?l?phant clothes for kids – The accent marks let you know it’s cool

by Cool Mom Team | Toys + Playthings

Wha-at? Kids pajamas that are cute but not cutesie? Why yes indeedy. They, along with earthy onesies, tees, and really wearable little dresses round out the collection of ?l?phant Couture, a label so new it’s still got that new e-boutique...

New for Baby gets color happy

by Danielle | Baby, Kid Style

Last weekend I had to buy baby gifts for two kids who are now toddlers, because the pressure I put on myself to buy something so useful and practical and cool and life-changing is so great that I end up procrastinating. For more than a year.Too bad I didn’t know...

Jamie Lee Curtis’s children’s books give me another reason to be jealous of her

by Cool Mom Team | Books for Kids

Like it’s not cool enough that she’s married to Christopher Guest and has started in A Fish Called Wanda, and exemplifies the phrase “hot mama”–now Jamie Lee Curtis has an entire children’s book library to her name, and...

C’mon, cooler weather! Mama needs a new pair of children’s dresses.

by Mir | Kid Style

When I lived in the frozen north, my favorite part of warmer weather was definitely the bright colors and flounces of my daughter’s spring wardrobe. But that was before I discovered Kit + Lili and realized that all that vibrancy can be a winter staple too.These...

Shop Nest, improve women’s lives

by Mir | Kid Style

If only there was a way to get fabulous clothing, accessories, and other merchandise while helping others in need. Oh, wait–there is.Shopping at Nest is truly the best of both worlds — the money from your purchases of various artisan goodies are given out...

Design your own monster without the scary bill

by Cool Mom Team | Toys + Playthings

At Cool Mom Picks we definitely love all these awesome companies springing up that allow kids to create their own stuffed animals, monsters, or mutant alien hybrid creatures. But if you’re on a tight budget, you must head directly for CurlyQ Cuties.While they...

Now you’re cooking, kiddo

by Mir | Toys + Playthings

It doesn’t seem fair that kids can now have a nicer pretend kitchen than my real one. Then again, mine does run on more than just imagination.Our friends at Natural Pod has just debuted two heirloom quality wooden play kitchens that they designed themselves, and...

Besitos Designs: DIY multicutural kidswear

by Cool Mom Team | Baby, Kid Style

We’re always looking out for multicultural dolls, toys and gifts for kids, but so many of them sort of run out of inspiration after the whole “let’s do a multiculural doll, toy and gift” part. Besitos Designs, however nails it. The concept is...

They’re shakin’ in Chicago, we’re dancing over here

by Cool Mom Team | Entertainment + Media

Thaddeus Rex’s latest CD, Shakin’ in Chicago, is for parents and kids who have moved beyond sugar-sweet versions of You Are My Sunshine. (Read: all of us). T. Rex has a unique voice and rocks the acoustic guitar in a way that reminded me of the Violent...

Halloween hair clips that do all the talking, if not the candy collecting

by Cool Mom Team | Kid Style

I love Halloween, but prefer it when all the decor falls into to the realm of tasteful instead of “ohmigosh, did you see that crazy thing?” That’s one reason I want Details soft felt Halloween hair clips at The Silly Wagon which are full of Halloween...

To the moon, little adventurers

by Cool Mom Team | Books for Kids

It’s really nice to see a different kind of illustrator lend her talents to childrens clothes–one that seems more suited to a Caldecott winning book than a local flea market with the table between the funnel cakes and the guy with the batteries in the...

Time to start thinking holiday photo outfits, mamas

by Cool Mom Team | Kid Style

Does a baby girl need a faux fur vest like the one from France’s Jean Bourget? Of course not. But would it totally make your day every time you dressed her in it? Absolutely. Especially when holiday card photo time rolls around and you want  her in...