The Chirping Moms

Halloween Snack Mix: Easy Halloween Treat Recipe

Halloween Snack Mix: Easy Halloween Treat Recipe

My Star Spangled Snack Mix and Bunny Chow have become my easy “go-to” desserts to bring places in the spring and summer. I figured it was time to make a super spooky version for Halloween. So here’s our Halloween snack mix which is about the easiest Halloween treat recipe around. We call it the Spooky Snack Mix and it makes… Read More

Halloween Bucket List (Free Printable)

Halloween Bucket List (Free Printable)

  Happy Oct 1st! Here’s a free printable Halloween bucket list to enjoy this month. Print it out, use it as decor and see what you can check off along the way. Enjoy this spooktacular month!      Click here to download and print your free printable Halloween bucket list  1.  Decorate a haunted gingerbread house.  We did this the… Read More

Three Fun Halloween Snacks

Three Fun Halloween Snacks

If you’re looking for some cute snacks to send to school for Halloween or ways to make your own Halloween table a little more fun we’ve got 2 easy ideas! Today I’m sharing two fun Halloween snacks: pumpkin patch pudding cups and drinkable yogurt ghosts. Pumpkin Patch Pudding Ingredients: Package of chocolate pudding mix OR pre made pudding cups Green… Read More

Easy DIY Costume: The Addams Family

Easy DIY Costume: The Addams Family

Disclosure: We partnered with Primary.com for this post. All ideas, costume designs and opinions are my own. They’re creepy and they’re kooky, mysterious and spooky, they’re all together ooky, The Addams Family! Today i’m sharing our DIY Addams Family costumes for kids. I think this might be my favorite group costume yet. A couple years ago we did Mickey &… Read More

DIY Costumes: Travel Inspired Costumes for Kids

DIY Costumes: Travel Inspired Costumes for Kids

Disclosure: We partnered with Primary.com for this post. All ideas, costume designs and opinions are my own.  Ready for some travel inspired costumes for kids? We love to travel and love reading books about different cities. It’s a way we prepare for trips and a way we think of new places we’d like to see. This month we created costumes inspired… Read More

What to Do With All That Halloween Candy?

What to Do With All That Halloween Candy?

Trick or treating can be loads of fun with all the candy bars and milk chocolates you will get, who wouldn’t be happy about that? But what do we do with the remaining chocolate bars and tootsie rolls that our kids have failed to finish? Read on to know what you can do with all those candies! Halloween has come… Read More

Last Minute Easy Halloween Treats

Last Minute Easy Halloween Treats

Does anyone else feel like Halloween snuck up on them this year? If you’re feeling festive but out of time, here’s a list of SUPER easy Halloween treats. Most of them require absolutely no baking. Happy Halloween! 12 Last Minute Easy Halloween Treats 1. Ghost Pudding  This one is SUPER easy: Simply buy vanilla Snack Packs, turn them upside down… Read More

DIY Bat Pumpkin Craft (& Mini Boden Halloween)

DIY Bat Pumpkin Craft (& Mini Boden Halloween)

It’s starting to feel like fall.  The leaves are changing colors.  The nights are getting longer.  And the crisp fall air is starting to roll in.  Nothing says fall to our family more than a beautiful weekend getaway in the mountains…   Fall brings upon us the countdown for one of the kids’ favorite holidays of the year, Halloween.  This… Read More

Easy DIY Group Costume: 3 Little Pigs and The Big Bad Wolf

Easy DIY Group Costume: 3 Little Pigs and The Big Bad Wolf

This Halloween, be ready for The Big Bad Wolf because “he’ll huff and he’ll puff and he’ll blow your house down!” Along with blowing the house down, this Big Bad Wolf is bringing along her 3 little piggy sister and brothers who are hungry for candy! I was trying to think of fun group costumes  for friends or siblings this… Read More