October is my favorite month. The weather is great and there are so many reasons to be outdoors: like all of the New Jersey pumpkin patches! We visit them on the weekends and even during the week for less crowds. I guess from all our pumpkin patch photos people can tell we visit quite a few and are often… Read More
My Star Spangled Snack Mix and Bunny Chow have become my easy “go-to” desserts to bring places in the spring and summer. I figured it was time to make a super spooky version for Halloween. So here’s our Halloween snack mix which is about the easiest Halloween treat recipe around. We call it the Spooky Snack Mix and it makes… Read More
Disclosure: We partnered with Primary.com for this post. All ideas, costume designs and opinions are my own. They’re creepy and they’re kooky, mysterious and spooky, they’re all together ooky, The Addams Family! Today i’m sharing our DIY Addams Family costumes for kids. I think this might be my favorite group costume yet. A couple years ago we did Mickey &… Read More
By: Jordan of Jordan & Co It’s time for Halloween books for kids! Well, friends- October ramps up my most favorite time of year when it comes to children’s books…Holiday Picture Books! I’m so excited to continue my fun “Monthly Book Picks” tradition again this year by adding a few new finds each month. Call me a sucker, but I… Read More
I think this is the most fun yet we’ve had working together to make a DIY Halloween costume. The girls are getting old enough to help with ideas and love working on these with me. The best part of these 2 costumes: you probably have a lot of the supplies already. We made this DIY Alice in Wonderland costume and… Read More
Here’s a fun costume for a set of sisters or friends: DIY Parent Trap Costume! My girls watched The Parent Trap for the first time this summer and loved it. After watching it a few times, I over heard them “playing” that they were Hallie and Annie. It got me thinking: this would be a cute Halloween costume! This turned… Read More
We are having so much fun creating DIY costumes right now! We have many new ones to share this year. You can follow along with the new ones and past costumes with #chirpingdiycostumes on Instagram and by clicking on the DIY Costumes tab above under the “Holiday” tab. Today we’re sharing a DIY Clark Kent costume for kids. This wasn’t… Read More
Halloween has come & gone and all is left are giant buckets of candy! There’s no way that even this mom can eat all the candy that we have. The kids had school off on Monday & Tuesday, so I decided to take some of that extra time to make some creative use of their Halloween candy. Below I am… Read More
Does anyone else feel like Halloween snuck up on them this year? If you’re feeling festive but out of time, here’s a list of SUPER easy Halloween treats. Most of them require absolutely no baking. Happy Halloween! 12 Last Minute Easy Halloween Treats 1. Ghost Pudding This one is SUPER easy: Simply buy vanilla Snack Packs, turn them upside down… Read More
I’ve had so much fun making costumes this fall! The DIY costumes I’ve shared this year (and all below) are easy and require no sewing. Plus, so many of the supplies can be re-used all year long. So many of them are made out of pajamas – comfy for Halloween and can be used after! I love making costumes but… Read More