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A delightful craft book for children integrates simple directions and colorful photographs to offer everything needed to make clever projects that celebrate spring, from Victorian eggs and bunny puppets to simple jewelry and egg-carton tulips. Original. ... Read more

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Easy to Create Easter Crafts for Almost Any Age
This book, 175 Easy-to-Do Easter Crafts, is filled with a wonderful assortment of crafts made from recyclable things and inexpensive items you will find in and around your home. All you need to have for many wonderful hours of enjoyment are pencils, crayons, scissors, tape, and other craft supplies you probably already have around the house.

You and your children will have hours of fun making a variety of crafts. Each project has a list of items needed and the basic steps for completing the project. The colorful photos show the finished product so that you can see what your creation should look like when you are done.

This is a fun and easy to follow book that lies flat, has fairly large print, and pictures of every project. There is even a material index in the back of the book.

This book is good for parents, grandparents, Sunday School classes, and elementary or preschool teachers.

175 Easy-To-Do-Easter Crafts: Easy-To-Do Crafts, Easy-To-FindThings (Easy-to-Do Crafts Easy-to-Find Things)

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Easter time has a traditional wealth of symbols representing new life and rebirth: eggs, hares, chickens and lambs, Mother Earth and the flower children, birds and butterflies. The authors show how to make Easter figures and decorations of dough, wool, felt or tissue paper, as well as different ways of decorating eggs, making egg cosies, puppets and creating a festive table. ... Read more

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Presents twenty simple craft projects for springtime and Easter that young children can make from everyday materials. ... Read more

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A collection of poems, stories, songs, drama, and suggested activities and projects which highlight the story and message of Easter. ... Read more

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After she is told that getting a pet bunny would mean a lot of responsibility, Mary helps her teachers and neighbors and finds a wonderful surprise on Easter. ... Read more

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Instructions for making art projects with an Easter or springtime theme. ... Read more

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A one-of-a-kind collection of Easter and springtime crafts, recipes, and flower ideas offers more than one hundred colorful photographs, instructions on uniquely embellishing dyed eggs, plans for gift baskets, and other projects. 17,500 first printing. ... Read more

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A guide to creating dozens of projects for Easter includes pastel drawings and easy-to-follow directions that teach young readers how to decorate Easter eggs, make Easter cards, decorate their homes, and much more. By the author of Wake Up, William. Original. ... Read more

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Directions for decorating eggs and making baskets for Easter. ... Read more

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Includes lists of things needed and specific directions for making a variety of crafts related to Easter. ... Read more

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Celebrate Spring Fever in style with the festive recipes and craft ideas in Easter Treats. From sweet Chicken Little Cookie Pops to a full-fledged Easter Bunny Cake and kid-sized Bunny Ears, families will find an array of tanta-lizing confections and simple craft projects that revel in the Easter spirit. Elegant menus offer options for entertaining, and craft projects will have the kids dyeing and decorating eggs, sprucing up their baskets, and creating decorations for the table, the front porch, and themselves. Easter Treats will have the whole family joining in the holiday fun.Amazon.com Review
Look no further for entertaining Easter ideas! From tasty recipes for agourmet dinner to silly and simple crafts with the kids, you'll find thevariety in Easter Treats most pleasing. Each recipe includes alovely color photo of the finished project, as well as an ingredients listand, where appropriate, illustrated steps or traceable stencils. Party-favor ideas range from sturdy paper candy cones to simple jellybean bags,while more kid-friendly ideas include adorable bunny finger puppets andfuzzy pom-pom chicks.

Mouthwatering recipes include Red Potato Strudel, classic Hot Cross Buns,Grilled Asparagus Risotto, and for a hilarious centerpiece, a 3-D EasterBunny Cake, complete with marshmallow cheeks and floppy fondant ears.Variations on the classic Easter egg are gorgeous--decorative touchesinclude ribbons, origami paper, and intense colors made from pastefood colorings--the deep-blue eggs with glittery stars are simplybeautiful, and quite different from the traditional springtime palette. While no craft is extremely difficult, beginners should be sure to freelymake use of the hints included for how to make projects"child-friendly"--this also translates to "novice-adult friendly." AuthorJill O'Connor emphasizes fun over artistic perfection and she makes it easyto enjoy yourself, with thorough instructions, fresh ideas, and aneasygoing presentation. --Jill Lightner ... Read more

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Easter Recipes and Crafts Your Family Will Enjoy
Easter is a special time of year for families, especially children. Easter Treats provides a large number of recipes and crafts the whole family can create together to prepare for this special holiday.

There are a number of projects using hard-boiled eggs or egg shells. There are directions for creating Easter baskets, candy cones, and Marzipan play dough. The beautiful color pictures provide inspiration and an example of what the finished project should look like.

The recipes include a wide variety of foods for every course throughout an Easter meal. Woven among the recipes are instructions for table decorations as well.

Anyone who enjoys creating Easter crafts or cooking delicious meals will appreciate this easy to follow book filled with numerous projects the whole family can enjoy.

Crafts and Recipes for Most of the Family...
Ok...this is a 96 page book concentrating on Easter (crafts and recipes).I had high hopes for it, based on the wonderful valentine volume in the same series (also available, Summer Time Treats, Halloween Treats, and Christmas Treats).I love the layout and format of the book...it's a soft cover book that is easy to handle.I do have concerns about the long term sturdiness of the book when actually doing the crafts and making the recipes...I don't know that the binding will hold up over the "long haul."I do like the overall cover design and layout -- very nice and visually appealing!

