Easy, fun Halloween papercrafts for kids that don’t require anything you don’t have in the house already. (You have scissors, right?)

by Liz Gumbinner | DIY

If your kids are like mine and Kristen’s, they started counting down to Halloween…oh, November 1 of last year. Now that they’re in full Halloween commando mode, I’ve been looking for some easy crafts to distract them from asking me for the...

21 of the coolest free Halloween printables for kids. Because we’re all for fun that costs zero dollars.

by Liz Gumbinner | DIY

As we start to get excited for Halloween around here — as in, endless costume discussions considering my girls have a new idea every 17 minutes or so — I’ve been distracting them with Halloween crafts projects, front door decor request, and coloring...

Mothers Day Gift Guide : 27 seriously awesome gifts for mom under 25 dollars.

by Cool Mom Team

Mother’s Day gifts don’t have to be spendy to be special. But even if you’re not a DIYer, you can find her something really special for under $25 if you just know where to look. Whether she’s a reader, a gardener, a working mom in need of a...

Custom dolls from your kids’ drawings. Now that’s a keepsake.

by PJ Feinstein | Toys + Playthings

My three-year-old son brings artwork home from nursery school by the armful — if you consider a couple of paint drops on construction paper to be art, that is. Every so often, however, he creates something that actually resembles a person, place, or thing, and I...

A natural wooden dollhouse so adorable, an elephant couldn’t forget it. Especially in this case.

by Delilah S. Dawson | Toys + Playthings

We’ve seen just about everything in the  dollhouse world, but we’ve never seen an elephant you could live in. The natural wooden dollhouse called the Ele Villa (“elephant house”), from natural, sustainable toy company Rock and Pebble definitely...

Lille Huset: The diy dollhouse kits we wish we had as kids.

by Christina Refford | Toys + Playthings

We adored Lille Huset’s eco-friendly, laminated, recycled paperboard DIY dollhouses the moment we discovered them at Toy Fair  earlier this year. Founder Alyson Beaton’s mission is so wonderful: to encourage kids to build and customize their homes, not...

A DIY Christmas tree dollhouse, also known as “how to put those Amazon boxes to good use”

by Delilah S. Dawson | DIY

If your house is anything like mine, you’ve got two energetic kids trapped inside by nasty weather and a huge stack of shipping boxes waiting for the recycling truck. Put them all to good use with this DIY project that creates an adorable Christmas tree...

Lundby Dollhouses: the perfect combination of imagination, technology and DIY

by Liz Gumbinner | Toys + Playthings

Got a dollhouse on someone’s holiday or birthday list? There’s an option you might not be aware of. Or maybe I am the only one in the world not aware of these cool houses, since they’ve been around for 65 years and keep coming up with really novel...

Eco-sweet and plastic-free: we’re in dollhouse heaven

by Shari | Doing Good

When I survey my children’s toys, I have two thoughts: 1. I should have purchased stock in Duracell. 2. How can one household amass so much plastic? So I was thrilled to come across a world of handmade toys, interactive ideas, and three oh-so-beautiful words:...

Paperflavor – delicious!

by Delilah S. Dawson | DIY

What’s that delightful flavor? I mean, I know it’s paper. But there are essences of ballerina, candy, fruit, robot, and… do I detect the delightful aroma of ninja?It must be Paperflavor, the brand new site offering a truly creative range of...