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Easter Traditions: Dying Easter Eggs

April 8, 2009 By 10 Comments

Our Eater Egg Dying Day

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Emma and Analiese are all smiles

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Abigail with a rare smile

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Abigail and Rob having fun together

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Emma pouring carefully

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Our Left over dye

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Our finished product!

I love Easter eggs.  They are a sure sign that Easter is closer then we think.  The kids had a blast.  Everyone was smiling and getting along and for the first time ever we had a lot of fun doing it.  We used two different dying kits and I would have to say that the PAAS brand really does work the best.  The other brand did not fully dissolve and I was not as pleased with the colors.  Either way we have some great looking eggs this year.  We used the clear wax crayon and made polka dots and designs.  Daddy even made an egg that says Eat Me.  I hope that you all have a great time dying Easter eggs this year.  I would love to see some pictures.

I had wanted to make the Easter eggs from an earlier post but it was a little too hard this time.  The kids just wanted to dig in.  I am not sure that I really want them to attempt the leaf ones.  I would try on my own but how many hard boiled eggs does one family need?  I think that 18 is more then enough for this family.  I hate hard boiled eggs as does Rob.  Emma will only eat the middle and Analiese just makes a mess with them..  I do not want Abigail eating them all on her own!

Becca

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Easter Kids Crafts

March 31, 2009 By 13 Comments
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It is Easter time and with Easter comes Spring break.  Spring break means that the kids are home and need something to do.  I have been researching crafts all day to find just the right ones.  I have compiled a list with the links of crafts we are intending to try.

  1. Fancy Feathered Friends: These are little chicks made out of egg cartons and eggs.  They are super cute.   They will act as super cute decorations on Easter around the house.
  2. Nesting Instinct:  This is a cute birds nest which seems like it will be super easy to make.  All you need is clay and some sticks.
  3. Easter Pins:  These will be really cute for grandmas on E$aster morning!
  4. Leaf Print Eggs: These are so interesting and look so professional.  I cannot wait to give them a try!

These should occupy the first few days of our very long Spring break!  I hope that these look as good to the kids as they did to me.   I would love to hear and see what crafts you all have in mind for the Easter holiday.  I think that it will be a fun way to avoid the boredom bug!

Becca

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National Craft Month

March 30, 2009 By 2 Comments

I had not idea that in addition to national disability awareness month it was also national craft month.  I am really starting to think that there is a month for EVERYTHING.  While I do feel that some of these months are important such as Breast Cancer Awareness month and National Disability Awareness Month.  I just think that some just feel silly.  It would seem to me that the craft stores are the ones that began this national craft month!   Who else would have felt that crafts should have their own month?

While I do think that it is silly to have national craft month I am excited about the coupon that JoAnn Fabrics sent to my email!  Crafts  a great way for children and adults to express themselves.  It is a way to learn and have fun.  Crafts are fun and enjoyable.  As so many of you know I love crafts!  I am just not sure that they need their own month!

Either way I am going to take my 30% coupon and stock up on supplies.  Letting them go to waste would be a complete shame.  I am not one to let a bargin get away!

Becca

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Pirate Cake

February 17, 2009 By 3 Comments
Simple pirate cake!

Simple pirate cake!

No pirate party is complete without a pirate hat cake.  This cake was so simple and so fun.  It is a must for any pirate party!

Here’s how I did it:

  1. Bake 2 round cakes
  2. Let the cakes cool
  3. Ice the top of one cake
  4. Place the second cake on top of the first
  5. Cut about 1/4 of the circle off
  6. Cut the smaller piece in half
  7. Place cake up vertically
  8. Ice and decorate

Please visit family fun for more detailed directions to this cake.  This cake is sure to please.  Let me know how yours comes out!  To check out a tea pot cake for your little princess please click here.

Becca

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Valentine’s Day Bear Pins

January 23, 2009 By 3 Comments

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This is a great craft for scouts, class craft projects or just for gifts for grandparents.  This craft is designed to make 15 bears.  Each bear will end up costing $0.51 each!  Here is all that you will need:

Difficulty level: 1 star

Supplies:                                                                                                                                                    bear-supplies

  1. Felt Board in cocoa
  2. Tacky glue
  3. Google eyes
  4. 1 bag of pins
  5. 1 hot glue stick
  6. hot glue gun
  7. sizzers
  8. Sticker or wood conversation hearts
  9. Black marker
  10. Printed template

Step 1:

Click here to print bear template and then cut the template out.

Step 2:

Trace the template onto the felt board.

Step 3:

Cut out individual bears

Step 4:

Hot glue pin onto the back of the bear.bear-with-pin

Step 5:

Glue on google eyes

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Step 6:

Glue on conversation heart

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Step 7:

Draw bears paws, ears, nose and mouthcomplete-bear

We hope that you enjoyed our first craft together.  Come back each week to see what we will think of next

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Children’s Crafts

January 22, 2009 By 2 Comments
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Coming soon to www.askbecca.com is a new focus for the new year.  I know that time and time again I am looking for crafts to do with 4H, daisy scouts and brownie scouts.  There are even times I want to do something fun on a snowy day with the kids.  I will be introducing a new section to askbecca.com.

Becca and Alli’s craft corner is a new place to find all of your favorite crafts for kids and more.  Once a week we will be introducing a new, low cost craft that you can enjoy with the children in your life.   Each new craft will have a 1-5 star rating.  This rating will determine the difficulty level of each craft.

We are so excited to be crafting away!  Perhaps we will become the Martha Stewart of the kids crafts world!  You know a girl has to think big.  We will see you here!

Becca and Alli

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