Make a Faux Icing Easter Bunny with Collage Clay

So sweet that he looks yummy enough to eat!  But PEASE don't because that is not icing.....it's Collage Clay by Mod Podge.  I love love the nostalgic look that the star decorating tip creates.

Have a peek at all the instructions in the video below.

Make It: Hydrangea and Lime Green Rose Arrangement.

Make It: Hydrangea and Rose Arrangement

Lime green and purple are a favorite color combo of mine and when those colors are found in nature it is even better!

Be sure to cauterize the hydrangeas before arranging. (step 2) Heating the end prevents sap from seeping into the water and causing bacteria growth.

 

Make It: Freezer Paper Stenciled Easter Napkins

Make It: Stenciled Easter Napkins

Jazz up some plain fabric napkins with a little bit of Plaid's Folkart fabric paint. Using freezer paper to make the stencils is so easy and the results are a smooth crisp line each time.  Freezer paper is wax on one side and paper on the other side For best results, use a small amount of paint to begin and work in an up-and-down fashion.

Make This: Springtime Door Decor

Springtime is here and I love it!!! The garden is starting to bloom and I even see buds on my roses.  Here is a little project to get you in the spirit of SPRING!!

Make It: Easter Gift Box with Scrapbook Paper and Paint

Make It: Easter Gift Box

I heart papier-mâché boxes!  They are inexpensive and can be altered in so many different ways.  This box was painted, glittered, mod podge and hot glued all for an Easter style box perfect for tucking little chocolates, soaps or gifts inside.

DIY Spring Sign with Papermache Letters and Scrapbook Paper

Make It: Happy Spring!

Spring is in the air and that makes me happy!  Papier-mâché letters make me happy too!

Materials:
FolkArt - Metallic Rose
FolkArt Acrylic Colors - Fresh Foliage

Mod Podge Gloss

FolkArt Extreme Glitter - Glitter Hologram
FolkArt Extreme Glitter - Peridot
FolkArt Extreme Glitter Gold
Papier-mâché - letters that spell SPRING
Scrapbook paper - pink and green prints
Foam paintbrushes
Ribbon - various colors
Silk flower petals pink - large and small
Silk flower petals yellow
Crocheted flower trim
Rhinestones
Hot Glue

Steps:
1. Paint each letter with 2 coats of either fresh foliage or rose paint. Paint the fresh foliage letters with 2 coats of extreme glitter peridot and the rose letters with extreme glitter hologram. Allow for dry time in between coats.

2. Trace the letters onto the back of the scrapbook paper. Cutout the letters. Apply Mod Podge to the back of the paper letters. Center on the painted letters, top coat with Mod Podge. Use your fingers to press out any air bubbles. Smooth your brush strokes.

3. Hot glue ribbon around the letters. Hot glue the letters on top of each other in a layered design.

4. Paint the large pink petals with extreme glitter gold. Allow to dry. Using hot glue, layer the petals, flower trim and rhinestones around the letters. Glue rhinestones to the letters in a random pattern.

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Spring Centerpiece with Easter Eggs and Crackle Paint

Easter Egg Centerpiece

gather this:
5 - Styrofoam Egg (different sizes) (I got mine at Michaels)
Pastel Tissue Papers – (less than 1 sheet per egg)
Scissors
Mod Podge Gloss
Foam Paintbrush
FolkArt Extreme Glitter – Hologram 2782
Clay Pot
FolkArt Acrylic Paint – 480 Titanium White
FolkArt Crackle Medium
FolkArt Acrylic Paint – 518 Peony
FolkArt Acrylic Paint – 2490 Sawgrass
5 Cut Pieces of Dowel Rods
Large Styrofoam Ball
FolkArt Acrylic Paint – 480 317 Morning Sun
Hot Glue Gun Helpers
Hot Glue and Hot Glue Gun
Moss
Silk Flowers
Gems or Beaded Sprays

Steps:
1. Cut the tissue paper into small squares. Apply a thick coat of Mod Podge onto the egg. Place the tissue paper squares onto the egg. Continue until the entire egg is covered. Add a topcoat of Mod Podge to the egg. Smooth the papers with your hands. Set aside and allow to dry. Add a second layer of paper if desired. Continue until all the eggs are covered.

