Fantastic felt party props for great photo booth opps.

by Stephanie Mayers | Party Ideas

There you are, planning a nice simple kid’s birthday party, and bam! Suddenly your best laid plans to keep everything simple go haywire and you’ve reached wedding planning levels of crazy. Gearing up for my 4-year-old’s birthday party this year, I...

Sugar-free ways to keep kids busy on Halloween

by Cool Mom Team | DIY

Trick-or-treating is still hours away and my kids are already talking nonstop about Halloween candy. So to help maintain a bit of my own sanity today, I’ve rounded up a few ways to keep my kids busy and entertained until the evening rolls around. Here’s...

Ghost stories. Ooooooooo!

by Christina Refford | Books for Kids

My tween is finally beyond the check-under-the-bed-for-monsters stage, and is now onto reading scary stories “for fun.” So once she hangs up her Halloween trick-or-treat bag for the night, I know she’ll enjoy digging into this smart and spooky guide...

Count us in: BabyLit scores with a spooky number book

by Delilah S. Dawson | Books for Kids

Jennifer Adams and Allison Oliver hooked us with their beautiful BabyLit counting and color board books based on classic literature like Alice in Wonderland and Jane Eyre. They’ve done it again–this time, with a counting Count Dracula. Little Master...

5 gluten-free, allergy-free Halloween sweets that take the trick out of the treat

by Stacie Billis | Food + Recipes

Sure, I may be a nerdy health-food mama, but Halloween doesn’t faze me too much. A candy binge one day a year is no biggie–especially with so many all-natural candy options and fun home recipes for yummy, wholesome Halloween treats. Still, candy can be...

The terrible tale of a trick-or-treater’s worst nightmare: no candy!

by Christina Refford | Books for Kids

Of all the scary things my kids might face on Halloween night, one thing looms most terrifying in their minds: the prospect of trick-or-treating at homes with no candy left to give. (Yes, First World Problems, I know.) Which is why this little Halloween tale is a true...

5 geeky, spooky, and altogether kooky cookies for Halloween

by Delilah S. Dawson | Kitchen + Dining

Get out the flour and sugar. Crack the eggs (better use than egging the grouchy neighbors, trust us). Monster mash everything up. And then select the perfect creepy cookie cutters for a very happy Halloween snack. First we brought you NINJAbread Men. Now we’re...

The spookiest DIY spiderwebs for Halloween

by Kristen Chase | DIY

It’s been nothing but Halloween crafts in our house for the past week, but with still another week to go, I’m stockpiling ideas to keep the kids busy. Next up on my list: these adorable spiderwebs that only require scissors and paper.  You...

5 tech picks you won’t want to miss this week

by Cool Mom Team | Cool Tech

From everyone’s favorite droid to the only phone compatible with LEGOs, here are a few of our favorite picks from the last week, just in case you missed them. 1. Would you give your preschooler a cell phone? We never thought we’d say yes until we saw this....

9 of the coolest, easiest no-carve DIY pumpkin decorating ideas that your kids can actually do

by Christina Refford | DIY

It took a while for me to get the appeal of no-carve pumpkin ideas. However every year, we grab some pumpkins in anticipation of carving them into fabulously silly or scary faces–then reality hits, and I remember that carving pumpkins involves my children...