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6 brilliantly easy ways to make inexpensive teacher appreciation gifts more special.

6 brilliantly easy ways to make inexpensive teacher appreciation gifts more special.

by Lexi Petronis | DIY

Teachers deserve it all, and boy would we love to give the most wonderful teacher appreciation gifts to all of them. But when you multiply your number of kids by the many teachers your kids have — classroom teachers, teaching aides, music and art teachers,...
18 free Mother’s Day printables that are thoughtful, lovely, and creative. Just like Mom.

18 free Mother’s Day printables that are thoughtful, lovely, and creative. Just like Mom.

by Lexi Petronis | DIY, Mother's Day Gifts

Every Mother’s Day, we want to go all-out to celebrate the women in our lives who have done so much for us. But, as moms ourselves, we don’t always have the time to plan big brunches or create one-of-a-kind gifts for all the special moms, mothers-in-law,...
How to get free admission during National Park Week

How to get free admission during National Park Week

by Kate Etue | Family Travel

If this gorgeous spring weather has you itching to get outside with your family, we’ve got the perfect excuse to head out to one of our national parks this weekend: it’s free! This year, the National Park Service turns 100 years old, and to celebrate,...
We hunted down 10 of the cutest free Easter printables for kids. So you don’t have to.

We hunted down 10 of the cutest free Easter printables for kids. So you don’t have to.

by Lexi Petronis | DIY

You don’t have to hunt all over for the cutest free Easter printables for kids…because we already did! The 10 here are our absolute favorites for Easter this year, and we picked them precisely because they’re easy to make and fun to do, which means...
The free Hamilton Haggadah: History is happenin’ at the Passover seder table

The free Hamilton Haggadah: History is happenin’ at the Passover seder table

by Liz Gumbinner | Entertainment + Media

How can this family of obsessive Hamilton fans slash-Passover revelers not be totally thrilled to discover a Hamilton Haggadah? Yep, you read that right. How does a Hebrew, poor man, son of a slave and a Bondsman, born to nothing in a  Rigged system of...
A simple skincare regimen for busy moms, and 5 things I learned after sticking to it for 10 days

A simple skincare regimen for busy moms, and 5 things I learned after sticking to it for 10 days

by Kristen Chase | Beauty + Cosmetics

I’m pretty sure I can’t be the only mom who barely has enough energy to wash her face at night and slap some moisturizer on, since I’m so darn tired I just want to brush my teeth and hit the sack. Yes, the 30 seconds it would take me always...
TONS of free printable coloring pages from top libraries + museums…but hurry!

TONS of free printable coloring pages from top libraries + museums…but hurry!

by Liz Gumbinner | DIY

My printer is no stranger to the many free printable coloring pages it churns out for my kids, and if you know what I’m talking about, then joy of joys! You can currently get access to dozens and dozens of free printable coloring pages from top libraries,...
The 2017 Oscars, A.K.A. things that change after you have kids | Spawned Episode 65

The 2017 Oscars, A.K.A. things that change after you have kids | Spawned Episode 65

by Cool Mom Staff | Podcast

We got all excited to do a 2017 Oscars episode on our Spawned podcast until we realized….we hadn’t seen any of the movies. Unless you count a couple of the animated features. Ah, parenting. So on this episode of Spawned, we don’t talk about the...
19 wildly creative, free printable valentines for the classroom

19 wildly creative, free printable valentines for the classroom

by Lexi Petronis | DIY

Here at Cool Mom Picks we’re hopelessly devoted to finding the best of the best free printable Valentine’s Day cards and these that we’ve tracked down happen to be wildly creative! They not only make much easier (really, so much) for our kids to...
How The National Park Service is letting families visit free!

How The National Park Service is letting families visit free!

by Liz Gumbinner | Family Travel

I’m all about supporting our nation’s National Park Service in any way we can, especially because of the myriad ways they support us right back. So I’m thrilled to share the brilliant initiative to get even more kids to our National Parks and...
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