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10 ways to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Earth Day with kids, safely at home.

Readers have asked us for ways to celebrate Earth Day with the kids while we’re all sheltering in place right now and I have to be honest — with all of the days starting to run together while we’re in quarantine, the holiday kind of snuck up on me...

Easy ways to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with the kids, without leaving the house

by Christina Refford | Party Ideas

With so much uncertainty around us right now, I understand that many of us may be feeling pretty determined to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with the kids as normally as possible. . .especially since we now have SO MUCH TIME TOGETHER with them. And, luckily, there...

Beyond canned foods and toilet paper: A family guide to unexpected items to stock up on in case of a quarantine

by Liz Gumbinner | Health, Fitness + Wellbeing, Storage + Organization, Tips + Tricks

Let’s be honest: We don’t each need 600 rolls of toilet paper on hand right now. Not that that’s stopping some people! But after a really stressful week of a COVID-19 scare involving a quarantined relative in D.C., it did put the situation in stark...

Help for picky eaters from a reformed picky eater | Spawned ep 149

by Cool Mom Staff | Food + Recipes, Podcast

This week’s Jacky Lamenzo is a health coach with a focus on picky eating, to help make mealtime less stressful. We like that while we’ve gotten some great picky eater tips in the past, Jacky has a more kid-centered approach, focusing on how kids feel, and...

17 of our favorite kid-friendly Halloween party printables to make your bash a smash

by Caroline Siegrist | DIY, Party Ideas

Let’s talk Halloween party printables, parents! If you’re not familiar with the wide world of free printables for holidays of all kinds, we’ve always got you covered. And with Halloween party season upon us, these free (free!) downloadable posters,...

Catherine McCord’s tips for making feeding kids more fun | Spawned ep 127

by Cool Mom Staff | Food + Recipes, Podcast

We’re always up for tips and tricks to help us make our time in the kitchen more fun, which is why we were so excited to chat with Catherine McCord, of the uber popular Weelicious, one of our all-time favorite food blogs. We’ve been friends for years now,...

Kids and nutrition: Tips from pediatric expert Dr. Tanya Altmann | Spawned ep 125

by Cool Mom Staff | Food + Recipes, Podcast

This week on Spawned, we’re talking kids and nutrition. Which, TBH, is one of those issues that nearly universally stresses out parents of all kinds, with kids of all ages. Fortunately, we’ve got an expert to help us out: Dr. Tanya Altmann, who you may...

Great tips from Siri Daly to make it more fun to feed your kids | Spawned 108

by Cool Mom Staff | Food + Recipes, Podcast

Feeding kids! We all love it so much! Hahahah. No. Well, maybe some of us do. But most of us — it’s just another one of those things we have to do as parents, and make the best of it. That’s why it was so fun to speak this week about that very thing,...

Web coolness: A gorgeous tribute to Dr. Maya Angelou, the best coffee in every state, and is it time to delete Facebook?

by Cool Mom Staff | Best of the Web

Here are the coolest things we’ve been seeing around the web this week. Hope you like them too. The Dr. Maya Angelou Google Doodle this week is absolutely extraordinary. You’ll want to watch more than once. In honor of her birthday, check out this list of our...

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Kristen Chase + Liz Gumbinner of Cool Mom Picks

We started Cool Mom Picks in 2006 to help make life cooler, more meaningful, and more fun for parents of all kinds.

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