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Easter Eggshell Crafts for Children
After spending so much time and care coloring all those pretty Easter eggs, it seems a shame to throw away all those shells. Here are three Easter egg shell crafts that will enable the children to keep those pretty colors in the home year round, two from cooked and colored Easter eggs and from eggs especially colored for the craft.
The first two, the eggshell vase and picture, can be easily done by children pre-school age and up, while the last one, the eggshell tulips is easiest for slightly older children because it requires finer motor skills.
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Eggshell Vase
Supplies
- Crushed Eggshells (varying colors) that have been rinsed and dried.
- Vase or bottle (glass milk bottle, juice bottle, etc.).
- Glue that dries clear, such as Elmer's non-toxic school glue.
- Large bristled art brush (inexpensive type since this is just for glue).
Directions
- Place eggshells in a paper or plastic bag and crush with a rolling pin.
- Using the brush, cover the outside of the vase with glue.
- Apply the crushed eggshells to the surface.
- Allow to dry.
- Brush a coat of glue over the eggshells, allow to dry, and then brush on one more coat.
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Fill with spring flowers – or the eggshell tulips described below!
Egg Shell Painting
Supplies
- Poster board or other stiff paper.
- Crushed eggshells (varying colors) that have been rinsed and dried.
- Clear drying glue (such as Elmer's non toxic school glue.)
- Large bristled art brush (inexpensive type since this is just for glue).
Directions
- Place eggshells by color in separate bags and crush with a rolling pin.
- Draw a picture on the poster board or paper.
- Decide which colors you want to use where. This will be similar to painting with numbers.
- One section at a time, paint with glue and then apply the eggshell pieces. If they are finely crushed, you can sprinkle them on.
- After your picture has dried, hold upside down to see if any eggshells fall off, and apply more to any empty spots.
Now you have a nice, cheery picture to remind everyone of Easter, even when it's cold and gloomy out!
Egg Shell Tulips
Supplies
- Eggshell halves obtained from cracking open raw eggs to use in cooking. These should be gently washed and allowed to dry. You may want to collect them ahead of time whenever you use eggs.
- White glue or hot glue gun (for faster setting and to be used by an older child or adult only).
- Tempera paint or Easter egg dye.
Directions
- Paint or dye the eggshell halves to resemble tulips.
- Allow to dry.
- Optional: Using fine tip markers or a fine tipped paint brush add details.*
- Fold the end of a green pipe cleaner into a spiral shape.
- Glue the spiral to the base of the tulip. Leave to dry (white glue will take a few hours to set).
- Repeat steps 4 & 5 for each tulip.
*Looking at real tulips or close-up pictures of tulips will provide inspiration for the details.
Now you're ready to arrange your eggshell tulip bouquet in a pretty vase, perhaps the eggshell vase above! These also are pretty additions to an Easter basket table centerpiece.
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Have you been searching the net for kid's crafts ideas for ever? I'm sure you feel frustrated by now because it feels as if you are wasting hours, hours you could have spent doing crafts with the kids. You definitely need a way to get hold of kid's crafts ideas faster and easier. I know exactly how you feel; we went through the same pain to get crafts to do with our little granddaughter Anabel, NO MORE!
Now there is a way you can stop all this and spend your time having fun with the kids actually doing the crafts. I have come across an e-book that has lots of fun and easy kid's crafts ideas for you to choose from. The name of the book is Fun Kids Crafts. The descriptions in this e-book are easy to follow and where it is necessary there are templates that you can print with ease. Most of the crafts can also be adjusted to suit your kid's level of development.
Fun kids crafts starts with a very good selection of Bible crafts. These crafts also include "Christian" crafts to teach the kids real "Christian" behavior. What I especially find handy is the pre-school craft that is also included in these bible crafts.
In the section with birthday gifts for dad, there is a really easy and fun craft that will be ideal for father's day. It boils down to "Dad, I'm nuts about you." Do have a look at it; even the little pre-schoolers will be able to do it with a little help. That is not all, there is still a whole category of father's day crafts that you'll love!
This only touches on all the great kids' crafts ideas you'll get in this e-book. Have a look at some of the other crafts available:
1. Easy Crafts:
Painting
Crafts using grass
Edible crafts
No glue crafts
----and many, many more
2. I've already mentioned the Father's day crafts
3. Fun crafts:
- Using rocks
- From different countries
- Woodworking
- Candles
- Summer crafts
- Winter crafts
- ---to many to mention them all
4. Halloween crafts (I can't wait for Halloween so we can do these with our granddaughter)
5. Pre-school crafts
6. Thanksgiving crafts
7. Christmas crafts
8. Mother's day crafts
9. Valentine's day crafts
The list goes on and on, too long for me to mention here. Suffice to say I'll never be at a loss for crafts to do with my granddaughter again. Do yourself a favor, have a look at Fun Kids Crafts.
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