Easter Crafts By Madalyn

My sister-in-law Madalyn made these really cute Easter decor for her home. They turned out awesome! I think she got the ideas off of tipjunkie.blogspot.com they always have good ideas.
Also I have been in search of Wheat grass seed. You can plant it a couple of weeks before Easter and have beautiful green grass in pots, planters, or even in an Easter basket if you would like. So I found some seed on www.wheatgrasskits.com I got 5 lbs of seed for about $16.00 with includes shipping. That is a lot of seed so go in with a friend or two. They come in 1 lbs bags and I ordered mine and had it within a week. It usually grows very fast like within 10 days. So plant now and it could be nice and thick for Easter. I have seen people have it and heard about people doing it but I have never actually tried it. So this is the year! I will let you know how it goes.

Block for the Holidays

My friend sells these really cute bows and was having a bow party so at the last minute I asked if I could put a craft in it and then I put my husband to work. He cut all these blocks and sanded them all too. I painted them and then cut paper some greens and browns for St. Patricks Day and spring paper for Easter and Modge podged it on.

Then I used Jen's Circut to cut letters out. One side says, "Hoppy Easter" and the other side says, "Luck O' the Irish" I also emblished them. They turned out really cute and I made some money.

Beans and a Shamrock

I was at Walmart and saw this bag of beans and it brought back memories of when I was little. We used to play with beans and make all sorts of things so I got a bag and the kids glued them to a Shamrock they had fun and it was easy. Plus beans can be used for about a million different activities.

For more St. Patrick's Day crafts go to www.familyfun.com

Shoelaces for my ABC's

So I bought this really cute little 6x6 flip book from CTMH and I was trying to figure out something I could really do with it other than a little scrapbook and this is what I came up with. So I cut cardstock into 6x6 sheets and cut letters out with the circut, then glued them on. I also printed little colored pics for each letter and glued them on also. Afterwards I laminated or put contact paper over the whole thing and punched holes into the letters. Now you can take the shoelaces and string through the letters. My kids seemed to like it and they are learning to recognize letters. Also it is something quiet for church. When they are done playing with one we just slide it back into the flip book.