by Kristen Chase | Holiday Picks
The gingerbread house just got a 2017 makeover thanks to this clever Super Mario gingerbread house we found at Michael’s. Seriously, how fun is this? Related: The coolest craft gifts for kids You get everything you’ll need to put together this...
by Liz Gumbinner | Tech Toys
Each year, there’s one tech gift that we see and go…yup. That’s going to be the one everyone wants. And this year it’s the new Collector’s Edition Propel Star Wars Drones that I got to check out at a top secret press preview event this...
by Liz Gumbinner | Back to School Tech
Gaming has taken over the world — or at least our kids’ brains, same as it did when we were kids (ahem). But what our kids have that we didn’t have back in the day is such an amazing collection of cool gamer school supplies. Whether they’re...
by Kate Etue | Games + Gaming
Forget Snapchat, Facebook, or even Instagram. Teens these days are often connecting with friends online by gaming together on their Xboxes and I find the key to good communication for them is a great gaming headset for teens. So my almost-teen son has spent a ton of...
by Liz Gumbinner | Gear + Hardware, Holiday Picks, Holiday Tech Gifts
As we get closer to Christmas and Hanukkah (eep!) we thought we’d close out our 2016 Holiday Tech Gift Guide should help you out since it’s all about last minute holiday tech deals and discounts. Yep, those of you procrastinators and busy parents?...
by Delilah S. Dawson | Holiday Tech Gifts
Next up in our Cool Mom Tech Holiday Tech Gift Guide, we’ve got two dozen ideas for great geeky gifts for a kid in your life. From little babies just cutting their teeth on Nintendo (literally — you’ll see) to big kids and kids at heart who like...
by Liz Gumbinner | Fashion + Accessories, Games + Gaming
My kids are obsessed with Aphmau, the hugely popular YouTuber, Vlogger, designer — and mom, by the way — who creates the Minecraft roleplay videos they devour like I used to watch, oh, Captain Caveman. I happened to click on the Aphmau Maker Shop link...
by Liz Gumbinner | Tech Toys
The folks at Mattel have been pretty busy this year, with a new girl power rebranding campaign, a line of curvy Barbies launched with much fanfare, and even a Misty Copeland Barbie that flew off the shelves. Well now, a mere 24 years after Barbie uttered “math...
by Nicole Blades | Games + Gaming
Honestly, haven’t we all rocked out to an air guitar at some point in our lives? (Or maybe this morning in the shower — ahem.) Pretending to be Lenny Kravitz or Joan Jett shredding the axe and professing our love for rock ‘n’ roll out loud got...