Last Minute Easter Ideas

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Easter is now only a few days away.   I am so not ready!!  Yesterday I realized I still need to buy eggs, and I also still need to buy some of the food for our Easter dinner. Eek!   Does anyone else feel a bit rushed in their preparations  when Easter is in March?   Over the years I have posted several Easter posts that I thought I would share again, for anyone needing some last minute ideas like me.  

My first picture is of my Bunny Treat Boxes .  They are still one of my favorite Easter crafts. They are quick and simple to make, and kids love them.  The supplies you will need to make them are mini square containers , mini white pom poms, white chenille pipe cleaners, and google eyes.  I found my supplies at the dollar store and craft store.  The dollar store does not always have the mini containers in stock, and can be hard to find, so I linked to the same ones on Amazon.  You can see the full tutorial to the Bunny Treat Boxes here.

If you like other spring animals as well.  You might like my Chick and Lamb treat boxes.  They are made in a similar manner but you would need round mini containers.

These Spring Animal Boxes were a lot of fun to make. All you need is cardboard tubes, a little bit of paint, and some basic craft supplies.  You can fill them with a small bag of candy, or small toy. 

One year I decorated the table with Easter Egg Buddies make from dollar store plastic eggs. 

My daughter made this craft for Easter a few years ago.  She found an extra large chenille stem at the craft store and turned it into a Bunny Head that is cute on it's own, but can also be added to a wreath or decoration. 

One year  I made a water proof Easter Wreath using an item you normally would not use on a wreath.  

Over the years we have shared some Unique Egg Coloring Techniques

Last year we shared a few new techniques like this one in the picture above.  You can see how we made it and a few others here.

Need some food ideas.  We got  your covered there too.  My kids look forward to my Leftover Ham Casserole every year that is made with our leftover Easter ham. 

We also have an Easter morning tradition for breakfast.  Pretty much every holiday, on the night before I whip up a batch of Make Ahead Stuff French Toast.  The family loves it and it makes busier morning breakfasts for much easier.  All you need to do is take it out of fridge and put it in the oven. 

I also have dessert covered.  Several years ago I made Easter Cake Pops. This was when my blog was pretty new, so remember that when you see how bad the pictures are. ;) I really should make them again, because my kids loved them, and they did turn out pretty cute. 

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Coloring Techniques for Unique Easter Eggs

It is  Easter egg coloring time, and I thought I would share with you some of the fun techniques we have used to decorate our eggs over the years. We have not colored this year's eggs, but I am sure we will try some of these technique again this year.  

My daughter made this egg.  She randomly placed pieces of scotch tape on the egg, and then dipped it into some blue color.  The tape looked quite messy at first, but when the egg was dry, she removed the tape.   The design was actually very pretty, and was similar to a marble effect.  

This egg was quite interesting.  I am sharing two photos, because it is hard to see the full effect from one angle.  My daughter came up with this design as well. She held an egg halfway in the color cup for a few seconds.  She would then turn the egg, and repeat over and over. The color layered onto the egg, making this usual effect.  If you don't want dye on your hands, use gloves when trying this technique.

The skinny stripes on this egg were made with skinny rubber bands. It kind of reminds me of a pink watermelon. 

Wrapping a rubber band around the center of an egg before dying it, makes this effect.  

Have you ever seen those paper reinforcement circle stickers?  Placing them on the egg in a design, can give you a bold look.  The circles really pop with the bright orange color of this egg. 

This egg is one of my favorites.  We used the circle stickers again, but this time placed them very close together. The egg was then dyed blue and when the stickers were removed, it had a pretty lacy look. 

The centers of the circle stickers were used on this egg.  The polka dots were bright white, but my daughter decided to dip it again in another color making the polka dots pink. 

There are so many fun things you can do when coloring your Easter eggs.  What is your favorite coloring tip?  

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Crafting with Kara - Easter Egg Designs

We colored our Easter Eggs yesterday.  We had a lot of fun, and Kara came up with some new pretty designs that she had not tried before.  I thought that they would make a great new Crafting with Kara post 

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