Tis the Season for Very Cute Hats

by Cool Mom Team | Kid Style

With the weather changing even down here in the South (hooray!), I can finally rationalize shopping for fall-ish clothes for my kids, like sweaters, coats, and, of course, hats. Particularly if they include the handmade Flipside Hats found at the wonderful boutique...

Cloth books without the mass production

by Cool Mom Team | Toys + Playthings

Thanks to my son’s infatuation with cloth books, I’m able to enjoy a good portion of our daily car rides without having to ply him with 400 cheerios I end up cleaning from his carseat later. So I’ve decided to stockpile them, starting with the...

Thomas Claire: Taking the Pain out of Painting Pottery

by Cool Mom Team | Toys + Playthings

Taking my kids to a paint-your-own-pottery place is not in my job description. The drive there, the eternity spent as my children pick out the “perfect” piece to paint, my toddler–oh my toddler– in that room of breakables… and then I pay...

The Beehive Co-op – If Cool Mom Picks had a shop, this might be it.

by Cool Mom Team | Kid Style

The instant I set foot in the Atlanta Beehive Co-op storefront, I knew it was my kind of place. Of course, it didn’t hurt that that I was surrounded with some of our favorite past picks from JacQueline Sanchez jewelry, Blabla Kids, and Lark and Loon, to name a...

Mo Yo Gabba Gabba!

by Cool Mom Team | Entertainment + Media

The only one more excited than my daughter for the new season of Yo Gabba Gabba! that begins today on Nick Jr., is me. I’m definitely ready to have some new lyrics stuck in my head besides It’s time to wash your hair, it’s time to wash your hair,...

Mobile homes

by Cool Mom Team | Toys + Playthings

Oh what my daughter wouldn’t give to be able to pack up her beloved dollhouse and take it with her. So imagine what she did when she saw the set of Nested Country Cottages from Olie Bollen. These two brightly colored paper board boxes open from the top,...

Read A Book, Set A Record

by Mir | Books for Kids

Do you really need an excuse to read a great book to your kid? Probably not, but here’s a fabulous one, anyway: On October 2nd, in association with Jumpstart’s Read for the Record program, the children’s classic favorite Corduroy will be read aloud...

Eco dolls, not eek-oh dolls

by Cool Mom Team | Toys + Playthings

Ever since coming across something called an “eco doll” that was made of pvc and served up in plastic packaging, I’ve been pretty skeptical of the eco label on toys. Sometimes it fits and sometimes…well, at least the intent is good. But Sue...

The handmade dolls you’ll want to sleep with yourself

by Cool Mom Team | Toys + Playthings

For the most part, I don’t spontaneously exclaim awwwww and get all teary when I get a new baby toy for review, but that’s totally what happened when I peeled open the sweet little canvas bag to reveal the plush baby doll from Bumblebird. Designer Heather...

You’re never too little to be a bibliophile. Only to know how to spell it.

by Mir | Books for Kids

Like tons of practical moms like me, my favorite gift to give or to get is a book. And if you want to get fancy about it, check out Bookworm Baskets, where the great book is just the beginning of a fantastic gift.It starts with a fabulous read like The Giving Tree,...

Grandpa sweaters from Georgie World. Why wait til you’re an actual grandpa?

by Cool Mom Team | Kid Style

I’m not so inclined to follow the trends when it comes to clothing my son, unless that trend happens to be self-washing clothes that withstand blueberry stains. But if the trend is cute and practical, say cardigans for fall, then I’m all over it. Which is...

The perfect kids jeans jacket. At last! At last!

by Cool Mom Team | Kid Style

I have been on the hunt for the perfect children’s jeans jacket ever since my baby outgrew the one handed down from her sister. And by outgrew I mean I continued to stuff her into it until it simply became cruel and unusual punishment. Gimos Kidswear has totally...