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March 18, 2013
8 Fun and Easy Unique Plastic Easter Egg Crafts
Love
Easter Crafts for Kids
? Me too! We've got a cute Easter basket in the hopper, but for now check out these 8 easy and unique plastic egg crafts from around the net.
Tweet! Tweet! Aren't these little Easter Chicks sweet? With buttons and cottonballs this cheery garland is perfect for a spring celebration. Kids can help make the chicks and stringing the buttons is perfect for fine motor skills . How about that basket of berries. So cute! Just grab a Sharpie and some felt. Easy Egg Decorating Kit
Plastic Animal Easter Garland (Parents.com)
Photo by Doug Merriam for Parents.com Plastic egg garland.
Photo by Ed Judice for Parent.com Plastic Egg Strawberries
Look closely and you'll see tiny beads embedded on these plastic eggs with a glue gun. This gives me an idea. I'll be glue gunning eggs later this week!
Glue Gun Sparkly Beaded Eggs (Perfect is Boring)
Glue gun beaded Easter egg craft by Perfectisboring.com
Easter Egg Spiders (Craft, Interrupted)
Wouldn't these little guys be fun filled with candy? Unique egg decorations.
Baby Birds in Nest (KangarooBoo Blog)
This Easter egg decorating is perfect for preschoolers: Baby Birds in Nest Paper Craft.
Easy Easter Bunny (Reader's Digest)
Do up a plastic Easter egg like a cute bunny. Simple. Easy. Adorable.
Plastic Carrot Egg (A Bird in the Hand Art)
A Bird in the Hand blog hits a home-run with this easy plastic Easter egg carrot craft.
More Easter (y) things to do with carrots
Perry the Platypus Plastic Easter Egg Craft from Saturday Disney TV
You know we love Perry!
More Perry Crafts
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Tweet! Tweet! Aren't these little Easter Chicks sweet? With buttons and cottonballs this cheery garland is perfect for a spring celebration. Kids can help make the chicks and stringing the buttons is perfect for fine motor skills . How about that basket of berries. So cute! Just grab a Sharpie and some felt. Easy Egg Decorating Kit
Plastic Animal Easter Garland (Parents.com)
Photo by Doug Merriam for Parents.com Plastic egg garland.
Photo by Ed Judice for Parent.com Plastic Egg Strawberries
Look closely and you'll see tiny beads embedded on these plastic eggs with a glue gun. This gives me an idea. I'll be glue gunning eggs later this week!
Glue Gun Sparkly Beaded Eggs (Perfect is Boring)
Glue gun beaded Easter egg craft by Perfectisboring.com
Easter Egg Spiders (Craft, Interrupted)
Wouldn't these little guys be fun filled with candy? Unique egg decorations.
Baby Birds in Nest (KangarooBoo Blog)
This Easter egg decorating is perfect for preschoolers: Baby Birds in Nest Paper Craft.
Easy Easter Bunny (Reader's Digest)
Do up a plastic Easter egg like a cute bunny. Simple. Easy. Adorable.
Plastic Carrot Egg (A Bird in the Hand Art)
A Bird in the Hand blog hits a home-run with this easy plastic Easter egg carrot craft.
More Easter (y) things to do with carrots
Perry the Platypus Plastic Easter Egg Craft from Saturday Disney TV
You know we love Perry!
More Perry Crafts
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March 15, 2013
Homeschool Folk Art Lesson: Paper Craft Quilt Squares (Jake's Journey)
We are officially chicken farmers! So, in this edition of Jake's Journey in Art we incorporated our Silver Wyandotte Chicks into the homeschool art project. This paper craft is a pattern for an 8 x 8 quilt square. The assignment was to design a quilting pattern with shapes, colors, and a nice layout picturing a favorite activity. These squares depict egg collecting. You can cut simple shapes like these for your preschoolers or early elementary students and see what they create.
