The Chirping Moms

Lunch Packing Hacks: 50 Things to Put in a Lunchbox

Lunch Packing Hacks: 50 Things to Put in a Lunchbox

When I asked on Instagram last month what types of Back to School posts moms wanted to see, there were SO many messages about packing lunches. I’m not the best person to ask because it’s something I dread too and if it were up to my kids, they’d pretty much eat the same thing for the 180 days of school…. Read More

50 Free Summer Activities for Kids

50 Free Summer Activities for Kids

Our kids get out of school in less than a week! I’m looking forward to no schedules and plenty of time for the kids to run wild in the back yard. While we don’t do “activities” everyday and they spend a lot more time just playing on their own, it’s fun to have some activities to either do with them… Read More

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

Two Fun Flowery Crafts: Perfect for Mother’s Day!

Two Fun Flowery Crafts: Perfect for Mother’s Day!

We’re feeling spring-y and crafty over here this week! Mother’s Day, Teacher’s Appreciation Week and a few family birthdays have us crafting like crazy: the kids and me too. Today I’m sharing two crafts we did that are easy, fun and perfect for Mother’s Day gifts. Grandma will love these! We made modge podge picture frames and handprint flowers.  I… Read More

Happy National Superhero Day!

Happy National Superhero Day!

Happy National Superhero Day! I hope you and your little superheroes are having an action packed day of super fun! We’re celebrating with all our favorite superheroes today, including Gekko, Catboy and Owlette: our pals from PJ Masks.  My boys love watching PJ Masks but one of their favorite parts is dancing to the theme song. So they were pretty… Read More

Two Fun Unicorn Crafts for Kids

Two Fun Unicorn Crafts for Kids

Happy National Unicorn Day! What a way to start the weekend…. a Friday all about unicorns. We love unicorns in my house. If you’re looking for some fun crafts and activities to do today below are 2 fun unicorn crafts for kids.  Each year I think Alex might get too old for her love of unicorns but it hasn’t happened… 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

St. Patrick’s Day Fine Motor Activity for Kids

St. Patrick’s Day Fine Motor Activity for Kids

Last spring when school shut down we had 2 preschoolers. Doing preschool “virtually” is not easy. Our awesome teachers would put together packets for the week of activities to do at home. One of the activities was for them to work on fine motor and strengthening their fingers to hold a pencil. The activity was so simple: pom poms and… Read More

St. Patrick’s Day Sensory Bin

St. Patrick’s Day Sensory Bin

This St. Patrick’s Day sensory bin was a huge hit in my son’s preschool class a few years ago.  I went into his class to help celebrate St. Patrick’s Day. For a craft, we did the St. Patrick’s Day pasta necklace from this post and I brought in Rainbow Snack Mix Bags (see this post). As the activities, we read… Read More