2. Coat the dried eggs with a layer of Extreme Glitter.

3. Paint the exterior and top interior of the clay pot with white paint. Allow to dry. Add a coat of Crackle Medium. Allow to dry 4 hours in order for the crackle to properly work. Once dry, apply a coat of peony paint to the rim and inside edge of the pot. Work quickly and in one direction for proper crackling. Paint the base of the pot with sawgrass paint. Allow to dry.

4. Hot glue a large Styrofoam ball in the base of the pot. Secure the 5 dowel rods into the Styrofoam with hot glue. Paint the dowels with morning sun. Pierce the base of each egg onto a dowel rod. Use the largest egg in the center. Hot glue to secure.

5. Hot glue moss to the top of the Styrofoam ball and to the base of the eggs. Glue flowers and gems to the front of the clay pot and to the base of the eggs.

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Cascaron: DIY Mexican Confetti Eggs for Easter

A traditional Mexican craft, cascarones are easy to make and fun to decorate. They’re great for Easter, special occasions or anytime you’re looking for a lucky project. To bring luck, crack the egg on top of a friend’s head.

Supplies:

Food Coloring or Egg Dye
Plastic Cups
Water
Raw Eggs (one each)
Large Needle
Bamboo Skewer
Wire cooling Rack
Confetti
Tape
Mod Podge
Craft Paint
Gems
Ribbon scraps
Hot glue
Hot Glue Gun Helpers
Square Piece of Paper (one each)

Steps:

1. Create a dye bath: add a few drops of food/ egg coloring into the plastic cups. Add 1 cup of warm water to each cup. Add the eggs to the dye bath for about 2-3 minutes, or until the desired color is reached. Allow to dry.

2. Use the large needle to make a hole in one end of the egg. Gently pierce the egg until the opening is about the size of a penny. Insert the skewer into the egg and stir. This will break up the egg and make it easier to empty the contents. Rinse out the egg and invert onto the rack for drying.

3. Stuff the egg with confetti. Seal the hole on the egg with a piece of tape.

4. Add embellishments to the eggs: Mod Podge confetti, hot glue ribbons, paint designs or glue gems. * Use Hot Glue Gun Helpers so you don't burn your fingers *

5. Roll the square paper into a funnel/party horn shape. Secure the edges with Hot Glue. Hot glue fun trim or ribbons around the paper funnel. Glue the egg to the horn by applying a bead of hot glue around the inside rim of the horns and placing the egg (tape side goes in the paper funnel) on the end of the paper funnel.

6. Crack the egg on top of a friend’s head for good luck.

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DIY Easter Basket with Torn Paper Flowers

Use up your scrap papers and create tattered paper flower embellishments. They are perfect for adding pop to a plain Easter basket.

They can used in tons of ways!

- tie on to gift packages
-create placecard holders by attaching a name tag
-add a pin back for a broach
-attach wire stems to make vase style flowers
-hot glue to a headband
-scatter across an entry way table
-glue around spring wreath

Materials:
2782 - FolkArt - Extreme Glitter - Hologram or Mod Podge
5 or 6 different prints of scrapbook paper
Foam paintbrush
Wax paper
Large rhinestone (one for each flower)
Hot glue
Ribbon
Easter Basket

Steps:
1. Tear the papers into random circle shapes in various sizes. The largest should be around 3 inches and the smallest about 1.5 inches. The idea is to tear an organic shape, don't worry about creating perfect circles. You will need about 5 or 6 circles per flower.

2. Place the circles print side up on the wax paper. Coat each circle with 2 layers of extreme glitter.

3. Once dry, hot glue the circles in a graduated layer fashion. Hot glue a gem to the center of each flower.

4. Add ribbon embellishment to the Easter basket with hot glue. Hot glue the flowers across the center front of the basket.

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Easter Basket #2 - Dollar Store Revamp!

This vintage inspired Easter basket was made from a thrift shop book, a dollar store plastic bowl and a recycled fed ex envelope.

Materials:
Mod Podge - Gloss, 8 oz.
Large plastic bowl
Old romance novel
Foam Paintbrush
Scissors
Post card images
Rick Rack trim
Buttons
Hot glue
Tinsel
Cardboard scraps (I used a fed ex envelope)

Steps:
1. Remove pages from the book. Trim into small sections for the rim and base of the bowl and large sections for the middle of the bowl.

