Easter

I think the bewildered chicks above would agree that each year the Easter traditions we do in this house seem to get a little more elaborate. I had excitedly bought their Easter gifts months before. So long before in fact that I forgot what I had bought them. So it was a surprise to me too.

Okay so that's more a gift for me. It's not normal to get this excited over eggs cups right? Don't worry the boys got gift for them as well.But it's really Pinterest's fault. With it's seductive visual charms. For many hours I poured over pictures of Easter decorations and activities that always look so perfect better than my clumsy attempts. Which is how I found myself painting sticks from the garden the night before Easter. You know so I could make this...

As I was lovingly painting these sticks Tim kept looking at me and shaking his head. I wonder if he was thinking that I need to get out more.He is probably right.And I found myself outside at 5am shivering in my PJ's hiding eggs for the Easter bunny because the boys wake up so damn early! Tim warm and snugly in bed probably thought I'm a crazy person.He is probably right. But the effort was worth it this Easter...

We ate eggs obviously for breakfast...

And later snacked on hot cross buns...

We went on our Easter hunt...

Which is serious business, no messing around...

With rewards inside each find...

Then came afternoon activities, because I forgot to buy wax crayons we elaborated on last years naturally dyed Easter eggs with some stickers, string, elastic bands, crayons...

And the cracks create cool lines underneath...

And as always we made Easter nests. With lots of these...

Some may have accidentally fallen into my mouth therefore didn't make it to the nests...

Then some bubble play...

Goodness knows what I'll introduce next year x

Fairy door and childhood magic...

The boys found something special in the garden this morning...

They were a tad excited!

This door can also accommodate pixies, elves, hobbits, and even the tooth fairy...This door does not open except for the 'Wee Folk' that dwell within.

Isaac pointed out that there was a little bit of glitter near the door. I didn't add glitter although I wish I had thought of that!

I looked closer to see what he was misinterpreting as glitter and he is right.

There was actual glitter by the door, I kid you not...

You know? What's the deal? Are these fairies real or not?

Angry Birds Easter Bonnet

A lot less elaborate than last year. Isaac wanted to do an Angry birds in a nest hat. And Lucas was all yeah me too, angry bird angry birds!!!Once again I enjoyed making it with them a little too much.They helped with the paper mache and did all the painting themselves.(Tim took this photo with his phone. I was too distracted to photograph any of it)

I added some of the marker pen at the end.

The bonus of these hats was that after they brought them home from school they removed the angry birds and played with them for hours. So it's multifunctional too.