by Cool Mom Team | Back to School Shopping
Each year, in our annual back to school shopping guide, we always love tracking down those cool lunch box accessories, water bottles, bentos, and other fun goodies that help make opening that same lunch box every day a little more special. Some of of these lunch box...
by Cool Mom Team | Back to School Shopping, School Gear
When we put together our picks for the coolest backpacks for preschool and kindergarten each year, we think about how exciting it is for little ones to pick what may be their very first school gear ever. They geek out over all their school supplies of course, but...
by Cool Mom Team | Back to School Shopping, Kids
The first trick in finding a cool lunch bag for teens that they’ll actually use is to make sure they have a say. So sit down with them and peruse our picks, created with the help of our own teens. As our own kids have gotten older, we know they prefer lunch bags...
by Cool Mom Team | Back to School Shopping, Fashion, Kid Style
Neon sneakers are huge this year, and wow are there a lot of great ones! If you’re looking for cool neon sneakers for back to school, and you’ve followed the excitement of the Team USA world-record-setting wins at the Paris Olympics, you know you’re...
by Lisa Barnes | Back to School Shopping, Living
We’re continuing our list of dorm room essentials that you might not have considered with 7 more on our list. (Plus a few bonuses.) If you’re sending a student off to college for the first time — or maybe you’re a rising freshman yourself...
by Lisa Barnes | Back to School Shopping, Living
I’ve become a bit of a pro at picking out dorm room essentials, which means separating the must-haves from the nice-to-haves from the not-going-to-haves. Especially if I’m paying for it. Having sent all of my three kids away to college, it’s become...
by Cool Mom Team | Back to School Shopping, School Gear
Back to school time isn’t just about shopping! (Not that there’s anything wrong with shopping, of course.) One of our favorite annual traditions is sharing our favorite back to school printables in our Back to School Guide to help make the school year...
by Kate Etue | Back to School Shopping, DIY, Tips + Tricks
When we think back to school season, we’re also thinking about those time-saving hacks we dust off to ease out of the summer groove and ready for our September (or August!) routines. While our Annual Back to School Guide mostly features the coolest new...
by Liz Gumbinner | Back to School Shopping, School Gear
When we look for cool backpacks for teens, it’s not enough for them to just be, you know, cool. As kids head to middle school or high school— especially after a whole year at home more or less (sigh) — they need bigger, sturdier backpacks, better shoulder...
by Christina Refford | Back to School Shopping, Fashion
A reader reached out this year to ask for a few of our favorite cool plus-size clothes for teens, to help get her own teen daughter up to speed for back-to-school. And we are happy to oblige! Considering school will be starting up again soon, we know our teens will be...
