CROCHET BUTTERFLY MAGNETS

These are very cute fridge magnets for Mother's Day gifts. You can also use them to decorate a little girls room, adorn a package gift, or use as a party game (i love to use these for Easter School Parties). Unfortunately with the hot glue, this project is not recommended to be done by small children.


Supplies:

Hot glue & hot Glue Gun
Scissors
magnets
crochet flower potholder
pipe cleaner (any color)

Directions:

1. Fold floral potholder in half.

2. Fold pipe cleaner in half.

3. Twist the bent end about 1 inch from fold (4-8 times; depending on tightness). 

4. Insert the folded potholder in between the pipe cleaner (resting on top of twist).

5. Twist the top of the pipe cleaner to form antenna.

Supplies to make game:

Butterfly magnets (number of children participating)
Cookie sheet
Letter stickers: E-A-S-T-E-R
5 Prizes


Directions to make game:


1. Place a sticker on magnet of 5 butterflies.
2. Place magnets on cookie sheet (number of children participating). 


Directions to play game:


1. Have everyone pick a Butterfly magnet. These will be their little treat to keep.
2. Have everyone look at the magnet of their butterfly.
3. Have the children with the stickers come to the front.
4. Set time (30 seconds) to have them look at letters and have them guess what the letters combined spell.
5. If they guess in time allocated they win the prizes. Award prizes. 


* I like to spell EASTER. You can use any words. (Ex.: S-P-R-I-N-G, F-U-N, B-U-N-N-Y, Name of a child, ...)
* Found same beautiful project online on ourveggiegarden.com. Robin gives pattern and great directions. http://www.ourveggiegarden.com/CraftsButterflyMagnet.html
* Marie Pedersen at http://cargocollective.com/silkandburg has very simple tutorial. You will love her clear instructions and photos. http://blog.mariesmaking.com/2011/05/crochet-butterfly-pattern.html
* Very fun to use at parties. Great for school party were can use school colors or a little girl's birthday party were she can choose her favorite colors.

Enjoy this game. Have fun.
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EASTER BUNNY MARACAS

These maracas or rattles make such cute gifts. Plus they are fun to create with the kids. Kids love to use them while singing and dancing around. These contain small materials that may come off easily. Please keep away from babies or infants.

Materials:

craft glue
sewing needle
plastic spoon
plastic egg
white pipe cleaner
tbsp of beads
10 mm googly eyes (pair)
7 mm pink pom pom
2 - .75 white pom poms
ribbon

Directions:

1. Use a sewing needle to make 2 holes on top of the egg (small end).
2. Put a tablespoon of beads inside the egg.
3. Glue the egg to a spoon (small size up).
4. Glue eyes in the middle of the top half of the egg.
5. Glue pink pom pom with 2 white pom poms under in the middle of the egg.
6. Push in the ends of the pipe cleaner in the holes on top of the egg.
7. Push in the middle down and glue in between the ends.
8. Tie ribbon to the neck of the spoon.

* If you do not have old beads, you can use dried beans, popcorn kernels, rice or old buttons.
* Glue dots can be used; but, items aren't as secure and they are so hard to get off the paper.

Enjoy this craft.
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EASTER PLASTIC BUNNY SPOONS

These are very cute decorations. You can line them in a flower bed. Tape them to the posts of porch railing. It's very nice to get a plant with the spoons nestled in the dirt. Adding a Lollipop in the back, makes a great treat for any child. I love to use these for school parties. Adds more to the Egg Hunt. Remember that these are cute to see; but they do contain small materials that can come off. Please keep away from babies or infants. Unfortunately with the hot glue and small materials used, this project is recommended to be done by older children and supervised by an adult.

Supplies:

Hot glue & Hot Glue Gun
Scissors
plastic spoon
2 mm colored foam
stamen (found in Floral section)
7 mm pom pom (nose)
10 mm googly eyes
ribbon
accessories: Miniature bows, flowers, hair, glasses,...

Directions:

1. Cut out set of ears (about 2 in.).
2. Glue ears on the inside of spoon.
3. On the bottom of spoon (middle) glue 2 stamen in a flattened X shape.
4. Glue nose on middle where stamen cross.
5. Half way from the nose and top of spoon, glue pair of eyes.
6. Tie ribbon to spoon.

* You can just use white plastic spoons (easier to find and cost less) and add color with the foam ears and ribbon.
* You could use fabric ribbon. The ribbon I used was gift wrapping ribbon. Curling the ends makes a different look.


Supplies to make game:

tape
marker (orange color works great)
bunny spoons without ribbon attached (as many as have children)
ribbon
sucker candies (1 for every spoon)
Styrofoam tray
prizes

1. Pick out sucker (as many prizes you want to give out - I like to have 2) and color bottom of the stick.  

2. Place a sucker on the cradle of the spoon.

3. Tape the stick close to the bottom.
4. Apply ribbon around lollipop and tie in front.

5. Put all Bunny Spoons in a Styrofoam tray.


How to play game:

1. Have everyone pick a Bunny Spoon. These will be their little treat to keep.
2. Have everyone look at the bottom of the Lollipop stick.
3. Award the winners with the colored sticks.



Enjoy this game. Have fun.
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EASTER HOT EGG GAME (HOT POTATO)

This game is a version of Hot Potato where the players pass around a hot potato fresh out of the oven. This is a very fast-paced and high-pressure game. Also you need to have room for the players to run around. Even with a few players, everyone will have tons of fun.

