Easter Craft Ideas

Easter Crafts

For some reason, Easter always seems to creep on me! This year, it definitely did as we have been busy celebrating my daughter’s 10th birthday! I still remember 10 years ago as it was yesterday. I had found the most ADORABLE Easter outfits for my yet to be born baby. We bought a scrumptious boy AND girl outfit because we didn’t know yet what we were having. As it turned out, my darling daughter was late and she missed Easter all together! YES! This is me 10 years ago!! Well, thank goodness for me, my daughter LOVES to do crafts, … Continue reading

Yummy and FUN Easter Treats

Easter Treats

Even if you don’t celebrate Easter, spring time is a fun time for all of us to celebrate warmer weather, new growth and a fresh start! Kristen from Country Fit Family and I have pulled together a round up of fun Easter/Spring Treats for you to consider making for or with your children. Pastel colours come out in full force in the spring, it reminds me of all of the beautiful flowers that will start to bloom, oh I cannot wait! For me, Spring doesn’t start until I see my very first robin. My son saw one the other day, … Continue reading

How to Make Mess Free Easter Eggs with Children

Mess Free Dying Easter Eggs

I found the GREATEST idea for Dying Easter Eggs, from my friend Michelle, over at Missionary Kid To Stay At Home Mom and All Things In Between! Dying Easter Eggs is definitely part of our Easter tradition, however, I do find myself stressing about it slightly as my kids are kids and they are SUPER DUPER messy! These Mess Free Easter Eggs are so easy to decorate! With the help of Bounty paper towels, I was able to keep this activity of dying Easter eggs to minimal mess! Materials Needed: newspaper Bounty paper towel – I prefer the “select-a-size” kind … Continue reading

8 Easter Ideas for Children – #ArtsyPlay {LINKY}

Easter Ideas for Kids

Starting this week Artsy Play Wednesday will be featuring many of YOUR crafts in a monthly themed round-up. By linking up, your post may be featured and shared across all of our social media and blogs! The more crafts you link up the higher your chances of being chosen. With Easter coming up this weekend, our first collection made from your posts will be a round-up of Easter Ideas for Children. Have fun making these on Easter weekend! Easter Ideas for Children: 1. DIY Easter Newspaper Wreath from 1 Heart, 1 Family    2. Egg Carton Easter Bunny from Totschooling  … Continue reading

A DIY Easter Table Place Setting Idea

Easter is such a beautiful time of year. The sun seems to shine more, the tulips start to bloom and the smell of spring is in the air. Easter is also a time that many people indulge in some extra treats thanks to a hoppy, fuzzy little fellow. I’ve always loved the look of a DIY Easter Table place setting and this year, thanks to Ferrero Rocher, our Easter Table will be super cute! My Mom always took the extra time to decorate her Easter table and her additional creative touches are something that have remained as part of my … Continue reading

Kool Aid Dyed Easter Eggs #ArtsyPlay LINKY

Kool Aid Dyed Easter Eggs

Today’s featured activity is from Shannon’s View From Here. Her post is how to make Kool Aid Dyed Easter Eggs. With Easter quickly approaching, I’m sure that many of you will be on the hunt for different ways to decorate your Easter eggs. This method is easy and it smells delicious, definitely a win-win situation! Welcome to our weekly post called Artsy Play Wednesday! Each week we love to share various arts, crafts and activity ideas that you can do with your children. Hosted by: Capri + 3 Multi-Testing Mommy Shannon’s View From Here Country Fit Family If you are … Continue reading

Easter Eggs LEGO® STAR WARS® Style!

Did you know that LEGO STAR WARS: The Empire Strikes Out comes out on DVD on March 26th? Easter Eggs Star Wars StyleCheck out Canadian Moms Cook for some Star Wars inpsiration for how to decorate your Easter Eggs Star Wars style! We gave the new trend of Hard “Boiled” Eggs in the oven and while they turned out amazing for decorating Easter eggs, we must have baked them too long because the egg whites had some brown on them that we had to cut off. Here is Our Egg Disaster: Pin It Check out our Canadian Online Shopping Directory … Continue reading

Keep It Simple this Easter with @MapleLeafFoods Country Kitchen® Smoked Ham {G!VEAWAY}

Growing up, we usually spent Easter with my cousins, my Aunt and Uncle and my Grandma. My Mom or my Aunt would always cook an Easter ham. For me, an Easter celebration just isn’t the same without a good ham. This Easter, we are also excited to be celebrating my daughter’s 8th birthday (as an aside, I cannot believe that my baby is turning 8!). One of her favourite meals is my Homemade Mac and Cheese. So, we are compromising and having Mac and Cheese AND Ham, sounds good to me! Who wouldn’t want to combine this:with this:Maple Leaf® Country … Continue reading