Hop, Hop, Hop

When I saw the pattern for these bunny fingerpuppets I just knew I'd have to make them!!

They added an extra hop and skip to the Easter Egg hunt this morning and are so easy to make, just don't forget to make the tail otherwise there will be some last minute pom-pom making!!

I also treated Flopsy Bunny to a rather gorgeous egg cosy from Snapdragon, although she wasn't as enamoured with it as I was - such a shame I don't like eggs!!!  I think Flopsy Bunny would have preferred chocolate, despite me hiding a chocolate bunny under this cosy!!

Happy Easter! 

It must be Easter . . . here's the tree!

I can't quite believe it's Easter.  Oh how this holiday has crept up on me.  I dashed out yesterday to gather some twigs for our tree - the little ones did enjoy rediscovering all the old decorations from last year and there were lots of oooo's and aaahhh's!  Although having looked back at all the Easter tree's I have put together, I am thinking less is definately more and may leave some decorations out for next year!

We then made a little chicken homage . . .

All ready for tomorrow - oh no wait - I still have some secret Easter presents to finish off - eekk!  Must dash!

Easter fun

Yay, the finished crown!!  I'm so pleased with how it turned out - a great hit with both Little Roo and Flopsy Bunny.  Little Roo did look sweet in his Easter Crown running around in the garden for our Easter Egg Hunt.

The inspiration for the crown came from Cupcakes for Clara's blog.  I remember seeing her post about the birthday crown she had made for her little girl and thought, ah, a crown and stored it away until the right crown moment came along - which is now!  Cupcakes for Clara got her crown idea from SouleMama, who has a pattern for the crown in her book The Creative Family: How to Encourage Imagination and Nurture Family Connections.  Anyway, lots of lovely crowns to have a look at and get inspiration from.  I wanted mine to be more king like rather than for birthdays etc, hence all the jewels and also it's because I have slightly magpie tendencies and got a bit carried away in the shop!

So talking of Easter Egg Hunts I found these darling little egg tins from Maileg (I just love their things) and thought they would be just the thing for collecting and storing Easter Eggs.

 I hope you all had a lovely Easter Weekend

A bit of spring madness

I do wonder sometimes about the little ideas that pop into my head.  Where do they come from?  This latest creation is no exception.  The brief was to make an Easter Bonnet for Little Roo for an Easter Egg Hunt next week.  Well boys don't wear bonnets (although I think Little Roo would look mighty cute in one).  So into my head popped an idea - I'll make a bird's nest hat!  An upside down pill-box hat shape, with stripes of coloured felt and some chicks!  Hmmmm ......

 He's not so sure about it, but Flopsy Bunny loved it!!

Flopsy Bunny especially likes it as it features the famous chicken ribbon which went on her Easter Bonnet all those years ago (I've been searching for a photo of the bonnet but no luck so far, will add one if I find it!) and which she tried to persuade me should be added to the PJ's I was making her.  Anyway, here it is, strangely pleased with myself, even if it is a bit left field!  I especially like the larger chicks I managed to find!!

Bunny Madness

I've gone a bit bunny mad at the moment. I've finally made a bunny nugget - I've been promising myself I'd make one since last Easter and finally it's here! Although it does keep squeaking, as Rebecca said it would, so I've started on a couple more to keep it company. I borrowed KrisKnits idea of adding a weight in the bottom and put four 1p's on top of the stuffing before sewing up the bottom seam. I think my version has a bit of a devilish look about it - so should fit in right at home here!
Then I bought a few more things (OK, bunnies) for the Easter tree.


Then I couldn't resist this little hoppity thing, I bought it for the kids but I think it was for me really . . . If you didn't guess it hops around!! Soooooooooooo cute.

HAPPY EASTER

The egg painting had it's ups and downs. Flopsy Bunny painted hers beautifully with splodges of colour.

