Ramblings of a Crazy Woman

Cheyanne and I made these cute chick cupcakes for her Birthday !!! This is what they are suppose to looks like, here at BettyCrocker.com Our's may not be as pretty but we had fun making them.

Caity and I are helping with our church's Easter egg hunt. Our church always does an egg hunt, story and a craft. We are helping with the craft. I wanted to do a craft linked to a bible verse. John 1:29 The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, "Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world! We used : 2 clothes pins (for legs, colored black with marker), white paper cut in the shape of a cloud, cotton balls, black paper cut in to the shape of a head, eyes and glue. We also used pink paper for a mouth. Glue cotton balls on to white paper for the body. Glue the body on to the clothes pins for legs. Glue on head.

Happy Spring !!!! Here are my past Spring Crafts !! Here Birds in a Nest Daffodils Butterfly Salad Spinner Flower!!!

Colton and Cheyanne had a great time creating these cute little Birdies in a Nest. We used: plastic eggs, wiggly eyes, craft glue, craft foam paper lunch bags, scissors and brown Easter grass stuff. Cut the top off the paper bag and roll the extra sides down. Add some grass. Decorate the eggs with eyes, beak and wings. Put them in the nest when dry

It is so busy at my house right now, and we are not getting any crafts done. I thought I would repost the watering bottle. I found this idea in a book called Crafts To Make In The Spring by Kathy Ross to help me out. It is a watering can you can make to let the kids help water your plants. Cheyanne really enjoyed using this to water the plants. You will need: 2 liter bottle with cap, nail polish, scissors, nail, colored tape. 1. Poke 5 to 10 holes in a group in the top of the bottle. 2.Paint the bottle cap with nail polish for decoration. 3. Decorate the bottle using pieces of colored tape. Fill your sprinkle bottle with water, then put the cap back on. Your bottle is now ready to go water the flowers.

In my preschool class we are watching the life stages of a butterflies and lady bugs. You can buy kits, and it is a great and easy way to show the kids how these insects change. Here are the caterpillars in the chrysalis stage They are in the jar the caterpillars came in. I leave the net out for the kids to examine with several butterfly books. Here are the chrysalis pinned to the side of the net. Here are the lady bugs. They are in the final stages of the larvae stage. It is so fun to watch them change.

This is an easy butterfly that almost any age could do. Also, you could decorate the wings with paint, crayons or markers and it would still turn out pretty. We used: A paper plate, construction paper, scissors, glue, eyes and Do-A-Dot-Art. Decorate the plate. Cut out a body and antennae. Cut plate in half in a back and forth pattern. Glue on all parts to the body.

I think these butterflies turns out great. They are so prettyand colorful. We used: Toilet paper roll, tissue paper (cut into squares), glue, clear contact paper, eyes, a chenille stem, 2 small pom-poms and a paint brush. I watered the glue down to make it easier to spread on the tissue paper. Place the tissue paper on the roll and paint on the glue over the top. Place contact paper sticky side up, put tissue squares on the contact paper. Place another piece of contact paper on top. Cut the contact paper into the shape of butterfly wings. Glue the wings on to the roll. Bend the chenille stem in half, glue pom-poms to the ends, Glue the chenille stem antennae to the inside of the front of the roll. Add eyes and mouth.

Here is an easy craft that a little one can do to decorate their room. Just take an inexpesive lamp shade (I got this lamp and shade from a yard sale) and glue on artificial flowers with craft glue.

Here is a cute ladybug that is easy for your little one to make and easy for you to get together. We used: A large red circle cut from construction paper, a small circle for the head, and 6 strips for the legs from black paper. We also used wiggly eyes, glue and black paint. Glue on the legs, head and eyes. Now make the ladybug spots from fingerprints dipped in black paint.