Easter Roundup of Past Crafts/Recipes

I had hoped to get some Easter crafts completed and posted, but as I am running out of time, here is a round up of Easter items I have made in the past that I hope can inspire your own creativity:

Dragon Eggs made out of plastic Easter Eggs

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Radioactive Peep Nests

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Pop Art Easter Basket made out of soda pop case

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Dragon Breath Slayers

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Easter Wrap

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Bunny Tails

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Easter Egg Seeds

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Easter Bunny "Carrots" (filled with crackers)

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CRAFT FAIL - Cursed Tribal Easter Egg Necklace

While it seems mild mannered enough hanging on the picture of my sweet baby when he as six months old, it is deceptive. It twists, it turns, it convergences with other parts and knots itself with every step - it is cursed! I got the inspiration for the necklace at the above post as it turned out very lovely. http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=303494.0 It started out well enough with some innocent decorated plastic Easter Eggs. I used craft scissors to cut the plastic into pieces and laid out how I wanted the finished necklace to look. I then had my son drill holes in the top of the pieces I then put jump rings on each of the pieces. If I had stuck to the original idea and used a chain to attach the pieces, all would have probably gone well, but I saw the lovely orange pre-beaded ribbon at the dollar store and thought I could make mine even more exotic if I used the ribbon and I attached the pieces around the ribbon and right away ran into difficulties with the rings sliding over the pre-beaded beads and getting knotted. Not to give up easily, I decided to attache the jump rings in the center of the ribbon between the beads and while making them, it seemed to work out ok.

The problem came when I actually tried to wear the necklace, because as there was movement, there were problems. Worse yet, I wear a clip on badge to work and it got ensnare and entangled in that and then plastic pieces started digging in where the seatbelt was. It was not so pretty by the time I finally got it off. I think this will have to join my "Zonked Zebra" as some sort of decoration on a box that it can be glued down to or just cannibalize it for parts.

UFO FROM DOLLAR STORE AND UPCYCLED ITEMS

Items needed:

• Large Plastic Easter Egg (you will only need the top of it for this project)
• 2 CDs
• Mini touch light (I bought mine at the Dollar Tree)
• 3 AAA batteries
• Glue Gun and glue sticks
• Cardboard (I used the side off a 24 pack of Diet Coke)
• 9001 Glue or other craft glue (to glue the CD's together)
• Aluminum foil
• Tin can or other object that is about 1/2 in around larger than the circumference of your plastic egg
• Crochet thread (or other strong thread to string through the top of the UFO)

Glue 2 CDs together using 9001 or other craft glue (I tried using a glue gun on my first attempt and would not recommend it as it did not glue evenly and it was bumpy)

Open up the mini touch light an put the batteries in seen below and then replace cover. Use a can or other item that is slightly larger than the circumferance as the egg to make a circle on cardboard then cut it out. Then place the plastic egg in the center, draw a circle around that then cut it out.

Place the circle of cardboard on the top of the egg and make the edge flush with the bottom of the top of the egg.

Use a thumbtack to make a hole in the top of the plastic egg. Thread a the crochet or other strong thread through the top through the opening and tie a knot and secure on the inside with a bit of glue.

Then use a glue gun to secure the cardboard circle to the egg around the circumference.

Cover the top of the egg and cardboard with aluminum foil then poke a hole the top and thread it through the aluminum foil.

Glue the bottom of the cardboard to the CDs with a hot glue gun. The mini touch light has a strip you can pull off to attach it to things - pull it of and secure it and you may want to use the hot glue gun or the 9001 or other craft glue to secure it to the CD's.

If you need to change the batteries, you can unscrew the bottom of the touch light from the base

that is glued to the CDs.

SHAUN THE SHEEP MADE FROM MINI EASTER EGG

NEMO FROM A PLASTIC EASTER EGG

I made this for as part Eggcellent Upcycling competition that starts May 1st at Craftster where you make something creative out of plastic Easter Eggs. I tried to take pictures as a I went for a how-to, but as I basically figured it out and tweaked it as I went along, there are some instructions without pictures. He can be used soley for decoration and possibly play for older children over 3 as the 9001 craft glue is pretty sturdy (if you were going to make for children under 3, I would recommend painting the eyes on to avoid a choking hazard). The egg still opens up, so you could place something inside him and use him as a party favor or even a make and take project at a Nemo themed birthday party, or to hold a special treat; for now, mine is perched on the lid off of laundry soap and holding jewelry findings.

