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by Cool Mom Team | Back to School Shopping

While you’re all still lounging by the pool, making the most of your linen, or squeezing in a last minute vacation with the family, we’re already thinking about helping parents out for back to school season. (Oh, the sacrifices we make for you.) So...

SIGG water bottles for kids get an international makeover

by Christina Refford | School Gear

They may not get filled with anything more exotic than ice water, but a new travel series SIGG water bottle for kids will get your brood thinking about far-away places while they sip. With six different cities represented in the series there is bound to be a little...

A new hedgehog backpack from Skip Hop. Like that won’t be the most popular thing ever.

by Melissa | School Gear

Skip Hop is inextricable from my memories of my boys in their early years. My older son started preschool with a frog backpack and ended Pre-K with a very well worn monkey on his back. My three-year-old is currently toting the fox around on his tiny shoulders, but the...

6 simple, delicious dinners for hectic back to school schedules

by Stacie Billis | Food + Recipes

Now that we’ve covered awesome school lunch resources and simple lunch ideas–it’s time to tackle dinner recipes for the kids. Here are six fairly fast dinner recipes sure to fit into your back-to-school routine, no matter how hectic. These...

Cool school clothes for kids: Back to School Guide 2013

by Cool Mom Team | Back to School Shopping

For our 2013 Back to School Guide, we looked at four of the hottest style trends for cool school clothes for kids and (a little painfully) pared them down to some of our very favorite pieces. Remember with back to school shopping, you don’t need to buy...

6 helpful school lunch resources and inspiration for parents

by Stacie Billis | Tips + Tricks

The tips, ideas and best products for back-to-school have been flowing in from every direction all month long. But soon we’ll be back in the swing of things and the back-to-school chatter will die down, but there’s one thing you can’t do at the...

Printable personalized school labels: No, you can’t stick one to the head they’d lose if it wasn’t attached

by Stephanie Slate | DIY

With kids heading back to school (um, where did summer go?), it’s time to start that long process of putting their names on everything they own. And that’s where school labels makes it so much easier. Especially this DIY version which can save you a ton of...

Cool school supplies: Back to School Guide 2013

by Cool Mom Team | Back to School Shopping, School Gear

While we love the annual ritual of picking out a new backpack or fun lunch box to start the school year, there’s something about finding just a few cool school supplies for our kids that remind us that school isn’t just about homework and tests. Well,...

Not just backpacks: State GiveBackPacks also help kids who need them.

by Pilar | School Gear

So here’s something I didn’t know: More than 46 million Americans are living below the poverty line right now. And of those 46 million people, 23% of them are kids. So we’re very happy to support a company that helps kids living in poverty to head...

5 tech picks you won’t want to miss this week

by Cool Mom Team | Cool Tech

Here are 5 of our favorite tech picks on Cool Mom Tech this week, just in case you missed them.   1. You won’t believe what this cool iOS app does to your kids’ doodles. 2. Does mama need a brand new bag? We say yes. Or in this case, YES. 3. Our...