Gift Guides - Cool Mom Picks

Attention procrastinators, there’s still time to make Christmas cards

Shameless holiday card procrastinator #87146B here, hanging head low and admitting that I have not yet picked out our family’s holiday cards. Most likely we’ll do what I generally do, which is send out New Year’s cards instead. But for you Christmas...

O Christmas Tree (candle), O Christmas Tree (candle)

by Cool Mom Staff | Holiday Picks

We’re at the moment in the holiday season when I realize I need gifts for all those other deserving people in our lives: teachers, dance instructors, party hosts, house cleaners, the personal chef (ha! kidding!). To the rescue: the clean-looking Uni Tree Candle....

An appealing alternative to the singing reindeer doll

by Cool Mom Staff | Holiday Picks

I know there are some of you out there still looking for one special Christmas gift for some lucky little girl–and only because I count myself among you. Well fear not, because at etsy shop Little Big Pants, artist Terra Krebbs’ lovely Audrey doll is now...

Drawing a blank

by Betsy | Holiday Picks

Sometimes the gift of nothing is the best gift of all. I flipped when I saw these Blank Board Books at Romp, because they give kids a blank canvas in which to make their very own literary masterpieces.The square books are made of six durable boards, plus the front and...

Something for those poor new babies who will always get the combined birthday/holiday gift the rest of their lives.

by Rita | Holiday Picks

If you’re like me, your baby will be sitting up quite nicely by the time the birth announcements go out. In fact, you might think to yourself, I have to do holiday cards anyway, why not just wait?Why not, indeed?You can do it all this holiday season with...

Making Christmas cookies the new-fashioned way

by Cool Mom Staff | Holiday Picks

Not a whole lot in this world is prettier than the holiday cookies from Brooklyn’s Gumdrop Cookie Shop, but then sometimes pretty is in the eye of the beholder. And when that beholder is the proud mom (ahem) whose three year-old daughter is enthusiastically...

Jones Soda makes bubbly for your bubeleh

by Cool Mom Staff | Holiday Picks

When I saw Jones’ Soda’s new Chanukah 4-Pack, my first thought was, “what the heck does Latke flavor soda taste like?” This doesn’t mean that I was brave enough to actually take a sip, but I do admire their chutzpah. I hope that anyone...

Gift tags from Pretty Bitter: Self-adhesive and self-deprecating all at once.

by Cool Mom Staff | Holiday Picks

Because I’m spending less on gifts this year than in years past, I’m putting a little more into the presentation – nicer wrapping, nicer ribbons, and hopefully less dog hair underneath the Scotch tape. I’m also looking for gift tags that make a...

Seasons greetings, tied up with a bow

by Mir | Holiday Picks

Sometimes you want a little glitz in your greetings, and sometimes you just want something cool, simple and smart. Thanks to Hoote + Annie’s new online shop, you can grab the holiday card of your deconstructed dreams.The Noel or Ho3 card, each with a real...

Could celebrity dreidel tournaments be far behind?

by Betsy | Holiday Picks

Comedian Louis Black said that he gave up on Hanukkah when he realized the only thing Jews had to compete with Christmas was spinning a wooden top. Well Louis, Good news! You can come back to the tribe thanks to the No Limit Texas Dreidel Game found at PopJudaica.As...

Lesser Evil makes getting coal in your stocking a thing of pure unadulterated awesomeness

by Cool Mom Staff | Holiday Picks

I am so excited that Lesser Evil, the cool little indie snack food company that is rocking my carb-craving world lately, has come out with a crate of Christmas Coal. And by coal I mean chunks of gourmet cocoa kettle corn. And by rocking I mean oh my lord, please get...

Holiday cookies way better than the ones you’ll make. Trust me on that one.

by Cool Mom Staff | Holiday Picks

There are definitely some folks on my holiday list who deserve better than the lopsided bells and gingerbread amputees that pass for holiday cookies around my kitchen. In other words, everyone but Grandma. The holiday cookies from Better Bit of Butter are exactly what...