When a bunch of people get together to make a quilt it is called a quilting bee. Quilts have been an important part of history. One of my favorite books is by Faith Ringgold, "Aunt Harriet's Underground Railroad in the Sky". The illustrations in the book are picture perfect for quilting. Quilts were sometimes used as welcome flags for runaway slaves. Many quilts depict important events.
History of the Underground Railroad in Indiana
So, finally getting chicks is a very important event in our family. Each of us chose a different color for the background and then coordinated the other background colors into our design. If the daddy had made one, we'd have a perfectly symmetrical mini paper quilt to hang on the wall. Since he didn't, we're going to put our quilt squares in frames and hang them vertically near our front door.
Gold and Silver Laced Wyandotte Chicks at 6 days old.
Jake's quilt square is pictured above. He loves our chicks, but he is not a fan of art. However, he sat down with us and happily arranged the pieces on his background. Mommy cut out all of the shapes before we got started. This helped to set Jake's mind at ease. Of course, as usual, he complained everyone else's project was much better than his. I quickly explained American Folk Art was done by regular people without any training or even skill in some cases. Even so, it is sought after today and often sold for thousands of dollars. Probably, because it depicts their heart and home.
Jake's Journey in Art starts here
I like how his chicken is laying a pile of eggs, it has two visible feet, and the basket is full of eggs. I love that he enjoyed making this project, and he was happy to know they'll be on display in our dining room.
Crafty First Grade Art Project: Make your own quilt square paper craft.
Mayhem got creative. She cut out a yolk, sunshine, brown eggs, and was the first to include hay in her basket. She even drew baby chicks inside the eggs (in case you couldn't recognize her efforts).
More Farm Fun Crafts
Making quilt squares with your kids is a fun way to discuss history, teach layout and design, and share a special moment in time. What's on your quilting square?
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When a bunch of people get together to make a quilt it is called a quilting bee. Quilts have been an important part of history. One of my favorite books is by Faith Ringgold, "Aunt Harriet's Underground Railroad in the Sky". The illustrations in the book are picture perfect for quilting. Quilts were sometimes used as welcome flags for runaway slaves. Many quilts depict important events.
History of the Underground Railroad in Indiana
So, finally getting chicks is a very important event in our family. Each of us chose a different color for the background and then coordinated the other background colors into our design. If the daddy had made one, we'd have a perfectly symmetrical mini paper quilt to hang on the wall. Since he didn't, we're going to put our quilt squares in frames and hang them vertically near our front door.
Gold and Silver Laced Wyandotte Chicks at 6 days old.
Jake's quilt square is pictured above. He loves our chicks, but he is not a fan of art. However, he sat down with us and happily arranged the pieces on his background. Mommy cut out all of the shapes before we got started. This helped to set Jake's mind at ease. Of course, as usual, he complained everyone else's project was much better than his. I quickly explained American Folk Art was done by regular people without any training or even skill in some cases. Even so, it is sought after today and often sold for thousands of dollars. Probably, because it depicts their heart and home.
Jake's Journey in Art starts here
I like how his chicken is laying a pile of eggs, it has two visible feet, and the basket is full of eggs. I love that he enjoyed making this project, and he was happy to know they'll be on display in our dining room.
Crafty First Grade Art Project: Make your own quilt square paper craft.
Mayhem got creative. She cut out a yolk, sunshine, brown eggs, and was the first to include hay in her basket. She even drew baby chicks inside the eggs (in case you couldn't recognize her efforts).
More Farm Fun Crafts
Making quilt squares with your kids is a fun way to discuss history, teach layout and design, and share a special moment in time. What's on your quilting square?
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March 14, 2013
Meet Amazing Crafty Kid Bloggers and find Inspiring Crafts for Kids
While searching the net for things to do with egg cartons and eggs for an
Easter theme roundup
, I came across the most amazing blogger. I was astonished to see she only had 14 GFC followers. Say whaaat? Well, we'll fix that.
