Do You Absolutely Love Easter?
try our fun filled crafts and recipes for an easter to remember!
craft 1: origami!
for this craft all you need is…
- 20cm square of paper or 1 origami sheet of paper
- origami book (because we know how hard origami is without pictures) or search for how to make an origami bunny online
- pens
(if you are stuck on finding a book or website here are some sugestions, wild and wonderful origami is the book i used but https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MAhe0FNviu8 is a pretty good video to watch but it might be tricky!)
- follow origami instructions
- draw a cute bunny face on it
- find the perfect place to put the bunny
craft 2: im not sure what its called but it involves marshmallows and bunnies!
for this craft all you need is…
- mini marshmallows
- pencils
- pipe cleaners
- glue
- draw a bunny and colour it in
- glue the pipe cleaners on like whiskers
- and glue marshmallows around the outline of the bunny
and you have your marshmallow bunny drawing!!!
warning: do not eat the marshmallows after they have been glued on!!!
craft 3: bunny cup
for this craft all you need is…
- light cardboard
- pipe claeners
- pen
- pink foam
- glue
- paper cup
- cotton ball
- cut the cardboard into two rabbit ears
- glue them onto the cup
- cut out the foam into a nose and slightly smaller ears
- stick the foam inside the ears and glue on the nose
- use pipe cleaners for whiskers and glue them on
- draw on some eyes and a mouth
- glue a cotton ball on the back of the cup for a tail
bunny complete!
Easter Cookies!
you can make some super cute easter cookies, if you are interested read on! the recipe is coming!
you will need…
- 110g butter, softened
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 cups flour, sifted
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- Icing: 1 cup icing sugar, sifted; 1 egg white; food colouring.
Method: Cream butter and sugar then beat in egg and vanilla. Sift in dry ingredients and mix well. Shape dough into a flat brick, wrap with plastic wrap and refrigerate for about 1 hour. Heat oven to 175oC and line baking trays with baking paper. Roll out dough on a lightly floured surface to about 3mm thick (try using a piece of baking paper placed over the dough.) Cut into shapes. Place shapes on trays and bake for 8 minutes until cooked but not brown. Cool biscuits on wire racks.
Icing: Beat or whisk icing sugar and egg white together until thick enough to hold a peak. Divide mixture between small bowls and use food colouring to make different colours. Pipe icing on cooled biscuits.
craft 4: easter nest
or this craft all you need is…
- wool or yarn
- bowl
- cotton balls
- easter eggs
- double sided tape
- start by getting your bowl and wrapping double sided tape all the way around it
- peel off the backing and start winding the wool around the bowl
- when the wool covers the whole bowl fill it half way up with cotton balls and put small easter eggs on top
and there you have it an easy 3 step easter nest! (its super easy to take it apart, just unwind the wool and take off the tape)
Good luck with your easter crafts!