2. Working on the inside lip and edge of the bowl, apply Mod Podge to the bowl, position the small papers into the Mod Podge, press with your finger and secure with a topcoat of Mod Podge. Repeat this step working on the base of the bowl.

3. Continue covering the bowl with the larger pieces until the entire bowl is covered. Add additional design elements like post card images, magazine clippings or clipart to the front of the bowl.

4. Once dry, hot glue trim and buttons around the post cards. Hot glue tinsel around the edge of the bowl.

5. Fashion a handle by cutting cardboard into a long strip. You may need to piece the cardboard together. Wrap the strip with tinsel and secure with hot glue. Hot glue the handles to the inside of the bowl.

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Easter Basket #1 - Recyled Soup Can Easter Basket

This is made from a recycled soup can. 

Perfect for a co-worker, neighbor or friend.

Materials:
Mod Podge - Matte, 4 oz.
Large soup can
Paper
Scissors
Foam paintbrush
Ribbon
Hot Glue
Moss
Glitter butterflies

Steps:
1. Thoroughly clean the soup can and remove the label. Using the label as a template, cut the same shape from decorative paper.

2. Apply Mod Podge to the backside of the paper. Position around the soup can. Topcoat with a layer of Mod Podge. Allow to dry.

3. Hot glue a strip of ribbon around the top edge and moss to the bottom edge. Attach a few silk butterflies with hot glue.

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Spring Project Round-up!

Here is a round-up of our spring and Easter projects!
Visit the links for complete instructions.

Mod Podge Spring Sign

Glittered Topiary

Dollar Store Do Over: Glittered Bunny

Painted Easter Napkins

Mod Podge Utensil Caddy

Easter Gift Box

Glittered Egg Place Card Holder

Dollar Store Do Over: Glittered & Ribboned Ears

Super Simple Painted Onesie

Spring Fling Headband

Flirty Flower Pin

Make It: Easter Nest Place Card Holder

Make It: Easter Nest Place card Holder

Materials:
FolkArt Metallic - Rose
Mod Podge Gloss
FolkArt Extreme Glitter - Glitter Hologram
FolkArt Extreme Glitter - Hologram Gold
Spray primer
Plastic Easter egg
Foam paintbrushes
Paper printout of name
Silk flower petals pink large and small
Silk flower petals yellow
Crocheted flower trim
Rhinestones
Easter grass - natural
Hot Glue

Steps:
1. Spray prime the egg and allow to dry. Paint the egg with 2 coats of rose paint. Paint the egg with 2 coats of extreme glitter hologram. Allow for dry time in between coats.

2. Tear around the edge of the paper printed name. Apply a coat of Mod Podge to the back of the name, smooth onto the egg and top coat with Mod Podge. Press the paper name with your fingers to smooth any air bubbles.

3. Hot glue the egg in the center of a gathered pile of Easter grass.

4. Paint the large pink petals with extreme glitter gold. Allow to dry. Using hot glue, layer the petals, flower trim and rhinestones around the egg.

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Make it: Easter Centerpiece Topiary

Make it: Easter Centerpiece Topiary

This project we designed for Plaid using the new Extreme Glitter on the silk petals and Easter eggs. The topiary is firmly set in the container using Plaid's Faster Plaster. This plaster is a shake and pour, so it is mess free!

Materials:
FolkArt Metallics - Rose, 2 oz.
FolkArt Acrylic Colors - Buttercrunch, 2 oz.
FolkArt Acrylic Colors - Fresh Foliage, 2 oz.
FolkArt Extreme Glitter - Glitter Hologram
FolkArt Extreme Glitter – Peridot
FolkArt Extreme Glitter – Gold
2 Packages Faster Plaster
Foam paintbrushes
Metal floral container
Dowel rod
Styrofoam ball
Dried moss
Hot Glue
Spray primer
7 Plastic Easter eggs
Silk flower petals pink & yellow
Silk pins
Pearl beads
Crocheted flower trim
Rhinestones
Easter grass – natural
Ribbons – various patterns and sizes

Steps:
1. Paint the floral container with buttercruch paint. Add highlights by lightly painting a coat of extreme glitter gold to the container.

