7 of the coolest affordable photo gifts for Mother’s Day, all under $50

by Cool Mom Team | DIY

With Mother’s Day just around the corner, you may be like us, thinking hm, I have 8 bazillion amazing photos on my computer and my smart phone — maybe I can finally do something with them? Like say turning them into some really cool but affordable photo...

11 messy projects for preschoolers that let you be The Fun Parent

by Cool Mom Team | DIY

If you find yourself saying Don’t make a mess! to your curious, imaginative, and, yeah, messy preschooler more times than you care to count, we’re going to challenge you to say Let’s make a mess for a change. Wait til you see how good that feels. Oh...

5 gorgeous photo gifts for Mother’s Day that are worthy of the photos

by Cool Mom Team | DIY

We’ve always said that some of our favorite Mother’s Day gifts are personalized, and well, you can’t get more personalized than photos of your own kids and family. Of course, not all photo gifts are created equal. (Sorry, badly printed photo mugs.)...

The most fun printable Haggadah for kids we’ve ever seen

by Liz Gumbinner | DIY

While mostly what kids look forward to in a Passover Seder is finding the matzoh, reading the four questions and stuffing their faces with as many macaroons or chocolate-covered Matzoh as possible, a few years back we discovered a clever Passover Haggadah for...

10 cool free printable Easter coloring pages for kids who’ve moved past fat washable markers

by Liz Gumbinner | DIY, Easter Gifts

If you’re looking for some last minute Easter crafts for your kids, and making your own hand-stitched Easter bunny doll from vintage fabrics you scavenged from estate sales isn’t quite on the agenda, printable coloring pages are always a hit. At least in...

17 of the coolest bunny crafts for Easter we can’t resist. Oh, the kids too, of course.

by Christina Refford | DIY, Easter Gifts

Many of us are going to turn the calendar over to April and realize, with a start, that Easter is a blink away on April 5. Or today, it’s a week away. So use this last week to decorate eggs, make Eastery treats, and finish shopping for those baskets. And if you...

17 of the most incredibly clever pop culture Easter eggs, from Star Wars to Frozen to Minecraft and beyond.

by Christina Refford | DIY, Easter Gifts

Looking for your Easter eggs to have a little more personality this year? We’ve got lots of amazingly creative ideas for pop culture Easter eggs that give a nod to those characters and creatures we all know and love, like our favorite superheroes, more than a...

6 easy St. Patrick’s Day crafts for kids that look pretty darn cute.

by Christina Refford | DIY

As we all know, everyone is Irish on St. Patrick’s Day, so even my family dons the green and plays some jigs on March 17th. And though we don’t go crazy decorating our house with shamrocks or setting up leprechaun traps, there are plenty of easy,...

17 super cool Easter egg decorating ideas that are all about the color.

by Liz Gumbinner | DIY, Easter Gifts

Every year, my family looks for cool ways to decorate Easter eggs that doesn’t require crafting skills far beyond what I have myself — which is not much. That said, my kids adore the tradition and love experimenting with new ways to play around with...

The Easter Bunny is coming to town. And he’s naked. For now.

by Liz Gumbinner | DIY, Easter Gifts

This is the time we start thinking Easter for you all, and as always, we love finding special little treats for the Easter baskets that aren’t necessarily your typical drugstore-shelf chocolate bunny. So I think this Easter Bunny painting kit is just perfect,...

We are all Grinning Face about these cute DIY emoji Easter eggs

by Liz Gumbinner | DIY, Easter Gifts

Considering emoji are like the new Angry Birds (or Minecraft creepers, or Anna and Elsa, or name your favorite humongo pop culture icon here), I couldn’t help but smile when I saw the emoji Easter egg DIY craft from Studio DIY. Your text-happy kids will get a...

Paint inspiration for 4 cool DIY home decor projects. Color nerds, we have you covered.

by PJ Feinstein | DIY

Where do you go for design inspiration now that the Pinterest feed changes have totally screwed up your experience? If you’re looking for paint inspiration to freshen up your home decor, you need to visit the blog of Colorhouse Paint, a brand that’s a...