Munchkins and Mayhem

Tuesday, April 3, 2012

Cascarones - Confetti Filled Eggs

Thought to bring good luck shower the kids with cascarones or give them a basket to shower each other with this fun kids craft and activity.

Playing by the book has a great tutorial on how to make Cascarones - confetti filled eggs. This idea originated in Mexico where you would drop these eggs on someone to shower them with confetti.

Good for ages 6 and up because the eggs are so delicate.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.thechocolatemuffintree.com/2011/05/bubble-printing-fun.html

Parenting uses a shiny confetti in their version.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.parenting.com/gallery/easter-crafts-for-kids?pnid=629381

Sometimes creative covers hers with tissue paper.

Get the instructions here:
http://sometimescreative.blogspot.com/2011/04/cascarones-confetti-eggs.html

Confetti Egg Game

Oh happy day has a fun confettit filled egg game. The secret is to fill one of the confetti eggs with gold confetti. Then all of the kids go around smashing eggs on each others heads. The one who gets hit with the golden egg is the winner.

Get the instructions here:
http://ohhappyday.com/2011/04/diy-party-confetti-egg-game/

Monday, April 2, 2012

Mini Grass Planters

Rosy Posy has a cute way to plant grass seeds in eggshells. This is a great activity for Easter or just because. Your child will love planting the seeds and watching them grow. They'll make cute decorations too.

Good for ages 7 and up because the egg shells are fragile.

Get the instructions here:
http://rosinahuber.blogspot.com/2010/03/egg-cellent-easter-grass.html

Easter Sheep Handprint

There's just one mommy has a cute idea of how to turn a handprint outline into a sheep art project for kids for Easter using crayons and cotton balls.

Good for ages 3 and up.

Get the instructions here:

http://theresjustonemommy.com/2012/03/19/hand-print-sheep-craft/

Easter Sensory Box

Gets ready for Easter with an sensory box egg hunt. Uses shredded green color paper or the plastic grass and hide plastic eggs within the bath tub so the kids can literally immerse themselves. You can also add fluffy chicks and feathers and plastic lambs. Hide items within the eggs for kids to discover even more.

Sunday, April 1, 2012

Kid-in-the-Box

Ambrosia girl has a cute idea for how to surprise kids on April fool's day showing how to make a your-child-in-the-box for them to open on April fool's morning. She suggests telling them it's a gift and seeing how they're surprised.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.ambrosiagirl.com/blog/april-fools-jack-in-the-box/

April Fools Day Food

Disney's family fun has a funny template for a packet of what they call doughnut seeds. Simply print the packet and add cherios for a cute April fool's day prank.

Get the template here:

http://familyfun.go.com/april-fools-day/april-fools-day-printable-pranks-kids/plant-some-laughs-1003660/

Free Kids Craft Programs for April

The following are when and where there are free kids crafts programs during the month of April. Please post in the comments any additional nationwide programs you may know of.

April 7th

Home Depot

Kids can build a bird house / feeder from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.

http://www.homedepot.com/webapp/catalog/servlet/ContentView?pn=HT_WS_KidsWorkshops

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