Kids’ Halloween music download: Pumpkinhead by The Hipwaders:
As the kids gear up for Halloween, we have a spooky new tune from Cool Mom Picks favorites The Hipwaders that’s perfect Halloween music for kids–and their parents–because may convince them to think twice before they eat all their candy on the first...
Robot for Halloween by The Flannery Brothers: Kids’ free music download of the week
If your kids are old enough to toddle, chances are they have opinions about their upcoming Halloween costume and may be considering one of the all-time classics: The robot. If that’s the case, or if you’d like to steer them in this direction, check out...
The coolest, free-est Halloween playlists on the web
Every year I try to make a Halloween playlist for my own kids and for trick or treaters who visit our door, but this year, two of my favorite online music services, Spotify and Rdio, have done it for me. And the best part, they’re free! If...
Today’s Halloween Witch Google Doodle is a fun way to avoid work for 3 more minutes.
This has been a great month for Google Doodles (maybe those free lattes are keeping everyone inspired?) and today’s Halloween Witch is a perfect example. Skip the auto-search in your address bar for one day and instead...
A free Halloween ecard featuring your own kids. We mean, SCARY GOBLINS.
Every year, the team at Cool Mom Tech gets a little silly with the hilarious Halloween JibJab cards that make it look like we are shimmying and breakdancing to any number of catchy songs. And now, for our younger kids, we’re thrilled that JibJab’s...
Kids’ music download of the week: I’m a Jack-O-Lantern
If you need ideas for decorating a Halloween pumpkin, we’ve got loads of them at Cool Mom Picks. And if you’d like a musical accompaniment to go along with your afternoon of carving, we’ve got the perfect new tune. From the hard-rocking Boogers,...
8 Halloween apps for kids for spooky, creative, or silly fun
Once again, it’s that time we seek out the very best Halloween apps for kids to help keep them in the Halloween spirit, without wearing out their costumes and polishing off the mini Kit-Kats before the 31st even hits. And once again, it’s a hard job. But...
Kids’ FREE music download of the week: Rocktober Halloween Party Playlist for kids
Want some family-friendly and totally cool tunes to get your little ghosts and goblins in the mood for Halloween? We’ve scared up a collection of nine great kindie tunes from Cool Mom Picks’ favorites like Justin Roberts and Key Wilde & Mr. Clarke . ....
A Halloween coloring app for kids that offers free offline creativity too
I’m all for kids getting to use my iPad to color and create. But I love getting them offline to do the same with old-fashion crayons and markers too. (Remember those?) Here’s an app company that’s doing both. The Silly Aliens Supercrayon...Hi! We’re Kristen + Liz
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