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March 28, 2013 3 Comments

Easter craft ideas for kids

Hi everyone! It’s Bridget! Kim is out of town, busy with her new craft videos at the Jo-Ann Fabric and Craft Stores studio, so I’m sharing a bit today!

This week is Spring break and in our house, that means lots of fun Easter crafts for kids to stay occupied! What better way to brighten our dreary snow-filled Ohio days than with simple, colorful crafts? Inspired by my 10-year old’s love of sock monkeys, I found these ridiculously cute sock bunnies. Hop on over {I know, I’m a riot} to see the whole tutorial.

With three kids of different ages and stages, I have to have some variety; so,I pulled a few other easy crafts together for you to see, too:

Glitter anything is a hit in my house, so I love these no-dye Glitter Easter Eggs via BHG
These Bunny Whiskers from Kailo Chic are perfect for any Easter guest!
Colorful Easter Egg planters are simple and chic(k) from Craft Passion.
Charming little guy is adorable – Paper Plate Baby Chick via Simple as That

As always, we hope you’re inspired to craft, bake, create and celebrate!

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Easter carrot goody bags + template

Hi there! It’s Deanna from Mirabelle Creations. I’m excited to share a no-sew fabric carrot that’s perfect for Easter candy and egg hunt goody bag favors! Kids will love opening these little carrot treats, especially when filled with their favorite jelly beans!

I chose something a little different than the traditional orange carrot this year. I created a Seersucker & Bow Ties Easter party collection and decided to make my carrots out of seersucker too!

What You’ll Need To Make Your Own Fabric Carrots:

Carrot Template
Paper
Scissors
Fabric of your choice
Green ribbon or yarn
Hot glue gun

Easy DIY Instructions For Fabric Carrots:

Print out the free carrot template. Cut out the larger 5×7 rectangle pattern using the fabric of your choice. Repeat for as many carrots as you are planning on making.
After you have finished cutting out the fabric, cut out the template for the smaller square with the diagonal corner. Trace the shape onto plain white paper and cut out.
Run a small line of hot glue along the edge of the paper. Press side with glue onto the wrong-side of the fabric. Gluing the paper to the fabric will make the fabric stronger and able to hold the shape once it’s rolled.
Roll the paper from the shorter side to the longer side, making a cone shape. Run a small line of hot glue along the inside edge to secure.
Tie off the ends of the fabric with green ribbon.

You can find me at Mirabelle Creations and as always, we hope you’re inspired to craft, bake, create and celebrate!

paint Easter eggs with chalkboard paint

When I was a kid we never used plastic eggs for Easter. Never. With my kiddos I’m a bit nostalgic and we dye and paint real eggs. However, we’re not opposed to a few candy filled plastic eggs! But we do like to doll them up a bit. {grin}

To make chalkboard paint Easter eggs, you only need three things:

Chalkboard paint (I used Krylon Chalkboard Paint)
Plastic Easter eggs
Chalk (or, if you can’t find thin chalk you can use a washable white Crayola Crayon)

Paint Easter Eggs

I chose to only paint one half of the egg so that they would still be colorful.

I hope you and your family have a wonderful Easter holiday! And as always, I hope you’re inspired to craft, bake, create and celebrate!

Sharpie Easter egg decorating

Want another fun way to decorate Easter eggs with the kiddos?!

Try decorating them with Sharpies! Is it food safe you ask… I have no idea. With that in mind, I would suggest not eating the eggs afterwards. But hiding them is perfectly acceptable! {grin}

My boys were thrilled with the idea because they could easily draw anything they liked, their name, the earth (oh yes… he’s not finished it yet or you’d see it here)... and with Sharpies there was no bleeding, smearing and there are so many colors!

Okay, I happen to collect them for crafting… I sketch my ideas with them. You would think I’d use a pencil… nope. {smirk}

As always, I hope you’re inspired to craft, bake, create and celebrate!

NOTE: This is not a paid post. I just happen to like Sharpies!

Easter bunny ear rice krispies bars

You’ve got to try my easy Easter Bunny Ear Rice Krispies Bars! The best part… I made them from the Kellogg’s Rice Krispies Treats snack packs so I didn’t even dirty a dish. {grin}

You’ll need:

Bunny cookie cutter
Coconut
Candy hearts
Kellogg’s Rice Krispies Treats Snack Bars
Icing (I use Pillsbury Cream Cheese Icing)
Wilton icing bottles (or resealable bag with an icing tip)
Lollipop sticks

Rice Krispies Bars

The easy steps for making your own Easter Bunny Ear Rice Krispies Bars:

Starting with a cooking cutter, cut your rice krispies bar. Depending on the depth of your cutter, trim off the excess with a knife
Insert lollipop sticks (don’t wait to do this or you could break your icing design once it dries).
Spoon icing into two icing bottles. Set one aside and heat one for eight seconds (reheat as needed, but 8 seconds will take it to a smooth liquid)
Outline the ears with one bottle and fill the ear shape with the other, pulling icing to the edges with a toothpick if needed. Toothpicks are also great to pop any bubbles if necessary.
Add a heart for the nose and a few sprigs of coconut for the whiskers. Allow to dry.

