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Easter Candy Made Into Lollipop Flowers

by Marie

After we filled our Spring bucket with colored green rice, we filled it with some yummy Easter candy made into lollipop flowers. Don’t you just love the idea of edible flowers?!

Supplies for Easter Candy Lollipop Flowers:

Springtime Bucket
lollipop sticks – any size
Easter candy – Reese’s peanut butter cups and eggs, Jet Puff marshmallow shaped bunnies
toothpick

Instructions:

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Coloring Rice Green for a Springtime Display

by Marie

As I’m itching for Spring, we’re coloring our rice green today, helping to represent green grass. My own grass is now turning from brown to green and I think this Spring project is going to give it a boost. Let’s all say it together, “Stay out SUN!”

Supplies for Coloring Rice:

dry white rice – any kind
rubbing [...]

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Kid’s Crafts for Easter

by Marie

Here’s a few fun Easter kid’s crafts and yummy treats we’ve made in the past. They’ll be sure to help you celebrate this Springtime holiday!
Crushed Egg Shell Art
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Growing Easter Grass in Egg Carton Baskets
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Marshmallow Easter Bunny Treat
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Teaching the Meaning of Easter
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Stuffed Fabric Easter Egg

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Make Your Own Mixed-Media Lyric T-shirt

by Marie

Guest post by Somer of A Little Great
Music and t-shirts are two things we have in abundance at our house. I often hear one of my kids complaining to the other, “You can’t sing that, its my song.” So, I decided to collaborate with them to make t-shirts with lyrics from songs they like. We [...]

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How to Grow Your Own Wheatgrass

by Marie

We’ve grown regular grass before, but this year I wanted to try my hand at wheatgrass. It was very easy to grow, needing only a few supplies. Wheatgrass is known for nutritional benefits, but with this beautiful green color, it’s also a perfect Spring display.

Supplies for Growing Wheatgrass:

hard red winter wheat (found in most health [...]

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Growing Wheatgrass in Springtime Containers

by Marie

When I grew my own wheatgrass, I chose a few festive containers. I wanted to test them out to see which would work the best. Here’s the results for how each container turned out.

My favorite wheatgrass container: Terra Cotta Pots. These worked out fabulously. I love how the orange from the pot contrasts so well [...]

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Bloomin’ Handmade Greeting Cards You Can Plant

by Little Birdies

You’ve might have seen seed paper recently. It is homemade paper with flower seeds in it. When it is planted in the ground and given lots of TLC it will bloom into beautiful flowers you can enjoy. Here is a tutorial for a project using seed paper.
First, you need to make the paper.

Use paper you [...]

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Weekend Make and Takes: DIY Home Projects

by Marie

I love a good DIY (Do-It-Yourself) project! Saturdays are a great day for projects, and below are some really easy and fabulous ideas. I’ll be making this wall art later today, after my trip to Home Depot and the fabric store! What DIY projects are you doing today?

Fabric Wall Art by Blue Cricket Designs (pictured [...]

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Kids Bedroom Decor: A Thrifty Little Birdcage

by Kami

This little birdcage was found at my local thrift store. I knew it would be darling in my little niece’s bedroom, who’s nickname is “birdie”.
Here’s the Before & After. I always love a good before and after (don’t you?!)

To make the little paper birds, I used a Quickutz die cut along with American Crafts’ Blue [...]

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Quick and Easy Sewn Paper Garlands

by Little Birdies

Paper garlands are a beautiful accent for any party or home decor. They are really easy to make and can match any theme.
First, you will need to start with cardstock punched out in your desired shape. You can use punches, die cut machines, a Cricut, or just plain scissors.

Next, you will need to use your [...]

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