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Smite those locusts!

KidsCool Mom Team

Smite those locusts!

Passover isn't exactly the giftiest of holidays, although if you were invited to join us in devouring my mother's matzoh ball soup, you'd think that was gift enough. Still, I'm intrigued with this adorable little 10 Plagues Bowling Set w…

Tween cool, entirely 100% hoochie free

KidsMir

Tween cool, entirely 100% hoochie free

As the mother of a fashion-conscious tween, I am here to tell you that sizes 10-14 or so are a forgotten wasteland when it comes to outfitting your kid. Little kid clothes are plentiful and varied, but the choices taper off with each suc…

Down on the cardboard farm

KidsCool Mom Team

Down on the cardboard farm

My kids are still completely obsessed with the Calafant toys Santa left under the tree last year, which means I really shouldn't be eying anything else at all. But considering the prices and the versatility of these cool, cardboard toys,…

Easter baskets. Hold the cavities.

KidsCool Mom Team

Easter baskets. Hold the cavities.

The biggest challenge I face every Easter is finding cool candy alternatives for my kids' Easter baskets. But thanks to CMP fave boutique Cattiwampus, my search for sugar-free Easter gifts just got a little easier. Their virtual shelves …

Easter dress from Noko

BabyCool Mom Team

The Easter dresses of my dreams

This will be the first Easter in a very long time that we'll actually be celebrating with extended family. Other than a plane flight with three young children (help!), the toughest item on my agenda will be tracking down cool Easter best…

The best nest for your toy chest

KidsDelilah Dawson

The best nest for your toy chest

I spent so long reading the instructions on a card game yesterday that I finally gave up and took my kids to the playground, where they invented a game that involved dumping sand on each others' heads. This morning's bath was grittier th…

Wacky Packs are back - as tee shirts!

BabyBetsy

Wacky Packs are back - as tee shirts!

I grew up in the heyday of Mad Magazine and Wacky Packages and clearly my son has inherited both my twisted sense of humor and appreciation for fine parody. We both did a happy dance when we saw these new kids' Wacky Pack T-shirts from 1…

Go for the green

KidsCool Mom Team

Go for the green

I have always loved pretty much everything at KLT:Works . Kristin Loffer Theiss makes the beautiful artwork, plush, nursery decor and apparel that just makes you smile in every way. And I'm smiling even more since discovering that for St…

Monkeybar buddies go long with leggings

KidsCool Mom Team

Monkeybar buddies go long with leggings

If your girls wear Monkeybar Buddies under their dresses as much as mine do, then you'll be just as tickled as I was to learn that they now offer a leggings style as well. And if you have no idea what I'm talking about, then get ready fo…

Go Ask Alice for her wardrobe

KidsBarbara

Go Ask Alice for her wardrobe

We all know Alice in Wonderland is crazy hip right now, but let's be honest - not all Alicey-items are swoon-worthy. This one, however? Is. The collection of Alice in Wonderland themed tees at Pajama Squid come to you from Australia's He…

Enter the dragon

KidsCool Mom Team

Enter the dragon

I am generally frustrated with all the embellished girls' pants out there are covered in flowers, sequins, sparkles, or (eek) all three. So when I got wind of the Sejong Dragon Pant from CMP fave Tea Collection I thought, fabulous ! Or, …

It's like a custom baby tee convention

BabyBetsy

It's like a custom baby tee convention

One thing we know about Psychobaby , is that when they come out with something new, it's going to be everything we adore--clever, quirky and, of course, cool. Currently we're now drooling over their new Custom Shop of personalized tees f…

Your peewee's perfect playhouse

KidsDelilah Dawson

Your peewee's perfect playhouse

When I was a kid, a tent was a musty quilt over a card table, and it was heaven. Kids have it a little better today, and the magic of a secret fort lives on with the fantastic card table playhouses by Miss Pretty Pretty of Imaginative Pl…

All hail the spring poncho

BabyCool Mom Team

All hail the spring poncho

The weather is turning here in the South, which means that winter coats are way too heavy after the first few morning hours, while the super light spring jackets are too light. So it's the perfect time for my fave in-between season cover…

Livie & Luca do it again for spring

KidsCool Mom Team

Livie & Luca do it again for spring

As if I wasn't already wishing that Spring would get here already, I got wind of Livie & Luca' s new Spring and Summer shoe collection for children and now I'm officially begging the warm weather to arrive. I love the chic simplicity of …

Tying one on

KidsCool Mom Team

Tying one on

Okay so there's still snow a-plenty in my neck of the woods known as Brooklyn, but in no time it will be the season for Easter duds and Passover dinners and spring weddings and seersucker. So when I saw the custom, handcrafted neckties f…

A baby cap with a little more to it

BabyCool Mom Team

A baby cap with a little more to it

Over the past few years at Cool Mom Picks I've seen the reinvention of the high chair, the baby carrier, the baby bottle and the bouncy chair. The last newborn essential I thought needed any improvement was the baby hat. Well color me su…

See your name in lights. Or snow.

KidsStephanie Slate

See your name in lights. Or snow.

Okay, so I've found a new app for my iPhone. It's pretty simple. And pretty inexpensive. And pretty much entertaining my entire extended family because they keep getting random e-mails from me that feature their names written in some une…

We built this city on nouns and verbs

KidsMir

We built this city on nouns and verbs

The first thing I thought when I checked out the Grammaropolis website is that it's like Grammar Rock and the Mr. Men books had an adorable love child. You've got the catchy music, the little cartoon parts of speech (the verb is a superh…

Get sentenced to family wordplay

KidsMir

Get sentenced to family wordplay

Family game night getting a little stale? Gather round for a whole new game of speed, literacy, and I'd say, hilarity with this dandy little game I've found right here for you mamas of older kids . You've Been Sentenced! is deceptively s…