Awesome Bird Feeder

What You Need:

Plain Bagels

Peanut Butter

Bird Seed

String or Ribbon

Separate the bagels. Tie a ribbon through the middle to use as your hanger. Spread peanut butter over the bagel, press down into a bowl of bird seed and you are all done! Hang your feeder anywhere outdoors using the ribbon! 

Spring Flowers

Use these pretty “flowers” to decorate a spring table – they don’t require water, they’ll never wilt, and since they’re made from egg cups, and they’re perfect for Easter or anytime your table needs a pick-me-up!

What You Need:

• An empty cardboard egg carton
• Assorted bright paint colors and brushes
• Green pipe cleaners
• Newspaper
• A vase (display purposes only)

What You Do:

1. Line your child's workspace with newspaper.
2. Carefully tear the individual cups out of the carton. You should have 12 cups.
3. Help your child to paint the cups, inside and out, and let dry thoroughly. These will be your flowers, so take care to use bright spring colors. You can even paint patterns or extra flower details onto the cups.
4. Once dry, turn each cup upside down and use the tip of a pipe cleaner to poke a hole in the bottom of each.
5. Insert the pipe cleaner through the hole and fold over the top of the hole to hold in place. Twist the pipe cleaner slightly beneath it so the cup stays at the top of the pipe cleaner. Each colorful cup has now been transformed into a beautiful spring flower!
6. Arrange in a pretty vase.

Easter Wreath!

Items that you’ll need:

~75 plastic eggs

1 bag of Easter grass

pencil

hot glue gun

cardboard

ribbon to make your bow

12″ string

Step 1:

Cut out a wreath from a piece of cardboard or go to Michael’s and purchase a foam wreath for $9.99 each. You can use a plate as a stencil and then use a sharp knife to cut out.

Step 2:

After cutting out your wreath, start gluing your eggs onto the cardboard. I made two lines and glued their “butts” together. Also, I tied a string onto the cardboard so that I could hang the wreath on a hook once it was completed.

Step 3:

Once you have covered your piece of cardboard with your eggs, start covering up the holes using your Easter grass. I used the end of a pencil so my fingers wouldn't get burned. Grab a pinch of the grass, squeeze out some glue and then push into the gaps with your pencil. Go all the way around and fill in the empty spaces. You can make it as full as you want or not so full.

Step 4:

After filling in the gaps, you can start gluing another row of eggs on top of the existing eggs. There’s no formula to it. Just add them the way you want them to look. I decided to just do a straight line around but you could randomly glue your eggs on.

Step 5:

After gluing all of your eggs onto the wreath, make your bow and tie/glue it onto the top center of the wreath. I used my Bowdabra to make my bow and highly recommend buying one if you don’t already have one! It’s so easy to use and you can make all sorts of bows. I found mine at Michael's and used my 40% off coupon.

Step 6:

Pat yourself on the back! So easy to do and now your doors will look so pretty!