Items used:

• 1 large orange plastic easter egg
• 1 square each black and orange felt
• 2 large googly eyes
• 9001 Craft Glue
• Scissors
• Black fabric paint
• White acrylic or fabric paint
• Red fabric paint (for the lips)
• Glitter fabric paint (to paint the lines on the fins)
• Popsicle stick (optional)

Cut out 2 of each of the following from the square of orange felt

- Small under developed side fin - Regular side fin - Tail - Top fin (not pictured in top picture) Paint lines on each of the fins with the glitter fabric paint and allow them to dry. Lay one each of the fins on the edge of the black fabric and cut around about 1/4 inch from the edge on each. Put glue on the top edge of one of each of the fins Put the glued fin edge on the black piece of felt allowing 1/4 inch to peek over the top. Apply glue to the rest of the fin excep for 1/4 inch at the bottom of each and glue the side together Bend the unglued edges away from each other Apply glue to the bent edge on each fin and glue the fin to the bottom half of the egg. On the top half of the egg, apply black fabric paint around the egde and allow it to dry. Then take white paint and apply it directly above where the black paint was applied as indicated below. I didn't have any white fabric paint, only acrylic paint, so I put a dap on a piece of cardboard and used at popsicle stick to apply a line of white.

After the layer of white paint is dry, paint a line of black next to the edge.

Repeat the black, white, black painting sequence on the bottom of the egg near where the tail is attached.

Next place a dab of glue on each googly eye, then apply it to the top of the egg

Draw lips on the top of the egg down about 1/2 in and centered between the eyes and allow to dry, then outline with black (the red blends into the orange to much unless you ouline the lips with black).

GLOW IN THE DARK UFO

I made this for as part Eggcellent Upcycling competition that starts May 1st at Craftster where you make something creative out of plastic Easter Eggs. This is one of the few craft projects my son thinks is cool and it has now taken up residence in our bathroom as it hangs on light fixture in there because you can close the door and turn off the lights and it glows.

For this project I used:

• Top of plastic Easter Egg
• Tealight battery operated candle from the Dollar store
• Aluminum Foil
• Cardboard (I used cardboard from a 24 pack of soda pop)
• 2 old CDs
• Glue Gun and glue
• Craft glue
• Heavy Duty Scissors (I used Kitchen Scissors from the Dollar store)
• Thumbtack
• Crochet thread
• Glow In the Dark acrylic paint

As I had all of the items on hand already, it did not cost me anything out of pocket to make.

Use craft glue to glue the two CDs together with the shiny side of each disc facing away from each other (if you have CDs with writing on the top you would glue the sides with writing together) Draw a circle on cardboard using the plastic egg, drawing around the egg and then about an inch out from the edge all the way around and then cut out the circles and put it on the egg flush against the edge.

Use the hot glue gun to glue all around the edge of the egg on at the top to glue the cardboard securely to the egg.

I then cut a length of crochet thread about 24 inches long and thread it through the battery case of the tealight, centering the thread and then tied a loose knot. You then put hot glue all around the top of the tealight (around the flame, but not on it) and put the flame through the hole in the CD and turn it upside down and firmly press the CDs in place and let dry.

Next make a hole in the top of the egg using a thumbtack and work it around so the hole is big enough that the thread can be pulled through it.

Thread the crochet thread through the hole (note - this picture is to show as an example and is from another project, the thread for this project will have the tealight/CD attached)

Cover the egg with aluminum foil (poke a hole in the center and thread the crochet thread through first and then glue it around the edges inside on the underneath side.

Paint the top and the bottom of the disc with glow in the dark paint - I used several coats and at least and hour between coats and painted each side separately. To turn the tealight, you just lift the top of the egg up and flip the switch.

***UPDATE***

I posted the How-To at Cut Out And Keep and this was featured on 4/27/09 for Kids Craft Roundup

http://www.oneprettything.com/?p=3661