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03-13-2007, 09:05 AM #1KellyGuest
Easter Crafts
Easter Sun catchers
Lay newspaper (several layers deep) on table
Place a sheet of wax paper on newspaper
Using a pencil sharpener, make wax shavings from old broken crayons
Arrange on wax paper to make design. (only one layer, if to thick
will make a mess)
Place a second sheet of wax paper on top
Place news paper on top of wax paper
Iron with warm iron (just hot enough to melt the wax)
Let cool
Cut out egg shapes from colored wax paper.
Punch hole in top, and hang.
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Easter Placemats
Draw or glue pictures to heavy construction paper.
If glue is used wait until thoroughly dried, than seal with clear
contact paper, or take to a local print shop (like Kinkos) and have
laminated. Don't forget to have the artist sign and date their work.
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Refrigerator magnets or pens to wear
Make clay (recipe found on Christmas Craft)
Roll to about 1/4 inch thick
Use mini-cookie cutters, to cut designs
Let dry
Paint and seal with acrylic spray
Glue with rubber cement or hot glue a magnet or jewelry pen back on
back
Let dry/cool
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Egg Creatures
Use plastic Easter eggs (cheap this year by the bag at larger
discount stores)
Cut small band of matchining construction paper, for each egg
Have kids draw and cut out eyes, ears, nose, feet, and mouth/beak of
different animals
Glue all but feet to egg.
Decorate construction band of paper if desired, staple to make egg
holder
Glue on feet Place egg in holder.
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Eggshell Mosaic
Gather all the leftover colored egg shells from Easter.
Break any larger pieces in to small pieces
Draw a simple design on construction paper.
Glue egg shell onto drawing
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A Dozen Chicks Hatching
Using 12 yellow cotton balls (found in the cosmetic area in larger
discount stores)
Draw eyes and cut out eyes from black construction paper
Draw and cut a small triangles form orange construction paper for
beak
Glue on eyes and beak to each cotton ball
Decorate egg carton as you wish
Place chicks in egg carton
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Hand Lambs
Paint the palm of the child's hand with white washable liquid paint
Have child spread out hand fully, make print on colored construction
Let print dry (wash hand)
Use the thumb for the head and the fingers for the legs
Glue small cotton balls on to body of (over palm)
Add eye from made from black construction paper
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Barefoot Chick
Paint the bottom of the child's foot with yellow washable liquid
paint
Make foot print on construction paper
Let print dry (wash foot)
Draw eye, beak and legs with crayons
Glue popcorn, oatmeal or cornmeal across bottom
Frame and give to grandma
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Paper Mache Eggs
Paper mache recipe
Mix well
1 cup water
1/4 cup flour
add 5 cups water
boil gently for couple of minutes
let cool
Egg
Blow up balloon
Dip newspaper strips in mache, and place around balloon
Repeat until entire balloon has several layers covering it
Let dry for a day
Stick in needle to puncture balloon
Let dry for another day or so
You may wish to use any of the following to decorate
Cover with different colors of tissue paper
Cover with light weight pieces of cloth
Paint with tempera
After covered or painted, and any extras like buttons, sequins, ...
Spray with acrylic sealer
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Things to wear
Bunny Mask
Using the paper plate, cut out eyes and nose in the plate
Cut out bunny ears from pink construction paper, glue to the plate
Make whiskers from pipe cleaners, or construction paper, glue to
plate
Poke a hole on left and right side of face
Tie on a piece of yarn through each hole
Easter Bunny Ears
Measure child's head
Make a band from construction paper (about 1 1/2 inches wide)
Draw & cut ears from white or dark brown construction paper
Draw & cut inserts from pink or light brown construction paper
Glue on inserts.
Glue or staple ears to band
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Easter Bonnet
Staple two paper plates together, back to back
Cut a wide band of construction paper (several inches)
Let child decorate the band and the paper plates, this can be done by
gluing different colors of construction paper, or with paints, and
crayons
Staple or glue band in to a cylinder
Make small cuts about 1/2 inch deep, every inch or so
Bend tabs into cylinder
Place glue on bottom of tabs, and place on one the paper plates (be
sure to center it)
Let dry
Punch a hole on the left and right side of bottom plate.
Tie on either yarn or ribbon.
Fill cylinder with light weight Easter basket stuff (grass,
marshmallow candy, etc
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Baskets
Mini-Easter Baskets
Cut each of the egg buckets apart
Decorate out sides, with most anything
Punch small hole on each side.
Insert pipe cleaner for handle
Fill with Easter grass and jelly beans
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Paper Woven baskets
Take the first piece of paper and cut horizontal straight lines
across about every half inch, leaving about one inch on each side
The paper should be covered from top to bottom with these slits
Next take the second piece of paper and cut 1/2 strips
Weave these strips in and out of the slits in the first paper
Glue the ends of the strips to the first sheet of paper
Fold up the sides to make a basket shape
Staple or glue in place
With the third sheet of paper cut out a handle, either staple or glue
to basket
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Refrigerator Magnets or Pens to Wear
Make clay (recipe found on Christmas page)
Roll to about 1/4 in thick use mini-cookie cutters, to cut designs
Let dry
Paint and seal with acrylic spray
Glue with rubber cement or hot glue a magnet or jewelry pen back on
back
Let dry/cool
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Milk Carton "Rabbit" Easter Basket
Wash, rinse, and dry a pint size milk carton
Close the top of the empty carton
Position the carton on its side with the top closed edge vertical
Cut along the two long edges and the bottom edge
Hold flap up slightly and cut it to form two rabbit ears pointing
away from the pointed end of carton
Cover the entire outer part of the carton with cotton balls including
the ears
Add extra cotton balls for tail
Outline the ears with a pink piece of yarn, glue in place
Draw and cut out eyes and nose form construction paper
Glue on eyes, and nose
Fill with Easter grass, and candy
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Soft drink bottle "Rabbit" Easter Basket
Wash, rinse, and let dry one clear 2 liter drink bottle
Remove support (the colored plastic) from bottom. (some don't have
one)
With crayon, draw a line around bottle about 4 inches from bottom
Draw on rabbit ears just above the line.
Using your drawing, cut bottle
Punch holes for handle, use large pipe cleaner or ribbon for handle
Cover ears with pink felt or pink construction paper
You may cover the bottle with cotton balls or leave plain
Add eyes and nose made with felt or construction paper
Whiskers may be made of pipe cleaners or construction paper
Fill with Easter grass, and candy
Kelly in IL
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