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LEGO Tape | Editors Top 10 of the Year

by Cool Mom Staff | Editors Best of the Year, Kids

If your house is covered in LEGOs like our homes are covered in LEGOs, you’re probably as excited as we were to discover this LEGO tape. Yes, your kids can actually stick it to surfaces, then build on it with their LEGO blocks, which is why it’s one of our...

Unicorn Vans | Editors Top 10 of the Year

by Cool Mom Staff | Editors Best of the Year, Kids

The second we spotted these Unicorn Vans in bigger kid sizes, we knew they would make our kids freak out. And well, they did, along with our Facebook fans, and their lucky kids. See the rest of our Editor Top 10 Picks of the Year here! Now, we’ve seen our fair...

The Girls Sports Bras from Yellowberry | Editors Top 10 of the Year

by Cool Mom Staff | Editors Best of the Year

2017 has arguably been a year for women and girls and you’ll see that reflected in a lot of our top Editors Top Picks of the Year. So next up, we’re giving a shout out to the wonderful, woman-run, indie label Yellowberry. And more specifically, their...

The Wonder Movie | Editors Top 10 of the Year

by Cool Mom Staff | Editors Best of the Year

Each year, we put together our editors’ picks for our favorite finds of the past year. This year, instead of sorting by category, we thought we’d pare it down our top 10 discoveries of 2017, and roll them out right up until New Year. It’s been a...

The Women Superheroes who rocked 2017 | Editors Top 10 of the Year

by Cool Mom Staff | Editors Best of the Year

When we think about the amazing impact that female heroes of all kinds made on our movie-going experiences in 2017, of course Wonder Woman stands out. It’s officially the highest-grossing superhero origin movie of all time, which shows the studios that yes,...

The best kids music of 2016 | Editors Picks of the Year

by Liz Gumbinner | Editors Best of the Year

It wouldn’t be our Editors Picks of the Year if we didn’t give a shoutout to our favorite kids music of the year. And if you’re thinking, huh? Cool kids’ music? then clearly you haven’t spent a lot of time here! For years now, there have...

18 best children’s books of 2016 | Editors’ Best of 2016

by Georgette Gilmore | Books for Kids, Editors Best of the Year

As the year comes to a close, we’re looking back at our picks for the best children’s books of 2016 — according to our editors, writers, and of course our children! What a perfect way to kick off our Editors Picks of the Year. As our readers know, we...

The coolest kids’ music of the year: Our 15 top albums | Editors’ Best of 2015

by Christina Refford | Editors Best of the Year

2015 was a very good year for kids’ music, with new releases from favorites like They Might Be Giants and Recess Monkey, as well as new-to-us bands like The Bazillions and Jazzy Ash. And if you have kids, but no idea what I’m talking about, well,...

The 22 best kids’ toys of the year (and other playful gifts) : Editors’ Best of 2015

by Cool Mom Staff | Editors Best of the Year, Toys + Playthings

When you think back to the best toys of the year (and other playful gifts for kids) you probably think about tech, tablets, and things that require cords and batteries. And yet there’s so much more, from wonderful board games, to handmade dolls, to decidedly...

The best children’s books of 2015 : Editors’ Best of 2015

by Kate Etue | Books for Kids, Editors Best of the Year

What a treat it is to put together our list of the best children’s books of 2015. Not that it’s easy; we’ve collectively read hundreds of great kids’ books this year — from cute, sweet board books, to excellent picture books for early...

The coolest accessory brands and shops that we fell in love with this year: Editors’ Best of 2015

by Cool Mom Staff | Beauty + Cosmetics, Editors Best of the Year

You might say we’ve got a little thing for accessories. And you might say that’s a huge understatement. Which is why we have the best time all year poking around the internet, cruising the trade shows, and poking our heads into local jewelers,...

The coolest baby gifts and gear of the year: Editors’ Best of 2015

by Cool Mom Staff | Baby, Editors Best of the Year, Kid Fashion

We’re so excited to wrap up our year by featuring our very top picks in all sorts of categories, starting with our very favorite cool baby gifts and gears that were new or new to us in 2015. This is a tough category to be sure, so we went through our archives,...

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Kristen Chase + Liz Gumbinner of Cool Mom Picks

We started Cool Mom Picks in 2006 to help make life cooler, more meaningful, and more fun for parents of all kinds.

Trivia: It was called Cool Mom Sh*t for the first two days. (Yeah, we rethought that.)

We had no idea our site would grow to become a major lifestyle network, that we'd end up sharing our finds with the TODAY Show and Martha Stewart, that we'd be able to make a real difference for so many small businesses and women-run companies, or that we'd end up with an incredible community of the coolest readers on the planet. (If we do say so ourselves).