DIY Easter Egg Magnets

Every year after Easter there are a billion empty plastic eggs laying around the house that my kids refuse to let me recycle. This year the crafter in me decided to put some of them to good use by making refrigerator magnets...

All you need to make these are plastic eggs, sticker letters, magnet tape and hot glue. Just put the letters on the front of the eggs and the magnet tape on the back (I also used hot glue to reinforce the magnets). That's it.

When my kids saw the eggs on the fridge they insisted on making their own - either crafting is in their blood or it's contagious!

Hope you all have a Happy Easter!!

Easter Chick Lantern

Last year you might remember me creating this Easter Bunny using a paper lantern. This year my youngest son, who has assumed the role of creative director of this blog, strongly suggested that I create an Easter Chick so that the bunny (and I quote) "would have a friend". Was there any way I could say no to that? Exactly, and here's the result...

Easter Eggs Fit For a Teen

This year I will be spending Easter with a close friend who has teenagers. I've been racking my brain trying to come up with a cool gift for these teens who long ago figured out that thing about the Easter Bunny. So I decided to make them "fashion-inspired" Easter eggs to accompany a traditional chocolate bunny.


I started off with paper mache eggs that I got from the craft store...



First I painted the eggs with a base coat and then used coordinating colored tissue paper to decoupage the eggs.



Egg Inspiration #1 - Tiffany and Co.

Egg Inspiration #2 - Western Chic



Egg Inspiration #3 - Lilly Pulitzer



I hope the girls like the eggs as much as I do!




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Burlap Easter Basket

This week's challenge over at the CSI Project is to make something using a material I have never worked with before: burlap. My first thought was to take a pass on this one, but I just love a good challenge! So, in keeping with the Easter theme, here is my best first attempt at making a burlap Easter basket.

The first thing I did was soak a large piece of burlap in fabric stiffener and then cut it into strips.



Next, I glued some of the strips onto the bottom of a plastic plate that served as the base of the basket (lots of improvising went on during this process).



Once the strips were on, I flipped the plate over to start the weaving process. I know it looks kind of crazy at this point, still improvising...



I then started to weave the other burlap strips through the ones that were glued to the plate using the "over-under" approach.



I only needed to weave in 4 horizontal rows because the strips were pretty wide. Finally, I decided to make a little burlap bunny to embellish the basket.



And here is the final result...

The fabric stiffener was definitely the key to making this basket happen. I just love it when a great improvised plan comes together!






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