Egg Shell Chalk from Pink Stripey Socks.
So, rather than doing a round up, I decided to start a new series where I feature amazing bloggers who aren't getting the exposure and blog love they deserve. Pink Stripey Socks hasn't monetized yet. She hasn't got links for a Facebook page or Pinterest, but with some searching I tracked down her Pinterest Boards. She does have a "subscribe to posts" at the bottom of each one and you should. Her ideas are not only creative; they are inspired recycling! I wanted to pin each one.
Spring Flower Wreath made from Egg Cartons from Pink Stripey Socks.
So, who is the wo-man behind the blog? Leslie describes her crafting as crapty adventures. I love that! Like many of us, her secret dream is to be a children's book author. She hangs her magic glue stick in New Jersey. Leslie, 11 Pinterest Followers today... 1000 tomorrow. This is your calling :)
Here are some of the great ideas Pink Stripey Socks shares for things to do with eggs/cartons.
Eggshell doll craft from Pink Stripey Socks. Click image to see how to make blown eggs.
This blog will keep you busy for hours. Hop over and find something crapty to inspire your life. :)
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Egg Shell Chalk from Pink Stripey Socks.
So, rather than doing a round up, I decided to start a new series where I feature amazing bloggers who aren't getting the exposure and blog love they deserve. Pink Stripey Socks hasn't monetized yet. She hasn't got links for a Facebook page or Pinterest, but with some searching I tracked down her Pinterest Boards. She does have a "subscribe to posts" at the bottom of each one and you should. Her ideas are not only creative; they are inspired recycling! I wanted to pin each one.
Spring Flower Wreath made from Egg Cartons from Pink Stripey Socks.
So, who is the wo-man behind the blog? Leslie describes her crafting as crapty adventures. I love that! Like many of us, her secret dream is to be a children's book author. She hangs her magic glue stick in New Jersey. Leslie, 11 Pinterest Followers today... 1000 tomorrow. This is your calling :)
Here are some of the great ideas Pink Stripey Socks shares for things to do with eggs/cartons.
Eggshell doll craft from Pink Stripey Socks. Click image to see how to make blown eggs.
This blog will keep you busy for hours. Hop over and find something crapty to inspire your life. :)
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March 12, 2013
What She's Wearing Wednesday ~ Bake Shop Costume and Chef Hat Video
In this edition of What She's Wearing Wednesday catch the KCC Kid, Mayhem in "Sweet Shop". A video in the "Little Rascals" style. She's baking bread in her upcycled cardboard kitchen stove, wearing her chef hat tutorial, and having fun with her best kitty friend.
The toys in the video were donated by Alex Toys. You might also like our KCC Kid's Spy Video, "Monster Trouble" with lots of super sleuthing toys. We have lots of fun making these. The next one is going to be an artsy spring theme. Consider signing up for our newsletter below so you don't miss a thing. The newsletter comes out about once per month.
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The toys in the video were donated by Alex Toys. You might also like our KCC Kid's Spy Video, "Monster Trouble" with lots of super sleuthing toys. We have lots of fun making these. The next one is going to be an artsy spring theme. Consider signing up for our newsletter below so you don't miss a thing. The newsletter comes out about once per month.
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When is the St. Patrick's Day Parade in Indianapolis 2013?
Wondering when the St. Patrick's Day Parade is this year (2013) in downtown Indianapolis? Here are a few details of things to do in Indy for St. Pat's weekend.
Happy St. Patrick's Day!
The Greening of the Canal is Thursday afternoon, March 14, 2013 at the Indiana History Center.
Friday, March 15, the St. Patrick’s Day Parade starts at 11:30 a.m. on the Downtown parade route (North and Pennsylvania). As always, the parade features musicians, floats, dancers and more and is FREE. The Parade Festival will is on Vermont Street between Meridian and Pennsylvania streets from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., and is also FREE for all ages with live music, kids’ activities, food trucks and more.
