by Cool Mom Team | Kid Style
My daughter has an adorable hair clip holder that does a pretty great job of organizing her hair accessories, as long as they actually make it up the stairs and into her room. Most of the time they’re shoved in the bathroom drawers, or...
by Susan | Baby, Kid Style
My kids wear uniforms to school. In general, I’m a big fan because it makes getting out the door that much easier (white polo! navy shorts! let’s go!). But I get a little wistful when I’m shopping for school clothes — after all, how excited can...
by Cool Mom Team | Toys + Playthings
Just when I’m convinced that I have indeed found the cutest rattles ever, I take a spin through etsy and find stiff competition in the handmade birdie baby rattles from Mamachee.These rattles feature sweet little birds on a brown handle, all of which...
by Christina Refford | Books for Kids
Even though I realize that the amazing Charley Harper Coloring Book is intended for younger audiences, it’s so sophisticated that I can’t help but want to save a couple of pages for me.American illustrator Charley Harper’s “minimal...
by Christina Refford | Toys + Playthings
With all the building toys in my three-kid household, I find it amusing that their new favorite is a box of same-sized, non-painted, rectangular pieces of wood from CitiBlocs. You can almost hear all the other blocks protesting, “But I’m colorful!”,...
by Cool Mom Team | School Gear
Still looking for the perfect backpack for your preschooler? You’re in luck. Because recently, CMP editor Liz Gumbinner taped a segment for BetterTV on some of the cutest backpacks for younger kids headed to preschool and kindergarten. Our picks, and all of them...
by Christina Refford | Entertainment + Media
On a recent drive to the beach, my kids and I glumly watched the black clouds rolling in as we all collectively whined, “Rain again?” Fortunately the CD I chose to turn on at that moment was Asheba’s totally fun calypso and world beat release, In The...
by Cool Mom Team | Kid Style
The new fall kids’ shoes from CMP fave Livie and Luca are starting to slowly appear on the website and I am absolutely loving the new mushroom-adorned Woodland Boot which is a fun, Hobbit-esque update to the London Boots we were digging last year. These are not...
by Christina Refford | Toys + Playthings
As a child, I’d spend three long days driving to visit my grandmother each summer and, out of boredom, would pretend my bare hands and feet were puppets. Pretty pathetic, but times were tough and it was too hot in our hatchback to go the sock-puppet route. So...
