Yikes, where has March gone? And with Easter falling in early April this year, it’s likely to bite us in our big chocolate booty.
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With the kids home for spring break this week, we’re looking for some easy and fun projects to do. Luckily, these just landed in my inbox. With a quick jaunt to our local crafts store, we’ll be able to knock some of these crafties out AND keep the little fingers busy for a few hours, bonus!
But first, a key point. Instead of hard boiling our eggs to decorate (which always results in broken shells and bizarrely veined eggs that no one wants to eat anyway), this year we’re going to follow this advice from Debra Steilen, Senior Holidays Editor at Better Homes & Gardens: “Eggs are easier to decorate if the shells are empty, so start by blowing out the contents. Use a long needle to prick a small hole on both ends of the egg. (Break the yolk with the needle to make it easier to extract.) Blow through one of the holes until the contents come out the other end.” My kids will LOVE this last part.
To make this lovely Easter Egg Garland, click here.
A trip to your backyard could be all you need for your own variation of this project.
Finally, something to do with all those outgrown baby socks! For materials and instructions, click here.
Hope these family-friendly Easter projects keep you and your crew inspired this week.
Lisa, Very sweet! Did you see Martha’s Dogwood flowers! So easy to make! & “Cheep Cheep” Beautiful! Might see you in your neck of the woods in the upcoming year or so. My brother & family is moving back to Albuquerque next month! So I am sure Tony will want to make a few road trips when we fly out west.
Love Tina.
Oh! Just a note. Use one of those ear flushing bulbs to blow out the eggs! Much easier on your ears from all that blowing. Faster too. But be careful, the pressure can break those fragile eggs.