• Easter

    {Pretty Fabrics & Trims} Floral Felt Easter Egg decorations kit

    For my birthday I received the very pretty Floral Felt Easter Egg decorations kit from Pretty Fabrics & Trims. They make the nicest embroidery kits, everything is included so the kits are perfect if you want to make something and don’t want to worry about sourcing all the supplies. My birthday was last month so I knew I had to get these made (rather than leaving the kit in the cupboard for another year!). Floral Felt Easter Egg decorations kit The Easter Egg kit contained all the felt and embroidery threads to make four decorated Easter Eggs. I love the…

  • Easter

    Bunny kit from Love Embroidery magazine

    I love a little embroidery kit and was so happy to see that the latest issue of my monthly magazine included a Cotton Clara stitch kit – Bunny kit from love embroidery magazine. The mini wooden bunny hoop kit was designed by Cotton Clara, I love her stuff! Bunny kit from Love Embroidery magazine The mini kit included a sweet mini wooden bunny frame, pink fabric, and three threads. You need to provide a basic sewing kit such as a needle and scissors. A bunny face is included in the template section at the back of the magazine, but you…

  • Easter - Recycled crafts

    DIY gold foil Easter egg decorations

    I saw some pretty recycled decorations made from the gold foil inside a tube of tomato puree so thought I would have a go. It was surprisingly fun so I thought I would share the results in case anyone else wants to try it. All you need to make your own recycled decorations are empty tubes of tomato or garlic puree. I tried both and got similar results with both types of tubes. Clean out your tube The most important part is to thoroughly clean your tube before crafting with it. To do this simply cut both ends off the…

  • Easter - STEM activity

    Easter STEM skittles experiment for kids

    My daughter loves experimenting with Skittles but this time it was my son’s turn to set up a little science  experiment with the classic Skittles experiment, and adapting it for Earth Day. We thought it would work well for Earth Day so designed this Easter STEM Skittles experiment for kids, perfect for a little STEM exploration at home. Easter STEM skittles experiment for kids With Easter coming up later this month we thought it would be fun to make an Easter egg out of Skittles. You don’t need much equipment. Just a big bag of Skittles, a white plate, and a…

  • Crafts for adults - Easter

    How to make Liberty Easter Eggs

    I love crafting with Liberty fabrics. I have a lovely collection for crafting with and the patterns and colours always seem to compliment each other. I picked up some mache eggs from Hobbycraft and thought they would be fun to decorate with this Easter. Our Easter decorations are usually quite simple. Each year I try to make a few new decorations, this year I’ve added Liberty Easter Eggs to our decorations! Liberty Easter Eggs materials: Mache eggs from Hobbycraft Liberty London fabric scraps Mod Podge Paint brush How to make Liberty Easter Eggs I already had a stash of Liberty…

  • Cricut Maker - Easter - Star Wars crafts

    Baby Yoda Easter egg decorations {Cricut made}

    My 11 year old is the biggest fan of Baby Yoda or Grogu. He loves watching the Mandalorian and he has lots of Baby Yoda gifts for his birthday! With Easter coming up next month I wanted to make some Baby Yoda themed decorations and came up with these fun Cricut made Baby Yoda/Grogu Easter egg decorations. Baby Yoda Easter egg decorations materials: 1 sheet green oracal 651 vinyl 1 sheet black oracal 651 vinyl 1 sheet light brown oracal 651 vinyl 1 sheet medium brown oracal 651 vinyl 1 sheet white oracal 651 vinyl Cricut Machine Cricut blue cutting…

  • Crafts for adults - Easter - gingerbread

    Our Gingerbread Easter Biscuit Hunt

    I try to squeeze gingerbread into every major holiday. It is just the tastiest biscuit to make and decorate and enjoy all yer round. We were blessed with the most amazing blue skies and warm weather today which meant we could enjoy our annual Easter Egg Hunt outdoors. This years’ Easter Egg Hunt was special as I made the sweetest gingerbread biscuits for the children to find! Gingerbread biscuits make a great alternative in an egg hunt to plastic eggs or sweets. Find out how we made them! Our Gingerbread Easter Biscuit Hunt I love to bake gingerbread biscuits, they…

  • Crafts for adults - Cricut Maker - Easter

    Cricut made Easter treat bags

    I’ve been really enjoying using my Cricut lately. I wish I had space to keep it out all year round but my crafting table is overflowing at the moment. I wanted to make some Easter treat bags for the kids to fill over the Easter weekend. We always have an Easter egg hunt in the garden. Last yearI painted little wooden crates and personalised them with their names using my Cricut. This year I decided to make something new for the kids to store their treats in, sweet little Easter treat bags. I found an Easter egg svg I liked…

  • Crafts for kids - Easter - STEM activity

    Egg in vinegar experiment for kids

    Looking for an easy Easter egg experiment for kids? We have shared lots of Easter egg crafts but now my children are a little older they want experiments they can learn from. With Easter coming up next month we wanted to try some science experiments at home with eggs. We have already tried dyeing our eggs with natural ingredients which was great fun.  We’ve used vinegar before with some of our science at home experiments. Today we’re going to share our egg in vinegar experiment and tell you what happens when you place a fresh egg in a cup of vinegar…