The Going Green Festival at Indiana State Museum is Friday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. with activities teaching the best ways to conserve energy, the benefits of recycling and much more.
Watch out for road closures and restrictions.
The St. Patrick’s Day Parade begins at 11:30 a.m. at North and Pennsylvania streets heading south on Pennsylvania Street, west on Ohio Street and back north on Meridian Street to Michigan Street. Floats will be lined up on Fort Wayne Street. Pennsylvania Street and some surrounding streets will be closed at 9:30 a.m. Ohio and Meridian streets, in addition to cross streets, will close at 11 a.m. All affected parade streets will reopen by 3 p.m. Vermont Street will be closed from 8 a.m. March 14 to 6 p.m. March 15 for the Parade Festival.
Info from St. Patrick's Day Parade site.
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March 11, 2013
Easy Edible Easter Crafts: Things to Do with Marshmallow Peeps
Who doesn't love Peeps? Well, besides me. I don't like the tingly feeling on my tongue, but they are oh so cute and perfect for preschoolers crafts. I found these 7 adorable things to do with marshmallow Peeps. Did you know they even have an entire store dedicated to these cuties?
Chocolate covered Peep Chicks from yourhomebasedmom.com
I was inspired to surf for recipe ideas for easy edible Easter crafts after visiting an old-fashioned candy store selling chocolate covered Peeps. Everything in the store was decorated in pastels for Easter and the store windows were straight out of Wonka's factory. The Peeps from Your Home Based Mom pictured above are similar.
An M & M's Peep casserole! Yes, we're gonna try this one from thepartyanimal-blog.org
Did you know you can make a chocolate Peeps casserole? This one from The Party Animal-Blog looks fantastic even to me. I'm going to try to make the recipe for Easter this year.
Painting with Peeps from lyndsxo-glamourmoms.blogspot.com (It Mom).
Painting with Peeps is the perfect activity for preschool kids. This one from It Mom is super cute, but I'd do it with edible paint. We have lots of different recipes here just search in the browse us bar for "edible paint".
Dressed up crafts from Inspiremecrafts.com
Inspire Me Crafts offers up "dressed up" Peeps dipped in chocolate and looking like a bunny bride and groom. Wouldn't they be cute wedding party favors for a spring bridal shower. Pair them with the Peeps topiary below for a fun, spring theme bridal shower.
Make S'mores with Peeps like electicrecipes.com did.
Peeps Smore's is an easy, fun edible craft for kids. They can construct them and you can pop them in the microwave. This idea came from Electic Recipes.
Peeps Crafts for Easter from CraftsnCoffee.com
Finally, this home decor idea for Easter is perfect for a kid's party. The Peep's topiary from CraftsnCoffee is easy to make with kids.
What are you crafting up this Easter? You better hurry, if you are wondering when is Easter this year? Easter is March 31, 2013.
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Chocolate covered Peep Chicks from yourhomebasedmom.com
I was inspired to surf for recipe ideas for easy edible Easter crafts after visiting an old-fashioned candy store selling chocolate covered Peeps. Everything in the store was decorated in pastels for Easter and the store windows were straight out of Wonka's factory. The Peeps from Your Home Based Mom pictured above are similar.
An M & M's Peep casserole! Yes, we're gonna try this one from thepartyanimal-blog.org
Did you know you can make a chocolate Peeps casserole? This one from The Party Animal-Blog looks fantastic even to me. I'm going to try to make the recipe for Easter this year.
Painting with Peeps from lyndsxo-glamourmoms.blogspot.com (It Mom).
Painting with Peeps is the perfect activity for preschool kids. This one from It Mom is super cute, but I'd do it with edible paint. We have lots of different recipes here just search in the browse us bar for "edible paint".
