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April 22, 2011 3 Comments

Easter cross krispies

I was in charge of the Easter celebration ”sweet” snack for my son’s preschool class yesterday (there were also healthy snacks… but for some reason I’m never asked to bring those… hmm… ) and I chose to make these fun cross krispie treats.

I was going to pipe a purple ribbon of icing, but then decided that I would be nice to his teacher and not add another shot of pure sugar to each child just before circle time. I should get a gold star or something for being so considerate! {grin}

You can whip these, or any other shape, up with a bit of butter (since my guy has food allergies we used Kellogg’s Rice Krispie cereal and Smart Balance Light Butter to make these dairy free) on your cookie cutter and maybe a touch on your hands.

As always, I hope you’re inspired and HAPPY EASTER!

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sew inspired for Easter

Just a few finds that make me wish I knew how to sew! Thank goodness my mom does. {Oh mom! I have a few projects for you…}

Retro Mama’s Fabric Eggs – love this project! Not only is there a fabulous pictorial… you know how much I love a pictorial {wink}, but her name is Kim and she has two boys! She could be my twin… except that I can’t sew… hmmm. Will have to work on that.

Midwestern Sewing Girl’s Easter {chick and bunny} pillows – I really like how this project brings in a bit of spring, but doesn’t take over OR clash with all of the other decor in your room for three to four weeks out of the year. Smart!

I Candy Handmade’s Easter Egg T-shirt – again, loving a great pictorial! Plus, this was a stained t-shirt before she overlaid this beautiful egg. We moms always have one of those laying around… okay, so I have more than one.

Hop over and visit these talented ladies for all the fabulous “how tos” and as always, I hope you’re inspired!

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FREE Easter printables designed for Parents magazine

For my “Crafty Easter Tabletop Ideas” article with Parents magazine we created a few FREE Easter printables. The “Happy Easter” wrap is perfect as a napkin ring, beverage wrapper, or

vase and craft jar wrapper. You can download the wrappers and two pattern sheets (used to make the mommy bird craft seen at the beginning of the article) on either parents.com or by “liking” my facebook page. On my facebook page, the download link is both on the wall under this post and in the photo album under Easter crafts for Parents magazine.

Other ideas for the table include surprising your guests by dressing up their cups with colorful straws and a Murray Sugar-Free Shortbread Cookie (YUM!),

and by embellishing the backs of the chairs with fun and simple crepe paper ruffles. And if you didn’t see the other crafts included in the article, here’s a quick recap:

Make sure you hop over for your FREE Easter printables and as always, I hope you’re inspired!

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Easter chick cookie pops for Parents magazine

I’ve shared on numerous occasions that my youngest has severe food allergies. Well as you can imagine it breaks my heart when he can’t have something pretty and yummy like the other kids. With that in mind, I made these fun dairy and nut free Easter chick cookie pops for my article with Parents magazine.

Here’s what you’ll need:

Sandwich cookies (I used Oreos because they have no milk, egg or nut products), two per chick
Icing (I used Pillsbury white icing because it has no milk, egg or nut products)
Yellow and orange gel food coloring (liquid thins the icing)
Lollipop sticks
Orange non-perils
Resealable bag, icing connector and #2 and #46 tips

Easy steps:

Open your sandwich cookies and lay a lollipop stick inside, pressing it into the filling
Tint ¾ of your yellow icing in a microwaveable bowl
Spoon out ¼ of the yellow icing, set rest aside, and microwave it for 8 seconds
Spoon melted icing over lollipop stick, replace cookie top and allow them to cool for 5 minutes
Melt remaining icing and spoon over each cookie pop; allow them to cool for a minute and then add eyes and beak
After cookie pop is completely dry, pipe on wings (icing tip #46) and feet (icing tip #2)

As always, I hope you’re inspired!

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Easter egg flower craft for Parents magazine

This is probably the craft I loved creating the most for the Parents magazine ”Crafty Easter Tabletop Ideas” article. These DIY felt and Easter egg flowers are so simple, the kids can help and you can color coordinate them to any Easter color palette!

Here’s what you’ll need:

Egg
Felt
Scissors
Craft paint
Hot glue
Lollipop sticks

Easy steps:

Hollow out your eggs and wash gently (see the pictorial in yesterday’s post about the mommy bird egg).
Let the kids finger paint the eggs and set them to dry on lollipop sticks. (You can also paint the lollipop stick to look like a stem if you want to display in grass or moss!)
Cut petals out of felt.
Hot glue petals to the base of the egg (near the larger hole) and display on lollipop sticks.

You can see more craft ideas and download FREE PRINTABLES from my article at parents.com. As always, I hope you’re inspired!

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