by Kate Etue | DIY, Holiday Picks
Shhh, don’t tell our grandparents, cousins and neighbors, but this year is going to be a handmade, DIY Christmas gifts from the kids kind of a year. Even if we’re not the craftiest people on the block, I want to give out gifts that feel more personal than,...
by Liz Gumbinner | DIY, Holiday Picks
We’ve seen Seuss stockings. We’ve seen Mermaid stockings but I don’t know if I’ve ever laughed as hard at a stocking as I did when Kristen shared these knit Yip Yips Muppet stockings with me. With the help of a free knitting or crochet pattern...
by Kristen Chase | Tips + Tricks
We are always on the lookout for the best teacher gift ideas every year, and it may in fact be one of the top gift questions we get from readers every year about this time. (Then again in May.) And hey, I get it; if there are any people on my holiday shopping list...
by Cool Mom Staff | Podcast, Tips + Tricks
We both have gratitude on our minds right now. At a time that there is so much abundance — food, gifts, parties — and conversely, so many of us struggling with holidays in general, it’s so valuable for us to slow down and consider ways to help...
by Caroline Siegrist | DIY, Holiday Picks
We’ve had so much find finding creative 2018 Advent calendars for kids. And even if you don’t think the holiday season needs more presents and candy (agree to disagree), I think you might change your mind when you see these awesome calendars. Whether your...
by Liz Gumbinner | DIY, Holiday Picks
While there’s no shortage of websites out there that offer free Thanksgiving coloring pages for children surrounded by lots of blinking ads and downloadable PDFs of dubious quality, we have an alternative: A selection of nicely designed, artful Thanksgiving...
by Liz Gumbinner | DIY, Holiday Picks
This year, I’ve been on a mission to track down more culturally and historically accurate Thanksgiving coloring pages for my own kids and for our readers. Because most of us know by now that, however uncomfortable it may be, the story of Thanksgiving that so...
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