Easter!!

Easter is surely coming!! Here is some handy and pretty easy crafts to keep your egg in place! : )

Cinderella's Tabletop Easter Chicks    

Ages school-age

by Cindy Littlefield

Inspired by Cinderella:
For Cinderella, morning at Lady Tremaine's chateau was an especially busy time of day. Between filling Lucifer's bowl with milk and preparing tea and porridge for Drizella and Anastasia, she had to feed the horses and hens. Still, come springtime that was one chore that had its rewards when she'd be greeted by the latest crop of newly hatched Easter chicks. Like Cinderella, no doubt your child will consider the task of rounding up a collection of these chubby felt chicks pure pleasure. Tie name tags around their pipe cleaner legs to turn them into adorable holiday place cards or favors that young guests can take home after Easter dinner.

What you'll need

• Chick templates
• Scissors
• Straight pins (for securing the template pieces to the felt)
• Felt (yellow and orange)
• Orange pipe cleaners
• Hot glue gun
• Googly eyes

How to make it

1. Print the template and cut out the pieces. Use the cutouts as patterns to cut out two felt body shapes and a pair of wings for each chick.
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   To create the chick's legs, bend a 7-inch pipe cleaner length in half and twist the ends together a few times just below the bend.
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   For feet, twist a 2-inch pipe cleaner length around the bottom of each leg, as shown.
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   Cut out a small triangular beak from the orange felt and glue it to the edge of one of the body pieces.
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   Glue the top of the legs to the bottom of the body.
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   Glue the second body piece on top of the first one, matching up all the edges. Attach a wing to each side of the body, applying glue along one edge of the felt, as shown.
   
   
   
7. Glue the second body piece on top of the first one, matching up all the edges. Attach a wing to each side of the body, applying glue along one edge of the felt, as shown.
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
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   Total Time 30 minutes or less Ages all-ages
   by NAOMI SHULMAN
   When the most humble of art supplies meets the shell of a just-boiled egg, the crayon wax softens, and the colors swirl together in a magical way. The results are fast, fun, and gorgeous.

   What you'll need

   • white eggs
   • tongs
   • empty egg carton
   • crayons

   How to make it

   1. Hard-boil white eggs. Remove them from the hot water with tongs or a slotted spoon, dry them, and rest them in an empty egg carton or on plastic bottle caps (an adult's job).

   
   

   
   

   1. Color them with the crayons' tips or remove the paper coverings and use the crayons' sides. For a speckled effect, grate a crayon and sprinkle the bits over the eggs. The waxy eggs are very slippery, so take care when turning them to color the underside.
      
      
      
   2. When you're done coloring, leave them to dry for about an hour.
      
      
      
      
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
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   There are even more awesome Easter Crafts at spoonful.com! 
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   -**Megan**- 
   
   
   
   
   
   
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Kidshealth.org

Well, I found this really cool website and I thought that you guys might find it interesting! Its called Kidshealth.org ( I do not own ) and it has all different topics for kids, teens, and parents. Such as puberty and growing up, illnesses and injuries, staying fit, and a lot more! Just thought you guys might wanna check it out! I go on it often because it really has a lot of cool information and stuff like that. :) **Megan**

Another Valentine's Day Activity From Spoonful.com

Friendship Rings! From spoonful.com

Total Time 1 hour Ages school-age

These flashy rings let a kid wear her heart on her finger. Cupid's Tip: If you make your ring from craft foam, you won't need a hole punch; simply poke the pipe cleaner through the foam.

What you'll need

• Scissors
• Craft foam or card stock
• Faux fur fabric (optional)
• White glue
• Small hole punch
• Pipe cleaner
• Faux jewels, buttons, craft foam shapes, etc
• Marker or pen (optional)

How to make it

1. 
   Cut a heart shape from craft foam or card stock. If you use fabric, first glue a small piece of the fabric to foam or card stock, allow the glue to dry, then cut out the heart shape.

Unless you're working with foam (see Cupid's Tip, above), use a small hole punch to make 2 holes, centered, in the heart. Cut a 4-inch length of pipe cleaner. Bend it in half and push the ends through the holes from front to back as shown.

Place the ring on your child's finger to measure the size. Twist the pipe cleaner ends together until the ring fits comfortably. Remove the ring and trim and tuck any excess pipe cleaner.

Glue on faux jewels, buttons, craft foam shapes, or other items for decoration. Allow the glue to dry. Use a marker or pen to write a few words on the back of the ring, if you like.

