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18 non-lovey dovey printable Valentine’s Day classroom cards for boys (and girls!)
It can be a little tough finding printable Valentine's Day cards for boys. Now that my son is 6, in just a year he's gone from happily handing out heart cards to insisting on anything with a lightsaber, a zombie, or ideally, a lightsaber-wielding zombie. In other...
Super Bowl recipe help? Got you covered with hundreds of last-minute 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. We've...
#TeacherLife
Because we know how much teachers do for our kids, and how awesome they are, we just had to share this hilarious Netflix and Grade shirt from Look Human (we love that shop, by the way). It's a pretty clever (and school appropriate) play on the whole "Netflix and...
The 2017 Oscars, A.K.A. things that change after you have kids | Spawned Episode 65
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 Oscars at all!...
Easy recipes your family will love? This Instagram account can help!
We know people love Instagram for pretty photos and funny memes, but now you can get delicious, easy recipes thanks to the Cool Mom Eats Instagram account. Our food editor and mom-of-2 Stacie Billis shares everything from last-minute dinner ideas to a tasty Super Bowl...
What did Frederick Douglass do? This wonderful book helps kids find out.
This week, I am under the impression, for some reason, that lots of folks are searching for information on Frederick Douglass: Who was Frederick Douglass? What did he do that was so important? How did he earn a place in the new Smithsonian African-American history...
10 fancy chocolate boxes for Valentine’s Day that will blow your mind
Look, I'm never turning down that heart-shaped box from the drugstore, but nothing says I really, really love you like artisan chocolates made with natural ingredients, crazy good chocolate, and somebody's hands instead of a machine. Trust me, these fancy chocolate...
We asked 15 creative kids to invent something on paper. You’ll love the results!
Our kids never cease to amaze us. Those minds are just so fluid and open, they're always coming up with brilliant ideas and creative inventions that our cynical adult brains would probably nix before the ideas got halfway off the ground. So we asked a whole bunch of...
14 sweet and modern Valentine’s Day gifts for babies | Valentine’s Day Gift Guide 2017
For new parents, Valentine's Day gifts for babies who will never remember the day, is of course just one more way to justify buying something adorable. So this year, we pulled together 14 sweet but modern Valentine's Day gifts for babies that are so fabulous we hope...
A Greyhound, a Groundhog: A fun tongue-twisting book to read with your kids on Groundhog Day
My kids love checking in with the news to see if Punxsutawney Phil sees his shadow every year on Groundhog Day (SPOILER ALERT: there will be six more weeks of winter this year), and so the new book A Greyhound, a Groundhog by Emily Jenkins and illustrated by Chris...
19 of the coolest, non-candy Valentine’s Day gifts for kids | Valentine’s Day Gift Guide 2017
It's February, which means a lot of us are spreading a little extra love in the family with Valentine's Day gifts for kids. We've tracked down some favorites that are sweet -- but also candy-free. So in this year's Valentine's Day Gift Guide, we're serving up 19 of...
15 amazing Langston Hughes quotes to help start important discussions with your kids
Today marks not only the beginning of Black History Month, but the birthday of the beloved, brilliant, prescient poet Langston Hughes, who would have been 114 today. As with all essential writers throughout history, his words live on long past his death in 1967. In...
19 wildly creative, free printable valentines for the classroom
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 deliver the sweetest...
9 lovely children’s books about the immigrant experience to help encourage more kindness and empathy.
I'm a child of an immigrant. And so I jumped at the chance to put together a list of some of my favorite children's books about the immigrant experience. I know first-hand just how difficult it is for someone to get to America for a better life and work toward...
2 fantastic tees we’d wear even if they didn’t support the ACLU. But they do.
Our friend Christine Koh, she of the wonderful gold personalized unicorn tee (featured as one of our favorite cool birthday gifts for tweens and tweens) is at it again. Her shop, which features beautifully designed advocacy tees each supporting an excellent cause, now...
3 cool ways to display travel photos that inspire you to take another trip soon
My husband and I recently spent two life-changing weeks in Seoul, South Korea, which means I have a zillion gorgeous photographs to show off to family and friends. On that 16-hour flight home, I spent some time scanning Pinterest and geeked out over these cool,...
9 easy, Valentine’s Day heart crafts for kids we totally love
Valentine's Day is already upon us and we've found some of the sweetest Valentine's Day crafts for kids from some of our favorite bloggers, DIY-ers, and clever makers. Whether you want to embrace the mess with your preschoolers, or you're looking for a cool craft to...
Indoor playhouses so fun, your kids will wish every day was a snow day.
We live in New Mexico, which means our kids look forward to playing in winter's cold air and occasional snowflakes so much, they'll dart outside without jackets, socks, or shoes, and -- on one memorable occasion -- pants. Still, their cold tolerance is low enough that...
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Whichever social media site is your guilty pleasure du jour, we’re there, making sure you don’t miss our favorite posts on parenting, fashion, apps, recipes, deals and discounts, and random awesomeness from around the web. Plus our favorite part: we love hearing from...
Condoms for Valentine’s Day that give in (ahem) more than one way
You could buy the special man in your life a traditional romantic gift on the 14th. And hey, we have tons of creative and inexpensive Valentine's Day gift ideas for him that we bet he'll love. But if you're looking for something to really spice things up, we may have...
How much water should you be drinking? This smart bottle can help.
Our whole staff pshaw-ed the idea of a smart water bottle until our Editor Kate gave it a try for a week. Turns out, it can actually help you drink more water, which so many of us really need to do. Not only does the Hidrate Spark track your water intake with its...