The Chirping Moms

25 Craft Ideas Using Children’s Handprints

25 Craft Ideas Using Children’s Handprints

  Are you looking for fun craft ideas or kids’ activities to incorporate into your kid’s summer or preschool activities? Or maybe you just want a great keepsake for the years to come? These fun and easy handprint crafts for toddlers are going to be perfect for you! You can use either white paint or feel free to add more… Read More

Three Fun Halloween Snacks

Three Fun Halloween Snacks

If you’re looking for some cute snacks to send to school for Halloween or ways to make your own Halloween table a little more fun we’ve got 2 easy ideas! Today I’m sharing two fun Halloween snacks: pumpkin patch pudding cups and drinkable yogurt ghosts. Pumpkin Patch Pudding Ingredients: Package of chocolate pudding mix OR pre made pudding cups Green… Read More

The Teal Pumpkin Project

The Teal Pumpkin Project

By: Kerri, an attorney and Mom of 3 cuties  For parents and children alike Halloween is a time of excitement – picking out the costume, classroom parties, parades and the ultimate highlight – Trick-or-Treating!   Over the years as a Food Allergy Mom, I received a lot of great questions about Teal Pumpkin Project® and what it is like to celebrate Halloween… Read More

DIY Group Costume: The Little Mermaid

DIY Group Costume: The Little Mermaid

Disclosure: We partnered with Primary.com for this post. All ideas, costume designs and opinions are my own.  Up on the shore they work all day Out in the sun they slave away While we devotin’ Full time to floatin’ Under the sea Here’s a fun group costume for friends or a family: the cast of The Little Mermaid! These DIY… Read More

Best Places for Apple Picking In NY, NJ and CT

Best Places for Apple Picking In NY, NJ and CT

By: Lyla Gleason Now that the school year is underway, its time to get excited for our favorite fun-for-all fall activity…apple picking. The tri-state area is full of Pick-Your-Own orchards with apple trees in every variety, farm and animal adventures, delicious treats and plenty of fun-filled outdoor activities the whole family can enjoy. Whether you’re stocking up on apples as… Read More

DIY Classic Halloween Costumes

DIY Classic Halloween Costumes

We love making costumes in our house. This year my oldest was really into helping me with all the costumes and had a lot of her own ideas. We started talking about making some Halloween classics: ghost, vampire, Frankenstein, etc. She had a lot of good ideas and we thought it would be really fun to let her and her… Read More

3 Fun Halloween Paper Plate Masks

3 Fun Halloween Paper Plate Masks

Halloween is a few weeks away and today we’re sharing fun crafts for kids and our favorite Halloween outfits from Mini Boden. These 3 Halloween paper plate masks are frightfully fun! These masks are fun for Halloween parties and classroom activities too. We made a black cat mask, a pumpkin mask and a ghost mask. Here’s how we made each… Read More

DIY Group Costume: Peter Pan, Wendy, Michael & John

DIY Group Costume: Peter Pan, Wendy, Michael & John

Second star to the right and straight on ’til morning…..   Today we are sharing one of our favorite DIY group costumes yet: Peter Peter Pan, Wendy, Michael and John. Peter Pan is one of our all time favorite stories, so the kids had a wonderful time helping me make these costumes and then playing Peter Pan in them all… Read More