The Easter Post Edition!
We've had a busy, BUSY week full of easter fun-tivities. And i have lots to post since I've slacked on blogging all week. ;)
To kick it all off, I coaxed Noah into modeling bunny ears for me last weekend...
Because we all know that i have an affinity for holiday headbands. ;)
...and then Evan had an adorable little Easter top hat/bonnet parade at school this week - for which we I crafted his hat...
I'm not going to lie - I'm kinda thrilled that he actually wore it for the parade(!!!) -- we've come so far on things like that in the past year.
...and we also put together these goldfish "carrots" for his class party (I found this idea via pinterest - LOVE all the creativity that I've found linked up on pinterest) - the original idea & directions are posted HERE - i'm really not clever enough to come up with this on my own!!! :)
...another pinterest-found idea (notice a theme here?!) are THESE handprint chickies (original idea and instructions in link) that I decided to put a new spin on.
I absolutely ADORE the idea of handprint holiday keepsake crafts. Last November, I had really, REALLY wanted to do handprint turkeys with the boys - and just ran out of time. SO when I saw this chickie craft, I knew that I needed to try it this week.
And because I want to keep these crafty chickies around for many MANY easters - i decided to do ours on stretched canvases (that I picked up at Joanns for 1/2 off) and with fabric pieced chicks. I sprayed white canvases with a matte robins egg blue spraypaint and let dry. Then sketched out my chick shape & pieces on scrap paper to use as a pattern template. I selected my fabric and packed it with Pelon interfacing, and then trimmed out the chick parts. Evan helped me assemble and glue both chicks together (with FabriTac). And then we did the fun handprint part using DecoArt Acrylic Paint.
...I added a fabric initial to each chick (and the date to the back) - and now they're hanging out on our Easter mantel.
Along with all of the easter fun we also managed to squeeze in our Passover celebration this week (as we're a dual-holiday-celebrating family!). We gave Noah his own piece of matzoh and he didn't waste ANY time at all RIPPING into it. That's my foodie-baby. ;)
And now we're just wrapping it all up & waiting on the easter bunny to visit on Sunday morning.
(((hop. hop. hop.)))
Happy Easter Everyone.
:)
Where did you get the Sedar plate? I love it!
Posted by: Amanda | April 21, 2011 at 08:10 PM
target - $4.99 and melamine/kid-proof! thanks :)
Posted by: Susan Weinroth | April 21, 2011 at 08:13 PM
Oh cute cute boys and great projects!
Posted by: pegg | April 21, 2011 at 09:40 PM
just love both of your easter crafts!
Posted by: melanie | April 21, 2011 at 10:30 PM
you amaze me!!!
xoxoxoxo.
Posted by: gabby | April 22, 2011 at 07:33 AM
Love the goldfish carrots! And oh, those darling boys! (swoon)
Posted by: jennifer | April 22, 2011 at 08:51 AM
Those bunny ear pictures totally made me smile.
Happy Easter!
Posted by: Barb | April 22, 2011 at 09:05 AM
So cute! Love the bunny ears!
Posted by: Teka Cochonneau | April 22, 2011 at 09:13 AM
Can you tell me what kind of bags are those holding the goldfish crackers? Are they a certain shape or the regular retangle cello bags? TIA I always enjoy reading your blog and your boys are so CUTE.
Posted by: Valerie Trujillo | April 22, 2011 at 09:50 AM
thx valerie! - they are traingle shaped cone bags (i guess that is what you would call them?) - i bought them at hobby lobby - near the wedding stuff. :) hth!
Posted by: Susan Weinroth | April 22, 2011 at 10:02 AM
I'm new to Pinterest - just got my approval email today - and I'm trying to find people to follow. What is your username? Mine is lilsuzy ... I haven't pinned anything yet, but I'll be busy pinning this weekend!
Posted by: Susan | April 22, 2011 at 10:44 AM
I grabbed that seder plate too! Gotta love Target! ;)
Posted by: Monica Brown | April 22, 2011 at 10:52 AM
That has is incredible!!! Is it made from paper, craft foam, or something else? I'd love to know what brand of spray paint you used on the canvas. That color looks perfect! Thanks for sharing these great projects!
Posted by: Donna | April 22, 2011 at 12:18 PM
I am totally not kidding when I tell you that I took almost he EXACT same pictures of my baby girl for Easter!! She was wearing a pink diaper cover though. :)
Happy Easter! :)
Posted by: Hollie S. | April 22, 2011 at 12:32 PM
love the chicks and bunny ears!! so much fun !
Posted by: sophie | April 22, 2011 at 02:23 PM
Thank-you so much for linking to me! I ADORE your handprint chickies - more than mine!!! Love your photography too. Great blog.
Posted by: Jill | April 22, 2011 at 02:42 PM
He may be the cutest Easter bunny ever!
Posted by: Jennifer Findlay | April 22, 2011 at 02:49 PM
love this post, susan! love those chickie handprints (i want to try that so bad with grayson!), love your mantle, love evan's hat and love those cutie pie noah photos! happy easter! :)
Posted by: nichole | April 22, 2011 at 04:53 PM
ADORABLE!! GOing to give the chick a whirl here...time is running out!!
Posted by: Annie | April 22, 2011 at 06:58 PM
I am a lurker to your blog almost daily. I love seeing you photos. This addition was especially cute! Thanks for sharing.
Posted by: tay | April 22, 2011 at 10:15 PM
Did you use iron on interfacing? I love this and need to make one for my 11 month old!! Thanks for sharing .
Posted by: Steph B | April 23, 2011 at 01:17 PM
What a fun post this was to see! You are soooo creative, your boys have an amazing mama! Thanks for the inspiration!
Posted by: Jen F. | April 23, 2011 at 01:25 PM
yes - pelon. :) thx!
Posted by: Susan Weinroth | April 23, 2011 at 01:27 PM
I just got a chance to read your last post and it made me feel so much better since i'm behind on all of those things too. To hear that you are behind on things like that, that i figured you were totally on top of made me not feel like such a bad mom ;o) Thank you for being so honest!!!!
Posted by: Dena | April 25, 2011 at 10:01 AM
This post is so much FUN! LOVE!
Posted by: Jane | April 26, 2011 at 07:21 AM