7 killer nacho recipes for your Super Bowl party. Or any party.

by Stacie Billis | Food + Recipes

Whether you’ll be hooting for the 49ers or hollering for the Ravens, we can all find common ground on Super Bowl Sunday over a great nacho recipe. Like pizza, nachos are an elemental dish made with the holy trinity of comfort foods: bread (or chips in this...

Throw an awesome birthday party for kids without a lick of planning

by Shari | Party Ideas

I’m all about at-home birthday parties for kids. Which is not to say that they don’t stress me out, because they totally stress me out. But the idea is so appealing and old-fashioned, isn’t it? You know, if someone else would do all the planning and...

5 New Year’s Eve appetizers with cocktails and mocktails to match for a chic, family-friendly party

by Stacie Billis | Food + Recipes

Whether you’re cozying up with family or hosting a big New Year’s party, New Year’s Eve calls for party food that’s easy, potentially kid-friendly, but also elegant for us cool parents. High maintenance? Nah. We’ve got New Year’s...

New! The perfect party decor kits from Minted.com. Now your parties can look like Those Parties without much effort at all.

by Cool Mom Team | Party Ideas

We’ve loved the beautiful cards and invitations from Minted.com ever since we discovered them on day one, so it makes perfect, brilliant sense that they’d evolve from cards and invitations, and launch a gorgeous new Party Decor line. Hooray! Plus, like all...

Block party: printables that let you create your own mix-and-match stackables

by Kirsten | DIY

It’s nothing new to us mamas that kids love blocks. But it’s double the awesome when kids get to build their own. And that’s where Olliblocks come in. These adorable children’s blocks are assembled by you and your child. All you need to do is...

Watch it wiggle, see it freak out your party guests

by Liz Gumbinner | Food + Recipes

Browsing through our archives for cool Halloween ideas, I came across this old link to a post highlighting a recipe for super spooky eyeball Jell-O shots. Non-alcoholic for the kids, of course. Poking around the site, turns out there’s a ton more great...

Party perfection: raise the roof AND raise money for your fave nonprofits

by Lexi Petronis | Helpful Services

Planning a kids’ party isn’t for the faint of heart, even though the end results (adorable cake-face photos! happy wee ones!) are always worth it. Let’s face it: life is crazybusy. So I can totally see why more and more parents are turning to...

How do you put together a great kids’ birthday party without a design degree and 600 hours of free time?

by Christina Refford | Party Ideas

I confess: I have a love-hate relationship with planning birthday parties for my kids. While picking a theme can be fun, I also find it a little exhausting to sift through website after website looking for cool activities for a superhero party or the perfect...

A unique party favor for a forest of one’s own – The terrarium kit

by Delilah S. Dawson | Party Ideas

The start of the school year means once again, the hunt for creative party favors and teacher gifts begins. Well we’ve brought you cookies in a jar, dreidels in a jar, and pickles in a jar. Now we’ve got a forest in a jar– made by your very own kid....

Throwing an Olympics Party? Some of the coolest printables, snacks, and party ideas

by Christina Refford | Party Ideas

With so many of us on the verge of Olympics fever, a Summer Olympics party is such a great way to get older kids into the spirit of the games. Whether you’re just trying to make the opening ceremonies more exciting on Friday, or throw a full out theme party for...