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How does your garden grow? With SeedBallz

May 9, 2012 Cool Mom Picks Doodads and Random Bits of Coolness, Food and Drink, gardening, gardening with kids, Getting crafty, Home, socially conscious, Toys and Other Playthings, ways to help

If there are three things I was sure would never happen in my life, it would be: 1) writing the word “SeedBallz”; 2) knowing what to do with something called SeedBallz; 3) having kids who would fall in love with something called SeedBallz.

Web Coolness – Mother’s Day help, super finger puppets, and getting boys to read

May 4, 2012 Cool Mom Picks candy, DIY, Getting crafty, Home, Link Roundups, lunch boxes, Mother's Day, mother's day gift guide, Mother's Day gifts, teacher gifts

Here are some of our favorite links from around the web this week. We hope you like them too.

Web Coolness – Mother’s Day ideas, a hilarious family video, and Kindiefest!

April 27, 2012 Cool Mom Picks Getting crafty, Holiday Picks, Home, Link Roundups

Here are some of our favorite links from around the web this week. We hope you like them too.

You oughta draw on pictures

April 26, 2012 Cool Mom Picks art, art for kids, art supplies, Books, Books for Kids, coloring books, Getting crafty, Home, homeschooling tools, photography, Travel essentials, Tweens + Big Kids

From the moment they could successfully maneuver a crayon, my kids have loved open-ended coloring books like Taro Gomi’s finish-the-picture Scribbles book. So, it’s no surprise that they adore a new rule-free coloring book with an interesting twist: In…

3 new monthly gift subscriptions for kids that keep on giving

April 25, 2012 Cool Mom Picks art for kids, art supplies, craft kits, Eco-friendly, family activities, Getting crafty, gifts for kids, green toys, Home, homeschooling tools, LEGO, subscriptions, Toys and Other Playthings

With three kids and an ever-growing number of nieces and nephews, it seems like I’m on the lookout for a “wow” birthday gift every month, and a monthly gift subscription is always a great idea.

Earth Day Pick – PaperStatement art and jewelry

April 22, 2012 Cool Mom Picks Art+Decor (Sounds Fancy), Baubles & Bags, Earth Day, Eco-friendly, Etsy, Getting crafty, green living, handmade, handmade jewelry, Home, jewelry, paper crafts

Discovering the Paper Statement Etsy shop was like looking at your own perceived craftiness in the mirror and laughing at it. I am absolutely blown away by the things true artists can do out of paper and cardboard.

Earth Day Pick – Kiwi Crate’s green boxes

April 22, 2012 Cool Mom Picks Causes and General Do-Gooding, craft kits, Earth Day, Eco-friendly, educational kids' toys, family activities, gardening with kids, Getting crafty, green living, green toys, Home, subscriptions, Toys and Other Playthings

When I first read about Kiwi Crate’s monthly craft subscriptions (here, in fact), I couldn’t wait to gift one to my niece. And now that Kiwi Crate has announced some new boxes–two of which seem perfect to mention on this Earth Day—I can’t wait to si…

Preserving kids’ artwork has never been so pretty (or organized)

April 20, 2012 Cool Mom Picks art, art for kids, Art+Decor (Sounds Fancy), cool stuff, Doodads and Random Bits of Coolness, Getting crafty, Helpful Services, Home, Kids-Art, Misc Paper Goods, scrapbooking

You should see my car–or actually, you shouldn’t. It’s filled to the brim with my daughter’s preschool artwork.

Personalized stamps that prettify anything. And everything.

April 15, 2012 Cool Mom Picks custom, Doodads and Random Bits of Coolness, Getting crafty, Home, Misc Paper Goods, personalized, stamps

Ever since my penpal days (I had 31 of them! At the same time!), I’ve loved personalized stamps. I was a preteen, so they were of the unicorn-and-rainbow variety–oh, and penguins.

Growing edibles just got easy. Like black-thumb-proof easy.

April 11, 2012 Cool Mom Picks Around the House, DIY, Eco-friendly, food, Food and Drink, foodies, gardening, gardening with kids, Getting crafty, green living, Home

Grow-it-yourself is the new do-it-yourself. Unfortunately, I tend have the touch of death for plants. But you know what? I haven’t let being plant kryptonite stop me from growing my own juicy tomatoes and fresh herbs.

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