I displayed my Easter Bunny Ear Rice Krispies Bars in mini dessert jars filled with pink sixlets. Hope you like them! I know my kiddos did! {wink}

rice krispies bar

As always, I hope you’re inspired to craft, bake, create and celebrate!

mother’s day brunch placesetting

I’m absolutely giddy for Spring. I’m an early riser so I tend to see the sun come up each morning and this time of year that means I also get to hear the birds chirp the day in. It’s my favorite time of day to just think and be creative.

And those little chirps led me to this Mother’s Day brunch, sweet baby shower, or even Spring party placesetting idea.

I picked up these lovely new Easter dishes from Target. I love how girly they are. I’m the only girl in a house of four so sometimes it needs to be a bit about me. {grin}

The malted milk ball candy eggs make this party placesetting perfect for a baby shower…

Mothers Day Brunch

but I chose to craft little baby birds for a Mothers Day brunch. I just thought how sweet to be able to put the number of babies in the nest that each guest has!

As you can see, I have two little birdies in my nest! {proud momma smile}

How to make a paper blue bird

So here’s how you make these sweet paper bluebirds. You’ll need:

Blue cardstock
Yellow cardstock
Paper trimmer
Scissors, small and sharp is best
Hot glue
Stick glue
Optional: Sharpie if you’d like to add eyes

How to make a paper blue bird

And here are the easy steps:

For the mother blue bird, trim strips of scrapbook paper in 2″ (body) and 1 3/4″ (head) strips
Curl the paper slightly by running it through your fingers. If you don’t the paper will crease.
Determine your body circle size (based on your nest and plate) and hot glue the ends together trimming off any excess. Repeat for the head, making it slightly smaller.
Trim an oval out of the yellow scrapbook paper, then trim down the sides to a beak shape.
Attach the beak with glue, not hot glue or it might show.
Perch the bird on the nest with a small dot of hot glue and hold 5 seconds until it sets.

Note: Baby birds strips should be 1″ and 3/4″.

Mothers Day Brunch

As always, I hope you’re inspired to craft, bake, create and celebrate!

easy southern potato salad recipe

This Easter I’ll be making my mom’s Southern potato salad for Easter brunch. The recipe is amazing (a real family favorite that everyone requests!) and super easy!

I’m sharing our family recipe for easy Southern potato salad (remember, I’m from Alabama!) and a few more fun Easter brunch ideas in my latest post with Kellogg’s Snackpicks.com.

As always, I hope you’re inspired to craft, bake, create and celebrate!

kid crafted Easter bunny photo props

Easter pictures at my house are a given.

Posed pics of the family in their Sunday best.

LOVE them!

This year, we’ll not only be taking the family photographs and the shots of the kids running in the grass gathering eggs, but my boys and some family will get creative and make their own easy Easter bunny photo prop craft for our Easter brunch!

Hop over {I’m a riot, I know…) to my most recent post on Kellogg’s Snackpicks.com for all the DIY details to make your own Easter bunny photo props!

As always, I hope you’re inspired to craft, bake, create and celebrate!

7 Easter egg dyeing techniques

With snow on the ground still here in Ohio, the only spring I can find is in my kitchen and my craft room. So as I collected Easter egg dyeing techniques and tips on my Easter Pinterest board to try with my kiddos, I decided to share a few of my favorite here with all of you. They range from vibrant to subdued, but all lovely! Oh, and I threw one of my own creations from last year into the bunch too. {wink}

Vibrant Easter Egg Dye Baths with Design Mom
Neon Dipped Easter Eggs with Oh Joy
Embroidery Thread Easter Eggs with CraftBerry Bush
Dye-Free Marker and Tape Embellished Easter Eggs with Parents
Little Man Mustache, Bowtie and More Easter Eggs with The Celebration Shoppe
Rubber Band Easter Egg Dying from Real Simple
Natural Egg Dyeing with Dreamy Whites

As always, I hope you’re inspired to craft, bake, create and celebrate!

free Easter bunnies & more

Love Easter bunnies?! Me too! We designed these free Easter bunny printable templates and there are so many ways to use them. On candy jars… in candy jars,

on push pops, on straws… in the grass {grin},

and even on Easter bunny cello bags with fluffy bunny tails for Easter egg hunt party favors and on Easter bunny cakes!

Download my free Easter Bunnies now!

Want more lovely DIY Easter Party Ideas?! Hop {wink} on over to some of my lovely blogger friends at:

Bird’s Party and learn how Bird made this adorable Easter Egg Bouquet,
Celebrations At Home and see how Chris made lovely fabric favor bag for her family Easter baskets, and
The Cake Blog so Carrie can show you how to ice the perfect Speckled Easter Egg Cake!

As always, I hope you’re inspired to craft, bake, create and celebrate!

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