Crafty Eggs and Cakey Bunnies
My dears, have you noticed, it's nearly Easter? A quarter of a way through the year, a season of renewal, a season, in the southern hemisphere, of looking back on a full harvest, and being thankful that we have chopped up nearly the last of the tomatoes, a season of drawing in and slowing down. A season of chocolate and eggs...
Lucky I have very enthusiastic children, who live to do craft, because frankly, Easter week for me is a procession of bottling tomatoes and stewing apples. The girls have been busy like little bees. Posy almost gave herself apoplexy blowing out a round dozen eggs. They dyed some with food colouring, then painted some with water colour paints, and dripped bits of melted crayons over the top for a jolly Eastery effect. The egg on the left is from Oxfam. For a few years I bought one each year for Easter, but now of course, I have enough stuff, even from Oxfam, so we just enjoy the ones we already have.
The Girl, who is a very kind big sister, helped Posy make an Easter basket, from almost the last of the coloured cardboard that we laid in for craft emergencies while we were homeschooling.
We have a stack of chocolate moulds from? who knows where, so chocolate bilbies have been ever so busy laying chocolate eggs.
And Rosy and Posy wanted to buy Easter eggs for their friends and teachers, but in the spirit of making and doing, not buying and mindlessly consuming, they baked these adorable bunny cupcakes instead..
Ironically, we found the idea in the Woolworths catalogue last week...
What Easter crafts are up and doing at your house?
Comments
I don't do as many crafts with the kids anymore,which makes me a bit sad. My daughter is always baking and making things, but my son isn't as interested unless it has to do with building with Legos.
One year, when my kids were younger, we made an Easter tree on the spur of the moment. We found a large branch in the back yard, painted it white, stuck it in a vase, and decorated it with blown eggs, stray jewelry, and handmade ornaments. That was fun.
Heather, we have made Easter trees too, in the past. They are so pretty. I may be pretty unenthusiastic about craft on the whole, but I think I'll be sad when the children feel they are too old for it...
i'm hoping work has as easter egg hunt again this year. we had a cryptic search last year and it was hilarious fun, even if the chocolate was nasty cheap stuff (i'm a chocolate snob).
frances
frances