Easter Egg Craft

I know that Easter is over.  One thing I wanted to make before Easter but never got around to was making Easter eggs to put in a decorative vase.  I decided to make them after so they would be ready for next year.

Directions:
1.  Blow up a water balloon in the shape/size that you want.
2.  Wrap yarn around the water balloon.
3.  Paint Mod Podge onto the yarn.
4.  Let the yarn dry completely and then pop the balloon.  Take the balloon out.

Verdict:
1 star - The top one looks better.  I followed the directions on top for that one.  Unfortunately, some of the yarn did harden.  I knew that I was having trouble from the beginning.  Therefore, I tried dipping the yarn in the bottom one into Mod Podge first and then putting it on the balloon.  It left a weird residue all over the balloon.  Both of these up close do not look good.  At least the top one looks nice in a photo.  This project was messy, time consuming, and a waste.  Now I need to find something else for my decorative vases.

More Easter Decorations

Carrot Silverware

Complete directions on how to put these together can be found here.  The difficulty I had with this was finding orange napkins.  I had to order them from Amazon.  The green silverware was much easier to find - the dollar store.  I also found this cute, brown Kleenex box holder to put the silverware in (I thought it worked because it simulated dirt).

5 Stars - This is a super simple activity.  It looks really good when filled with silverware.  The above was my after picture with leftover silverware.

Bunny Napkins

Complete directions on making these bunnies can be found here.  The directions are step by step but will still require some trial and error to put them together.

4 Stars - I thought these turned out pretty well.  While they came out cute, they are difficult to make at first.  The first one I made was folded and refolded many times.  It is a tight fit when putting the finishing fold in.  However, because it is a tight fit, they do stay together well.  Once the first one is made, the others are much easier to make.

Bunny Favors

It has been awhile since I have written anything.  It's amazing how time flies by!  Yesterday I hosted Easter for my family.  We had a great time.  I have decided to dedicate the next few posts to some crafts/foods that I created (all found on Pinterest of course).

Bunny Favors

Directions:
1.  Wrap m&m's in tulle.  Seal with a piece of pipe cleaner.  Make sure to leave a puff out for the bunny's tale.
2.  Use a small Styrofoam ball for the bunny's head (1 and 1/2 or 2 inches).
3.  Glue 2 eyes, 2 white pom poms and a small pink pom pom on to make the face.
4.  Use a white and pink pipe cleaner to form the ears and put them on the top of the bunny's head.
5.  To connect the head, poke a small piece of pipe cleaner through the tulle.  Fold the pipe cleaner into two pieces and poke through the bottom of the head.  This will hold it in place.

Verdict:

4 stars - These weren't too bad to make.  The only thing that was tough was the getting the head to stay on top.  In the directions, I added folding the pipe cleaner to connect the head to the body.  This definitely kept the bunny together.  The only thing that I wasn't happy with was how the head didn't always rest perfectly on the body.  I am too much of a perfectionist!