11 gorgeous Easter Crafts for the long weekend!

With Easter almost upon us and loads of excited kiddos to keep entertained, I thought I'd share with you my favourite Easter craft projects I've seen around the web. I'll be tackling at least a few of theses over the coming days... I find craft is a good way to get the boys to calm down after a sugar high - a handy tool this time of year!!!!

1. Easter Garland

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2. Chocolate Nests

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3. Bunny Envelopes

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4. Bunny Ears Napkins

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5. Crepe Paper Carrots

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6. Easter Paper Chains

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7. Rice Bubble Easter Egg Pops

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8. Magnetic Eggs

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9. Modern Bunnies

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**this project is from a gorgeous blog I only found today - check it out for loads of lovely handmades and pretty pictures. She has a shop too! x

10. Tattooed Eggs

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11. Clever Carrot cookies in Oreo Crumbs

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Love a long weekend

Happy Easter peeps. Hope the bunny brings you way too much chocolate.

Enjoy the extra long weekend and keeps safe! x

Easter Craft: Easy Egg Dyeing

They look elaborate, but all of these designs were made with plain old masking tape. 

1. Simply cut the tape into strips to create stripes and plaids, use paper punches for letters or plant and animal shapes,and try craft scissors for the wavy bands at far right. 

2. Then apply the tape carefully to the shells of raw eggs, smoothing out any air bubbles, and tint according to the dye package’s instructions.

3. Once the shells dry, blow out the yolks and remove the tape to reveal your motifs.

Tip: Just hard boil your eggs before you decorate and dye them to avoid the torturous process of blowing eggs...

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Easter Craft: Decorated eggs

I love these botanical themed dyed eggs for Easter. No fussy egg blowing necessary either! You can just hard boil your eggs and then set to work on the decorative touches. Food colouring will do the trick but these ones were done with homemade natural food dyes using red cabbage, onion and cranberries. Here's how...

Simply positioned a blossom or a leaf facedown against each egg, then wrapped the egg in a four-inch square of panty hose and secured it with a twist tie. 

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Easter Craft: Bunny Ears

To make one of these kid-friendly accessories, you’ll need a child-size headband and about 2 metres of 3cm-wide double- fold bias tape. 

1: Cut an 45cm-long piece of bias tape. Hem the cut ends under 2cm on each side, then stitch together the long side to form a casing. Fold the casing in half so that the ends touch and use a straight pin to mark the fold’s center.

2: Feed an extra-thick, 30cm-long pipe cleaner through one end of the casing, stopping at the pin. Feed a second pipe cleaner through the casing’s other end until it, too, meets the pin; remove pin. Bring the casing’s open ends toward each other and twist the exposed pipe cleaners together to form a rabbit ear shape. Repeat steps one and two to make a second ear.

3: Cut a piece of bias tape the length of the headband, plus 3cm extra. Wrap the tape over the headband, then use pins to mark the two spots where you want to attach the ears (use the photo above for guidance).

4: Remove the tape from the headband and stitch the long side together, from the pins out to both ends of the tape; stitch these ends closed, and remove pins. Twist the ears’ pipe-cleaner ends around the headband in the desired spots, then slide each end of the headband into the casing. Use a needle and thread to slip-stitch the tape around and between the ears closed.

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Easter Craft: Pretty Pastel Wreath

Sugared almonds make an especially sweet Easter decoration. And this one's easy peasy to do. Glue guns ready...

1. Take a 30cm Styrofoam wreath (available at Spotlight), and beginning with the inside circumference, hot glue the almonds in place, overlapping a few of them to add dimension. 

2. Continue in a circular pattern until the entire front and inner and outer edges of the wreath are covered.

3. Hang with a sturdy piece of cotton ribbon.

To store the wreath, wrap it in paper, place flat in a box, and keep in a cool, dry spot. It should last for one to two years.

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Make it: Easter Egg Nests

Chocolate nests

100g rice bubbles

100g milk chocolate

100g dark chocolate

75g butter

3tbs golden syrup

1. In a large, non-stick pan, melt both chocolate bars with the butter and golden syrup. Mix well.

2. Add the rice krispies into the pan and stir, coating everything evenly.

3. Spoon 5 mounds onto a tray lined with baking paper or a silicone sheet. Form a dip in the centre.

4. Refrigerate for 1-2 hours or until set. Peel the nests off, fill with chocolate eggs and serve.

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Make it: FREE Easter decorations

This is not only the cutest easter decoration I've seen - it's FREE! Follow the easy step by step...

Step 1: Choose a selection of paint chips in your favourite hues from your local hardware store. (I find kids make great partners in crime for this one - you can't keep them away from the paint chips!)

Step 2: Using a template trace out an egg shape on the back of each chip. Cut out and punch two holes in the top of each egg.

Step 3: Thread twine through your punched holes (an invisible thread would work great for this). I really like the way the colours vignette across the garland, but a random placement would work just as well - that bit's up to you!

Step 4: This is the hard bit - now you need to choose a spot to hang it up.

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