Happy Easter! Finger Print Chick Cards

If you are looking for activities to do with your children over the long Easter weekend, why not try making some finger print chick cards.  They are so simple, but great fun for kids (big and small!) to make.  I remember doing this when I was little and writing this blog post was a good excuse to pretend to be a child again and get messy!

All you will need is:

• some card or paper
• yellow paint (poster paint would be great, I used some acrylic)
• pen or pencil

Start by using your fingers to print little yellow blobs...

When the paint is dry, use a pen (or pencil) to draw on eyes, a beak, wings and feet to create your little chicks...

You can draw in other things like grass, flowers or a 'Happy Easter' message...


Happy Easter everyone, whatever you are doing I hope you have a lovely weekend!

6 DIY Ideas for Easter

With Easter almost upon us I have been gathering lots of ideas for recipes, decorations, DIY projects, gift ideas and more on my Easter themed Pinterest board.  I thought I would share a few of my favourite DIY ideas with you here!

1. Easter Bunny Spring Wreath by Krista from The Happy Housie
I love the green eyelash yarn used as grass with the bunny in this wreath!

2. Cook Craft String Easter Eggs by Jeannette Nyberg on craftwhack.com
These look great as hanging decorations, I've also seen them made with small chocolate eggs inside.

3. DIY Easter Bunny Bean Bag Toss by Leslie from Pink Stripey Socks
This would be fun to make for your children to play with!

4. Felt Bunny Softie PDF Pattern by Precious Patterns on Etsy
These are so cute!  I think one of these would make a lovely alternative to chocolate as a gift for a child!

There are so many creative Easter recipe ideas around!  These are a couple of my favourites:
5. DIY Easter Basket Cake by Carrie Sellman on The Cake Blog

6. Easter Egg Cookies by Debbie Thorne on HobbyCraft

See more Easter ideas on my Pinterest board:

Follow Hazel's board Easter on Pinterest.

Spring Time - Garden Flowers and New Easter Designs

Spring is here!  I took a few minutes away from my desk last week to photograph some flowers and enjoy the colour in my garden.  I love seeing everything starting to grow at this time of year and a bit of sunshine always makes me feel better! :)

I’ve also been designing some new things for spring.  It’s less than a week until Mother’s Day (30th March) so not long for anything to be posted, but this colour-in card I designed is also available as a printable – great for last minute buys as it’s emailed as a digital file!  I’ve been adding to my collection of Easter designs too with this egg and bunny themed printable invitation…

These printable tent cards and water bottle labels are new too…

Folksy Friday – Happy Easter!

I almost made this Folksy Friday for last week but time ran away from me, so here it is for the Easter weekend.

Hope you enjoy this selection of lovely Spring items from Folksy sellers :)

Loopy La-La / Abstract Cat Crafts

Audrey’s Art / Mia Design

Butterfly & Things / Daisy Beth

Printable Easter Gift Boxes

The daffodils are coming out in my garden and blossom is appearing on the trees... it won't be long until Easter now!  So today I am releasing two new printable gift boxes perfect for little Easter eggs and other small gifts :)

One of the boxes has a pastel egg pattern and the other features a design with tulips and daffodils (this one would also be great for other Spring occassions like Mother's Day and birthdays).

 

Each of these boxes prints onto 8x10 inch (A4) paper and measures 2.5 x 3.5 x 2 inches when made up.  I decorated the box photographed using eyelash yarn and a little flower tag made from layering punched paper flowers and a gem centre.
You can buy the templates to print and make yourself from my Etsy shop or Folksy shop.