children. - [Trouble With a Licensee?, Inventors Digest, April 2023, Vol. 39 – Issue 04](https://4ascreations.com/trouble-with-a-licensee-inventors-digest-april-2023-vol-39-issue-04/): Couple's carefully tested educational products show promise for autistic and other children. - [Special-needs Eureka, Inventors Digest, March 2023, Vol. 39 – Issue 03](https://4ascreations.com/special-needs-eureka-inventors-digest-march-2023-vol-39-issue-03/): Couple's carefully tested educational products show promise for autistic and other children. - [Invent Some Balance, Inventors Digest, February 2023, Vol. 39 – Issue 03](https://4ascreations.com/invent-some-balance-inventors-digest-february-2023-vol-39-issue-03/): Set aside daily time for creating, pondering business aspects, even visualization. - [My LinkedIn Life, Inventors Digest, January 2023, Vol. 39 – Issue 01](https://4ascreations.com/my-linkedin-life/): IMAGINE A PLACE where you can open multiple doors at a time and create opportunities for yourself or your product as an inventor. - [2 Show Types, 1 Goal, Inventors Digest, December 2022, Vol. 38 - Issue 12](https://4ascreations.com/2-show-types-1-goal-inventors-digest-december-2022-vol-38-issue-12/): INDUSTRY SHOWS are all alike, correct? Wrong! - [Gifts that Celebrate Our Gifted Investors, Inventors Digest, November 2022, Vol. 38 – Issue 11](https://4ascreations.com/gifts-that-celebrate-our-gifted-investors-inventors-digest-november-2022-vol-38-issue-11/): IN A WORLD where retail Goliaths often dominate market share (and infringement lawsuits) at the expense of mom-and-pop stores and independent inventors, it’s important to remember that an idea starts in the mind of one person. - [Make That Pitch Sizzle!, Inventors Digest, October 2022, Vol. 38 – Issue 10](https://4ascreations.com/make-that-pitch-sizzle-inventors-digest-october-2022-vol-38-issue-10/): THIS SUMMER, my team did a video shoot on the beach for a new outdoor/yard game. - [5 Pointers on Pitching, Investors Digest, September 2022, Vol. 38 - Issue 09](https://4ascreations.com/5-pointers-on-pitching-investors-digest-september-2022-vol-38-issue-09/): THERE ARE so many things to be aware of when pitching or presenting your invention to companies. - [Whose Idea is it, Really?, Investors Digest, August 2022, Vol. 38 - Issue 08](https://4ascreations.com/whose-idea-is-it-really-investors-digest-august-2022-vol-38-issue-08/): “IF YOU don’t get it on the market, someone will.” If you are in the inventing industry, chances are you have heard this. I know I have. - [You Got a Licensing Deal! But..., Investors Digest, July 2022, Vol. 38 - Issue 07](https://4ascreations.com/you-got-a-licensing-deal-but-investors-digest-july-2022-vol-38-issue-07/): CONGRATULATIONS, you signed a licensing contract! - [If I Only Knew Then, Investors Digest, June 2022, Vol. 38 - Issue 06](https://4ascreations.com/if-i-only-knew-then-investors-digest-june-2022-vol-38-issue-06/): I REMEMBER the moment I had my first “idea” like it was yesterday, as well as all the steps and processes I went through trying to get it licensed and on the market. - [Ugh! Your Product Already Exists, Inventors Digest, May 2022, Vol. 38 - Issue 05](https://4ascreations.com/ugh-your-product-already-exists-inventors-digest-may-2022-vol-38-issue-05/): FOR MANY INVENTORS, it’s a painful refrain. Now you have to decide how you will face the music. - [When to Stop Pitching?, Inventors Digest, April 2022, Vol. 38 - Issue 04](https://4ascreations.com/when-to-stop-pitching-inventors-digest-april-2022-vol-38-issue-04/): These are the words every inventor wants to hear! This is what we work toward and why we do what we do. - [Don't Add to the Divide, Inventors Digest, March 2022, Vol. 38 - Issue 03](https://4ascreations.com/dont-add-to-the-divide-inventors-digest-march-2022-vol-38-issue-03/): ON WHICH SIDE of the Inventing Sea are you? - [And Here's the Pitch..., Inventors Digest, February 2022, Vol. 38 – Issue 02](https://4ascreations.com/and-heres-the-pitch-inventors-digest-february-2022-vol-38-issue-02/): "MY DUCKS ARE IN A ROW, but I can’t get them quacking!” Say what? - [Idea Power From Your Back Pocket, Inventors Digest, January 2022, Vol. 38 - Issue 01](https://4ascreations.com/idea-power-from-your-back-pocket-inventors-digest-january-2022-vol-38-issue-01/): "WHAT ELSE YOU GOT?” I was asked with enthusiasm from a potential licensee while on a meeting. - [April Mitchell on Team Creativity, Innovation, Dr. Pepper and More! tBR Person of the Week](https://4ascreations.com/april-mitchell-on-team-creativity-innovation-dr-pepper-and-more-tbr-person-of-the-week/): I get to have fun by creating and playin- and I do so with my team- my family! It doesn’t get much better than that! I am an inventor/toy and game designer. - [Military Entrepreneur Magazine Spring 2021](https://4ascreations.com/military-entrepreneur-magazine-spring-2021/): A digital publication powered by The Rosie Network. The Rosie Network is a 50l(c)3 non-profit organization. - [Milspouse, Inventor, Mom!, Military