5 New Year’s Eve appetizers with cocktails and mocktails to match for a chic, family-friendly party

by Stacie Billis | Food + Recipes

Whether you’re cozying up with family or hosting a big New Year’s party, New Year’s Eve calls for party food that’s easy, potentially kid-friendly, but also elegant for us cool parents. High maintenance? Nah. We’ve got New Year’s...

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...

New! The perfect party decor kits from Minted.com. Now your parties can look like Those Parties without much effort at all.

by Cool Mom Team | Party Ideas

We’ve loved the beautiful cards and invitations from Minted.com ever since we discovered them on day one, so it makes perfect, brilliant sense that they’d evolve from cards and invitations, and launch a gorgeous new Party Decor line. Hooray! Plus, like all...

Watch it wiggle, see it freak out your party guests

by Liz Gumbinner | Food + Recipes

Browsing through our archives for cool Halloween ideas, I came across this old link to a post highlighting a recipe for super spooky eyeball Jell-O shots. Non-alcoholic for the kids, of course. Poking around the site, turns out there’s a ton more great...

Party perfection: raise the roof AND raise money for your fave nonprofits

by Lexi Petronis | Helpful Services

Planning a kids’ party isn’t for the faint of heart, even though the end results (adorable cake-face photos! happy wee ones!) are always worth it. Let’s face it: life is crazybusy. So I can totally see why more and more parents are turning to...

Color your own cake-venture!

by Delilah S. Dawson | Food + Recipes

Confession: I once baked a birthday cake so ugly my daughter cried. I’m not kidding. So for those of you without culinary arts degrees, here’s one way to make the birthday kid feel special and ensure that her cake will be exactly what she wants. With a...

How do you put together a great kids’ birthday party without a design degree and 600 hours of free time?

by Christina Refford | Party Ideas

I confess: I have a love-hate relationship with planning birthday parties for my kids. While picking a theme can be fun, I also find it a little exhausting to sift through website after website looking for cool activities for a superhero party or the perfect...

A unique party favor for a forest of one’s own – The terrarium kit

by Delilah S. Dawson | Party Ideas

The start of the school year means once again, the hunt for creative party favors and teacher gifts begins. Well we’ve brought you cookies in a jar, dreidels in a jar, and pickles in a jar. Now we’ve got a forest in a jar– made by your very own kid....

4 of the coolest superhero invitations for your little dreamer

by Roxanna | Party Ideas

I’m a big fan of superheroes, and therefore, cool superhero invitations. I’m pretty sure your kids are too.I love seeing my kids practice being good people while pretending to be courageous, powerful and strong. I mean, sure, sometimes they also pretend...

Throwing an Olympics Party? Some of the coolest printables, snacks, and party ideas

by Christina Refford | Party Ideas

With so many of us on the verge of Olympics fever, a Summer Olympics party is such a great way to get older kids into the spirit of the games. Whether you’re just trying to make the opening ceremonies more exciting on Friday, or throw a full out theme party for...