Dressed up crafts from Inspiremecrafts.com
Inspire Me Crafts offers up "dressed up" Peeps dipped in chocolate and looking like a bunny bride and groom. Wouldn't they be cute wedding party favors for a spring bridal shower. Pair them with the Peeps topiary below for a fun, spring theme bridal shower.
Make S'mores with Peeps like electicrecipes.com did.
Peeps Smore's is an easy, fun edible craft for kids. They can construct them and you can pop them in the microwave. This idea came from Electic Recipes.
Peeps Crafts for Easter from CraftsnCoffee.com
Finally, this home decor idea for Easter is perfect for a kid's party. The Peep's topiary from CraftsnCoffee is easy to make with kids.
What are you crafting up this Easter? You better hurry, if you are wondering when is Easter this year? Easter is March 31, 2013.
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Easy Edible Easter Crafts for Preschoolers: Things to Do with Marshmallow Peeps
Who doesn't love Peeps? Well, besides me. I don't like the tingly feeling on my tongue, but they are oh so cute and perfect for preschoolers crafts. I found these 7 adorable things to do with marshmallow Peeps. Did you know they even have an entire store dedicated to these cuties?
Chocolate covered Peep Chicks from yourhomebasedmom.com
I was inspired to surf for recipe ideas for easy edible Easter crafts after visiting an old-fashioned candy store selling chocolate covered Peeps. Everything in the store was decorated in pastels for Easter and the store windows were straight out of Wonka's factory. The Peeps from Your Home Based Mom pictured above are similar.
Make your own Easter Peeps from Formulamom.com
And then, while surfing, I saw a tutorial on how to make your own Peeps from Formula Mom. It is very similar to sugar-coloring your marshmallows . Here at Kids Creative Chaos blog we are big on finding things to do with marshmallows! Check below the post for other things we do with marshmallows like games for kids using marshmallows.
An M & M's Peep casserole! Yes, we're gonna try this one from thepartyanimal-blog.org
Did you know you can make a chocolate Peeps casserole? This one from The Party Animal-Blog looks fantastic even to me. I'm going to try to make the recipe for Easter this year.
Painting with Peeps from lyndsxo-glamourmoms.blogspot.com (It Mom).
Painting with Peeps is the perfect activity for preschool kids. This one from It Mom is super cute, but I'd do it with edible paint. We have lots of different recipes here just search in the browse us bar for "edible paint".
Dressed up crafts from Inspiremecrafts.com
Inspire Me Crafts offers up "dressed up" Peeps dipped in chocolate and looking like a bunny bride and groom. Wouldn't they be cute wedding party favors for a spring bridal shower. Pair them with the Peeps topiary below for a fun, spring theme bridal shower.
Make S'mores with Peeps like electicrecipes.com did.
Peeps Smore's is an easy, fun edible craft for kids. They can construct them and you can pop them in the microwave. This idea came from Electic Recipes.
Peeps Crafts for Easter from CraftsnCoffee.com
Finally, this home decor idea for Easter is perfect for a kid's party. The Peep's topiary from CraftsnCoffee is easy to make with kids.
What are you crafting up this Easter? You better hurry, if you are wondering when is Easter this year? Easter is March 31, 2013.
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Chocolate covered Peep Chicks from yourhomebasedmom.com
I was inspired to surf for recipe ideas for easy edible Easter crafts after visiting an old-fashioned candy store selling chocolate covered Peeps. Everything in the store was decorated in pastels for Easter and the store windows were straight out of Wonka's factory. The Peeps from Your Home Based Mom pictured above are similar.
Make your own Easter Peeps from Formulamom.com
And then, while surfing, I saw a tutorial on how to make your own Peeps from Formula Mom. It is very similar to sugar-coloring your marshmallows . Here at Kids Creative Chaos blog we are big on finding things to do with marshmallows! Check below the post for other things we do with marshmallows like games for kids using marshmallows.