Spouse, March/April 2021](https://4ascreations.com/military-spouse-march-april-2021/): April Mitchell is a Marine Corps spouse and homeschooling mom of four kids. But she doesn't let those labels define her. - [April Mitchell – Military Spouse, Inventor, Owner of 4A’s Creations LLC](https://4ascreations.com/april-mitchell-military-spouse-inventor-owner-of-4as-creations-llc/): One or her more recent inventions is the Right Height adjustable over the door hook. Again this was a result of landing in a house that didn’t have many closets, and the door hooks were too high for her children to reach. It is available in major retailer and provides easy access to the whole family. She is now a two time patent holder. - [5 Inventing and Licensing Trends That Will Dominate In 2021, Entrepreneur](https://4ascreations.com/5-inventing-and-licensing-trends-that-will-dominate-in-2021-entrepreneur/): This is one of the most significant developments for inventors that I have observed. - [Entrepreneur, military spouse donates to Wounded Warriors Battalion - West, DVIDS](https://4ascreations.com/entrepreneur-military-spouse-donates-to-wounded-warriors-battalion-west-dvids/): April Mitchell, entrepreneur, speaks with Marines at Wounded Warriors Battalion - West on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Nov. 15, 2019. ## Pages - [Resources](https://4ascreations.com/resources/): From Monthly Articles at Inventor's Digest, to Podcasts, Videos, and Masterclasses - find everything about April Mitchell here! - [Home](https://4ascreations.com/): Meet April Mitchell– 4A's Creations Founder, Award-winning Inventor, Designer, Educator, Writer, and Speaker. - [Homev1](https://4ascreations.com/homev1/): April Mitchell– Award-winning Inventor, Designer, Educator, Speaker–invents products in various industries for license. - [Home-OLD](https://4ascreations.com/home-old/): Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. 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Opposing teams decide who starts offense or defense. - [Formworm](https://4ascreations.com/product/formworm/): Fun, fast-paced game for the whole family, where you twist and turn worms into correct shapes, according to card instructions. - [Lazer Balloons](https://4ascreations.com/product/lazer-balloons/): Our NEW innovative balloon that goes above and beyond! Our Lazer Balloons use a proprietary light projecting device that instantly puts a full color, light up design on the giant 18” balloon. Bright color is projected for up to 9 hours. Fill the balloon with air or helium and use the included display stand to light up the room. Lazer Balloons are perfect for all in-the-dark parties, including neon parties, glow-in-the-dark themes and more! This product is designed for use in dark spaces. - [Caterpeeler](https://4ascreations.com/product/caterpeeler/): Now here’s a kitchen gadget so good it’ll give you butterflies! Caterpeeler is as charming as it is useful for fruit and veggie prep. - [Clueless Party Game - Ugh as if! Edition - Board Game for Adults](https://4ascreations.com/product/clueless-party-game-ugh-as-if-edition-board-game-for-adults/): THE NOSTALGIA IS REAL! This party game is all about friendships, fashion, and most importantly, all things Clueless! - [Women Inventors and the 7 Percent: the idea was just the beginning](https://4ascreations.com/product/women-inventors-and-the-7-percent-the-idea-was-just-the-beginning/): It was an aha moment… …that would change their lives forever. Russie Coy Jones was taking care of her father, who suffered with COPD and dementia fell during a blackout in 2009. Guess what she turned her idea into? what can we learn from these invention stories? - [Become a Professional Inventor: The Insider's Guide to Companies Looking for Ideas](https://4ascreations.com/product/become-a-professional-inventor-the-insiders-guide-to-companies-looking-for-ideas/): You have decided the job of your dreams is to be able to share your creativity with the world while creating a nice income. You long to see your product idea come to fruition so you never have to work for anyone else again. Stephen Key has been living this dream for over 30 years and has provided the roadmap for others in his best-selling book about licensing inventions, One Simple Idea. One Simple Idea has helped thousands license their product ideas. Stephen has reinvented the inventing process. - [INVENTOR SECRETS : How 40 successful inventors got from idea to product](https://4ascreations.com/product/inventor-secrets-how-40-successful-inventors-got-from-idea-to-product/): How often have you come across a new invention and wondered to yourself, “If only I had thought of it?” or worse still, realized it was based on an idea you had years back but had not acted upon. The following is a collection of inventor stories where people from a broad range of backgrounds, not just had an idea but took it further getting it developed and are reaping the benefits of their inventions. 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