Add some extra pizazz to presents and baskets this year with stitched keepsake gift tags. Attach these Easter egg tags to gifts for teachers, neighbors, and the kiddos during this hip-hoppity holiday.
You will need: plastic yarn canvas, yarn, yarn needle, scissors
Cut an oval, egg shape from yarn canvas that is about 3 inches tall and two inches wide at it’s widest point. Select two yarn colors to work with, decide on a basic pattern, and thread the first of the two colors through the yarn needle. Depending on your design, you’ll need about 1.5 to 2 feet of yarn per color for one egg to be on the safe side. Begin weaving your yarn through the holes of your egg to create the desired pattern. Once you’ve finished with one color, tie the yarn off in the back with a double knot and thread your next color. Once the egg is completely covered, tie off color number two with a double knot in the back and cut off any excess. Add a yarn loop to the top of the egg and the tag is finished and ready to hang from a package or Easter basket for the holiday season.
Usually when you think of Easter, pastels and egg dyeing immediately come to mind. Looking for some new Easter egg decorating ideas? Here’s a fun and easy Easter project for kids that is anything but boring: googly-eyed Easter eggs.
You will need: hard boiled or blown eggs, craft glue, googly eyes (6 and 7mm), markers or paint pens (optional)
Start with a plain brown or colorfully dyed egg and add small dabs of glue to a few areas at a time that you’ll want to add goggly eyes. Place an eye on top of each dab of glue and gently press down. Repeat this process until your egg is completely covered in googly eyes or you’ve reached your desired look. Wait for the glue to dry completely and you have an unusual abstract, egg monster that boys (especially) and girls will love.
For making faces, glue two googly eyes onto a plain egg and then paint or draw on the rest of the face, hair, and even a bow tie.
Spring is upon us, and very soon the Easter Bunny will be making his way down the bunny trail to fill everyone’s baskets with lots of Easter treats! You can give Mr. Bunny a little help by having some of these fun and festive packaging and decorative Easter basket goodies on hand to hold everything from candy to candy-colored Easter eggs.
These adorable little baskets are a great way to dress up your Easter table and round out your Easter Garden Party. They are easy to make and even little ones will love these mini Easter basket favors.
Cut a 6 inch piece of ribbon. Use some decorative washi tape to tape the ends of the ribbon to opposite sides of the basket to create a handle. Fill your little baskets with cotton candy and chocolate eggs for a miniature Easter basket treat!
Starting a little garden is a great activity for your little Easter guests! And, what better place to plant an Easter Garden than in an adorable retro egg carton? An egg carton garden makes a fun activity and cute favor for guests to take home.
Print and cut out the plant markers. Fold each marker in half. Glue the marker over a wooden ice cream spoon and let your guests fill in the name of the herbs you are planting.
Instruct your guests to fill each pocket of their egg carton 3/4 of the way with soil. In each pocket, make a small hole half way down. Plant a seed in each hole and cover back up with soil.
Be sure to let them know that once they get home, they should cut off the top of the egg carton and place at the bottom as a tray. Also, the egg carton garden is to make plant starters, and that the plants will have to be transferred to a pot once they have grown bigger.
Once the gardens have been planted at the party, tie up the egg cartons with some ribbon to send your guests home with!
