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Add Some Magic This Holiday Season with Magic Mixies

Add Some Magic This Holiday Season with Magic Mixies

Add Some Magic This Holiday Season with Magic Mixies Parents love creating magic at the holidays. This holiday season let Magic Mixies Magical Misting Crystal Ball by Moose Toys help you make the day extra magical. Kids will absolutely love getting to use real magic on their new toy. I had been asking: what are Magical Mixies for a while… Read More

Handprint and Fingerprint Crafts for Your Thanksgiving Table

Handprint and Fingerprint Crafts for Your Thanksgiving Table

I love adding something personal to our Thanksgiving table. I also love anything handprint or fingerprint at the holidays as it becomes a keepsake that you’ll take out over the years and see how the kids have grown. This year we are making Thanksgiving fingerprint place cards that a also double as napkin rings! I’m also using the sweet little… Read More

Thanksgiving Classroom Party Ideas

Thanksgiving Classroom Party Ideas

It’s almost Thanksgiving and time for classroom Thanksgiving parties. These are a few favorite Thanksgiving classroom party ideas that we have used in classrooms over the years. They’re easy, fun and the kids love them. There are Thanksgiving crafts for kids, Thanksgiving themed snacks and also some cute Thanksgiving games below. Also, be sure to check out this post with… Read More

Window Covering Safety Month

Window Covering Safety Month

This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Window Covering Safety Council. All opinions are 100% mine. October is Window Covering Safety Month. It’s the perfect time of year to learn more about having safe window coverings in your home and to take a look at the windows in your own home and evaluate their safety.  I… Read More

Halloween Books and PJs

Halloween Books and PJs

It’s my favorite time of the year on The Chirping Moms: Halloween! I couldn’t wait until October to kick it off because: 1.) I’m too excited and 2.) you need time to order some things to use during October. For example, Halloween books and pjs. I tried to find both pajamas and books that would work for babies on up… Read More

Simple Preschool Activities: Apple Week

Simple Preschool Activities: Apple Week

This week’s theme is APPLES! What’s a more iconic preschool theme than apples? Apple crafts are always my favorite and something I love hanging up all of fall. Today I’m sharing apple themed crafts and activities for kids. This week we’ll make, taste, read and play with all things apple! For more on our free simple preschool activities at home… Read More

Tween Fall Fashion Guide

Tween Fall Fashion Guide

Let’s chat tween fall fashion! Finding clothes for tweens has been harder than I expected. They want to be stylish, yet comfortable. They want to be on trend but not wear the identical outfit as someone else. And let’s not forget about how the tops seem to be getting shorter by the season… This year I have two middle school… Read More

Lunch Packing Hacks: 50 Things to Put in a Lunchbox

Lunch Packing Hacks: 50 Things to Put in a Lunchbox

Who could use a list of 50 Things to Put in a Lunch Box? It’s almost that time…. back to school aka back to lunch packing for the next 10 months! This year I will have four lunches to pack each day x 180 days of school…. When I asked on Instagram last month what types of Back to School… Read More

Fun Activities to Go Along with Your I Can Read Books

Fun Activities to Go Along with Your I Can Read Books

We don’t do much school work in the summer but we love reading and crafts. Today we’re sharing some fun activities and book character crafts! These easy crafts that go with books are perfect for a rainy day or a quiet afternoon home.   When people ask me “how the girls learned to read” my first response is that they had… Read More