by Christina Refford | Party Ideas
The story of Alice in Wonderland involves a tea party, funny little cakes, a menagerie of characters and lots of adventure. In other words, all the ingredients for a kid-friendly birthday party, as my daughter has recently discovered for herself. When she inevitably...
by Cool Mom Team | Party Ideas
I am beyond grateful for all the pretty boxes and gift bags out there because I am 1. Totally spazzy with wrapping paper (seriously, it’s sad) and 2. Totally impatient with long gift wrap lines at department stores. Let’s also add 3. Totally annoyed with...
by Cool Mom Team | Party Ideas
When I was a new mom, I swore that I would never make tableware “an issue.” I would stick with neutral plates and bowls, basic silverware, and my kids would just deal with it. Right.As it turns out, serving dinner on “your special plate” can...
by Cool Mom Team | Party Ideas
I’m always on the lookout for goodie bag favors that aren’t mini plastic Slinkies from the dollar store. And last week I discovered the adorable Crazyoleez crayons and I thought, now there’s a winner.Two passionate moms essentially melt all sorts of...
by Cool Mom Team | Party Ideas
It didn’t take me too long to learn that younger kids are pretty much scared out of their wits by a lot of the costumes and decorations that are par for the course on Halloween. Forget bloody eyeballs or Scream masks — even the giant inflatable Shrek...
by Cool Mom Team | Party Ideas
If I had my way, birthday decorations would be limited to a couple of mylar balloons. It’s not that I don’t appreciate a good birthday celebration. It’s just that when you pile on the streamers and the birthday signs and the confetti (oh how I loathe...
by Cool Mom Team | Party Ideas
I owe a whopping thanks to Big Day Chains for getting me to my daughter’s 5th birthday (today!) without completely losing my mind. Because if there’s anything more annoying than the “Are we there yet?” question, it’s “How many days...
by Cool Mom Team | Party Ideas
As anyone who’s ever thrown a party knows, you need about six times as many cups as guests. Mainly because half of them get wasted when the guests get…well, wasted…and forget which half-full cup was theirs after they put it down. Or worse, instead of...