Then there was a bit of an accident and one of the eggs fell on the floor - CRACK - it went! Eeek I went! But luckily it was only crazed and I quickly covered the whole egg in PVA glue and Flopsy Bunny and I sprinkled glittery red stars all over!

Happy Easter to you all!

The Easter Tree

Easter's round the corner so it must be time for the Easter tree!! OK so it's not much different from last year . . but I've added some pussy willow and a bow!

The eggs have been blown. We discovered that DH was a dab hand at this and so he ended up doing all of them. We have set aside tomorrow morning for painting - which should be fun and hopefully we might have one or two which survive the experience! We might end up adding some glitter to them or even some scraps of fabric! I do feel bad about wasting all those eggs though.

Eggs . . . Easter must be on it's way

What a treat I've had today, my lovely parents-in-law not only whisked the kids off for the day so that DH and I could have a much needed day working in the garden (aching backs all round though . . .), but we were also given these bunch of lovelies from my parents-in-laws neighbours hens - who have been laying furiously. They must know Easter is fast approaching.

So with eggs in mind I've got a few lovely blogs to show you which might inspire you with your eggs. First up is Samster Mommy with her Glittered Eggs - right up mine and Flopsy Bunny's street. Then there is Moda Bake Shop with Bunny Eggs - a wonderful idea for using up lots of scraps of material. Finally To Be Charmed has some Japanese Washi Tape Easter Eggs - very lovely. We are going to attempt blowing and painting eggs this week - I'll let you know how we get on!

Easter Egg Rolling, Hunting & Eating

The Easter festivities may be over - but we did have some fun. There was the annual village egg rolling on Good Friday. It has become a bit of a tradition in the village although no one can remember how it began or what time it actually starts! - so there were lots of separate groups of people walking up the big hill in our village to roll their very hard boiled (you need to boil it for at least 20 minutes to make sure it doesn't explode as it hits the ground!) and beautifully decorated (so you know which one is yours at the bottom) eggs down the hill. It may sound a bit silly but it is great fun chasing after your egg. The fun continued the next day when Flopsy Bunny went on an Easter Egg Hunt with some of her pre-school friends and of course Easter Sunday was mainly about eating the eggs found on the hunt the day before and also some that the Easter Bunny had brought. As I mentioned in my last post, Flopsy Bunny has got a bit confused between Christmas and Easter, she was certain that the Easter Bunny would be hopping down the chimney with some eggs for her!

So not much time for anything crafty but I just wanted to add a note to my last post about the knitted Easter Eggs or egg in my case! I filled my egg with polyfil but I think next year I will use a polystyrene egg as I wasn't too happy with the shape of the egg - more barrel than egg! Although if I had time to mess around with the filling I might have been able to get it looking more egg shaped. The pattern as usual was excellent and really easy to follow and complete and I discovered that post-Easter you can hang the egg from the baby gym and it becomes an egg-cellent (sorry for the pun!) toy for Little Roo.

Easter Tree?!

I love festivals and holidays - Christmas must be my all time favourite but Easter, Halloween and Bonfire Night are special times too. All good occasions to decorate the house and do something different. Since the little ones have arrived I have more of an excuse to allow my inner child to run wild! So this brings us to Easter, for the last couple of years I have started doing an Easter Tree - for want of a better name for it, but my Darling Husband (DH) has been very disparaging about it. "You'll confuse Flopsy Bunny" he says - which I have done, she keeps talking about the Christmas Bunny who will be delivering eggs and that we don't need an Easter Tree because she and Daddy already got one at Christmas. Anyway, I have put these minor problems aside and gone ahead with the tree and I love it! It's surrounded by all the things Flopsy Bunny has been making and a few Easter relevant toys.

I've also managed to make one of those darling little Easter Eggs from Little Cotton Rabbits. Very quick and easy to make and I intend to make more when I've got some more wool. For now one is enough! The fact that I've been able to finish a few projects makes me realise now things have settled down. We are past the three month stage and life is losing a little of its chaotic feel.

HAPPY EASTER