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9 cool ways to transform your plain white sneakers after summer

9 cool ways to transform your plain white sneakers after summer

by PJ Feinstein | DIY

If you’re a traditionalist, Labor Day marks the last day to wear those white canvas sneakers until next Memorial Day. Which is why we’ve brought back this great post on cool DIY white sneakers makeovers for you, so you can get more wear out of your...
Free printables for kindergarten: Sight word help, 12 ways | Back to School Guide

Free printables for kindergarten: Sight word help, 12 ways | Back to School Guide

by Liz Gumbinner | Back to School Shopping, DIY

Finding all of these free sight word printables for kindergarten instantly brings me back to those sweet early days of school, sniff. I have teens now, but I remember how scary it could be to send your kid off to kindergarten, hoping that their reading and writing...
7 creative time-saving hacks to save your back-to-school routine.  | Back to School Guide

7 creative time-saving hacks to save your back-to-school routine. | Back to School Guide

by Kate Etue | Back to School Shopping, DIY, Tips + Tricks

When we think back to school season, we’re also thinking about those time-saving hacks we dust off to ease out of the summer groove and ready for our September (or August!) routines. While our Annual Back to School Guide mostly features the coolest new...
Getting  your kids to practice their handwriting: 16 fun tips, tricks and ideas

Getting your kids to practice their handwriting: 16 fun tips, tricks and ideas

by Cool Mom Staff | Tips + Tricks

Call us the handwriting brigade. Seriously. From day one, even with the advent of technology and the slow decline of handwriting instruction (let alone cursive, gah!) in schools, we’ve always made it our mission to encourage kids not to lose the art of...
DIY gift basket ideas for Father’s Day: Get inspired with these 5 fun themes!

DIY gift basket ideas for Father’s Day: Get inspired with these 5 fun themes!

by Lisa Barnes | DIY, Father's Day Gifts

This year for a Father’s Day gift, rather than order a gift basket for Dad that may or may not be filled with items that are meaningful and personal, I decided to create my own baskets. Below are the five gift baskets themes I am personally making this year, and...
8 ideas for homemade Father’s Day cards from the kids. Keep tissues nearby. | Father’s Day Gift Guide

8 ideas for homemade Father’s Day cards from the kids. Keep tissues nearby. | Father’s Day Gift Guide

by Christina Refford | DIY, Father's Day Gifts

Homemade Father’s Day cards are so perfect, whether they’re from kids old enough to manage their own craft supplies, or you know, “from the baby.” In fact we all feel like a homemade card should be part of any Father’s Day gift...
Dozens of ideas for last-minute Mother’s Day gifts she’ll love: Buy, bake, text, DIY, IOU

Dozens of ideas for last-minute Mother’s Day gifts she’ll love: Buy, bake, text, DIY, IOU

by Cool Mom Staff | Mother's Day Gifts

If you haven’t secured the perfect Mother’s Day gift yet, rest easy. Okay, not that easy, because it’s literally just a few days away. But if you hustle, we can still help you out with these awesome last-minute gifts that don’t feel improvised...
DIY Passover craft for kids: The cutest printable 10 plagues finger puppets.

DIY Passover craft for kids: The cutest printable 10 plagues finger puppets.

by Liz Gumbinner | DIY

Our Seder includes a new tradition, the reading of the Hamilton Haggadah. But to keep the little ones happy, we happily share this: an awesome set of free printable Passover 10 plague finger puppets at Tori Avey’s blog. Oh, like you already have a Cute Cartoony...
100+ creative Easter egg decorating ideas: Your ultimate egg decorating resource!

100+ creative Easter egg decorating ideas: Your ultimate egg decorating resource!

by Liz Gumbinner | DIY

For more than a decade now, so many of our writers have searched the web to compile the most creative Easter egg decorating ideas, from simple to wow, from traditional to modern, from designs for toddlers to designs for teens — and everything in between. And so,...
Irreverent cross stitch kits from Subversive Cross Stitch: The holiday gift probably not for your in-laws.

Irreverent cross stitch kits from Subversive Cross Stitch: The holiday gift probably not for your in-laws.

by Liz Gumbinner | Art + Decor, DIY, Holiday Picks

I know we’ve been sharing gifts galore, because hey, that’s what we do this time of year. (And quite well, I might add. Ahem.) But I want to call your attention to one more gift idea that checks all my favorite boxes — it’s from an independent...
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