9 sweet, easy handmade Mother’s Day cards your kids can make (with maybe just a little help)

by Kate Etue | Mother's Day Gifts, DIY

While there are tons of amazing, store-bought Mother’s Day cards these days, I love when my kids take the time to create a handmade Mother’s Day card for me. It gives them an opportunity to be creative, and feel that pride that comes with having made...

15 pretty Easter flower crafts for kids of every age, from easy to whoa!

by Kate Etue | DIY

There’s nothing quite like bright bursts of color dotting the landscape to wake me up and out of winter’s hibernation. And you can bring all the colors of spring into your home with these 15 pretty flower crafts you can make with the kids,even if the real...

Custom art globes pieces kick our wanderlust up a notch

by Liz Gumbinner | Art + Decor

This time of year I start to get a little stuck. The excitement of Valentine’s Day is gone, light is still limited, the weather is frigid. It’s like I just want to imagine myself someplace — anyplace — else. So I started browsing Etsy for...

30 super cool printable Valentine’s Day cards for the classroom, all free or close to it.

by Cool Mom Team | DIY

Each year, we search high and low for the best printable Valentine’s Day cards for the classroom, to make is so much easier for kids (or, ahem, their parents)  to get all those heartfelt wishes ready for friends, families and classmates. By now, our readers know...

11 easy Valentine’s Day crafts for preschoolers and younger kids, most with supplies you already have at home.

by Kate Etue | DIY

While I’m not sure I’m ready for my house to look like it exploded in hearts, Valentine’s Day is coming sooner than you think. And since my kids’ own language of love is craft projects, I’ve been looking for some easy Valentine’s...

Easy DIY ornaments for kids: 9 terrific ideas for turning those plain ornaments into something special

by Christina Refford | DIY

I have had such a great time this week looking for ideas for DIY ornaments for the kids. After all, one of my favorite parts about decorating for the holidays is seeing the Christmas tree ornaments my kids have made over the years and hey, we’re always open to...

Adult Halloween treats you’ll want to keep out of the kids’ candy bags

by Liz Gumbinner | Food + Recipes

So here’s something we’re pretty excited about: Recently, we’ve teamed up with our friends at Mouth.com, to put together a fantastic, carefully curated collection of adult Halloween treats you’ll want to keep all to yourself. Just scroll down....

Someone Special Books: Personalized books for kids with special needs of all kinds. Like making friends.

by Liz Gumbinner | Books for Kids

We love personalized books for kids, which always make special gifts for the kid who has everything. Also, what child doesn’t need more books in his or her library? But now we’ve discovered a publisher creating personalized books made just for kids with...

Join us for a Twitter Social to help you get into the back to school groove

by Cool Mom Team | Back to School Shopping

Back-to-school season is in full swing, some of us just starting this week and others already a month in. But however long your kids have been in school this year, you know how hard it can be to adjust to the new schedule — homework, activities, volunteering...

12 awesome DIY back to school crafts your kids can actually do: Back to school shopping guide 2015.

by Liz Gumbinner | Back to School Shopping, School Gear

We are not the parents who are going to put together a list of back to school crafts that require 6 kinds of sandpaper and a drawer full of spare x-rays to turn into DIY stencils. (Seriously. We’ve seen this.) Like most of you, we’re looking for the kinds...