At Cool Mom HQ, we're suckers for easy crafts that keep the kids busy, especially during the holidays. But the Cool Mom Eats team? Well, we say if you take time to craft it, you should be able to eat it. These 10 easy, delicious holiday …
If you're clean out of gift ideas after shopping for everyone in your family and inner circle, print out the ultimate pack of printable holiday gift tags from Caravan Shoppe, and then throw a few items in your Amazon cart. They not only …
Every year, I have grand visions of making a bakery-worthy display of elaborate holiday cookies using a candy thermometer, piping bag -- the whole deal. But inevitably, the holiday crush, well, crushes those aspirations. So this year I'm…
This year's DIY slime craze isn't going anywhere anytime soon, if my kids' obsession is any indicator. So when I saw this DIY Santa Slime tutorial at The Best Ideas for Kids I knew I had to bookmark it. Honestly, how brilliant is this as…
If you've been following along, you know that we've been rolling out our 2017 Cool Mom Eats holiday gift guide since the end of November, and it's packed with tons of ideas for all of the people on your list, from the coffee lover to the…
Whether you're buying for a food snob, an avid home cook, a 7-year-old who thinks that jelly beans that taste like farts are funny, or all of the above, we have just the treats for them. These unique, funny, and just plain delicious stoc…
Every December, we love seeking out the funniest Christmas cards and holiday cards out there, and this year is no different. I mean hey, we adore the holidays, but let's be real, they can be a bit...stressful. So thank goodness for cooki…
Leaving cookies for Santa is one of the most magical things about Christmas in my family. Cookies are somehow there on Christmas Eve, and gone on Christmas morning! What is this sorcery?! So when I saw the personalized cookies for Santa …
Whether you're gifting a foodie who is passionate about equal access to healthy foods or the rights of immigrant farm and food workers, or a food and drink lover newly woke to how food can bring us together around issues of social justic…
I have to be honest that I don't love decorating gingerbread houses with my kids... the mess, the crazy sugar high from all those gumdrops, and the inevitable tears when it all collapses. That's why I prefer gingerbread people! So much m…
If you ask us, there is no more vital a partnership than parenthood and caffeine. While coffee lives in a grey area for many who have switched to popular diets like Paleo , it remains a life-giving elixir for many (most?) of us. And ther…
My name is Jane and I don’t love baking holiday cookies. There, I said it! I absolutely love cookies , but I’ve just never been a spend-all-day-in-the-kitchen-making-sugar-cookies type of gal. But you can’t have the holidays without cook…
Inspirational? Check. Sassy? Check. Funny AF? You bet. The 125 Collection candles cover all the bases. I'm so happy to discover these 100% natural, premium scented soy candles that were created by two entrepreneurial women in Harlem, NYC…
Most of us agree that foodies have made the world a better place. After all, where would we be without craft burgers, artisan breads, and those home brews they're always asking us to try? But it's also hard to take seriously our friends …
Our local bookstore has a kids' section that's a swath of red and green right now. But books like Clifford's Christmas or It's a SpongeBob Christmas are not my first choices. (You guys, I totally just made up those titles in my head, sea…
If you're new to food allergies or will be baking for people who have them, we're here to help you transform your favorite baked holiday treats into goodies everyone can enjoy. Much like we did for our post, the best allergy-free replace…
Quite a few of us at Cool Mom HQ have kids obsessed with baking, Master Chef Junior, Top Chef Jr. , and Nerdy Nummies , to name a few. And on the top of their holiday wish lists? Cooking and baking supplies made just for them. No complai…
If there's one thing that brings all serious food lovers together -- whether we love to cook or just to eat -- it's a never-ending desire for more. Whether it's wanting to try every jar of deliciousness at the specialty food store, colle…
I always think food and drink make the best holiday gifts, but 24 food and drink gifts? Now you're speaking my love language. And you don't even have to wait until the big day. See, friends, I'm talking about food advent calendars -- and…
I don't think it's a surprise that our kids are obsessed right now with mermaid blankets , mermaid Vans , and mermaid pillows -- and that we adults are fully giving into the obsession. In a world gone somewhat mad, a little fairy magic c…
When we shop around for our kids' stocking stuffers, our longtime readers know that our hearts always grow three sizes when we share handmade items or those that support indie shops and businesses. With that in mind, have we got a websit…
Families who celebrate Christmas and Hanukkah totally get the best of both worlds. 8 days of gifts plus one blow-out morning of overstuffed stockings and packages? Dreidels and reindeer? Eggnog and latkes? Okay, maybe not those two at th…
Every year, Cool Mom Picks searches high and low for all kinds of the coolest Advent calendars for our homes so that our families — and yours! — can make that countdown to Christmas more fun. And this year, we're back. Right in time! If …
Okay Stranger Things fans (isn't that all of us?), have we got the holiday gift for you! Check out this genius Stranger Things Christmas Lights doormat from Etsy shop Ry Nic Products, which is is basically made for the holiday season. Or…