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From Elle Woods to Fresh Prince: 12 of the best 90s Halloween costumes for kids

From Elle Woods to Fresh Prince: 12 of the best 90s Halloween costumes for kids

by Caroline Siegrist | Holiday Picks, Kids, Party Ideas

For my fellow millennial parents who need a laugh, I present these hilarious 90s throwback Halloween costumes for kids, all inspired by the decade of our misspent youth. We’ve got Fresh Prince! Wayne’s World! Clueless! As if… you couldn’t tell...
The coolest free school printables: Lunch notes, planners, labels, chore charts and more | Back to School Guide

The coolest free school printables: Lunch notes, planners, labels, chore charts and more | Back to School Guide

by Cool Mom Staff | Back to School Shopping, School Gear

Back to school time isn’t just about shopping! (Not that there’s anything wrong with shopping, of course.) One of our favorite annual traditions is sharing our favorite back to school printables in our Back to School Guide to help make the school year...
Free printables for kindergarten: Sight word help, 12 ways | Back to School Guide

Free printables for kindergarten: Sight word help, 12 ways | Back to School Guide

by Liz Gumbinner | Back to School Shopping, DIY

Finding all of these free sight word printables for kindergarten instantly brings me back to those sweet early days of school, sniff. I have teens now, but I remember how scary it could be to send your kid off to kindergarten, hoping that their reading and writing...
The coolest lunch box accessories, water bottles, and other goodies to make school lunch more fun | Back to School Shopping Guide

The coolest lunch box accessories, water bottles, and other goodies to make school lunch more fun | Back to School Shopping Guide

by Liz Gumbinner | Back to School Shopping, School Gear

Each year, in our annual back to school shopping guide, we always love tracking down those cool lunch box accessories, water bottles, bentos, and other fun goodies that help make opening that same old lunch box every day a little more special. Some of of these lunch...
Setting up a study space at home: Tips to make it one your kid will actually use

Setting up a study space at home: Tips to make it one your kid will actually use

by Liz Gumbinner | Back to School Shopping, Kids' Furniture, School Gear, Storage + Organization, Tips + Tricks

So many parents have learned over the past few years that setting up a study space at home is more important than ever. Maybe you homeschool, maybe your kids just need a dedicated space for homework, or maybe they’ve got virtual tutoring or other extracurricular...
7 creative time-saving hacks to save your back-to-school routine.  | Back to School Guide

7 creative time-saving hacks to save your back-to-school routine. | Back to School Guide

by Kate Etue | Back to School Shopping, DIY, Tips + Tricks

When we think back to school season, we’re also thinking about those time-saving hacks we dust off to ease out of the summer groove and ready for our September (or August!) routines. While our Annual Back to School Guide mostly features the coolest new...
15 of the coolest backpacks for preschool and kindergarten  | Back to School Shopping Guide

15 of the coolest backpacks for preschool and kindergarten | Back to School Shopping Guide

by Liz Gumbinner | Back to School Shopping, School Gear

When we put together our picks for the coolest backpacks for preschool and kindergarten each year, we think about how exciting it is for little ones to pick what may likely be their very first school gear ever. They seriously geek out over all their  school...
Lunch bags and totes for teens who have outgrown lunch boxes | Back to School Shopping

Lunch bags and totes for teens who have outgrown lunch boxes | Back to School Shopping

by Liz Gumbinner | Back to School Shopping, Kids

As our kids have gotten older, we know they prefer lunch bags to lunch boxes because it’s so much easier to shove into a backpack–especially when they may or may not have a locker. And of course, it doesn’t look so “little kid” The key is...
20 cool backpacks for teens this year | Back to School Guide

20 cool backpacks for teens this year | Back to School Guide

by Liz Gumbinner | Back to School Shopping, School Gear

When we look for cool backpacks for teens, it’s not enough for them to just be, you know, cool. As kids head to middle school or high school— especially after a whole year at home more or less (sigh) — they need bigger, sturdier backpacks, better shoulder...
13 dorm room essentials you might not have considered | Back to School Guide 2023

13 dorm room essentials you might not have considered | Back to School Guide 2023

by Lisa Barnes | Back to School Shopping, Living

I’ve become a bit of a pro at picking out dorm room essentials, which means separating the must-haves from the nice-to-haves from the not-going-to-haves. Especially iff I’m paying for it. Having sent all of my three kids away to college, it’s become...
10 really cool Father’s Day gifts you’ll find at Uncommon Goods

10 really cool Father’s Day gifts you’ll find at Uncommon Goods

by Christina Refford | Father's Day Gifts, For the Menfolk

If you judged dads by the Father’s Day cards in the racks, it would seem like all dads ever do is golf, drink beer, and hog the TV remote. But the dads in our lives are so much more interesting and nuanced which is why we love turning to Uncommon Goods for...
DIY gift basket ideas for Father’s Day: Get inspired with these 5 fun themes!

DIY gift basket ideas for Father’s Day: Get inspired with these 5 fun themes!

by Lisa Barnes | DIY, Father's Day Gifts

This year for a Father’s Day gift, rather than order a gift basket for Dad that may or may not be filled with items that are meaningful and personal, I decided to create my own baskets. Below are the five gift baskets themes I am personally making this year, and...
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