Easter Decor

Have I mentioned my mother the decorator? No, I don't mean interior decorator. I mean holiday decorator. Her house is transformed at Christmas, and to a lesser degree, all other holidays. Here are a couple of the decorations she has created for Easter.

To make these, you need styrofoam eggs, Easter themed napkins,  craft crystals, and white glue. Tear out the parts of the napkin you like. Put a coat of glue on the egg, and then gently add the pictures from the napkins. Then cover the entire egg with another coat of glue. Roll the egg in the crystals and allow to dry.

These are painted wooden eggs.

We hope you have a happy Easter. Here is a link to a video entitled "He is Risen."

Watercolor Easter Cards

Sometime last year I became a tiny bit obsessed with watercolors. I wanted so badly to try them, but the local class was $84, with $100 worth of supplies. It seemed like an investment I wasn't ready to make. A few weeks ago I decided to get some cheap supplies and just try to see if I liked it. $15 later and I was set. I decided my first project would be greeting cards for Easter. After brainstorming I came up with these:

The eggs were cut with my Silhouette Cameo. One of the best features about the Silhouette Studio (software program for the Silhouette) is the "Trace" feature. I can take any picture and trace it and have a shape for free. I found an egg shape online and saved it. Then I opened it in Silhouette Studio, used the trace feature and had a free shape!

I used watercolor paper and dug in! While the eggs were drying, they curled up, but with glue they stayed down on the cards. I love how the watercolor looks like dyed eggs! This was a fun, simple project and perfect for my first time with watercolors!

Did you send anything fun for Easter? 

Mailing Easter Eggs!

So you may have seen this pin:

Source: giverslog.com via Jaime on Pinterest

I did sometime last year and have been patiently waiting for Spring since! Here's what I came up with for my nephew and nieces.

 

For my nephew: A growing, glow in the dark skeleton, a spinning top, a Lightning McQueen pad of paper, a Phineas and Ferb sticker and a little squirting animal.

My niece's wasn't too different: a spinning top, a Mater pad of paper, a Phineas and Ferb sticker (not pictured for some reason!), a little squirting animal and a pretty necklace.

All these small items fit inside a somewhat larger egg (it's not huge!). All my items came from the Dollar Tree, including the eggs. I will send these out soon and let you know how they fare in the mail!