DIY Valentine’s Day craft video: Secret code Braille handmade card

by Cool Mom Team | Valentine's Day

We love Valentine’s Day cards you can make yourself, and up next in our DIY Valentine’s Day craft video series that’s brought to you by the U.S. Postal Service and its new limited-edition Sealed with Love stamp, here’s a DIY secret code braille...

Delightful dinosaur board books for budding paleontologists

by Christina Refford | Books for Kids

Perfect prezzie alert: At some point (usually during the Late Toddler/Early Preschool Era), most kids go through a fascination with the creatures of the Mesozoic Era, otherwise known as dinosaurs. If you have a toddler who adores all things Large, Scaly, and Extinct,...

N is for nitrogen (and nifty nursery prints)

by Delilah S. Dawson | Art + Decor

N is for…nitrogen? And: nerdy niftiness. We’re not about to quibble when N stands for something far more unusual than nest. We brought you the Periodic Table Blocks, and now we’ve got something to hang on the wall over Little Miss Curie’s crib:...

Alphabet awesome: cookie cutters as easy as A-B-C

by Shari | Kitchen + Dining

My son has been obsessed with the alphabet since he was two years old–so much so, that he was the alphabet for Halloween two years in a row (ask me how I pulled off those costumes). And his nickname? Letter Boy. I kid you not. So you can...

Personalized animal art prints for every kid, from Althea to Zephaniah

by Delilah S. Dawson | Art + Decor

Can’t find an “K is for Kunegunda” art print for your little one’s nursery? We’ve got just the thing.You can even add a special message for baby Kunegunda, if you’d like. Kustomizing is kool, you know. The Wee Alphas Personalized...

ABCs from a time when B was for Balloon, not Boy Band

by Roxanna | DIY

My mother-in-law is amazing at keeping childhood treasures — we have everything from my husband’s toy car collection to original copies of his favorite children’s books — and we treasure this vintage ephemera so. I love that these old toys and...

Decorate with a name

by Kirsten | Art + Decor

Celebrating a baby’s name is part of having a child. That’s why it is so refreshing to see modern, stylish name decals for nursery and kids’ room decor that feel personal yet up-to-date.  41 Orchard has created these adorable name and personal...

Characters with character: alphabet prints for superhero fans

by Delilah S. Dawson | Art + Decor

In this fontastic alphabet, J stands for James…James Bond? I’m in. Especially since I is for Iron Man.I just love the way Helvetica is used to depict some of my favorite superheroes and famous characters, and wow, how great would they be in a cool...

Augie to Zebra: a fab alphabet book from a favorite duo

by Christina Refford | Books for Kids

It makes perfect sense that Caspar Babypants, the kindie music favorite whose song titles include My Flea Has Dogs and Stompy the Bear, would create an alphabet book with prose way beyond A is for Apple. But what really makes this picture book a must-have for any...

You’ve got to know when to fold M.

by Delilah S. Dawson | DIY

“Free” is one of our favorite words. And now you can spell it out in three fancy dimensions, thanks to this clever series of papercraft templates. And did we mention that they’re totally free? And that M is for Monster? Digitprop is a website by...