Fun Spring Crafts

Yesterday and today were crafty days at our house.  Yesterday we did such an easy thing that I found in a Disney Family Fun magazine.  We made SLIME.  Yes, we really did.  It is definitely an outside plaything, but it took less than 5 minutes and it was super simple.  Here is the recipe.


Add 3/4 cup warm water and 8 oz. glue along with some food coloring in one bowl.  In a second bowl, mix 3 tsp Borax and 1 cup warm water.  Then pour the borax water into the glue water and let set for 1 minute - DO NOT STIR.  After one minute, you will have slime.  It is pretty cool...


Today, Chase and I made fun little things for him to take to preschool tomorrow.  They are Easter smash eggs.  I also found this idea in the Disney Family Fun magazine.  Awesome, and they weren't really that hard.


First, we poked holes in the bottoms of the eggs and used cuticle scissors to cut an approx. 1 inch circular hole in the egg.  Then we washed and dried the eggs.

Next, we died them like you would die regular Easter eggs.  (This was fun...)

Next, we had to let them sit and dry....this is what took a long time as I wanted them good and dry.  Then we stuffed them with the goodies - toys, chocolate, and confetti!

Chase loved stuffing the eggs.  I found the shredded confetti at Walmart.

Last, we covered the holes with a strip of paper that had been stamped (ours said "So Eggcited!) and placed them down into muffin papers.  Tomorrow, the kids can smash them with their hands and have a blast with what they find inside.  Thankfully I won't have to vacuum - but they may not be happy with me at preschool.  :)

Now to do the eggs for Lexi and JJ's classes....