by Lexi Petronis | Gift Guides, Kitchen + Dining
Leaving cookies for Santa is one of the most magical things about Christmas in my family. Cookies are somehow there on Christmas Eve, and gone on Christmas morning! What is this sorcery?! So when I saw the personalized cookies for Santa plate in our 2017 Holiday Gift...
by Cool Mom Team | Spawned Podcast, Holiday Gift Guide
We have to admit that picking favorite gift ideas from our 2017 Holiday Gift Guide is sort of like picking a favorite kid; it was really hard to do! But, we somehow managed, and we had a lot of fun doing it. Whether you’re smack in the middle of your holiday...
by Liz Gumbinner | Back to School Shopping, School Gear
Aren’t cats the original hipsters? They sleep late, live on their own terms, and only pretend that you don’t care what you think about them. But unlike real cats (and some real hipsters), they’re a lot lower maintenance when they come into your home...
by Liz Gumbinner | Back to School Shopping, School Gear
In our most recent back to school shopping guide post, we focused on the 23 of the cutest animal school supplies featuring kawaii creatures of all kind. And wow, they are cute! But for some of our kids, it takes a skull (crossbones optional) on their school supplies...
by Liz Gumbinner | Back to School Shopping, School Gear
Kids outgrow trends so fast, there’s something wonderful about animals, which our little kids love — and our tweens and teens too. So next up in our 2017 Back-to-School Shopping Guide, we’ve put together a selection of the absolutely most adorable...
by Liz Gumbinner | Back to School Shopping, School Gear
I think it’s safe to say that this is the year of Wonder Woman. Okay, so on this site, every year has been the year of Wonder Woman, but with the hit movie introducing her to a new generation, our kids are clamoring for Wonder Woman gear for back-to-school that...
by Cool Mom Team | Back to School Shopping, School Gear
Back-to-school shopping with tweens and teens is like a whooole new thing. They have pretty strong opinions about what they love and don’t love. Even more than preschoolers, if you can believe that. (Though at least they don’t insist on wearing their...
by Liz Gumbinner | Back to School Shopping, School Gear
It would hardly be 2017 — or heck, the 21st century as a whole — without a look at the coolest unicorn school supplies as part of our annual back to school shopping guide. Because if there’s one theme our kids show no sign of getting tired of,...
by Liz Gumbinner | Back to School Shopping, School Gear
Looking at all the space-themed school supplies and cool gear we’re this year, we were thinking…wow, we could do a whole post on this! So, that’s just what we did. In fact for this year’s annual back-to-school shopping guide we decided to...
by Caroline Siegrist | Back to School Shopping, School Gear
The effortlessly cool backpacks and lunchboxes from SoYoung have been topping our lists of favorite back-to-school gear for years. And now our favorite durable, long-lasting, raw linen backpacks and lunch packs have gotten even cooler (yes, it is possible) because...
by Cool Mom Team | Back to School Shopping, School Gear
If your kids are like ours, they still can’t get enough of emojis and emoji accessories, whether on their smartphone cases, their notebooks, or their name labels. Insert praise hands emoji here. With World Emoji Day coming up (it’s July 17!), and back to...
by Lexi Petronis | Father's Day Gifts
If there’s a dad in your life who’s impossible to shop for, Father’s Day gifting can present an annual challenge. Well — challenge for you, but fun for us! That’s why we turn to fantastic experience gifts for the dad who has everything....
