by Lexi Petronis | Valentine's Day, Cards + Stationery, DIY
Here at Cool Mom Picks, we’re huge fans of non-candy Valentine’s Day treats for the classroom. Not that there’s anything wrong with a little bag of conversation hearts or a cute chocolate kiss with your cards, but not every class allows candy...
by Lexi Petronis | Valentine's Day, Cards + Stationery
It can be a little tough finding printable Valentine’s Day cards for boys. Now that my son is 6, in just a year he’s gone from happily handing out heart cards to insisting on anything with a lightsaber, a zombie, or ideally, a lightsaber-wielding zombie....
by Caroline Siegrist | Valentine's Day, Baby, Kid Style
For new parents, Valentine’s Day gifts for babies who will never remember the day, is of course just one more way to justify buying something adorable. So this year, we pulled together 14 sweet but modern Valentine’s Day gifts for babies that are so...
by Georgette Gilmore | Valentine's Day
It’s February, which means a lot of us are spreading a little extra love in the family with Valentine’s Day gifts for kids. We’ve tracked down some favorites that are sweet — but also candy-free. So in this year’s Valentine’s Day...
by Delilah S. Dawson | Valentine's Day
Looking for ways to spoil your guy rotten this February 14, without breaking the bank? Lucky for you, we’re kicking off this year’s Valentine’s Day Gift Guide with some really cool, creative, and inexpensive Valentine’s Day gifts for him. Even...
by Cool Mom Team | Gift Guides
One of our favorite guides we’ve ever put together has been our Ultimate Birthday Party Gift Guide, featuring the coolest gifts for kids of all ages, from those sweet first birthdays right through to picky tweens and big kids. And seeing as how it’s the...
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...
by Georgette Gilmore | Editors Best of the Year, Books for Kids
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...
by Cool Mom Team | Back to School Shopping, School Gear
So once you’ve gotten the hand sanitizer, the tissue boxes, and everything else on that classroom shopping list, it’s time to have a little fun with some colorful school supplies! We always recommend getting a little goodie or two for the kids that gets...
by Liz Gumbinner | Back to School Shopping, School Gear
While we admit we don’t always love packing lunches every morning, we do love picking out cool new lunch boxes for our kids each year in time for back to school. And so, our Cool Mom Picks 2016 Back to School Guide continues with tons of our favorite finds this...
by Cool Mom Team | Back to School Shopping, School Gear
We’re continuing our 2016 Back to School Guide with our picks for cool backpacks for teens and bigger kids this year. This is the age kids get pretty picky about what they’re wearing every day, because it really is a reflection of them. So we’ve...
by Cool Mom Team | Back to School Shopping, School Gear
It seems like our annual Back to School Guide gets earlier each year, because hey – we’re here for you, parents! Whether you’re already scrambling to get those school shopping lists covered or you’ve got a good month left to track down the best...
