easter crafts

With Easter speeding towards us I thought 

I would round up a few of my Easter craft projects

here so you can get a head start on that bunny.

Fabric Carrots tutorial here.

Crepe paper carrots filled with popcorn here.

Beautiful and easy fabric daffodils here.

Shabby placemats and coasters here.

Some quick and easy craft for the kids here.

I'll be looking for more great Easter craft on

Pinterest in the next few days and I'll share

some more links here.

See you again soon!

easter tutorials and those carrots

 

It really is time to get hopping with some Easter craft

so I have bundled up my most popular tutorials

so you can get started .

 

First off are my fabric carrots.

These have been pinned a sqillion times because

they are fun and so very easy to make.

You can find the tutorial here.

 

 

Then there is my favourite flower ever here.

 

 

 

Pretty shabby coasters and placemats here.

 

 

Tulip tutorial here.

 

 

Crepe paper carrots filled with popcorn here.

 

Speckled eggs here.

 

 

Some easy craft for the kids here.

 

Have fun crafting for Easter!

 

 

 

 

no chocolate easter

 

I don't eat a lot of chocolate .

This probably offends some people so I am sorry .

 

I do know I am not the only one ~ some people don't eat it at all !

 

I made some crepe paper carrots and filled them with popcorn.

 

They look happy and fun !

They are very , very quick and easy to make . 

 

 

Just cut a large triangle from orange crepe paper.

Cut a long strip of green crepe paper.

 

Fold the triangle in half along the long edges and tape together .

Fill with popcorn or whatever you can use nuts or lollies even .

Pull the top of the carrot together and tape it closed .

Wrap the long green strip around the top and secure with tape .

Cut the greenery with scissors to make it frilly .

 

So there you go , even if you don't have chocolate you

can still have some Easter fun !

again with the carrots

Here is the link to my fabric carrot tutorial .

It's not far really just hop over to my new blog

A Confetti Life.

Have fun !

sprung

 

Good morning and Happy Spring !

I've been busy , busy , busy as a bee Spring cleaning

for my guests that are starting to come next week for morning tea.

Very exciting !

 

Are you a Spring cleaner ?

 

If you would like to make some of these daffodils my tutorial is here .

Gosh I love daffodils they are my favourite flower ever .

 

Do you have a favourite flower ?

not according to plan

I was going to paint a heap of styrofoam eggs and then glitter them up

to have bowls of sparkly goodness around the house for Easter.

I pushed a skewer through them as it made them easier to paint.

There they were sitting up looking happy and pretty as they dried

so I tied a piece of ribbon onto them.

But you know with them all sitting in a jar looking very bright

and me being so very , very lazy ....

I've left them just as they are .

crafty easter soiree`

Hello there are you getting ready for Easter ?

Are you having a little Easter do for your craft group ?

Woolworths have these plastic eggs that snap apart apparently for children .

I think the children will cope without these.

If you put some crafty things inside they'd be great as a little

table decoration/gift at the big girls craft party .

Ribbons , cotton reels , buttons and little , teeny carrots will all fit .

You can still fit in a couple of little eggs too .

How's everything with you ? I hope you are well xx

speckled eggs

Speckled eggs ~ so cute and fun to make .

What else are you going to do with all these teeny , tiny scraps ?

All the little bits of fabric that just ends up on the floor is

cut into even smaller bits and simply glued to styrofoam eggs .

Even a plain gluestick does the trick .

Having a small bowl of water to clean your fingers as you glue and smooth is helpful.

The kids could help with these .

 If they really have to .

They look gorgeous displayed in a bowl or you could thread some string

through them and hang them from a branch for a different Easter display .

more but smaller

According to my stats lately my blog is receiving lots and lots of visitors.

They have all been coming from other sites that have kindly directed them this

way for my tutorial for Fabric Carrots .

Either way I'm glad you're here .

If you've been making fabric carrots this is a great way to use your scraps .

Make little , teeny carrots !

so you can get hopping

I thought it might be helpful to if you

could find my Easter tutorials all in one place

and get an early start on the Easter Bunny .

Just a little bit of trivia ~

did you know my Fabric Carrots tutorial

has been viewed 17,540 times !

So if you would like that number to go up again

click here for the tutorial .

Daffodils are for anytime but especially nice for Easter.

Tutorial here .

maybe you'd like to try placemats and coasters

tutorial here.

Fabric tulips here.

 Easy Easter craft for kids here.

Or something for the Easter Bunny to carry his eggs in here.

There will be a Valentine's Day tutorial next week

and another Easter tutorial is coming up .

This lot should keep you out of trouble .

Thanks for hopping in , see you soon !

well hello Spring , it's nice to have you back !

It's nice to have you back too !

Let's get started on making some beautiful daffodils .

You will need some daffodily coloured fabric,

some thin wire , buttons, cardboard for templates

and green electrical tape .

 

Use the cardboard to make a petal template

the one used here is about 2" high .

Cut out your template and use it to trace 6 petals

on double fabric with right sides facing.

Stitch around all the petals before cutting them

out with pinking shears .

 

 

Turn the petals right side out and press.

Tack along the base of the petals without breaking

the thread in between keeping them all together .

 

 

Pull the thread to form flower shape and stitch

securely together .

 

 

Cut two different pieces of coloured fabric approx

4" wide x 2" high .

Stitch along the top .

Open out and fold to form a tube , stitch .

Fold under raw edges.

Turn right side out with the folded edges as your base.

Turn over a small piece at the top.

Gather and secure the base with neat stitching .

 

 

Stitch centre to petals .

 

 

Thread wire through button .

 

 

Push the wired button through the centre of the flower.

Cover the wire with green electrical tape .

 

 

I hope I have made all this very clear and

haven't forgotten any photos or steps .

Wishing you all a blooming gorgeous Spring !