Eggs with a difference!

 Yesterday me and the kids collected a few pebbles on our afternoon walk as the kids decided they wanted to do some pebble painting. This is one of their favourite crafts and I love it as it is so simple, but looks super effective! As it is Easter weekend they chose to turn their pebbles into Easter eggs! We sat outside in the sunshine and they painted Easter egg designs onto their pebbles in some lovely bright colours. We used poster paint to paint our pebbles. To make them weatherproof you can add a coat of clear varnish once dry. I'm going to pop them around the garden to add some colour for our Easter egg hunt today, then they want to keep them in their playhouse to decorate it! Lovely, simple little craft!

Eggscellent egg decorating!

 Its a little bit of a tradition in our family to decorate eggs at Easter time and this year is no different! My 4 year old son decided he wanted to make a Mike Wazowski (from Monsters inc) egg and my 7 year old daughter opted to make an Easter bunny egg. 

 We started off by hard boiling the eggs and waiting for them to cool. After that they painted them with some acrylic paint which a friend had given them. These can usually be picked up relatively cheaply in art stores or on-line. My daughter added tissue paper for her bunny nose, googly eyes and a cotton wool tail, and my son added a hat made from tissue paper. They both drew on extra details with a black felt tip pen, and we used painted kitchen tube pieces as holders so they could stand up and be displayed. 

 We think they look great and will make a lovely table decoration at Easter time. Maybe you could decorate a whole bunch of eggs as a centrepiece! 

Fruity Boat!!! Ship ahoy!

 This is something I shared on my Tumblr page a while ago so thought I would share it again!  I love being a little creative when preparing snacks and meals for my son and daughter! I find by making food a little more fun it really encourages little ones to try new things.  My 4 year old son loves anything nautical so I turned his morning snack into a fruity boat. I used melon, strawberries and grapes and added a cheese mast. He loved it and its a great way of encouraging fussy eaters to eat up!