The Chirping Moms

A Special St. Patrick’s Day Craft for Kids: Finger Print Rainbows

A Special St. Patrick’s Day Craft for Kids: Finger Print Rainbows

It’s no secret that I love hand print and finger print crafts for the holidays. The years speed by and it’s such a sweet way to capture their little hands at each holiday. This year I made finger print rainbows with the boys. I actually did this finger print rainbow craft with the girls years ago (and it feels like… Read More

Meet Sawyer: Kids’ Classes All in One Place

Meet Sawyer: Kids’ Classes All in One Place

Sometimes I feel like there are SO many awesome resources for the kids right now: from online classes to in-person activities that are working so hard to be safe. The only problem is that there is so much info it’s hard to keep track of. Now add in that I have kids of all ages with different interests and my… Read More

Valentine’s Day Ideas for Tweens

Valentine’s Day Ideas for Tweens

My goal this year is to share more “tween” content. I’ve got plenty of preschool & toddler content on the blog but big kids enjoy crafts, books & parties too! So today I am sharing a bunch of fun Valentine’s Day ideas for tweens. Whether they want to craft, make gifts for friends or you’re looking for a cute little… Read More

Bubble Wrap Painting for Valentine’s Day

Bubble Wrap Painting for Valentine’s Day

  We tried bubble wrap painting last week. This was probably the most fun my boys have had making heart crafts. I LOVE Valentine’s crafts but I think Tommy and Miles were getting sick of me bringing out pink paper every day. They always ask to stomp on bubble wrap so when I said they could have a sheet and… Read More

Valentine’s Day Pajamas & Books

Valentine’s Day Pajamas & Books

Valentine’s Day is one of my favorite holidays. The world can always use more love. I think having few weeks of the year to see extra hearts and extra talk of love is wonderful. Two things that seem to accompany all holidays in our house: holiday pajamas and books. Lots of people have messaged lately asking for Valentine pj ideas… Read More

DIY Snowman Calm Down Jar

DIY Snowman Calm Down Jar

I’ve seen people making calm down jars for a while now. To be honest… the only reason why we never tried them is the thought of a jar of water + glitter sounded like anything but calm to me (ha!). Letting my kids make one sounded like a disaster but I decided to finally give it a shot. To my… Read More

Cotton Ball Snowman Wreath

Cotton Ball Snowman Wreath

Back with another snowman craft! Today I’m sharing a Cotton Ball Snowman Wreath. This is an easy one and doesn’t require many supplies. You probably have them all at home already. All you need is paper, glue and cotton balls. The Cotton Ball Snowman Wreath is a great winter activity for the long days indoors. For more snowman crafts and… Read More

Simple Preschool Activities: Fall Leaves

Simple Preschool Activities: Fall Leaves

This week’s theme is Fall Leaves! Are the leaves changing where you live? Have they started to fall?  This week we’ll make, taste, read and play with all things leaves! For more on our free simple preschool activities at home series, click here. The intro post tells all about this simple program, ages, etc and links to all of the… Read More

Simple Preschool Activities: Construction Theme

Simple Preschool Activities: Construction Theme

This week’s theme is CONSTRUCTION! Ready to build, dig & wheel?  This week we’ll make, taste, read and play with all things construction! For more on our free simple preschool activities at home series, click here. The intro post tells all about this simple program, ages, etc. You’ll also find a list of all the themes there.  Simple Preschool At-Home… Read More