Orange Chicks

I found this on a blog that I follow, she made them for her kiddos for Easter.  Brilliant!  I had a hard time thinking of what to put in my 20 month old’s Easter basket.  These would have been perfect.  You could use felt for the beak and feet.  Cloves for the eyes.  Ribbon for a bow.  Why didn’t I think of this.  I wonder if I could find an excuse to make some up anyway.  

Dying Easter Eggs

I know, Easter was yesterday.  But I wanted to share something that worked well for us this year.  Maybe you’ll find it helpful next year. 

I have a 19 month old.  Of course she wants to do everything we do, just the way we do it.  I really wanted her to be able to dye Easter eggs with us this year.  So we tried it this way.  Her dear sweet grandmother was so patient with her.  But it was a little challenging. . .

But we had this Marble Swirl dye kit.  The original instructions were to use some plastic gloves they gave you and spread the dye/gel all over the egg.  Still too messy for a 19 month old.  So this was the solution I came up with. 

Dipped egg into some of the dye. 

Put into a plastic bag.  Blow in some air.

And shake it all about!  We put a twist tie on my daughter’s and she loved to shake it. 

      The results:  Beautiful Easter eggs.  Nothing too fancy really, but we had fun making them.  The ones we did in bags turned out pretty neat.  It was almost mess free, when we were finished we just threw out the bags!  Talk about easy clean up.  When they dried they even had a sparkliness to them! 

 

So what are your fabulous Easter egg dying tips?  How do you help the little ones be able to participate too?

Bunny Pop and Chocolate Milk

I did it!  I did have time to make the Bunny Pops I told you about!  I loved the way they turned out!

{You Will Need}
Brown and Pink cardstock – On hand
Small Pink Pom Poms – 99 cents @ Michael’s
Googly eyes – 99 cents @ Michael’s
Rootbeer in a glass bottle or Chocolate milk – cheapest @ Walmart $2.50
White floral wire – 69 cents @ Walmart in Craft/Floral
Cotton balls – On hand
Hot glue gun

 

{Instructions}
Cut paper to look like bunny ears, I used the Paper Doll cartridge and my Cricut.  Glue ears together, tie bows, cut wire into about 1 inch pieces.

Glue ears onto bottle.  BE CAREFUL THAT YOU GLUE IT LOW ENOUGH SO THAT YOU CAN STILL GET THE LIT OFF!  I think I permanently hot glued some of my lids on. 

Glue on bows, eyes, whiskers (wire), nose (pom poms).  I zig zag folded one bunnies wire, it made him a little quirky but cute, if you don’t just want plain straight. 

Cut cotton ball in half.  Glue on cotton ball for tail.  DO THIS LAST!  If you choose to do this first I will not be held responsible for any painful glue gun burns you may incur. 

 

 

 

Inspiration found, 30 days via Be Different, Act Normal

Cheese Ball Goldfish “Carrots” and Bunny Pop

I’m sure we’ve all seen these “carrots” around the web somewhere. Not the most original idea ever. I made these for our Primary kids and for my daughters little friends.

{Supplies}
12, 16 inch cake decorating bags. These things are super heavy duty and about $5.00 at Walmart

1 Sam’s Club size jar of Cheese Balls. I really only used about a 1/4 of these.

1 Sam’s Club size box of Goldfish. Again I only used one of the three bags.

Green tissue paper

Green curling ribbon

{Instructions}
Alternate layering Goldfish and cheese balls until bags are about 3/4 of the way full. Cut a small square of tissue paper, insert into the remaining empty space of the bag. Scrunch and tie tightly with ribbon.

So easy and I think the kids will really enjoy them!

P.S. I had every intention of making these cute bunny pops:

See, I had everything bought and cut out, bows tied, they just need to be assembled. I was even going to make a chocolate milk one for my daughter. Hopefully I’ll have time before Easter!