In the introduction, the author says:

"Easter is one of the most joyous holidays in Christianity, celebrates the resurrection of Christ.The Easter season is also a time when we honor the unity of our family and friends, welcome spring,,and revel in the awakening beauty of nature after the long days of winter."

Now, obviously, since I'm reviewing this volume from a Wiccan/Pagan perspective...I simply cannot "get behind" the first part of this...but I can whole heartedly embrace the latter part!! I did enjoy the very brief blurb in the introduction about the Germanic origins of Easter Eggs...but would like to have seen a more original suggestion than an Easter Egg Decorating Party for the "ideal" holiday get together!

You will also find standard tips for Boiling blowing, and dyeing your eggs.

As a book of "Recipes and Crafts for the Whole Family," I find this somewhat lacking in the "whole family" area!!Perhaps if your family consists of you and your husband or you and an older child or two, this might apply -- but for people like me (kids ages 3 and 5)...who are looking for a mix of elegant adult crafts and and fun and/or easy kids crafts...this books leaves me wanting. Certainly not in the adult crafting area -- there are a plethora to be had in this area -- but in easy, fun kids projects, there is MUCH to be desired!!

Page 18 has a cute Easter Egg Tree idea, but the ribbon eggs (which are stunningly beautiful) are WAY too complex for small children -- older children or teens looking for a bit of elegance might enjoy this seemingly time consuming project...


As with the Ribbon Eggs, the Washi Eggs (pg 22) and Candy Cones (pg 29) do not seem like kid friendly project either...they ARE beautiful, but definitely an adult project!

The Easy Easter Daisies (pg 25) and brilliant yellow dyed eggs would look STUNNING on an altar, there is just something about them that says SPRING...and with a bit of adjustment on the size of the daisy pattern, could easily be done by younger children!!

The Starry Sky Eggs (26), Jelly Bean Bags (32) and Marzipan Play Dough (Also pg 32) would all be well received by kids of all ages...and easy enough for them to enjoy doing...small kids will need help tying the bags on the jelly beans (be sure to have extra beans, snacking is inevitable with this project -- and half the fun...lol).There are also several projects (like bunny ears and finger puppets for younger children...but my kids already do this stuff at school and I was hoping for a few NEW ideas to do with them!!

The secret message eggs are a very cute and fun idea -- kids (with parents help) should delightin making and then smashing them (or helping the recipient to smash) to get at the message -- this craft also has possible applications for magickal workings -- I know you magickal crafters out there have your motors running already!!!

All the recipes (with the exception ofthe "chicken feed," pg 26) are adult caliber -- I would not attempt any of these -- well, perhaps the Easter Bonnet Shortbread ones (72)...but they would NOT look as elegant and refined as the ones pictured in the book...kids LOVE to decorate cookies...so this one is a definite kid friendly food project!!

So...overall I give this book:

B- for Content -- rated as a book for the "whole family," I find that it's lacking in easier recipes and crafts for kids younger than 8 or 10, but RICH in ideas for the adult crafter and certainly plenty that the adult Wiccan looking to spruce up that spring altar!! Not much I found here in the way of magickal application (beyond altar decoration...and the possibilities for spell work with the Secret Message Eggs).I would recommend it but not as a "main" source for your magickal library...

B+ for Price -- same as the Valentines for size and content...I'd really expect to see a price of 9.95 or slightly less -- with a 14.95 list price and about a 12.00 price tag on Amazon...its' a tad higher than I'd expect or like to see!

Cannot wait 'til I can afford to get the other three in this series, despite my dislikes about this volume, overall I think it's a good buy... and frankly I'm hooked and must have the rest!! Look for my reveiws of them when I can afford to buy them!!

Hoppy Easter Treats
Well, it all started with the Halloween Treats book and now I'm hooked.This certain book has many yummy recipes for dinners, drinks, sweets, and even a cute bunny cake.There are also adorable and easy to do crafts for the kids, such as making a little chick and cute bunny finger puppets and you can't forget the dying of the eggs.The instructions are extremely easy to read and follow and the colorful photos of many of the projects are very helpful.I highly recommend this book, as well as the others 'treats' books.You won't be disappointed.

Easter Treats recipes and crafts for the whole family
This is my fourth cookbook by Mrs. O'Connor. This one has craft ideas for the whole family to enjoy. Mrs. O'Connor writes in plain English with easy to understand recipes that help you get your children involved in thekitchen. There is a wide variety of dishes in this book. It's great. I hopeshe keeps them coming.

A Wonderful Book for the Entire Family
Before I purchased this book, I was wondering how I was going to keep my kids entertained during the school break and how I was going to make Easter special.This book answered both of those questions perfectly.We madethe crafts and tried the recipes.Everything turned out great!Thank youJill O'Connor!I'm looking forward to seeing books by this author forother holidays as well.How about a Christmas book or even a summer/4th ofJuly book? ... Read more

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Weave a bright paper basket and fill it with pom-pom rabbits made from yarn, or make papier-mache eggs and a bouquet of cheerful paper flowers. Celebrate with the perfect Easter parade bonnet or make an egg tree on which to display newly dyed and decorated handiwork. Hatch homemade chocolate eggs and marzipan chicks. Colorful illustrations and step-by-step instructions provide plenty of "eggcellent" ideas for holiday fun! Full color. ... Read more