Oh! what a cool book

by Cool Mom Team | Books for Kids

Browsing the Picasso Museum gift shop in Barcelona last week (I know, totally rubbing it in) I came across the most wonderful little book called Oh! by Josse Goffin. I had an idea that my two year-old wouldn’t be able to put it down and indeed, that’s just...

Artwork you’ll love inside and out

by Betsy | Art + Decor

What happens when you cross an artist and a doctor? Radiology Art, it seems. Artist Satre Stuelke took his fascination with everyday objects, and his fascination with radiology, and created one of the most avant-garde, unique, and downright awesome collection of art...

Where the wild things are? How about right here.

by Christina Refford | Toys + Playthings

Give us a few cold rainy days and my kids will be climbing the walls and snarling at all my attempts to cheer them up. So I’m stashing away the downloadable Monster Mania ebook from Make and Takes to help me out with a few easy craft ideas when crayons just...

The writing’s on the wall, literally

by Betsy | Art + Decor

Telling your child to grab a marker and go scribble on the walls is right up there with asking them to run with scissors. Unless you’re talking about Idea Paint, which basically turns any surface into a dry erase board. It’s easy to apply; just prime a...

Coloring is serious business

by Betsy | Toys + Playthings

Of course every parent thinks every scribble their child does is a collectible masterpiece, but in the case of the Coloring Can Be Funny coloring book, I think it’s kinda true. Talented, ?ber-hip artist, S. Britt, turned a bunch of his whimsical doodles into...

Chalk it up to the animals

by Mir | Random Coolness

I’d argue there’s little more useful than a chalkboard, especially the two beautiful new chalkboard stickers at Zoe b Organic in the shape of either the endangered Isabelle butterfly or a koala bear. They’re made from potato starch, which results in...

Go ahead, kids, draw on the art

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...

Just the right shade of … skin

by Rita | Random Coolness

My daughter recently drew a picture of herself and one of her school friends. She made herself pink and her friend brown. Neither color was exactly … right. And as a budding artist, she was bothered by the limitations of her crayons. Just as her hair isn’t...

Dahling, who are you wearing? Oh you? Fabulous!

by Betsy | Toys + Playthings

My days of drawing rock band logos on my knees are long gone, but life would have been a lot easier if the non-toxic  Tee Juice fabric markers were around back then. My son and his friends tried them out during the world’s best playdate, and I found the...

Oh, the places we’ve never been. And the prints to match.

by Carrie | Art + Decor

In my want-to-but-can’t traveling state, I can easily identify with Jennifer Hill’s Places I Have Never Been collection where she takes a city she’s never been and develops a pattern for it, using the pattern in fun prints, calendars, and cards. Now...