Easter Crafts 2012

Easter

Easter festival constitutes of decorating the home with buntings, eggs and other craft items, most of which are prepared at home itself. Below are some of the Easter craft ideas which can be practiced by anyone, including kids and children. Note that the materials required for these crafts are easily available in a nearby store.

Bunny Pillow

Materials Needed

Sewing Machine
Iron
Thread
Embroidery Floss
Ruler
Scissors
Straight Pins
20‐ 2” squares 4 each of 5 different colors
2‐ 10” x 10” squares solid color fabric or linen
3 color scrap pieces for bunny body
Wonder under
1 small white pom pom
Poly fill/fiber stuffing
Pencil

Optional but Very Helpful Items

Self Healing Cutting Mat
Rotary Cutter

Instructions:

Begin with all of the textile pieces cut. Then trace the bunny body pattern from a template on to the reverse of the wonder under. Make use of iron setting stated on wonder according to information sheet. Iron wonder beneath to cloth colour of the alternative for the bunny body.

Start by cutting out the large circle, measure 3” from the bottom edge of the 10’x10” square, find the midpoint and iron circle into place, stitch around the edge with the sewing machine. Iron ears in to place and sew around, then follow with little circle for head, iron into place and sew around. Using a black textile marker, draw a cute little face of the bunny!

By means of green embroidery threads sew some grass around bunny body. After that, using the white pompom sew bunny tail into place. Measuring 2” from the left side edge use a pencil to sketch out “Happy Easter.” Use embroidery thread of the color choice to stitch the letters. I used a back stitch besides adding a few green pieces of grass to the sides. To make points: Use 2” x 2” squares, fold in half diagonally then fold again and iron flat. Pin one of each of the 5 colors to the edge of the front panel.

Repeat for all 4 sides. Once all points are pinned in to place stitch down, and then remove pins. Using 2nd 10” x10” square place on top side and pin all the edges in to place. Using a ¼” seam stitch all around the square leaving a 3” opening to turn to pillow right side out. Cut all corners. Then pull right side through the small hole. Continue until the piece is all right side out. Iron edges flat, then use a ¼” seam to top stitch edge of pillow. Remember to leave opening so you can fill with stuffing. Once you have pillow filled up to the mark, pin the opening shut and go on with ¼” seam to sew shut.

Easter Egg Craft

The festivity of Easter is closely associated with eggs; hence, a major assortment of Easter Craft comprises the use of eggs.

Easter Egg craft Idea

Batik Eggs

Batik is a technique of dying fabric by way of blocking areas one don't wishes to be dyed by covering that part with wax. One can also create batik eggs by means of masking tape as a substitute to wax as the blocking instrument.

Materials Needed

Masking tape
Scissors or knife (and ADULT SUPERVISION)
Crepe paper dye [see recipe below]
Hard boiled eggs
Plastic Spoon
Plastic wrap

Instructions

Cut drawings out of the masking tape.
Place the tape drawings on the egg.
Put the egg on a plastic spoon and plunge it into the dye. One should leave the egg in the dye longer for a darker color and shorter for a lighter color.
Put the egg on a piece of plastic wrap and let dry.
When dry take out the tape.
One can then replicate the process by adding up different tape pieces to different areas of the egg and dipping into a different dye color.

Crepe Paper Dye Method

Cut strips of crepe paper (crepe paper is the kind of material they make birthday party bunting out of).
Place the strips in a bowl.
Pour hot water over the paper in the bowl. Make sure there is an adult is observing.
Take the paper out of the water using a large spoon.
Add some white vinegar to the dye (about 1 tablespoon). The vinegar facilitates the dye to set.
Let the mixture cool.