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17.3.2008 - Easter craft ideas
Some of my fondest childhood memories involve sitting around the kitchen table, manically cutting, pasting, ripping, building, drawing, painting - creating fabulous craft masterpieces from the bits and pieces we found around the house. Now, I want to pass those memories and skills onto my own children. My only problem now is that I still love creating these craft goodies, and its hard for the kids to get a hand in to make their own - I will have to work on that.... As Easter approaches, I want to take the emphasis off chocolate (a very hard, if not impossible task!) and focus more on the symbolism of the easter egg, and the importance of life and sharing time with family. On Good Friday I am inviting my young nieces over and we are going to spend the day creating the following Easter projects. We will also be making our own easter baskets (haven't work out how to make them yet!) and will be having an easter egg hunt - of course the kids will have to fight me for the eggs! Decorating Eggs Using Food Coloring Try this easy method for decorating your Easter eggs. Materials Needed: * Hard Boiled Eggs * Food Coloring * Vinegar Instructions: In a coffee cup, mix about 20 drops of food coloring with 1 teaspoon of vinegar. Add 1/2 cup hot water. Before you color your eggs let the water cool to room temperature. If necessary you can add a bit more water. You want the coloring to completely cover the egg when put in the cup. Repeat the steps above to make different colors. Experiment with mixing colors. Mix red and blue to get purple, and mix red and yellow to make orange! Gently lower eggs in the cup. The longer you leave the eggs in the dye, the darker the colors will be. Once the egg reaches the desired color, remove from the cup with a spoon and pat dry with a paper towel. To add designs to your colored eggs try one of these ideas: 1. For a tie dye effect, wrap rabbur bands around the eggs before dying. 2. Write your name or draw a picture on your eggs using light colored crayons and then dye as usual. 3. Place shaped stickers on your eggs before dying! 4. Cut small strips of masking tape and stick on eggs before dying. Marbled Easter Eggs This page includees instructions for decorating easter eggs to make them look marbled. Materials Needed: * Hard Boiled Eggs * Food Coloring * Vinegar * Vegetable Oil Instructions: In a coffee cup, mix about 1 tablespoon of food coloring with 1 tablespoon of vinegar. Add 1 tablespoon of vegetable oil and 1/2 cup cool water. If necessary you can add a bit more water. You want the coloring to completely cover the egg when put in the cup. Repeat the steps above to make different colors. Experiment with mixing colors. Mix red and blue to get purple, and mix red and yellow to make orange! Gently lower an egg into a cup using a spoon until the egg is completely covered by the liquid. Remove the egg immediately and pat dry with a paper towel. Egg Critters Blow out eggs and decorate them to look like fun people and animals. Materials Needed: * Raw Egg * Sharp Nail or Large Needle * Glue * Paint or Markers * Misc Craft Supplies Instructions: Wash your egg well. Carefully poke a small hole in each end of the raw egg. Hold the egg over a bowl and blow into one of the holes. The egg liquid should slowly come out the other hole. Sometimes this is a big job, and kids should get an adults help and permission before trying this. Once the egg shell is empty, rinse it off and set it aside to dry. Now comes the fun part! Gather misc. craft supplies such as wiggle eyes, tiny pom-poms, scrap material, construction paper, pipe cleaners, etc. and make a critter out of your blown egg! You can make a bunny, a baby chick, a person, or whatever kind of creature you want. Get creative! Easter Egg Mosaics Save all those peeled Easter egg shells to make a mosaic picture. What you'll need: * Easter egg shells * Glue * Cardboard or heavy construction paper How to make it: 1. Crush all the Easter egg shells into small pieces (not tiny!). 2. Glue the egg shells down on cardboard or paper to create a mosaic picture. Bunny Ears for Kids These ears make up quick and easy What you'll need: * White poster board * Pink construction paper * Scissors * Pencil * Tacky glue or school glue * Tape or stapler * Easter stickers, optional * Markes, crayons, or colored pencils; optional How to make it: 1. Cut a strip of poster board about 2" wide by about 24" long. 2. Cut out 2 ears out of poster board each about 8 1/2" long x 3 1/2" wide. 3. Cut out 2 smaller ears out of pink construction paper. 4. Glue the pink ears inside the white ears. 5. Glue the ears inside the band, positioning to fit behind the child's head. 6. Let the child decorate the head band with stickers, markers, crayons, or colored pencils if they wish. 7. Tape or staple the band to fit the child. Cut off any excess. Share and enjoy |
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