Tuesday, 26 February 2013

Fun easy easter egg colouring




Fun easy easter idea

  1. Gather your materials. You will need some cooled hard boiled eggs, paper to protect your table ( we have some cardboard under the newspaper, stationary stickers, dye and a dye hook.  I caved and grabbed the commercial dye , I swore I was going to go au natural this year but exhaustion got the better of me.  Here is a wonderful post from Crunchy Domestic Goddess about how to dye them naturally, I bookmarked it intending to use it. Polka Dot Easter Eggs
  2. Get everything prepped before inviting the kiddo to the table- dye is not something you want “help” with.
  3. Add your stickers. These reinforcements worked ok, but were really hard to get off once dry.Polka Dot Easter Eggs
  4. This lace pattern was my favorite.Polka Dot Easter Eggs
  5. My son wanted to make a happy face ( this was the egg that broke and turned into part of his lunch).Polka Dot Easter Eggs
  6. The circle stickers were much easier to take off.
  7. Dye your eggs.Polka Dot Easter Eggs
  8. Add in a color mixing lesson too! We added the blue to this pink after to make purple.Polka Dot Easter Eggs
  9. Let dry and remove the stickers. Some came off easily, some did not.Polka Dot Easter Eggs

Saturday, 9 February 2013

Heart Handprints


Handprint Heart

Handprint heart

If your child prints a handprint heart, it will be yours forever! These make a super quick craft activity for Valentine's Day or Mother's Day and a lovely keepsake, too.
You will need:
Pink and purple paint
Paper

Instructions:
Keeping fingers together, print a handprint of purple paint on the centre of the paper. With the other hand add a handprint of pink paint overlapping the fingers with the purple handprint.