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Cool gift idea under $5: Printable photo frames that look like vintage objects.
Read Essay →: Cool gift idea under $5: Printable photo frames that look like vintage objects.Digging through our archives for some creative Mother’s Day gift ideas, I came across this one that was so excited, I…
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Download Apple’s free Make Your Holiday booklet and give your kids 20+ fun, creative projects to keep them busy all month.
Read Essay →: Download Apple’s free Make Your Holiday booklet and give your kids 20+ fun, creative projects to keep them busy all month.I am not exaggerating when I say that I cried after watching a presentation about Apple’s new, totally free, Make…
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11 geeky Halloween costumes for kids and babies. Parenting done right.
Read Essay →: 11 geeky Halloween costumes for kids and babies. Parenting done right.I’m hoping at least one of my kids will choose one of these amazing geeky Halloween costume ideas — which…
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These DIY galaxy Easter eggs are out of this world.
Read Essay →: These DIY galaxy Easter eggs are out of this world.My kids love decorating Easter eggs, but now that they’re hitting their tweens they’re getting a little more creative. That’s why…
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Nearly 100 of the coolest free geeky pumpkin carving templates for Halloween
Read Essay →: Nearly 100 of the coolest free geeky pumpkin carving templates for HalloweenWith Halloween right around the corner (nope, we can’t believe it either), we thought it would be fun to round-up…
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BOSEbuild Speaker Cube: A DIY Bluetooth speaker kit for kids that totally rocks. Yay STEM!
Read Essay →: BOSEbuild Speaker Cube: A DIY Bluetooth speaker kit for kids that totally rocks. Yay STEM!We have certainly covered lots of DIY STEM toys for kids and even more Bluetooth speakers here on Cool Mom Tech, but the BOSEbuild Speaker Cube is…
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Turn your summer memories into a cool keepsake
Read Essay →: Turn your summer memories into a cool keepsakeTake Chatbooks photo books and add in The Novogratz Family design sense and you get a very cool way to turn…
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A DIY tassel charger that you can really DIY. Promise.
Read Essay →: A DIY tassel charger that you can really DIY. Promise.We’ve featured a couple of cool tassel chargers here on Cool Mom Tech because they’re stylish and a pretty handy…
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The 2016 Doodle 4 Google student contest winners and our favorite runners-up
Read Essay →: The 2016 Doodle 4 Google student contest winners and our favorite runners-upWe always love seeing the annual winners of the Doodle 4 Google contest, and this year’s huge congrats go out…
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12 of the best geeky-cool printable Valentine’s cards: Star Wars, Minecraft, emojis, FNAF, science and more.
Read Essay →: 12 of the best geeky-cool printable Valentine’s cards: Star Wars, Minecraft, emojis, FNAF, science and more.With Valentine’s Day coming up, always love looking for fun printable geeky Valentine’s cards for those kids less into doily…
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The cutest geeky DIY Valentine’s Day card mailbox
Read Essay →: The cutest geeky DIY Valentine’s Day card mailboxWe recently put together a really fun collection of 11 DIY Valentine’s crafts for preschoolers and young kids, and in the…
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Make your own Star Wars BB-8 and more, with free tutorials from littleBits
Read Essay →: Make your own Star Wars BB-8 and more, with free tutorials from littleBitsTo celebrate the release of The Force Awakens — you have heard of it, right? — the team behind one of our favorite…
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Last minute Halloween costume ideas: Ada Lovelace and other notable women in STEM
Read Essay →: Last minute Halloween costume ideas: Ada Lovelace and other notable women in STEMRecently, we were thrilled to find Take Back Halloween, an amazing site for women (and girls) hoping for a few…
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20 free emoji Halloween pumpkin carving stencils that we red heart big time.
Read Essay →: 20 free emoji Halloween pumpkin carving stencils that we red heart big time.This being the year of the emoji, of course someone was going to rock the emoji pumpkin carving idea in…
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A printable Star Wars coloring book made free: Kindness that gives the world a new hope.
Read Essay →: A printable Star Wars coloring book made free: Kindness that gives the world a new hope.Bless the big-hearted Star Wars fans of this world, for on May the Fourth Be With You Day, they are always an…
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DIY light up Valentines, for when regular old cards just don’t cut it.
Read Essay →: DIY light up Valentines, for when regular old cards just don’t cut it.There are some really cool printable Valentines that we’ve recently found for kids more focused on science and tech than doilies and…
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9 of the best printable Valentines cards for lovers of Minecraft, tech, and all things geeky.
Read Essay →: 9 of the best printable Valentines cards for lovers of Minecraft, tech, and all things geeky.My kids love to give and receive Valentine’s Day cards from their friends and classmates, but they’d prefer to skip…
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Halloween projections: The easiest way to have the creepiest Halloween house on the block
Read Essay →: Halloween projections: The easiest way to have the creepiest Halloween house on the blockIf you’re still figuring out how to make your house the coolest on the block–after all, you do not want…
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A DIY light up Halloween bucket: Because you need both hands free to scoop up all that candy.
Read Essay →: A DIY light up Halloween bucket: Because you need both hands free to scoop up all that candy.With all the things that can go bump in the night, I just hope none of them run into one…
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DIY tech: A Halloween pumpkin light necklace
Read Essay →: DIY tech: A Halloween pumpkin light necklaceThere are certainly a ton of cool flashlights you can buy out there for your trick or treaters–not to mention…