An M & M's Peep casserole! Yes, we're gonna try this one from thepartyanimal-blog.org
Did you know you can make a chocolate Peeps casserole? This one from The Party Animal-Blog looks fantastic even to me. I'm going to try to make the recipe for Easter this year.
Painting with Peeps from lyndsxo-glamourmoms.blogspot.com (It Mom).
Painting with Peeps is the perfect activity for preschool kids. This one from It Mom is super cute, but I'd do it with edible paint. We have lots of different recipes here just search in the browse us bar for "edible paint".
Dressed up crafts from Inspiremecrafts.com
Inspire Me Crafts offers up "dressed up" Peeps dipped in chocolate and looking like a bunny bride and groom. Wouldn't they be cute wedding party favors for a spring bridal shower. Pair them with the Peeps topiary below for a fun, spring theme bridal shower.
Make S'mores with Peeps like electicrecipes.com did.
Peeps Smore's is an easy, fun edible craft for kids. They can construct them and you can pop them in the microwave. This idea came from Electic Recipes.
Peeps Crafts for Easter from CraftsnCoffee.com
Finally, this home decor idea for Easter is perfect for a kid's party. The Peep's topiary from CraftsnCoffee is easy to make with kids.
What are you crafting up this Easter? You better hurry, if you are wondering when is Easter this year? Easter is March 31, 2013.
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March 9, 2013
Easter Bunny Coloring Page Printable for Kids
Easter is around the corner! Here's a cute Easter Bunny Coloring Page Printable for the kids. Hey wait, I like to color how about you? We host lots of free coloring sheets on Media Fire so hop over!
Easter Bunny Coloring Page. Right click and save to print or click FREE Printable Bunny.
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Easter Bunny Coloring Page. Right click and save to print or click FREE Printable Bunny.
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March 8, 2013
Cartoon Kitty sings the blues... VOKI
Oh my... we just discovered Voki.com I made a welcome message in the sidebar and Mayhem made a cartoon kitty singing the blues. I'm sure this will keep us busy for many hours! Go check it out it is a fun teacher resource too.
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March 6, 2013
Jakes Jokes for Kids - 12 Silly Kid Jokes and Riddles
Jake's jokes for kids
and funny things kids say are updated and listed all in one place in our Jake's Jokes/Ask Amanda tab above. Here's our latest list of silly jokes and riddles for kids.
What has many limbs but can't move. ( A tree.)
What did the mother ghost say to the baby ghost? (Don't spook until spooken too.)
Why did the gingerbread man go to the hospital? (He was feeling crumby.)
Why did the farmer plant gold in his farm? (To make the soil richer.)
Knock knock. Who's there. Owls. Owls who? (Yes they do!)
What has three feet but can't run? (A yard stick!)
What is the tallest building in the city? (A library because it has the most stories.)
What blows up but doesn't explode? (Possible answers: a balloon, a blowfish.)
What do you call Dracula? (A pain in the neck.)
What dinosaur raps? (A VelociRAPtor.)
What did Susan B. Anthony coin say to the quarter? (Together we make a lot sense/cents.)
What dog can jump higher than a building? (Any dog, buildings can't jump!)
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What has many limbs but can't move. ( A tree.)
What did the mother ghost say to the baby ghost? (Don't spook until spooken too.)
Why did the gingerbread man go to the hospital? (He was feeling crumby.)
Why did the farmer plant gold in his farm? (To make the soil richer.)
Knock knock. Who's there. Owls. Owls who? (Yes they do!)
What has three feet but can't run? (A yard stick!)
What is the tallest building in the city? (A library because it has the most stories.)
What blows up but doesn't explode? (Possible answers: a balloon, a blowfish.)
What do you call Dracula? (A pain in the neck.)
What dinosaur raps? (A VelociRAPtor.)
What did Susan B. Anthony coin say to the quarter? (Together we make a lot sense/cents.)
What dog can jump higher than a building? (Any dog, buildings can't jump!)
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