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.
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   From Spoonful.com
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   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.
      
      
      
      
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   From spoonful.com 
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   There are even more awesome Easter Crafts at spoonful.com! 
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   -**Megan**- 
   
   
   
   
   
   
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