Fun Easter Crafts
and Food Ideas for Kids
By Sherry
Frewerd
Pastel colors and cotton balls, Easter grass and yellow peeps –
all bring to mind baskets of eggs, bunnies and pretty little girl
dresses. Ah Spring. After a long cold winter, it’s fun to start
planning spring-time and Easter projects with your kids. Here are a
few fun ideas for Easter crafts and yummy snacks that your kids can
help make and of course – eat!
Paper Bag Easter Bunny
- 1 lunch sack for 1 paper bag
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Pink, white, and black construction paper
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Scissors
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Crayons
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Paste
Cut a V notch at the top of each lunch sack. Start at the top
center and bring your notch down. This will form the ears. Close the
bag and lie flat. Then cut your notch with both sides of the bag
together. This will be the bunny ears. Cut out ear shapes with the
white construction paper and glue onto "ear" of the bag. Cut
a smaller piece in pink for the inside of the ear, or reverse the
colors. Cut out a small triangle of pink for the nose and paste it in
the center where a nose would go. Draw in your eyes or you could cut
them from paper or even add wiggle eyes. Cut out a rectangle piece of
black paper - about mustache size. Then make cuts from each side of
the short end towards the center of the paper without cutting all the
way through. Do this several times on each side to create whiskers.
Paste this above the nose. Now draw two circle cheeks and connect the
mouth from the cheeks to the nose like a kitty mouth. Open up bag and
it can now be a bag to collect eggs from your class egg hunt or to
take crafts home in and then use for center piece at home!
Easter Jelly Bean Fudge
- 2 cups white chocolate chips
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1 (16 ounce) container vanilla frosting
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2 cups miniature jelly beans in pastel colors
Line a 9-inch square pan with foil and grease lightly. Melt the
chips according to the package directions or in a heavy saucepan over
very low heat, stirring constantly until the chocolate is melted and
smooth. Add the frosting and stir until the mixture is smooth. Remove
from the heat and let cool slightly. (Fudge mixture should still be
easy to stir, but not hot enough to melt the jelly beans.) Add the
jelly beans and stir well. Spread the fudge mixture into the prepared
pan and cool to room temperature. Cover tightly and refrigerate for at
least 2 hours. Remove the foil and fudge from the pan together and
place on a cutting surface. Carefully remove the foil and cut the
fudge into small pieces. Makes 3 dozen pieces.
Edible Easter Baskets
- 1 tablespoon butter or margarine
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1 cup miniature marshmallows
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3 Shredded Wheat biscuits, crushed
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Jelly beans
Place butter in medium bowl. Microwave at 100% for 30 to 45 seconds
or until melted. Add marshmallows, stirring to coat. Microwave at 100%
for 30 to 60 seconds, or until marshmallows puff and mixture can be
stirred smooth. Stir in crushed cereal. Shape into Easter baskets and
when cool, fill with jelly beans. Makes 4 to 6.
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