The Chirping Moms

Fingerprint Pumpkin Patch

Fingerprint Pumpkin Patch

Here’s a cute Halloween craft to try with the kids: a fingerprint pumpkin patch. It’s easy and depending on the age of the child, you can either do most of the steps yourself and just add their fingerprints or have them do the whole craft on their own. You only need a few supplies and you’ll have a sweet little… Read More

Halloween Craft: Spooky Toilet Paper Ghosts {& Mini Boden Halloween}

Halloween Craft: Spooky Toilet Paper Ghosts {& Mini Boden Halloween}

 Halloween crafts are our favorite projects to make. Our neighborhood gets very festive for Halloween and the kids want our house to be as “boo-tiful” as the rest. Lately they keep telling me our house isn’t spooky enough. They think we have plenty of pumpkins but need more ghosts and spiders. I was trying to think of a craft they… Read More

Delicious Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Squares

Delicious Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Squares

Who needs a good pumpkin recipe? We’ve made pumpkin chocolate chip blondies, pumpkin chocolate chip brownies and pumpkin chocolate chip cookies. Then we made what’s kind of a combo recipe of all three and they are our favorite. I wasn’t sure what to call them so they’ll be Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Squares. They are so delicious and pretty easy to… Read More

Fun Way to Decorate Pumpkins: Rainbow Painted Pumpkins

Fun Way to Decorate Pumpkins: Rainbow Painted Pumpkins

Time to get your pumpkins ready for Halloween! We usually carve at least one big pumpkin each year but all of my kids like to get a chance to decorate pumpkins. This year we made some rainbow painted pumpkins. We loved having rainbows hang in our window during quarantine so this was a way to add our rainbow theme into… Read More

Five Fast, Fun & Festive Halloween Activities

Five Fast, Fun & Festive Halloween Activities

Halloween is a week away! Halloween may look a little different this year but there are still plenty of ways to celebrate close to home and to have some fun this week while you prepare. We’re also planning a small Halloween themed birthday party this week so I’ve been narrowing down easy snacks and activities for a safe outdoor party…. Read More

Simple Preschool Activities: Halloween

Simple Preschool Activities: Halloween

This week’s theme is Halloween! Less than 2 weeks until Halloween and my kids can’t wait.  For this week’s post we’ll make, eat, read and play with all things Halloween! For more on our free simple preschool activities at home series, click here. The intro post tells all about this simple program, ages, etc and links to all of the… Read More

30 Halloween Projects For Kids

30 Halloween Projects For Kids

It’s time to pull out the black and orange paint, pipe cleaners and construction paper! We’re back with another year of fun Halloween projects for kids. We have some cute new crafts to share, and below those we’ve linked to some of our favorite Halloween projects from the last 2 years. If you click on the name of the craft,… Read More

Simple Preschool Activities: B is for Boo!

Simple Preschool Activities: B is for Boo!

This week’s theme is B is for Boo! Ready for some spooookkkkyyy preschool fun?  This week we’ll make, taste, read and play with all things ghosts! I am going to try and do Halloween and fall themes for the next few weeks and thought I’d kick it off with some BOO for you with ghost themed activities for preschoolers. For… Read More