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{bunnies, easter eggs and a lamb}

Yarn + glitter glue.

Lamb coloring page + cotton balls.

Crayon + watercolors.

Kids love making shaving cream pictures!

We made ours a bit differently but here are the “official” instructions on how to do it:

Mix equal amounts of non-mentholated shaving cream and white paint together.

Spread the mixture on thick paper.

Drip food coloring or tempera/acrylic paint on the shaving cream mixture.

Use a craft stick to swirl the colors.

Let dry completely.

Optional: cut out into a heart, an Easter egg, shamrock…

These pictures are details of an Easter egg Sienna made at school. First you draw something with crayons and then paint over it with watercolors.

I find that cheap crayons work the best for this technique. You know the kind that kind of crumble when you color with them.

When Sienna cut out the yarn/glitter glue bunny out, she then used the “leftover pattern” as a stencil to make this bunny. I held the stencil in place and Sienna painted with glitter watercolors.

These were made with acrylic paint and dental floss. We folded the cardstock paper egg in half and then placed the floss, which had been dipped in paint, inside. We pressed on the paper and then pulled the floss out.

Next time we won’t fold the paper in half. I think it’ll look nicer that way. Just place another piece of cardstock paper on top and then pull.

Please feel free to leave a link in the comments to any Easter/spring crafts you have made.

{flowers, chicks, bunnies... easter/spring fun}

One of the simplest crafts I’ve ever made. But oh so cute, don’t you think? Just cut out a flower from scrapbook paper and then bend the petals up.

Sorry about the copyright text on each photo. Many people share other people’s ideas on their blogs etc. It’s nice to know that if anyone shares one of my photos, people know the source of the photo.

Cut out this quote from a magazine and I just had to doodle around it. J

This time I used stickers. The chick idea itself is from a crafts book I have.

Rolled up tissue paper glued on a cardstock bunny. I love how this photo looks photoedited.

More to come. We’ve been busy. J

{coins}

This little girl cracks me up.

She was playing with coins from a coin bank.

Next thing you know she is wearing a sock full of coins and bouncing with her bouncy ball. J

This blog post is part of:

{cuteness!}

this lunch rox

family fun magazine

good housekeeping magazine

more cuteness:

butterfly mobile by rebecca cooper

{love this!}

source: ian boyd/flickr

 also: don’t miss this. :)

{spring break}

Remember these?

This is much better don‘t you think?

Spring break is over. Back to the grind.

Some things we did:

Chucky Cheese’s

Indoor playground

Space & Science center with cousins

Education Station store

Enjoyed puddles

West Edmonton mall playground with a cousin

Spiritual feast: watched General Conference on tv.