Supplies:
music
Directions:
1. Record short snatches of music. Let music play for 60 to 150 seconds with 8 seconds in between (You can find music to play for Musical Chairs).
* This game can also be played without music. The designated leader shouts out "hot". I like better to use the music. It makes it seem more fair.
* This game can also be played without music. The designated leader shouts out "hot". I like better to use the music. It makes it seem more fair.
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music player
inflatable egg
prize


2. Inflate the egg ornament.
3. Have all the children form a circle.
4. While the music is playing, the players pass the egg around.
5. When the music stops, the player holding the egg is out.
6. The game resumes till 1 player is left. That person is the winner and gets the prize.

* For the Easter theme, I like to use the inflatable egg (bought at the Dollar Store). You can use any ball available.
* The game can be played indoors or outdoors. If indoors, you must make sure there are no obstacles in the way.
* If there is nothing in the middle to run around, the players tend to run across to each other. I like to have the children who were out to sit in the middle.


Enjoy this game. Have fun.
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EASTER PICTURE ROLL GAME

Fun game of chance. Set for as many players as you want. You can change it up anyway you like. You can save this
game and pull out every year. Really fun for all ages.

Supplies to make the game (with 4 boards):

Glue
scissors
copier
5 or 6 Easter images
1 large six-sided die
5 or more legal sized papers

Directions:

1. Make at least 6 or more different copies of images (size to fit on one side of dice).
2. Cut up images (from one sheet of paper) and glue on the dice. Each side with different image (if only using 5
images-1 will be used on opposite sides; that will be used as wild)
3. Use each other sheets (with 5 or 6 different images) as place mat.
4. Set up table with as many game boards made.
5.Place a game piece on each board.

Material  for game:

1 picture die
4 or more game boards (with 4-6 different images)
4 or more board pieces (each board gets a piece - I like to use wind-up toys)
prizes (Easter candy)

How to play:

1. Have the children stand in front of each game board.
2. Instruct the players that you will be rolling the die. BEFORE you roll they should guess what picture it will
land on and place their game piece on the picture of their board. (ex. if a player thinks the die will land on the
chick, they should put their game piece on the picture of the chick in front of them.)
3. Roll the die.
4. The players whose picture corresponds to the picture roll landed on win a prize.

*It is up to you to decide how many turns each player may have.
*You can change the difficulty of game. To make more difficult, all 6 pictures have to be different. To make easier, I like to have 2 pictures on die (opposite of each other) can be the same. This picture is used as wild. I have a picture of an Easter basket.
*You can have children share a board. I like to have a group of 6 come up first. And then another 6 players.
*To make boards last, wrap in tape or cut out pictures and place on cardboard.
*Boards can look different as long as all have the same pictures. With young children, I like to have the boards
all have pictures in the same place.


Enjoy this game. Have fun.
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EASTER CANDY GUESSING GAME

Guessing games are a fun activity for a holiday party. Their premise is usually pretty simple. Guess how many candies are in a container (without going over).

These are cute little bottles I found at the Dollar Store. Just adorable.


Supplies to make game:

clear container
candy
pencil
guessing sheet
Prize (can be container with candy in it)

Directions to make the game:

1. Fill the container with candy while keeping the count.
2. Write the number of candies on a piece of paper and keep it hidden from all others.
3.Place the candy container in the middle of the room.
4. Set a sheet and a pencil near the jar.

Directions to play the game:

1. Have each person come up and take a look at the container.
2. Have them examine the container and write their name and guess on the paper.
3. Look over the sheet. Find the individual/s with the correct answer or amount closest without going over.
4. Announce winner: show the answer slip.
5. Hand out prize.

* If there are more than one person with the correct answer just pick out a name; like in a raffle.
* Change difficulty levels with different size containers &/or candies.
* You can add a math aspect. Make clues to the answer.
Ex.:
1. One of the 3 digits is a even number.
2. If you add all 3 digits the total is divisible by 2.
3. If divide the total by 5, amount is greater than 20.
* You can hand out separate sheets of paper. I found out this is kind of difficult.  It is hard to collect all the sheets of paper & be able to read them.

Enjoy this game. Have fun.
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EASTER BUNNY GUMBALL MACHINE

Found these Gumball Machines at the Dollar Store. These are great just from the box; yet I like to personalize them for the celebration. You can change it  up anyway you like. Unfortunately with the hot glue and small materials used, this project is recommended to be done by/for young adults. Great prize for the Candy Guessing Game.

Supplies:

• Hot glue & Hot Glue Gun
• Scissors
• Gumball Machine (comes in multi colors)
• colored foam (2mm thick, color to match body of gumball machine)
• white foam (2 mm thick)
• straw hat
• 3 white pipe cleaners
• 2" white pom pom
• 2-.75" pink pom poms
• 2-20mm googly eyes
• decorative ribbon

Directions:

1. Cut out 2 (about 4") ear shapes with the colored foam.
2. Cut out 2 (about 2.5") ear shapes with the white foam.
3. Glue the white foam onto the colored foam.
4. Cut slits into the side of the hat (a bit closer to the front).
5. Pull the ears through the slits, making sure the white foam is in front.
6. Glue inside the hat the ears to keep in place.
7. Take 3 pipe cleaners. Cut in 5 or 6" strips.
8. Cross 2 pipe cleaners in the middle of the gumball machine. Glue them into a X shape flattened out.
9. Take the last pipe cleaner and glue it in the middle of the X shape.
10. Take the large white pom pom and twist in half.
11. Glue the pink pom poms on the top & bottom of the twist of the large pom pom.
12. Glue the nose in the middle of the pipe cleaners.
13. Glue pair of eyes above the nose.
14. Glue on the hat to the globe.
15. Decorate by gluing bows &/or ribbon. Embellish with adding hair, glasses, or other accessories.

Enjoy this game. Have fun.
Teacher Appreciation Week 2020 begins Monday, May 4th and ends on Friday, May 8th.

Please honor our teachers and recognize the lasting contributions they make to our lives.