Easter garland

Last night I was feeling a little crafty, but I knew I wanted to do something that my kids could also help with. The other day, I saw this really cool idea on another blog:

(photo from Modern Parents Messy Kids)

Unfortunately, I don't have piles of paint chips lying around, but I do have tons of scrapbook paper scraps that I've been saving for just this sort of activity. I pulled out a bunch of "Eastery" colored papers, and traced egg shapes on the back. (I used the template available from the above link). Then we got to work. My almost-8-year-old, and my newly-4-year-old both had a fabulous time cutting them out. I thought about "fixing" the ones that my younger daughter cut, but then decided against it. I love that she was able to help!

(Sorry for not "staging" my photo better, lol. I was in a hurry!)



Can you guess which ones my 4-year-old cut?




It was a great activity for the 3 of us to do together, and I'm thinking about making a few more garlands to put up elsewhere in our home, too.

Gearing up for Easter

Here in HK, they don't sell Easter egg dye kits, and in years past I've been too lazy to look up instructions on how to do it on my own. That's why I nearly just jumped out my chair when I saw THIS post over at Our Best Bites. It's about how to dye eggs using old silk ties.

Intrigued? You should be! Just look at what you can do!! (Photos from Our Best Bites)



Now I just need to dig through Sam's closet and hope he has some old silk ties!. I'll definitely post photos after we do this!!