Easter Crafts And Decorating

Greetings lovely friends & readers

I hope you all had an enjoyable & peace filled Easter   💗            

Though I started this post on Easter Monday, I am still here trying to finish it.

Easter was quiet in our house this year - believe me when I say Quiet is perfectly fine by me.  

Rather than sew Easter bags for the Grandchildren this year, I simply bought a pack of large size white kraft bags from the Variety Store.  Gail had given me an old wallpaper sample book so I covered the fronts of the bags with pretty pastel papers & then glued rabbit figurines onto this.  I added lace bows, pom-pom tails,  then cut out the recipients initial & tied on.  (to get the shapes for the rabbit figurines I drew around the wooden cut outs that the craft girls decorated in my last post)

 

This is what was inside Juno & Sadie's bags ... duck soap, blowing bubbles, chocolate treats & an activity book each.  I made the girls one of my wool blanket rabbits each, as I still have LoTs of wool blanket scraps.

Juno,  Sadie & family called in on Good Friday so I was able to give the girls their Easter bags then.  

For Alec & Sid's bags I used more masculine wallpapers but still in the rabbit theme.  Rather than initials I made swing tags for their bags.   Instead of a woolen rabbit the boys got a small hand-held soccer game.  I have given Sid his bag but have yet to see Alec as he's been away with his Mum.

These 2 items above were thrifted from Hospice quite some time ago now.  Both items were $2 each but as they had a "yellow dot" they were half the marked price, so $1 each.  I always check the toy section of op-shops as you can find some unusual items occasionally.   I painted the canvas with chalk paint, Vintage White - it took 3 coats to cover the flower print.  Then I added some leftover easter themed transfers & hung it above a display. 

I removed the wheels from the cart & gave it the same chalkpaint colour.  I was going to paint the wheels but instead I just sanded/distressed them.   I chose not to add too many bunny themed transfers as I thought this might be handy in my christmas decorating & I could simply turn it around. I lined the base with more of Gail's wallpaper remnants.

The two Tilda bunnies I sat in it are from previous Easters, a free pattern download from * Here *.  They fit quite neatly in the cart.

As I needed something extra, I sewed a small calico cushion & rubbed a leftover transfer on to it.  This just filled the gap nicely  🐰 & turned out so sweet.  I am thrilled with my little $1 Cart.

Although much of my Easter decorating is similar to previous years I have snapped a few photos around the Home.  I just love all the pretties & the pastels at Easter time & have yet to pack it all away as I enjoy it so much. 

On Good Friday morning it was a dull dark day here so I turned all the fairy lights on & snapped these couple of pics of my mantle.

This is another older Tilda bunny (free pattern linked above) & she is sitting on the sweet little mug mat that Janet so kindly gifted me in * this post *.  I just adore it & cannot bear to put my mug of tea on it!! 🍵

Thank you as always dear friends, for your ever welcome visits here today,

I still have more Easter creativity to share so I hope to be back again soon,

Sending much love & friendship to you all,