by Cool Mom Team | Entertainment + Media
Brooklyn parents have surely overheard other moms in the supermarket or the corner diner saying, "Oh we signed up for Kevin…he’s the best." They’re talking about Kevin Meeker, who teaches one of the more popular Music for Aardvark classes...
by Cool Mom Team | Books for Kids
I am such a crazy Mo Willems stalker-fan that when I heard I missed meeting him at Toy Fair this year by about 30 seconds I nearly cried. His collection of children’s books are this generation’s Dr. Seuss or Curious George. Willems’ newest release in...
by Cool Mom Team | Fashion
A reader recently turned us on to Heather B. Moore Jewelry and now, well, we’re turned on. What can I say, awesome, expensive custom baubles make me hot. (Hint to the sigOth.)I think any of this talented artist’s (blown glass, painting, photography, metal...
by Cool Mom Team | Helpful Services
Self-serve baby announcements that you create on the computer aren’t necessarily my thing. Although I appreciate the cost savings (particular for children number two through 17) I am always squidgy about the quality of those things, to say nothing of the banal...
by Cool Mom Team | Cards + Stationery
With Mother’s Day on the horizon, there is definitely one gift you do not need and that’s a World’s Greatest Mom mouse pad. Or pencil holder. Or stationery. Not that you wouldn’t love it and cherish it with every fiber of your being, of course....
by Cool Mom Team | Fashion
Mother’s Day is coming, and once again you’re thinking "Wouldn’t it be nice to have a piece of mother’s jewelry?" and in the next breath, "Too bad I sort of hate mother’s jewelry." I’ve been there. And until I...
by Cool Mom Team | Toys + Playthings
For those of you who have searched high and low to find a finger puppet in the shape of a piece of matzoh, you are in luck, for we have found that very thing in the set of plush 4 Questions Finger Puppets. The matzoh joins reversible friends Reclining Chair, Radish,...
by Cool Mom Team | Cards + Stationery
Who among us hasn’t scribbled her digits on a gum wrapper at the park? I have, and ended up handing off my work business card just a few weeks ago when I met a new mom/daughter pair at the children’s museum. Do I really want my new friend to call me at the...
by Cool Mom Team | Kid Style
One of the perks of editing Cool Mom Picks is that I get to run around trade shows with a press pass acting all important (ha) while checking out the cute designer kids clothes that won’t be out for another six months. One of the frustrating things about it: The...
by Cool Mom Team | Fashion
Since we focus mainly on the under 6 set here at Cool Mom Picks, we realize that leaves a bunch of extremely cool mamas out. Truth is, most of the super indie and handmade items we find are for kids still needing their butts wiped. But when we come across a great pick...