Easter Crafts!

I love crafts. Love love LOVE them. And the nice weather and approaching Easter holiday called for an Easter craft day I thought. So last Saturday we spent a wonderful afternoon making crafts with Eli, Lexi, Tori, Lori, and Grandma (and we even got Noah to do a few)!  After last year’s debacle of making tiny animals out of beads (seriously, I could barely do them even though Family Fun had them listed as a 4 year old and up craft) I wanted to make sure the kids could actually DO the craft. We ended up with some winners this year and had so much fun!

First up we made little chicks out of tennis balls . . . they are the most adorable things ever, and the kids could do all the assembly themselves! (I cut out the feet and the beaks but they did the rest). Each chick had it’s own little personality, which I loved!

Next up we made bunnies out of socks. Again, the kids could do almost everything themselves, and the adults got to be creative as well. You know what they say about rabbits, so pretty soon we had whole bunny families of course. 

From left to right: Mommy (with earrings and a purse), Matea (with a matching hair bow in of course), Elijah (with his chick ribbon he picked out at the craft store), and Daddy (with a goatee and glasses). What a cute family!

And we can’t forget Jeff and Lori’s family! Noah (with mismatched eyes), then two Lexi bunnies (one with a pom pom on her ear), then Lori’s bunny (so cute and round, it’s my favorite I think), then Jeff (with a tie fashioned by Grandma), and then Tori’s bunny!

The last craft of the day was one which had to be done in stages. We made wreaths out of plastic eggs that we painted with puffy paint. We painted the eggs, let them dry, glued on our leaves, then attached the eggs. This craft was more challenging than the rest, and almost not worth the trouble. Except the wreath is so cute hanging in the kitchen now. I love it!

Eli’s wreath has his name, a cross, polka dots, plaid, flowers, a bunny, snakes, and squiggies (as he called the squiggles). So cute, and Eli is so proud that he made it!

At the end of the day we had to pose with our finished products! We had a really fun day of crafting and being together. I can’t wait for the next craft occasion (I’ll think of some excuse soon!). :)