16 cool Easter gifts for teens that will make their second (ugh) Covid Easter a little more special
While our youngest kids may be content with a stuffed rabbit and a basket full of plastic eggs, I’m excited to spoil my three teens with some cool Easter gifts for teens that up the ante just a bit. After all, they’ve had one hell of a year trying to...
How families are making Easter special for the kids this year: 7 ideas from our readers
No matter how you celebrate Easter with your kids, things are going to be different this year during quarantine. There will be no town-wide Easter egg hunts or photos with the Easter Bunny at the mall. Church services, if you attend, will be virtual, and big family...
8 fun, easy Easter egg ideas for toddlers and preschoolers. Big kids shouldn’t have all the fun!
Let’s talk about easy Easter egg ideas for toddlers, like mine. Because dyeing eggs with traditional techniques for this age group can be a risky proposition. Adorable? Yes. Liable to require hours of steam cleaning the carpet? Also yes. While we’ve...
9 cool Easter egg ideas for tweens and teens who are over solid colors: Star Wars, pop art, fake cacti, and more
If your older kids are totally over PAAS kits for Easter egg decorating, I’ve got you covered! I’ve tracked down 8 cool Easter egg ideas for tweens and teens to suit all kinds of tastes. From pop art and comic inspiration, to Star Wars and retro 80’s...
6 printables that make Easter egg decorating more fun, from Porgs to superheroes to the cutest bunnies ever.
If dyeing Easter eggs and decorating them in other crafty ways don’t figure into your plans this year, here’s something that might: Easter egg printables. Just print them out, pop them on eggs, and add some paint or marker faces to decorate your eggs....
8 simply gorgeous, no-dye ways to decorate your Easter eggs this year.
So let’s talk about no-dye Easter eggs. I mean, I love a good hand-dyed Easter egg as much as the next mom, but the dyed fingers and clothes? Not so much. So this Easter I’ve rounded up 8 of the coolest, prettiest no-dye Easter eggs that still let kids...
The ultimate guide to last-minute Easter ideas: egg decorating, recipes, crafts, printables, and more!
Easter is just a hop, skip, and a jump away, but if you still haven’t made a crack in your Easter list yet…it’s all good. Let’s breathe together. – This post has been updated for 2018 – There are still a few days left until the...
9 of the prettiest floral Easter egg decorating ideas. Lovely!
My kids are huge fans of the fun pop culture Easter eggs we’ve featured at Cool Mom Picks and the cool ice cream cone eggs over at Cool Mom Eats. Plus, these galaxy eggs are geeking them out too. But I have to say, I love pretty floral Easter eggs in springtime....
7 yummy food-themed Easter egg decorating ideas
These fun food-themed Easter egg decorating ideas may not trick my kids into thinking they’re actually eating pineapple or a hamburger, but I still think they’re a cool way to switch up our normal egg-dyeing routine. If you want to try your hand at...Hi! We’re Kristen + Liz!
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