More coolness from recent weeks…
5 of our favorite Pinterest pins of the week: Father’s Day ideas, hot summer accessories, and more
Obsessed with Pinterest as we are? Follow us! Then find cool pins like these every day from our site and beyond. As you can see, we have Father's Day on the brain this week. Also, hot accessories. 1. Love this how-to for paper airplane cards. Perfect for kids...
11 totally cool Sugru ideas
So, if someone told you there was a product that might totally change your life in the coolest of ways, you'd be interested, right? Me too. And when I noticed a friend raving about Sugru on her Facebook page, I had to learn more. So, in the name of research, I decided...
How to get the best shave at home: 8 tips from a master barber who knows
With Father's Day coming up, we know a lot of you are considering fancying up the shaving collection of the menfolk in your lives. So we're thrilled to be teaming up with our newest sponsor, Dollar Shave Club, who if you don't know, is one super cool company. Just...
Camp labels: The bane of your summer parenting existence made easier
I admit I have been lax in the clothes labeling department, inadvertently donating way too many cardigans and water bottles to mysterious children at our school. But now that my kids are going to summer camp for the first time, it has been mandated in no uncertain...
Father’s Day gift ideas for new dads: Father’s Day Gift Guide 2014
A dad's first Father's Day may be the most special of all--if he can even remember it through the whirlwind of those early months. So for them, we present these Father's Day gift ideas for new dads as part of our 2014 Father's Day Gift Guide. They range from the sweet...
A clever new way to get discounts on Tea Collection clothes for kids.
The downside to loving Tea Collection's well-made, comfortable, stylish clothes for my kids is that they outgrow them, as kids are wont to do. They even outgrow them while the clothes still look fantastic and nearly new. So you can hand them down to siblings or...
Going coastal; better than going postal.
I am a sucker for kitsch, as long as it's clever. My apartment is filled with funky knick-knacks that I believe add to its charming--or what my mother likes to call "eclectic"-- style, so these witty coastal Reed Wilson Design coasters are perfect for me. Spotted in...
Gifts for the stylish dad: 2014 Father’s Day Gift Guide
We're excited to present our next post in our 2014 Father's Day Gift Guide, gifts for the stylish dad. Oh, you must know one: He cares about which socks go with which shoes, he knows which cream gets him the closest shave, and he knows a mobile phone is an accessory...
A new hedgehog backpack from Skip Hop. Like that won’t be the most popular thing ever.
Skip Hop is inextricable from my memories of my boys in their early years. My older son started preschool with a frog backpack and ended Pre-K with a very well worn monkey on his back. My three-year-old is currently toting the fox around on his tiny shoulders, but the...
Gourmet gifts for dad: 2014 Father’s Day Gift Guide
If your dad and baby daddy are anything like my dad and baby daddy, they love food. I can skip the clothes, tech, and even the cute pics of the kids and make their Father's Day gifts deliciously edible. Which is why we present some awesome Gourmet Gifts for Dad in...
These 3D cookie cutters are anything but cookie cutter.
Cookie cutters have come a long way since I was a kid and we could choose between Jelly Jar and Lopsided Heart. Thanks to 3D printers, we can now have our cookies cut like charcuterie diagrams, our favorite literary characters, three-dimensional gems, or, well,...
Kale for your face? New Eminence Organics skin care products are a new way to get your greens.
It seems like everywhere I turn there's a new way to eat kale. From chips to salads, the curly green leaf is easily the roughage du jour. So when Cool Mom Picks skin care fave Eminence Organics introduced me to their two latest products, each featuring kale as the...
Personalized gifts for dad: 2014 Father’s Day Gift Guide
We're thrilled to present our annual Father's Day gift guide series, starting off with the coolest personalized gifts for the men in our lives we love. But hurry--personalized gifts need to be ordered stat! This year, we're also so happy to welcome back our friends...
POW! It’s a superhero gift for dad on Father’s Day. Because he is obviously a superhero.
Father's Day is a red letter day, and now maybe even a Green Hornet day. If you need a beautiful, geek chic gift for the Superman in your life--or just the dad who really really loves comic books--this framed Custom Superhero Letter is here to save the day. This is...
The Maker Dad book: A Father’s Day gift for the DIY dad in your life
I love the idea of a father's day gift that's actually an experience rather than, you know, another tie (not that there aren't some cool ties out there), and that's exactly what you'll get with Maker Dad: Lunch Box Guitars, Antigravity Jars, and 22 Other Incredibly...
An easy way to find cool, contemporary art for kids
None of us at Cool Mom Picks has an original Picasso in our living rooms as far as I know, but we do believe in finding cool art for kids that engage, inspire, and yes, decorate. LittleCollector has long been a favorite online spot of ours for their carefully curated...
Eat out to #86AIDS with Project (RED), the best reason we’ve had not to cook in ages.
We are big fans of Project (RED) here at Cool Mom Picks, so we're really excited to eat out in June (zomg it's June already) in support of EAT (RED) DRINK (RED). From June 1-10, restaurants, all those trendy food trucks, and bars around the country are teaming up with...
High-waisted bikinis: The summer trend that has us channeling our inner ’50s pinups.
High-waisted bikinis are trending in a big way this summer for women, and we're loving the fun retro vibe that has us channeling our inner Brigitte Bardot. (In our dreams, we know.) Those of us with less-than-flat abs are excited for the extra forgiveness that comes...
The new G-Bike balance bike: For kids who can’t wait for their own wheels
We love balance bikes here at Cool Mom Picks because they do such a great job of teaching young kids how to get around safely on two wheels. I was sold on them after learning the hard way how challenging it is to wean a fearful child off of training wheels (oy, my...
This watercolor artist made sophisticated superhero art. Our hero!
It's a bird! It's a plane! It's a really lovely watercolor of your favorite superhero, and it's ready to frame! As much as we love covering cool artwork for kids, we're excited to have found a collection of sophisticated superhero art that you would expect to find in...
Sweet Loren’s: Frozen natural cookie dough as delicious as the so-not-natural at all stuff.
Hold onto your baking sheets, cookie lovers. Sweet Loren's all-natural cookie dough for ready-to-bake cookies has arrived and will make eating your favorite sweet treats way easier and with less guilt. Packed with 100% whole grains, natural sweeteners, and [edited to...