Category Archives: Holidays

diy: tie-dye easter eggs …

March 30, 2012

Easter is almost here, and we love the tradition of dyeing easter eggs!

This year we wanted to do something a little different, so we decided that we would tie dye our easter eggs. It was really easy, and they turned out so great!

The process is simple enough for the little ones to help out, and it is such a fun activity for them to get involved and design their own little egg creations!  Tie-dyeing Easter eggs is a unique way to bring some color to your eggs, and the results are very impressive!

Supplies to Tie Dye Easter Eggs

To get started you will need to gather a few supplies:

Paper towels (Viva brand works great! Very thick!)
Distilled white vinegar
Hard boiled eggs
Liquid food coloring
Latex gloves

Kids Dying Easter Eggs

Prepare an area that can get dripped on with the dye.  I found it best to line a baking dish with a few layers of paper towels.

Tie Dye Easter Egg Tutorial

Put on your latex gloves and rip off a half sheet of paper towel, and dip it into a bowl with the white vinegar.

Tie Dye Easter Egg Tutorial

Squeeze off the excess vinegar, and wrap the hard boiled egg tight with the paper towel, trying to just have one layer of the towel around the egg.  There will be a little extra paper towel on one side.

Tie Dye Easter Egg Tutorial

Place the wrapped egg on your prepared area and squeeze drops of food coloring around the egg, alternating colors if you wish!  (This is the part that the children enjoy doing the most!)

Tie Dye Easter Egg Tutorial

Have the person with the latex gloves on rotate the egg, and continue to place drops of the food coloring all around the egg on the paper towel.  It works best if you allow the squeeze bottle tip to come in contact with the paper towel, then squeeze on the dye right into the paper towel.

Tie Dye Easter Egg Tutorial

When the entire egg has been colored with the dye, have the person with the gloves on carefully unwrap the egg, and place in the egg carton to dry and admire your work!

My kids had a great time helping with the eggs, and creating their own little piece of easter egg art!

Once the eggs are completely dry, show them off, crack them open and have a snack, or hide them for the kids in your Easter egg hunt!

 

Hope you have a swell weekend!  It would be a perfect time to dye all those eggs!

{all photos by me}

izze sparkling juice valentine …

February 15, 2012

when i woke up this fine valentine’s day, i was going through my mental checklist of things to gather before bringing kids to pre-school and i realized i had totally forgotten to put together a valentine for their teachers.

luckily, i am a hoarder of all sorts of things, so i had a few things on hand to choose from.

i am not a huge fan of soda, but on occasion i like to indulge in a fun izze sparkling juice.  so, i pulled some from the stash, and grabbed a red and white stripy straw from the stash as well.

i always have doilies on hand, so i placed one on the front.  and, did a quick print out that says “You add such a SPARKLE to our classroom!”

this is a fun valentine gift, or it would also make a great teacher gift any day of the year!

i cut out the text on kraft paper with the nesting eyelet circle die cut from lifestyle crafts.  then, i added a little kraft paper party flag insert on the stripy straw as well as a pink nesting heart, and tied the straw on with some bakers twine.  (as always, for a 20% discount of your entire purchase to lifestyle crafts, type ARMELLE at checkout!)

it didn’t take me long to make, but i thought it turned out fun, especially for last minute!

hope you are enjoying your valentines day!

{all photos by me}

Recipe // sweet+ salty treats

hello lovlies!  how is your valentine’s day?!  i hope it is going well, and you are celebrating with the ones you love!  i wanted to pop in to share a fun little treat with you!

my friend jane, of see jane blog made some yummy pretzel treats during christmas, and i have always wanted to try them.

for some reason when i went to buy the ingredients, i thought that she used rolos to make them (she used chocolate kisses).  but, it was a happy accident because the caramel addition made it extra sinful!

they are just about the simplest treat to make!  and, are super cute!

you can make them using chocolate and caramel rolos, or chocolate kisses!  either way, they are tasty!

head on over to jane’s blog for the full how-to!  click here.

{all photos by me}