2. Cut the dowel rod to the appropriate height for your container. Mix the faster plaster as per the package and set the dowel into the container with the plaster. Allow to dry for 24 house. Paint the dowel with 2 coats of fresh foliage paint. Paint the dowel with 2 coats of extreme glitter peridot. Allow for dry time in between coats.

3. Place the Styrofoam ball onto the dowel by pressing, hot glue to secure to the dowel. Hot glue moss to the ball.

4. Paint the pink petals with extreme glitter gold. Allow to dry. Layer two pink petals with a yellow petal on top. Place a pearl onto a silk pin, pierce the center of the layered petals with the pin, add a drop of hot glue to the back of the petals and poke into the foam ball. Repeat until the ball is filled with petals.

5. Spray prime the eggs and allow to dry. Paint the 2 of the eggs with 2 coats of buttercrunch paint. Paint the 3 of the eggs with 2 coats of fresh foliage paint. Paint the 2 of the eggs with 2 coats of rose paint. Allow for dry time in between coats. Paint the rose and buttercrunch eggs with 2 coats of extreme glitter hologram. Paint the fresh foliage eggs with 2 coats of extreme glitter peridot.

6. Fill the base of the container with Easter grass. Hot glue the eggs in the grass and tie the ribbons in a bow at the base of the ball. Glue layered petals, flower trim and a rhinestone to the front of the container.

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Dollar Store Do Over: Easter Bunny

Dollar Store Do Over: Easter Bunny

Ugh! I forgot to take a before picture!! Trust me this bunny was pretty ugly before.....but it was a buck and perfect for sprucing up.

Supplies:
FolkArt paint – 438 Ballet Pink
FolkArt texture paint – 2862 sparkle
FolkArt extreme glitter – 2782 Glitter Hologram

FolkArt extreme glitter – rose

Ceramic bunny from the dollar store
2 Foam paintbrushes
Hot Glue
Crocheted flower trim
Silk flower petals
Crochet flower trim scraps
Blue rhinestone
Optional: spray primer

How To:

1. Depending on the surface of the bunny you may need to spray prime the bunny first. Paint the bunny with 2 coats of ballet pink paint. Allow for dry time in between coats.

2. Add a cottontail to the bunny with sparkle texture paint. Use you fingers to press the paint in the tail area. Allow to dry.

3. Coat the entire bunny with 3 coats of extreme glitter hologram. Add highlights to the inside of the bunny ears, eyes and nose with rose extreme glitter. Allow to dry.

4. Hot glue flower trim around the bunny neck. Add a layered flower petal, trim and rhinestone detail to the bunny with hot glue.

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Make It: Easter Chick Dessert Fork Caddy

Make It: Easter Chick Dessert Fork Caddy

To spruce up my dessert station for Easter dinner, I created this papered chick fork holder with a wooden pencil caddy that I picked up from Michaels.

When hosting a large family meal, I like to set up a dessert station with the plates, utensils and of course the yummy dessert on a separate table. That way when it is time to dig into the sweets, I can easily make the table transition from dinner to dessert.


Materials:
FolkArt Acrylic Colors - Fresh Foliage
Mod Podge - Gloss
Bird Pencil Caddy Surface
FolkArt Extreme Glitter - Hologram Peridot
Foam paintbrushes
Polka dot scrapbook paper
Yellow ribbon
Silk flower petals pink
Silk flower petals yellow
Crocheted flower trim
Rhinestones
Hot Glue

Steps:
1. Paint the caddy with 2 coats of fresh foliage paint. Paint the caddy with 2 coats of extreme glitter peridot. Allow for dry time in between coats.

2. Trace the bird shape onto the back of the scrapbook paper. Cutout shape. Apply Mod Podge to the back of the paper. Center on the caddy, top coat with Mod Podge. Use your fingers to press out any air bubbles. Smooth your brush strokes.

3. Using hot glue, attach a ribbon around the back of the caddy. Glue layered petals, flower trim and rhinestones near the tail of the bird. Glue a rhinestone for an eye and add additional stones around the base of the bird.

Note: The pencil caddy was in the spring/seasonal section with lots of other wood shapes and surfaces.

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