Easter Crafts: Part 2

These are some ideas from Martha Stewart's Easter Workshop and Easter crafts. I've made some Spring crafts I'd like to share. Enjoy!

What I used:

1. Fallen branch

2. Spring flowers

3. Birds

* I hot glued the flowers to the branch and the birds I purchased at Dollar Tree came with wires. I twisted the wires around the branch. Using white thread (also can use fishing line or jewelry making thread) I hung the branch.

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What I used:

1. Orange knitting yarn

2. Elmer's glue

3. Green felt

4. 3 Straight pins (per carrot)

5. Styrofoam star (Roberts crafts or any local craft store, shown below)

* I took the Styrofoam star and cut it into five pieces as shown in the first picture. Then I took a straight pin and wrapped some yarn around the top. At this time I also applied some Elmer's glue around the top where I wrapped the yarn. I continued to wrap down the carrot as shown in the third picture. As I worked down the carrot i applied glue to the bare Styrofoam.

* Once I worked down the carrot I secured the bottom with another straight pin and applied glue. To make the stem I cut two small pieces of felt and folded them like in the above picture. I then took a straight pin and placed them through the top. you can also use this method to make eggs with egg shaped Styrofoam as shown in second picture. I placed these carrots around my home or you could use them on an Easter tree. Thanks Martha!