The Chirping Moms

Tons of Fun Camping Themed Activities for Kids {With Free Printable}

Tons of Fun Camping Themed Activities for Kids {With Free Printable}

The kids are really interested in camping all of a sudden. With a few weeks left of summer vacation, I wasn’t quite prepared to take a 3 year old, 5 year old and baby camping, but I did come up with some fun ways to “camp” during the day in our backyard. Here are a few fun camping activities, books… Read More

5 Favorites for Sun Protection

5 Favorites for Sun Protection

Memorial Day Weekend is here! It’s time for the summer months and fun in the sun. With little ones, fun in the sun does come with some work: sun protection. It’s something I feel that if you plan ahead and get the right gear, you can have more fun and less stress on the hot sunny days of summer. Today… Read More

25 Patriotic Books for Kids

25 Patriotic Books for Kids

By: Courtney Byrne This week is Memorial Day Weekend, followed by Flag Day and then 4th of July. We love books to go along with holidays and also love history books for kids. So it was fun to work on a list of 25 patriotic books for kids. The list includes fiction, non fiction and books for all ages: patriotic… Read More

Easy Watermelon Craft: DIY Painted Watermelon Flower Pot

Easy Watermelon Craft: DIY Painted Watermelon Flower Pot

  Looking for a fun spring craft? This DIY watermelon flower pot craft is cute for a Mother’s Day gift, teacher gift or just something fun to do this spring. It’s easy and can be down with any size flower pot. For this one, I got the paint recommended for painting clay pots – it’s next to the clay pots… Read More

Easy Summer Craft for Kids: Curly Paper Octopus

Easy Summer Craft for Kids: Curly Paper Octopus

Today we have an easy summer craft for kids! This curly paper octopus can be simply made with copy paper, scissors, tape and markers or you can use the construction paper, google eyes, etc mentioned below. We did one together and then I had Alex do one all on her own (she’s 5). I did help her out a bit with… Read More

Friday Favorites: See Kai Run

Friday Favorites: See Kai Run

It’s now July and my kids haven’t been inside of a store since February. One thing that I would always do in store, was have my kids feet measured. Whether it was using the “foot chart” in Target or taking them to a kids shoe section, each season I liked to see exactly what size my kids feet were. Since… Read More

Fun Summer Craft for Kids: Friendship Pins

Fun Summer Craft for Kids: Friendship Pins

  Summer has come upon us again and this time we’re making this fun summer art craft project ideal for kids of all ages. If you’re contemplating on some charming summer activities that your kids will love, then this summer themed friendship pin is for you! Kids love art projects that they can make use of while also having lots… Read More