Toddlers Archives - The Chirping Moms

Mother’s Day Craft: Easy Hand Shaped Flower Bouquet

April 29, 2022

Dads: paper, scissors & tape… you can handle this one. The kids aren’t bringing home any cute Mother’s Day crafts this year & mom might like a handprint (to remember how small they were before they snacked their way through quarantine & ended up bigger than her). This is a cute one to make for grandma too. This hand shaped… Read More

Easy Earth Day Craft for Toddlers & Preschoolers

April 20, 2022

Looking for a fun Earth Day craft for preschoolers? Earth Day is next week and I’ve been trying to come up with a few easy activities for the kids to do as part of their distance learning at home. I had my boys (preschool) do a craft I did with the girls back when they were in preschool: mess free… Read More

Two Wild Second Birthday

March 23, 2022

Last weekend we celebrated Teddy’s 2nd birthday with a Two Wild theme. It was so much fun and definitely one of my favorite party themes yet! Teddy is a wild and silly little toddler and loves animals so “two wild” was a perfect theme for his birthday. For little ones, I love a morning party. As toddlers, my kids have… Read More

Easy DIY Mickey Mouse Picture Frame

February 22, 2022

Looking for a cute frame for your Disney World or Disneyland photos? Having a Mickey Mouse themed birthday party? Then here’s a really easy and cute DIY to enjoy! This DIY Mickey Mouse picture frame is easy and inexpensive to make. It’s something you can do or use as an activity for kids too. Here’s the how to: DIY Mickey… Read More

Super Simple Halloween Sensory Bin

October 5, 2021

I used to do more Halloween crafts when my 2 girls were little. As much as my boys do enjoy some arts & crafts, they really like building, digging and exploring more than sitting still. If I do want them to sit for a while in one place, one thing they do enjoy is a sensory bin activity. I did… Read More

50 Free Summer Activities for Kids

July 5, 2021

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

Easy Earth Day Activity: Coffee Filter Planet Earth

April 12, 2021

Earth Day is next week and I’ve been trying to come up with a few easy activities for the kids to do as part of their distance learning at home. Today each of the kids made a coffee filter planet Earth. It was super easy and they had a lot of fun with it. It’s also a good one for… Read More

Two Fun Unicorn Crafts for Kids

April 9, 2021

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

St. Patrick’s Day Fine Motor Activity for Kids

March 1, 2021

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

February 20, 2021

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