After the Hunt!

Home from camping , Easter over for another year and here I am packing away our Easter tub only to realise we have dozens of plastic colourful eggs in a multitude of different sizes.

What should I do with them?

Surely I can use them throughout the year somehow?

So the Pinterest search was on:

1. Eggy Critters 2. Fireflies 3. Egg Painting 4. Glow In The Dark Eggs

Top: Egg Teacups Bottom: Egg Snake

1. Number Match 2. Egg Memory 3. Musical Shakers 4. Letter Match

Egg Lunch

Now the above links are just some of the many many ideas that come up on Pinterest. For more ideas see here.

A Crafty Kind of Easter Part 2

Who doesn't love printables?

I know I am addicted to them & at holiday times I just can't get enough of them. 

I spend endless evenings trawling the web to pin free printables on my Pinterest boards. 

Today I wanted to share some of my favourite Easter printables.

For Around The Home

Left: Easter Subway Art by Printabelle

Right Top: Bunny Burlap Print by Craftily Ever After

Right Bottom:  Easter Print by Fresh Foto & Design

Top Left - Fun Easter Pots by Pink Polka Dot Creations

Top Right - Bunny Centrepiece by Party Planning Centre

Bottom Left - Hoppy Day Easter Print by Sweet Rose Studio

Bottom Right - Spring/Easter Banner by Itsy Belle

Easter Hunt & Brunch

Left - Baby Chick Easter Party on Catch My Party

Top Middle - Darling Vintage Easter Brunch on HWTM

Bottom Middle - Hop With Me Easter Hunt by Design Editor

Right - Easter Egg Hunt Kit by Julia Kuku Parties

For The Kids 

Left - Colouring Pages on Squidoo

Middle - Easter Egg Animals on Kaboose

Right - "Peep"er Dolls by Sandy Toes & Popsicles

A Crafty Kind of Easter Part 1

With Easter only a week away I thought I'd share with you some of my all time favourite Easter tutorials.

I just love Easter, well I love any reason to celebrate be it Christmas, Easter, or birthdays.

With my daughter, Miss S, getting to that age now where she understands what holidays are, I am really loving my craftiness so here are some tutorials I've made in the past or plan to tackle this Easter:

Finished bunnies made by me, template by Twig & Thistle

First up these lovely little critters were constructed on the Twig & Thistle DIY Stuffed Easter Bunny Template, found here. This template has been a huge hit with TSL members & I'm loving seeing all the various bunnies multiplying on our group wall. I did enlarge the template to 150% which ended with the bunny being approximately 20cm tall. I also embellished with a cute ribbon & bell for Miss Bunny & a felt hand stitched heart for Mr Bunny. 

Cass Can Sew

 Wouldn't this cute little guy be the perfect softie partner for Mr & Miss Bunny? TSL member, Cass from Cass Can Sew has shared this great tutorial, with template, on her fabulous blog. I hope to whip up The Dilly Daddle Duckling for my niece & nephew.

Sew-Mad

I have admired this little Easter basket for a year or so now & this year I'm finally going to make it for Miss S! The tutorial is in German but don't fear at the end of the blog post you'll find a link for an English version, including pattern pieces. Look out later in the week for my pictorial review of this tutorial.

Retro Mama

I love these fabric eggs!

I made a few of these last year for our Easter Egg Hunt as an alternative to just hiding chocolate eggs. They bought endless fun to Miss S on Easter Sunday as we threw them to each other & counted them.  The tutorial is excellent & comes with a template to use.