Editors Best of 2009: The kids snacks, lunchboxes, cookbooks, and grownup food

by Cool Mom Team | Editors Best of the Year

The older our kids get, the more we’re focused on the what, why, when and how of feeding them. It’s been exciting discovering the growing number of products and resources to help steer our kids away from the McWhatever and onto food that qualifies as...

Lovely gift boxes that take the ugh out of gift wrapping.

by Cool Mom Team | Party Ideas

I am beyond grateful for all the pretty boxes and gift bags out there because I am 1. Totally spazzy with wrapping paper (seriously, it’s sad) and 2. Totally impatient with long gift wrap lines at department stores. Let’s also add 3. Totally annoyed with...

On America Recycles Day, we’re recycling some of our favorite picks

by Christina Refford | Uncategorized

Our kids have been separating paper from plastics since they were only yea high, but today on America Recycles Day, we’re taking a look at the RecycleBank website for Tessa Hills’ Recycling Tips for Kids to find easy ways to make big changes in how our...

Chill, groceries. Chill.

by Cool Mom Team | Fashion

I love that the eco-bag revolution has taken over to the degree that even the nasty, old supermarket in my neighborhood is trying to encourage the use of reusable grocery bags. But one thing I’ve realized is that those cute canvas totes don’t do a lot in...

Lunch totes so cool you’ll keep them for your very own

by Susan | School Gear

There are all sorts of good reasons to pack a lunch instead of grabbing one on the go. The downside, of course, is the packaging; paper bags are wasteful but most reusable lunch bags are, well, ugly. Or designed for third graders. Or both.Spring Los Angeles has the...

Easy, green, and now chic

by Mir | Fashion

So maybe the first time we told you about the Flip & Tumble reusable shopping bags that you can just fold up into a teeny little ball and toss in your purse, you liked it…but you just weren’t wowed by the solid prints. Well now Flip &...

Cloth gift bags so cute you won’t want to give them away

by Susan | Party Ideas

I love giving gifts; what kills me is the wrapping. All that wrapping paper getting tossed in the trash — or worse, those reusable but ugly gift bags. Solution: LivingEthos reusable cloth gift bags. Made of 100% cotton, these bags are the perfect finishing touch...

Cloth napkins for kids that don’t look like cloth napkins for kids

by Cool Mom Team | Food + Recipes

One of biggest and easiest green changes I made in our house was that I started using cloth napkins instead of paper. But it’s amazing how hard it is to find cute cloth napkins for the kids, let alone ones that aren’t so big they might as well have a...

Eco-friendly lunches are in the bag

by Betsy | School Gear

I don’t even want to think about how many plastic sandwich bags I go through a month. Every day my son takes at least two or three in his lunch bag, and I’ve felt it’s either use a disposable sandwich bag or buy the much more expensive pre-packaged...

The original eco friendly lunch box gets an update with Laptop Lunches 2.0

by Cool Mom Team | School Gear

Can I mention that I’m sort of freaking out about this whole packing a lunch in an actual lunch box thing, which is completely silly because it’s just a lunch for goodness sake. So, I’m relying on my daughter’s new Laptop Lunch box and bag to...