Peep Painting
- Vanilla Pudding
- Peeps–All different colors. The Chicks work best.
- Freezer paper (cut in the shape of a bunny or chick if you wish)
Put a dab of pudding on the dull side of the freezer paper. Begin painting with the Peeps. The pudding turns the color of the Peeps.
Egg Carton Chicks
- Egg carton
- Large Yello Pompoms
- Glue
- Wiggly eyes
- Orange
- craft foam
Glue a pompom into each section of the egg carton. Add a beak made out of foam and some eyes. You have 12 little chicks.
A variation of this craft is to cut out each section of the carton so that you have 12 half egg shells. You can cut them jagged if you want them to look like a cracked eggs. Glue a pompom into each shell. Then glue the pompoms to each other. You know have the head of the chick with a shell top glued to the tummy of a chick with the shell bottom. Add the beak and eyes like above. You have little chicks just popping out of their eyes.
The Bunny Pokey
Sing this song like the Hokey Pokey except substitute bunny ears, bunny paws, bunny feet, bunny nose, and fluffy tail for the body parts.
I’m a Little Chickie
(Sing to the tune of “I’m a Little Teapot.”)
Below is the recipe for coloring eggs with food coloring. I told you that I use the Wilton Paste you can find at Michael’s or in the craft section at Wal-Mart. After thinking about it, I’m sure that the water based food coloring you can get at the grocery store would work, too. I’m not sure how vibrant the colors would be though. When we used the paste we got very vibrant colors.
Homemade Easter Egg Dye
- Food Coloring
- Hot Water
- Small bowls or cups
- Slotted spoon
For each color measure 1/4 tsp of food coloring in a small bowl. Add 3/4 cup hot water and 1 T vinegar to each color. Add eggs and allow to sit until they are the desired color. Remove with slotted spoon. (I dry them on cooling racks with newspaper under them.)
I also read where a lady polishes each dry egg with a small amount of cooking oil and a soft cloth to make them shiny.
Each year we blow out the contents of three eggs (plus a couple extra in case one breaks). We write one of our girls names and the year on each one. They take special care in how they dye their egg. I store these eggs in an old egg carton and decorate with them each year. The girls really enjoy seeing their egg collection grow and telling about how they made each one.
Below is a link to “tie-dye” eggs. I think we may try that this year, too.
http://jas.familyfun.go.com/arts-and-crafts?craftid=11413&page=CraftDisplay