Vintage paper dolls that feel right at home on your couch

by Kirsten | Art + Decor

When I was a young girl, my favorite pastime was playing with paper dolls. I loved dressing them up and creating stories with each of them. I think it’s great that they have made such a comeback into toys and decor because my own daughter loves them as much as I...

Paper dolls so pretty you might play with them yourself

by Susan | DIY, Toys + Playthings

I’m a sucker for beautiful vintage-y paper dolls; they’re the perfect antidote to the plugged-in life my kids are living. And beautiful vintage-style paper dolls that help kids with disabilities? Sold. TinyUs is a creative charity set up to raise funds for...

Vintage paper dolls turned beautiful children’s clothing

by Cool Mom Team | Baby, Kid Style

Recently I attended a Brooklyn mommy event and discovered one local indie kids clothing designer whose pieces were being oohed and ahhed over by eager parents. I suppose the innocent 1930s, ’40s and ’50s paper doll-inspired clothes were such a refreshingly...

Paper dolls meet building blocks

by Barbara | Toys + Playthings

My go-to standard baby shower gift was, for a long time, either a baby bathtub, or infant footie sleepers. Useful, and admittedly a little uninspired. These days, I want to give something unusual, beautiful and creative: both moms and babies deserve them. My latest...

Paper Dolls: There’s an app for that

by Stephanie Slate | DIY

When it comes to iPhone apps and kids, I’m a big believer that simple is better. Too many bells and whistles usually means too many “Mom, come fix this!” calls from the other room. (And it’s usually far more dire sounding and less polite than...

Paper dolls that will blow you away, not the other way around

by Cool Mom Team | Toys + Playthings

I’ve become a strong advocate of paper dolls since realizing that my girls can spend hours entertaining themselves with them. The only issue? That whole paper thing. Let’s just say freak decapitations are are not an uncommon occurrence. So when I saw the...

This DIY dollhouse delights (with free wallpaper designs, no less)

by Liz Gumbinner | Toys + Playthings

I have a dollhouse-obsessed five year old…and I’m not complaining a bit. I love the fun creative play and imagination it inspires. (Currently, the little girl who resides in the dollhouse is named “Frodo.”) If you’re more interested in...

We’re here for this new Ida B. Wells doll from Barbie, the latest in their Inspiring Women Series

by Caroline Siegrist | Toys + Playthings

I’ve been really encouraged by Barbie’s new Inspiring Women Series, which celebrates women trailblazers throughout history. And I was especially excited to see that they’ve chosen Ida B. Wells as their next historic figure  to expose to a new...

We found wonderfully diverse dollhouse dolls: Multicultural, multiracial, differently-abled and more.

by Christina Refford | Toys + Playthings

If a dollhouse is on your kids’ holiday wish lists, don’t forget to include some dollhouse dolls so that they can get right to the business of playing (while you clean up wrapping paper).  But unlike dollhouses which come in lots of different styles, from...

We asked 15 creative kids to invent something on paper. You’ll love the results!

by Cool Mom Team | Cool Tech

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...