Easter Crafts: String eggs, salted eggs, blown up eggs, more

Hoppy Holidays! This week my boys and I went back to enjoy the classic mess of … paper mache and they loved it! Throw down a plastic table cloth and enjoy getting your hands messy.

Blow up some balloons, cut some newspaper or magazines into strips. Mix the paper mache (check for one of many recipes available online) and cover the balloon. Allow to dry overnight and paint. They look really cute hanging outside in the trees and can be seen really well.

We dipped string in the remaining paper mache mix and wrapped it around a balloon. When it was completely dry, we popped the balloon and now have a really cool “ball of string."

This is a really cool “paint” project that I got from the book "The Artful Parent." First, get a sheet of construction paper and cut it out in the shape of an egg. On the paper, squeeze out some glue to make a design. Cover the glue completely with table salt.  Shake off the excess salt and allow the glue to dry completely. Use washable liquid watercolors (I used tie-dye ink) and drip small amounts of the ink onto the salt and watch it travel along the salt – it is really neat to watch.