Here’s a cute craft that you can have your kids for Dad for Father’s Day! And it just takes a few items that you already have:
Head over to Crafts By Amanda for the instructions!
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This looks like such a cute way to preserve one of those special flower bouquets you might have gotten. To make it you need:
Head over to Kimbo’s Crafts to find out how to put this together!
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We used to make these yarn dolls when I was growing up. It was fun to pick out different colors of yarn and make whole families! Another nice thing is you don’t need expensive yarn to make these, any yarn will do!
Head over to Shary Loves You for the step by step directions.
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Here’s a fun guest post from our friend Amanda over at Crafts by Amanda:
It’s almost Easter! Kids will love making this darling little bunny from recycled materials. You can use any cylindrical container like a Pringles can, oatmeal container, or make a mini version with a Crystal Light container. This is a fun easter craft for the kids, so sit them down on one of those rainy spring days to make this cutie!
You will need:
potato chip canister (or any other can you have)
Liquitex Basics Gesso OR white acrylic paint
bag of cotton balls
3 feet of white twisted paper (ears)
1 chenille stem, any color
4 large white pom poms (cheeks and hands)
1 small pink pom pom (nose)
2 medium wiggle eyes
2 lilac colored foam flower shapes (feet)
6 small white foam circles (toes)
1 large white foam circle
1 pink foam flower shape
1 green medium foam circle
2 rectangular foam shapes (teeth)
pink acrylic paint
6-8″ colorful ribbon
White craft glue
scissors
What you do
Completely wash and dry potato chip canister. Paint outside of canister with one coat or Gesso. This does not have to look nice, it’s just a thin coat of medium to help the glue stick better. Let dry completely.
Glue cotton balls onto canister, completely covering the surface. Start at the bottom, glueing cotton balls next to each other until your finish the row, ending at the one you started with. Repeat this pattern all the way up the can until the canister is completely covered in cotton balls.
Cut the twisted paper in half so that you have two equal lengths of 18″ each. Open the twisted paper and stretch it out to make a wide ribbon. Fold in half, end to end to create the an ear. Cut chenille stem in half. Holding the ends of the ear together, start about 1 inch above the bottom of the end and secure them together by twisting the chenille stem around them. Repeat this for the other ear as well. Glue the ears to the inside of the top of the canister.
About 1/3 of the way down the can, glue 2 white pom poms on for the cheeks. Glue the pink pom pom just above and in between the two white ones. Glue wiggle eyes on above the nose.
Using the lilac colored flower foam shapes, cut all but three of the petals off. Glue small white foam circles onto each remaining petal for the toes. Repeat for other flower. Next, cut two small ovals from the large white foam circle. Glue onto lilac flower below the toes for the footpads. Glue the feet at the bottom of the canister as pictured.
Glue the small green foam circle into the center of the pink foam flower. Glue the remaining two white pom poms onto the bottom of the flower. Glue this whole thing onto the front of the rabbit above the feet. Flower should be sticking out above the hands.
Lay the bunny on its “back” and glue the teeth in place, underneath the cheeks. Tie a colorful ribbon into a bow and glue at the base of one ear.
Paint the center of the twisted paper with pink acrylic paint for the center of the ears.
Leave bunny in the lying down position, check for items that may have slid around. Put any wandering pieces back where they belong and let dry completely.
Visit Crafts by Amanda to find more fun easter crafts and spring crafts for you and the kids!
Have fun!
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These Easter Eggs look really neat and all you need to make them is egg dye, hard boiled eggs, and rubber bands! Head over to Inkspired Musings to find the instructions!
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Here’s a fun and easy craft idea for the kids this Easter… this would make a really fun gift for a grandparent and/or classroom project!
You will need:
A small pot
Wooden Egg (you could also do this with a blown out egg…depending on how brave you are)
Easter Grass/Paper
Paint
Brushes
QTips (makes it so much easier for little hands to paint with!)
Ribbon for Bow
Have the kids decorate their eggs and then stick the Easter Grass and Egg into the pot. Hot glue works great or you can leave it removable.
I always like to write their name and date on things like this so that I can remember who made it and when.
Thanks for my friend Shannon (Art Mom extraordinaire) for helping me with this idea!!
This is a cute idea and would make a fun Easter gift! To put together these Easter Bunny Smores you will need:
Head over to Confetti to find out how to put them together!
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Here’s a fun (and easy!) craft for you do to with your little ones this Easter! My four year old and I just finished making a few of these, and we had a ball!
All that you will need is an empty milk jug, paper for the ears, a cotton ball tail and a few pipe cleaners and googly eyes. (or you could just draw the whiskers and eyes on). Just cut the top off of a clean milk jug (an adult will have to do this part) and decorate! Fill with Easter grass and this makes for a fun way to recycle a used milk jug into a darling Easter basket!
Added bonus! This makes for a great bin to store your plastic Easter eggs in!
These Painted Mason Jars look really cute and vintage and they are fairly inexpensive to make! All you need to make them is some spray paint and Mason Jars.
Head over to Joy’s Hope for the instructions!
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Guest Post: Trish from Mom on Timeout has another fun St. Patrick’s Day idea to share with us:
St. Patrick’s Day is tomorrow and what’s more fun that celebrating with rainbows! These cupcakes are a delicious and festive way to enjoy this special day!
Make up your cupcakes and spread a thin layer of frosting. I used a lemon cake mix and added in lime zest and fresh lime juice to give the cake some nice flavor. Strawberry, lime and funfetti cake mixes would also pair nicely with the skittles. I used rainbow cupcake liners to make these extra special!
Now is the fun part – decorating! I think it’s fun to have the kids help decorate and to see what they come up with. We made all kinds of rainbows and added frosting for clouds. So easy, so fun, and SO delicious!
About Trish: Trish is a very blessed Mom (self proclaimed!) to two darling little boys ages 5 and 3. She loves sharing her favorite recipes, DIY projects, and fun crafts for the kiddos with her readers. If you get a chance, enjoy your timeout with her on her blog, Mom on Timeout!
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