Cupid's Tip: If you make your ring from craft foam, you won't need a hole punch; simply poke the pipe cleaner through the foam.

From Megan <3 :) Activities from spoonful.com

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year everyone! I hope everyone had a wonderful celebration and Happy Holidays! Valentine's Day is just around the corner! I thought I'd give you guys a few crafts for the love-filled Holiday!! Activities from Spoonful.com

Book Of Love

Total Time 1 hour Ages all-ages

Kids already have Mom's heart pretty well sewn up, but there's no sense taking chances, and this whimsical notepad leaves no doubt as to who holds the strings.

What you'll need

• Red paper
• White paper
• Scissors
• Tapestry needle
• Yarn

How to make it

• Cut out a red paper heart (ours is about 6 inches across). Trace and cut out 10 to 20 more from white paper. Stack up the hearts in bunches of five, folding each bunch down the middle.
• Using a tapestry needle, poke holes every 1/2 inch down the center folds (young kids will need Dad's help with this step).
• Stack the hearts together with the cover on top.
• Thread the needle with yarn, knot one end, then sew it through the holes, knotting it at the other end.
• Decorate the cover and seal with a kiss.

Cookie Party!

I just had my 3rd annual Holiday X-mas Cookie Party with 3 of my best friends!! We had tons of fun and I just thought that maybe you girls might like this idea! Here's the details!

                                         Well, first we made choclate chip cookies, then sugar cookies, then gingerbread.. Then we decorated them and had a contest of who's gingerbreadman looked the most realistic. We also play Just Dance on the Wii and had tons of fun taking pictures! We really had a blast!

Well, I hope that helped, and maybe you can have a Holiday X-mas Cookie Party of your own!

                                     The invitation was printed on X-mas cookie decorated paper and stated the cookies we would make, date, time, place and we had pizza and soda for dinner.

Homemade X-mas card! From spoonful.com!

Total Time afternoon or evening  Ages school-age

 

Here's a fun card that's perfect for those special people on your list. It holds up to five photos of your family members -- recipients just pull the tab to see who's wishing them good tidings.

What you'll need

• Photos of your family
• Scissors
• 8 1/2- by 11-inch sheets of card stock in white and blue
• Clear tape
• Glue stick
• Craft knife
• Orange, black, and red markers
• A9 or 6- by 9-inch envelope

Helpful tipTo make multiple cards, color-copy the completed versions of the card and the photo strip separately, then assemble them.

How to make it

1. With photo editing software or a color copier, enlarge or reduce your photos so your family's faces are about 1 inch tall. Print the photos and cut them into 1 1/2- by 1-inch rectangles.
   
   Tip: School photos work well here.


 

2. Cut an 8 1/2- by 2-inch strip of white card stock. Tape a 1 1/2- by 1/2-inch piece of white card stock to the left end of the strip, then fold it over the edge of the strip to create a hook. Glue your photos side by side on the strip (on the same side you taped the hook to), lining up the subjects' eyes and leaving at least 2 inches at the right end of the strip uncovered.
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Fold the blue card stock in half widthwise. Cut a snowy hill and a snowman with a 1 1/2-inch head from white card stock. Use a craft knife to cut a 1-inch circle from the snowman's face, then glue both pieces to the card, placing the snowman so his head is 1 inch from the right edge and 1/2 inch below the fold.

4.  Open the card and cut a matching face hole in the blue card stock, as well as a 2-inch-long vertical slit parallel to the snowman's head and about 1/2 inch from the edge of the card.

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Turn over the card and tape the ends of a 2 1/2- by 1/2-inch strip of card stock to the inside edge of the hole for a guide, parallel to the slit, as shown. Slip the photo strip facedown under this guide and out through the slit


6. Close the card and write "Pull" along the edge of the strip. Draw a snowman's face on the white card stock that shows through the hole, then add arms, buttons, and a card stock scarf, if you like, as well as a holiday greeting.

I DO NOT OWN THIS IDEA OR THE IMAGES! THEY ARE PROUDLY FROM SPOONFUL.COM.

--Megan-- : )

Happy Thanksgiving!

I really hope everyone of you had a happy Thanksgiving full of fun and joy! Well, now that Thanksgiving is over, its time to get started on some Christmas activities! Ho, ho, ho! Merry Christmas! : D Thanks to everyone who follows my blog and if have any questions or comments email me @ newsdateweekly@gmail.com or comment! Thanks and always keep updated!




        MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!!!