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Fun Plastic Egg Crafts by kids on Playdate

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Easter is around the corner, everyone is getting ready with Easter preparation.As far as we are concerned, we have always associated Easter with lots of fun and egg hunts and egg crafts. Sometimes the Easter crafts or Spring crafts start a week before and sometimes on the day of Easter and at our home it usually continues till a week after at least. This year my daughter wanted to do something with her friends who were coming on a play date. From past years experience I realized this craft needs to be quicker than what I am used to. I hope you agree that patience usually runs out pretty quickly when 5-6 year old kids get together and do crafts. I think this will be the easiest and probably the best DIY Easter Egg Craft I ever blogged about. Supplies you will need : -Plastic eggs -Sharpies permanent markers various colors -Pipe cleaner -Scissors (optional) To make it interesting I let kids do a little egg hunt in the basket filled with some eggs. Only few had something inside it. Once a...

Spring flower sketch- Birthday Card inspired from Book illustration

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I am very proud in sharing this beautiful card made by my 6 year old daughter. This was inspired by an illustration in the book "The Owl and the Pussy Cat" by Edward Lear and Jan Brett. Recently, she did an author study on Jan Brett. She came across a lot of Jan Brett's books and was particularly impressed by the illustrations. Inspired from Jan Brett, she wishes to write books and do the illustrations herself too. In order to make this lovely card- her first attempt to make something similar from a book,she used Supplies- Blank Card Pencil colors Pencil Eraser Book as mentioned above Personally I thought she will save this card in her treasure box,as she was so excited she could do it so good. In her words- "Almost like the one in the book".She found a better use. She gifted it to one of her best friends. Always, encourage and inspire your kids to do crafts or sketching or painting. You never know where their imagination takes them.