{FRIDAY FAVORITES} Easter Crafts

The last week I’ve found some really cute Easter craft ideas. So I put them on my to do list, needless to say little miss and I have been VERY busy. I thought I’d show you my versions with a little how to and then give you the link back to where I found my inspiration. So here goes…

Egg Carton Spring Wreath

Found this cute idea on Krafty Kat.

What you need:

Egg cartons

Paints

Cardboard

Glue

Embellishments

How to:

Start out by cutting the egg cartons into flower shapes.

Then paint them.

Paint and cut out a wreath shape from cardboard

Glue any type of embellishments you’d like for the center of the flowers. Then glue all the flowers to the wreath

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Bunny Pops

Found this YUMMY idea at eighteen25

What you need:

Rice Krispies Treats home-made or pre-made

Candy melts

Popsicle sticks

Wax paper

How to:

Push popsicle sticks into the rice krispy treats

Melt chocolates (cocoa and white) per instructions on back

(little miss R saying melt melt melt..HA!)

Spoon the melted chocolate over the squares until completely covered. Place them on wax paper.

Take some of the white chocolate and set aside (for eyes and whiskers). Add a little red food coloring to the remainder and stir until you have a nice pink.

Place white and pink chocolate into a ziploc bags, cut a very small amount off the corner and squeeze it on for the ears, eyes, nose, and whiskers

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Easter Lamb

Found this easy idea at Crafts by Amanda.

What you need:

Construction paper

Cotton balls

Washable paint

Googly eyes

Markers

Ribbon

Paintbrush

How to:

Paint your child’s hand with the black paint.

Press hand onto the construction paper to create a hand print.

Have your kiddo glue cotton balls to the palm part of the hand print, overlapping the fingers a bit.

Glue a googly eye onto the thumb. Use a marker to draw an ear.

Tie ribbon into a bow and glue onto the neck area

Write “Happy Easter” across the top and hang proudly or give to a loved one.

Happy crafting this weekend!!