2015 Cool Mom Picks Holiday Gift Guide

by Cool Mom Team

We are beyond thrilled to present our 2015 holiday gift guide, which we have to say is our biggest and our best yet. We mean it this time! (Okay, so we mean it every time.) You’ll find 19 pages packed with truly fabulous holiday gift ideas for every single person on...

11 messy projects for preschoolers that let you be The Fun Parent

by Cool Mom Team | DIY

If you find yourself saying Don’t make a mess! to your curious, imaginative, and, yeah, messy preschooler more times than you care to count, we’re going to challenge you to say Let’s make a mess for a change. Wait til you see how good that feels. Oh...

Piki Piki: It’s a bike! It’s a trike! It’s the new top of your toddler’s wish list.

by Esther Chen | Toys + Playthings

Vroom vroom! That’s the sound of one very happy 21-month-old zooming around in my living room on the Piki Piki from Gallo and Spence Toys, a great new bike-trike hybrid for toddlers and preschoolers. And with my own toddler (and soon-to-be toddler, eek!) am so...

Cool Gifts for Baby’s First Christmas

by Cool Mom Team

Please see our updated list of best first Christmas gifts for baby Many of these items from 2014 are no longer available A baby’s first Christmas is such a big deal with families, and we totally get it. We’re sentimental like that too. So we love looking...

Bunzi: A first balance bike for toddlers that doesn’t break your budget

by Esther Chen | Toys + Playthings

If it’s not yet clear from the pages of Cool Mom Picks, the holiday season is upon us. And for a lot of us, that means time to come up with a standout holiday gift for the little guys and gals on our shopping list will be a hit without breaking the bank. You may...

What are the best gifts for a two year old? We’ve got tons!

by Christina Refford | Toys + Playthings

Choosing the best gift for a two year old from among ride-on vehicles, construction toys, dolls and more can seem overwhelming, so we’ve narrowed it down to some favorites that our own boys and girls have loved. Because that first birthday party may get more...

What to buy a 7 year old girl: 13 gift ideas according to mine after the NYIGF

by Liz Gumbinner | Toys + Playthings

I had such a great time discovering so many cool new picks at the NY International Gift Fair this weekend. But what was maybe more interesting, was letting my 7 year-old daughter tag along so I could see her own favorites from the show that are now making the great...

The best scooter for little kids? The one that’s the best for big kids.

by Christina Refford | Toys + Playthings

There is no question in my three-kid household that one of the favorites in our fleet of ride-on toys is the Mini Kick scooter. From the moment they could balance on the stable footrest, my kids were cruising the driveway and declaring it “best scooter...

A ride on toy that the non-riders can love too.

by Cool Mom Team | Uncategorized

I’ve found the degree to which children love ride-on toys seems to be in inverse proportion to how ugly they look in your living room. Cute sleek and modern? Eh. Big, shiny and plastic? Home run! But now there’s one that my kids will love just as much as...

The Plasma Car: You need one now. I mean, your kids need one.

by Cool Mom Team | Toys + Playthings

Recently I was introduced to the Plasma Car at a friend’s house. I had to beg my four year-old to get off…and give me a try. And once I did, she had to beg me to get off. I’m not the only one. At the ABC Kids show in Las Vegas a few months ago, CMP...