Bunny in an egg

While wandering around Wal-Mart yesterday looking for a super simple craft for BabyGirl's Spring Party at school, I thought of this.

It's ears are made of white craft foam that I cut in a petal shape. The teeth are also craft foam. I used the sticky tabs you put on the back of photos for scrapbooking to stick the craft foam to the egg since the glue wasn't drying. Two googly eyes & half a cotton ball complete the bunny.

I cut out all the foam, put the stickies on the back of the foam, and put it all inside the eggs so all I have to do is pass out the eggs.

Very easy. Very cheap. Very cute (at least I think so). Now I only hope the kids like them.

Toilet Paper pumpkin

I cannot take credit for this in the slightest. BabyGirl brought it home from school today & I had to share it. It's too cute to keep secret!

As far as I can tell you take a roll of toilet paper and set it on a piece of orange cloth. Bring the cloth up the sides of the roll & tuck the cloth into the top of the toilet paper roll. Then a piece of brown paper is rolled up and stuck in the top to make the stem with green pipe cleaner for the vine & a green felt leaf. The yellow spider is a ring.

I wish I'd have thought of this!!

Hand Lilies

Here's another easy, cheap project to do with the kids. Lilies made from hand prints. We made them with the pre-k class in VBS last summer and I borrowed the idea today for our Easter project at church. We made this bunch to give to the Queen Mother as an early Mother's Day gift.

1. Trace and cut out hand prints.
2. Make small loop with one end of the pipe cleaner and glue to palm of hand print.
3. Cut out leaf shapes, wrap around pipe cleaner and glue down (I use clothes pins to hold them in place until the glue dries).
4. Once all glue is dry, wrap hand print around pipe cleaner loop and tape or glue together.
5. Gently roll fingers back to make petals.

That's it. Simple. Cute. Enjoy.

Super Simple Suncatchers

The kids and I made these one day a few weeks ago. It was raining and they needed distraction. They are so easy and can take as much or as little time as you want. I think I may like making them as much as the kids do.

You take coffee filters, smash them down flat, color them however you want with washable markers, spritz them lightly with water from a spray bottle, wrinkle up, smooth out, dry on paper towels, & hang however you like. Think of it as elementary tye-dye. And they are cheap so you can make new ones as often as you like.

My kids love seeing how they change once wet and crumpled. It can keep them busy for a good 30-45 minutes. With 3 kids, that's not bad.