Take it from an ex-face painter: Face painting doesn't have to be hard for you -- or on your kid. The first rule of Face Paint Club is to avoid using the crummy cheap face paints that are sometimes sold at grocery stores. They tend to be…
When my kids were small I somehow had the time to make their costumes by hand -- things like princess dresses, a lion, and one amazing Nacho Libre costume. However, last year I literally pulled together a costume for my oldest in about 5…
Putting together these ideas for easy Halloween costumes for babies, all featuring clothes and accessories they can wear again, wasn't just fun -- it was very personal. I know I'm not the only parent who doesn't look forward to spending …
I have no problems with princesses and more traditional Halloween costumes for my daughter, but I admit I do have a bit of a bias toward strong girl Halloween costumes. So when my daughter told me she wants to dress up as a Greek goddess…
Some kids are just not down with full-body Halloween costumes. If you've ever tried to wrestle a screaming baby into that adorable plush monkey onesie and ended up covered in bodily fluids, you know just what I mean. Luckily, these adora…
I love that it's become par for the course these days to raise our girls with the knowledge that they can do whatever they want and be whomever they aspire to be -- astronaut, organic farmer, singer, plumber, President. And we're all hop…
Even though Halloween is long over, my kids are still running around in costumes most days, as they'll continue to do. It's fun to see the stories they come up with when they dig through our dress-up box -- like when Cruella deVille and …
The team at Cool Mom Picks always makes fun of me because of my strange aversion to nail art. (Seriously, do you see any nail art on our Pinterest boards ? Exactly.) The way some people hate feet, I'm a little weird about close-up photos…
We truly love Halloween, which is one of the reasons we start looking for the coolest costumes, spookiest decorations, and most delicious recipes around, oh...July. But we're all busy parents! So if, like us, you still need some last min…
When these adorable unicorn horn headbands landed in my inbox over the weekend, I immediately forwarded it to Liz and said "Cool, right?!" which is why you're seeing them right now. If you've got an indecisive little one in your house, o…
I knew the whole sexy Halloween costumes for women thing had jumped the shark (the sexy shark?) when I saw a sexy Freddy Krueger costume in our local costume shop. Not even kidding; we talked about it on a recent episode of Spawned . So …
I like to think of Halloween as an equal opportunity holiday; you don't actually need to be a crafting maven to come up with the best costume. Even procrastinators can throw together last-minute Halloween costumes using (mostly) everyday…
If your kids are begging to be a Star Wars character this Halloween--or if you are just dying to turn your baby into Yoda for their first trick-or-treating--we've rounded up an entire galaxy of DIY Star Wars costumes that cover a variety…
It may not be fair -- or the best system -- but I admit I give out a little more candy to the kids who come to my door in creative and clever themed Halloween costumes. And when they're cool sibling Halloween costumes that work together,…
If you aren't familiar with CHARM IT, the wildly popular charm bracelet brand for girls, then you haven't ever browsed at the black hole of impulse purchase crack by the register at your favorite kids' boutique. Well now there's a fun, a…
We've been huge fans of designer Courtney Chu of Courtney Courtney since she launched her fabulous dresses maaaaany years ago, but these handmade Halloween costumes for kids might just take the cake. Courtney brilliantly upcycles t-shirt…
Avast, me hearties, it's Talk Like a Pirate Day . And since this esteemed annual holiday falls on a Saturday this year, our kids can plunder the living room and giggle about the "poop deck" all day long without getting in trouble in the …
Once again, Martha Stewart has announced her American Made competition finalists and I always love supporting them. It's such a great platform for smaller, indie makers to get more exposure, especially those producing wonderful products …
We've got a lot of summer birthdays for the kids in my family, so party planning is definitely top of mind for me these days. But I realized, as I've looked around the web, that while there are lots of gorgeous handmade birthday crowns o…
Oh, the joys of the summer birthday party when the nice weather means celebrating with friends out-of-doors. And whether this means gathering everyone into your backyard, meeting at the local park, or even taking over a quiet piece of sa…
We love when some of our favorite indie makers, brands, and artists find each other, and that goes for the latest announcement from our friends at Tattly . They've just introduced a new collaboration with the wonderful Anna Bond of Rifle…
Since most of the mail I get in my own mailbox is junk or bills, I'd love to see my kids playing mail carrier and delivering me something really special using Miss Pretty Pretty's colorful felt mail bag . Perhaps delivered to this cute p…
With my daughter finally ( finally! ) deciding on going trick-or-treating as Iris, the Goddess of the Rainbow , we've been trying out different temporary hair color options to figure out what makes sense for her. Especially on her dark b…
I love fun, fashion-forward jewelry, but I don't love when the jewelry--or my skin--changes colors after a little wear. Metallic temporary tattoo jewelry is a fun new trend and smart solution that we're seeing everywhere--the logical, fa…