Home and Hearth: Holiday Activities & Fun Easter is early this year as you all know, so here are a few tips for holiday fun.
Bunny Kisses Put some Hershey Kisses or Hugs in a plastic baggie (or use chocolate chips- they look like mini kisses) and attach the following poem: This cute little bunny has hopped all day Been delivering baskets for the holiday. His paws are so tired and his little nose itches. He left you something special-something to fill all your wishes. These cute little hugs and Easter kisses Decoupage Easter Eggs What You Need: Blown out egg shells, plastic eggs or wooden eggs greeting card, wrapping paper, stationery etc. craft glue Toothpick Damp paper towel Acrylic paint Sponge brush Mod Podge or any decoupage medium Small paintbrush Brush-on glitter paint 1/2-inch-diameter gold findings Cut out small pictures and carefully paste on the eggs using craft glue, making slits in the paper if it won't lay flat. Press out any wrinkles by gently rolling a round toothpick over the image. Wipe off any excess glue with a damp paper towel. If desired, paint the background of the image with a wash of acrylic paint; allow the paint to dry. Using a sponge brush, dab the decoupage onto the egg. Dry after this step. Repeat this step twice. When dried you can finish decorating the egg with glitter paint, using a small paintbrush. Then you can place these in baskets or on egg cups for decorations! BETTY'S EASTER TIPS I wanted to suggest some craft ideas for Easter - making your own chocolate eggs is fun for the children, moulds are easily obtained from cook suppliers and 70 per cent or more cocoa quality chocolate will produce excellent quality eggs which you can then decorate with ribbons, or icing sugar flowers from the cake decorating section of supermarkets. We hard boil our eggs on Good Friday and either colour them with non-toxic felt pens to make pretty patterns, or boil them in water containing food colouring in pink and green (separate pans) to create a nice pastel colour. You need white shelled eggs for this - duck eggs are more expensive but best. Finally you can make a lovely homemade wreath with a basic twine that has been covered in little novelties like the yellow chicks available in shops and small chocolate eggs covered in foil that you can glue in place. ~Betty, UK Sugar Says: A little wicked sugar never hurts --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Access the Recipes And More list archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/recipesandmore%40googlegroups.com/ Visit the group home page at: http://groups.google.com/group/RecipesAndMore -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
