Painted Containers for Easter Egg HuntsWhen I was a kid, I never enjoyed Easter egg hunts because there was always that one kid who would happen to find most of the eggs, leaving the rest of us with just a few. It never felt good. Now, with a little effort, Easter egg hunts can be fun and fair.
Felt Carrot Utensil HolderI recently made a felt carrot money pocket and thought I would try to find some other uses for the pocket. It makes a perfect utensil holder for an Easter party. Slip a set of green utensils into the pocket and use them at each place setting.
Felt Carrot Pencil Gift PocketHere is another fun use for the felt carrot pocket that I recently made. A felt carrot pocket full of green pencils is a great, non-sugary gift to give this Easter.
Simple Easter CenterpieceSimply add your plastic eggs into a clear vase and then add a bunch of store bought flowers! You may include pussy willows if available. Simple but pretty!
Cadbury Egg Carton GiftI don't know about you, but I love Cadbury Eggs. I thought a fun way to give them as a gift would be to put them in an egg carton.
Decorating Eggs without DyeYou can use stickers, pictures, dots, flowers, letters, paper, wrapping paper, old sheet music, pictures from magazines, fabric scraps. Other ideas are glitter glue or glitter and glue, mini buttons, sequins, craft embellishments (plastic and other kinds for crafts), rhinestone embelishments (the flat bottomed kind for crafts), ribbon, string, embroidery thread, yarn, felt, markers, colored pencils, crayons, lace, mini bows or flowers, dried peas or beans; or anything else you can think of!
Homemade Recycled Easter BasketFor a quick, easy, and cheap Easter basket, rinse and clean an empty liter soda bottle, cut a 1 inch "ring" at the top of the body of the bottle (after the spout), and cut in half. Trim the rest of the body of the bottle to the height of the "basket" you'd like.
Uses for Plastic Easter EggsReuse plastic Easter eggs by keeping change in them for parking meters. They can be used to store small wrapped pieces of gum, small toys, and crayons for unexpected waiting.
Egg Carton Easter EggsA way to make Easter eggs that you can fill with treats made with egg cartons.
Old Fashioned Looking Easter EggsIf you want that old fashioned country look on your Easter eggs, just use brown eggs, dye them in 1 cup cold water, several drops of food coloring and a tablespoon of white vinegar.
Bunny PotThis is a oops bunny that got stuck in a flower pot hiding the eggs. I used a 4 inch flower pot, a 4 inch Styrofoam ball and a Styrofoam egg, with craft foam for the feet pads.
Easter Egg WreathUsing a recycled grapevine wreath from Christmas, I bought 6 packages of different types of eggs from the dollar store. I used my hot glue gun to place the eggs. It only took about 1 hour to do, and the cost was about $8.
$1 Easter Bonnet BasketsLast year I made a wonderful little Easter basket for my 5 year old granddaughter using an Easter bonnet from the dollar store instead of the traditional Easter basket.
Easter Gingerbread HouseWe have always made gingerbread houses at Christmas time. I've had so much fun making them over the years that I decided to carry it over to Easter. Here is my first creation, the house of Mr. Easter Bunny himself.
Craft Project: Paint Roller BunnyMake a cute Easter bunny from a paint roller cover. Take the bunny ears and glue onto paint roller. I used a bunny hat off of an old stuffed toy, but you could also make ears from foam. Next, make some feet out of foam and glue on bottom of roller.
Easter Lily Treat BagThis quick treat bag is easy enough for grade schoolers. Use it for your Sunday School Class and talk about the symbolism of the Easter Lily. Or, wouldn't Grandma love this filled with marshmallow peeps and jelly beans from her favorite little Easter bunnies?
Use Dental Floss to Hang Plastic Easter EggsWe like to hang up plastic Easter eggs on our trees outside. We found the best string to use was dental floss.
Ribbon Ties Easter WreathEasy way to decorate your grapevine wreaths for Easter are just to run a ribbon through it's vines and then just use plastic eggs and sandwich the ribbon between the egg and close.
Psychedelic Easter EggsHere is a tip to make the coolest eggs around, all you need is food-coloring.
Easter EggsIt's getting to be time for dyeing Easter eggs with the kids. Here are some techniques for getting some unique looking eggs for the baskets. Be sure to post your favorite tips here too.
Cardboard Tube BunnyKids will love seeing these adorable bunnies adorn your holiday table. Roll equal lengths of colored paper around two cardboard tubes and glue ends. Glue the tubes together as shown in photo. Cut out two matching ears, color the inside of ears pink and glue between tubes.
Cheetos CarrotsJellybeans are expensive when you only need one color, except black. And the kids already get enough candy at parties. So I made 25 carrots out of clear party bags (taped at the bottom corners) filled with Cheetos and tied with green Christmas ribbon (the kind already curled for gift bows).
Recycling an Old Grapevine Wreath for EasterI recycled an old grapevine wreath. I took off all of the old flowers and decorations and put on some new fresh plastic spring flowers and hot glued one dozen plastic Easter eggs around through the flowers and on the wreath. I looks wonderful on my front door.
Shiny Glam Easter EggsTake plastic eggs and glue on crystal beads. Let dry, put in basket and enjoy.
Easter Basket Shoe BoxGet a shoe box, take a ice pick or screwdriver and put holes on all sides of the box. Stick tissue into each hole and you have a beautiful basket for decoration.
Double The Color Easter EggsFor beautiful dyed eggs, use the purchased tablet kind and follow the package directions except use two tablets per color (Buy two packages).
Easter Mini LitesAs Easter is a comin', I have something that I do to get in the bunny mood. I remove the string that connects the eggs and put small slits with a knife on one side of the egg; enough to slip on mini lites.
Easter Bunny from a WashclothThis is a fairly easy craft to do this weekend, just in time for Easter. My niece showed me the one she had made and it was darling! A washcloth bunny.
Mini-Muffin Pan For Drying Easter EggsThis is an Easter tip for those who color a lot of eggs. Use your mini-muffin pan to hold your eggs so they can dry!
Stickers on Easter EggsJazz up your Easter eggs with stickers. Use small mini-stickers and add stars, dots, flowers, etc. to simple colored eggs.
