Easter crafts, twine covered eggs

Aside from the Easter crafting I have been doing for the kids, I have also taken on a few projects for around the house, just to spruce it up a bit.  I snatched up this adorable nest at a local craft store without any clue what I would do with it, sometimes that happens!  After a few ideas, I ended up with twine covered eggs, a super simple project that really adds an impact.  

Using Fabri-Tac (my all time favorite glue!) I took a few plastic eggs I had picked up from the dollar store and started gluing.  It takes about 30 minutes to finish one, so put on your favorite show and start spinning.

These can actually be used two ways, if you start at the points of the egg (shown above), then you will end up with a flat bottom and can use each side of the egg as small nests.  If you start gluing at the edge where the opening is (near my thumb) it will end with more of an egg like shape with points. Either way, they are both cute.

photos by monica for our designed life

Easter crafts, wreath

I've been getting crafts together for my little cousins to do on Easter, and thought I would share.  I saw this Easter wreath and with a few changes, made it work.

My cousins are 8, 6 and two 5 year olds, so I pre-cut all the small pieces of paper with my handy dandy paper cutter.  Made my life so much easier! Instead of using glue, I opted for double sided tape, that way clean up will be much easier. To keep the clothespins in place, I cut a piece of foam core I had stashed away into a circle.  Working an x-acto blade again sure brought me back to college days!  To hide the plain white foam core, I wrapped colorful yarn around the circle and placed a handmade bow.  A little twine to hang it, and its a fun and fairly simple project for the youngsters.

Photo of the day, Easter craftin

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Getting a few crafts together for the kids at Easter.  Making wreaths, bird nests and bunting.  Fun fun.