If Facebook is the playground for tweens and teens, Pinterest is emerging as the favorite playground for moms. They are busy pinning, planning and picking ideas from there. Vivid visual Pinboards of this social network are delicacies among moms that they are happy creating increasing number of pinboards and stuffing boards by dropping items onto them. Pinterest is imagery, relaxing, enhance the fun of being social, at the same time, nestles their online bulletin boards for stacking and sharing ideas. I love to create and pin images on my Pinboards including my own photographs. Isn’t it fascinating to find a sea of DYI craft ideas, gift items, recipes, fashion and styling tips, fitness tips, inspiring quotes, pets, decoration and own photography – all at one place? So, what Pinterest obsessed digital moms are cooking on the social network? – Here are most prevalent 5 Pinterest activities of moms.
Food and recipesÂ
Whether she herself is a foodie or loves to treat her foodie kids, spouse, folks and friends, she will get plenty of tips and recipes on Pinterest. Whether to search recipes to transform bland morning cereals into mouthwatering serve for her kids, to seek great gourmet recipes and exotic ingredients for an occasional gathering, or to hunt for recipes to cook with leftovers etc., – Pinterest caters to moms in connecting to top chefs, food bloggers, and gourmet and extract recipes from those virtual pinboards. Moms can simply search by the name of recipes, ingredients or the name of Pinterest profile names if she is not following that profile yet.
Beauty and fitness
Moms can create virtual bulletin boards on Pinterest as this social network is more visual than any other social network – don’t we feel drawn (believe me, I am already addicted to pinning) to the image before we get into the content? A vault of both videos and still images, Pinterest becomes a bank of ‘how-to’s and tips for skincare, hair care, makeup and cosmetics, yoga, fitness regimens and also fitness and beauty formula of celebrities. And the best thing is that, moms can collect all these tips and formulas at one cool place – under Pinterest.
Inspirational pictures and sayings
Whether to seek and pass on – moms are good at inspirations, both ways. And it is super easy to collect inspiring stories and sayings on Pinterest social network. Fun, motivating, witty, celeb-inspired sayings embedded in images can be sourced on Pinterest that mom can separate out on a dedicated Pinboard. Thus, they have instant access to their favorite inspiring stories and sayings to share them through other networks like Twitter and Facebook.
Other two major interests that get moms hooked to Pinterest are fashion/styling and creative ideas. Pinterest is such a social network that enables moms to connect to fashion bloggers, fashion aficionados and fashion designers and take a quick look over their fashion tips and styling ideas. Likewise, moms love to create handmade DIY products and gifts from lace, old cloth, paper, paint, other items and also get immense ideas on knitting, weaving and the like – that are easy to search using imagery search engine on Pinterest. No wonder why Pinterest is increasingly becoming a favorite social network for moms.
