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The ultimate guide to last-minute Mother’s Day gift ideas. You got this!

Every year, we love finding the coolest Mother’s Day gift ideas for our readers who are prepared super early. But, as moms ourselves, we know that it’s important to share tons of great last-minute Mother’s Day gift ideas too, since life comes in two...

75+ of the best Mother’s Day brunch recipes you can prep the day before, cook at the last minute, or make with the kids

by Kate Etue | Food + Recipes

Mother’s Day is right around the corner, and so I’ve been searching for some really great brunch recipes. Good news is, between Cool Mom Picks and Cool Mom Eats, we’ve already found more recipes than we could ever cook in a lifetime, so we rounded...

11 unique gender reveal party ideas that will surprise everyone. Including the parents.

by Lexi Petronis | Party Ideas

Finding out whether your baby is a girl or a boy is one of life’s greatest surprises — and one of the longest waits, which can be problematic for those of us who need to know things now. (Um, not like we know anyone like that.) To make the most of the...

The ultimate guide to last-minute Easter ideas: egg decorating, recipes, crafts, printables, and more!

by Lexi Petronis | Holiday Picks

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...

20+ magical unicorn birthday party ideas that are truly one of a kind. Just like the birthday kid.

by Lexi Petronis | Party Ideas

They’re sparkly, mysterious, and gorgeous… is it any wonder then that kids (and, um, the rest of us too) find unicorns so entrancing? It’s why I searched the web to find the most magical unicorn birthday party ideas out there, which was so much fun...

Your new favorite make-ahead brunch recipes: A foolproof Easter brunch menu.

by Stacie Billis | Food + Recipes

While we love sharing lots of recipes on Cool Mom Eats — from sticky buns perfect for Easter brunch to easy Easter treats that you can make with kids — there is something to be said for having a go-to menu for whenever you’re entertaining over...

Cool Beauty and the Beast birthday party ideas: 40+ of the most inspired treats, activities, decor and more.

by Caroline Siegrist | Party Ideas

With the much hyped Beauty and the Beast movie coming out today, we have the feeling more than a few kids will be raring for a Beauty and the Beast themed birthday party this year. And have we got ideas! We scoured the web for the very coolest, most fun, most...

Web coolness: 2017 Oscar party help, postcards for politics, the world’s creepiest invention ever.

by Cool Mom Staff | Best of the Web, Kids

Here are some links we’ve liked reading around the web this week. Hope you like them too. Lots of 2017 Oscar Party ideas including the requisite free printable ballot for the 2017 nominees from Studio DIY (above). 11 more fun Oscar party ideas, from printables...

Yummy and totally easy Valentine’s Day treats for the classroom that there’s still time to make. Because procrastinators give love too!

by Stacie Billis | Food + Recipes

‘Tis the weekend to make those classroom valentines if you haven’t already (ahem, like me and my boys). But no worries: Sometimes being a procrastinator works in your favor. For example, edible gifts shouldn’t be made more than a couple of days ahead...

Super Bowl recipe help? Got you covered with hundreds of last-minute ideas

by Liz Gumbinner | Food + Recipes, Party Ideas

Whether you’re watching the Super Bowl this weekend for the game, for the commercials, or just for an excuse to get together with friends, Cool Mom Eats and Cool Mom Picks have got you covered with lots of great ideas for last minute, easy Super Bowl recipes....

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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.

Trivia: It was called Cool Mom Sh*t for the first two days. (Yeah, we rethought that.)

We had no idea our site would grow to become a major lifestyle network, that we'd end up sharing our finds with the TODAY Show and Martha Stewart, that we'd be able to make a real difference for so many small businesses and women-run companies, or that we'd end up with an incredible community of the coolest readers on the planet. (If we do say so ourselves).