The Chirping Moms

Minted Valentine’s Day: Parties, Gifts & Classroom Valentines

Minted Valentine’s Day: Parties, Gifts & Classroom Valentines

Valentine’s Day is one of my favorite holidays to celebrate. It wasn’t always my favorite but with little kids, a holiday all about love, is something extra special. It’s a time to talk about kindness, love and sending cards to people to show you care. They get excited to pick out cards for school and family members. I get excited… Read More

A Polar Express Party

A Polar Express Party

This year for my daughters 1st grade class, we are having a Polar Express class party at school before we break for the holidays. The kids get to wear pajamas to school which is fun in itself! Below are the crafts, activities, etc that we’ll be using for the party plus a few other fun things we are doing at… Read More

10 Winter Crafts & Activities for Kids

10 Winter Crafts & Activities for Kids

With winter in full swing, I thought it would be fun to share ten fun and easy winter crafts and activities for kids.  These are some of our favorites from posts that we have featured in the past & bound to keep your kids “snow happy” on these cold winter days! 10 Fun and Easy Winter Crafts and Activities for… Read More

New Year’s Eve Activity for Kids: Free Printable 2016 Time Capsule

New Year’s Eve Activity for Kids: Free Printable 2016 Time Capsule

What a year! For our family, 2016 has been extra special as we grew our family by one and added our sweet little Miles to the crew. In 2017 Julie’s family will be adding to their crew (unless of course she’s blessed with a New Year’s Eve baby tomorrow!). We are thankful for everyone who has visited our site over… Read More

Build A Snowman: Craft + Book + Snack

Build A Snowman: Craft + Book + Snack

This is a really easy kids craft and a really easy snack. I like the craft, book and snack below because they are great for a large age range (toddler to Kindergarten+). I used the Craft + Book + Snack in my daughter’s pre-k 4 class and it was a lot of fun and all of the kids enjoyed it…. Read More

Easy Stovetop Hot Chocolate Recipe

Easy Stovetop Hot Chocolate Recipe

This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #SendHallmark #CollectiveBias   Every year before the holiday season begins, we fill in our boxes of our Advent calendar with fun activities to do with the kids each day.  Some of the activities are scheduled such as the preschool holiday program or special holiday… Read More