Easter Arts and Crafts

Easter arts and crafts

I have always loved Easter because you know summer is just around the corner the sun is about to shine and the flowers are begging to bloom which gives you that happy feeling and a perfect back drop for all the Easter egg hunts, rolling of eggs and chocolate munching your heart could desire and what better way to celebrate than make something a little bit special and a little bit different with your Crafty Kids this Easter. 

 

With loads of people focusing on eggs, bunnies and chicks why don’t you make a gift with a difference this Easter? Make your loved one a special bunch of GIANT Easter Rroses (or just one). What says I love you more?

 Image courtesy of Greenweddingshoes.com Green Wedding Shoes

I have completed a step by step guide Giant Roses on how to make these fabulous flowers  and hope you enjoy making them as much as me and wee G.

For Template Rose Template 1 - 3

** (please note you can use tissue paper if you have no crepe paper but you need to be more delicate as it rips easily)

Thought for the day:

Is there ever a holiday or special occasion that doesn’t involve chocolate??

How do you stock your arts and crafts cupboard.

So…How do you stock your arts and crafts cupboard..!? or do you actually have one?

As a Mum of one it’s a question I’m asked a lot.  So I decided this would be the perfect time to post a small ‘guide’ to the 15 essential items you should have to hand in your craft supply cupboard to keep the kids (or you) crafting any time of day or night.

If you’ve never considered it was necessary to set up an arts and crafts cupboard I urge you to think again. It is actually  an intimidating and daunting task. 

What supplies do you need? Where is the cheapest place to find those supplies (it’s and expensive business if you don’t go prepared you get sucked in to that impulse buy) and really how much stuff do you really need to carry out the easiest of craft projects?

 Being well-stocked with art supplies in my opinion is essential and has saved me from a few embarrassing situations on more than one occasion. 

 For example when you’ve forgotten to get a birthday card for a party the next day or like me for Valentine’s Day this year I FORGOT!! to get my daughter a rose and ended up making one from construction paper, pipe cleaners and tissue paper at 1am the night before.  Thank goodness for Martha Stewarts idea board.

So in a nutshell being prepared makes it a thousand times easier to get crafty with you kids and to help you in your quest I came up with a list of 'THE' 15 essential art supplies you will need to keep your cupboard so you are ready for pretty much any idea your budding artists come up with.