The Chirping Moms

A Big Etsy Valentine’s Day Giveaway!

A Big Etsy Valentine’s Day Giveaway!

  I love shopping Etsy for holidays. It’s a great way to shop small, handmade items. It’s also fun to find unique cards and gifts that are special to give friends and family. We’ve been sharing Etsy holiday finds on the blog for many (almost 10!?!?) years now. It’s been a while since there was a Valentine’s Day Etsy roundup… Read More

February Printable Activity Calendar for Kids

February Printable Activity Calendar for Kids

Today, we are excited to be sharing a fun February activity calendar for kids, full of fun activities & crafts to do with your young children each day in the month of February.  There are a variety of activities listed in the calendar including crafts, imaginative play, cooking, & gross motor activities.  Most of these items can be completed with… 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

2 Cute Winter Juice Box Crafts

2 Cute Winter Juice Box Crafts

This is a sponsored post for Juicy Juice, all thoughts and opinions are my own. We’ve been sharing fun winter crafts and activities for kids all week long. Today I’m sharing 2 cute winter juice box crafts I saw on the Juicy Juice site. These were easy, fun and the kids really got a kick out of them as an… 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

Snowman Craft: Fingerprint Paper Snow Globe

Snowman Craft: Fingerprint Paper Snow Globe

We love making handprint and footprint crafts for different seasons and holidays. I was trying to think of a winter handprint or footprint craft to make last week and remembered a fun alternative: a fingerprint snowman. A few years ago I made these little finger print snowmen with my daughter and I still have the magnet. I wanted to make… Read More

Snowman Book and Craft: Easy Marshmallow Snowman

Snowman Book and Craft: Easy Marshmallow Snowman

We’ve done posts like this before: a book and a craft! You can do the craft without reading the book of course, but sometimes it makes it more fun for the kids to have a book to go along with what they’re making. During the long winter months, we also look for activities to take up a little more time… Read More