Happy Easter from Me!!!!

I just wanted to say Happy Easter to all of you! We had a great Sunday. Our family spoke in church! My 2 1/2 yr old son got a little nervous and wouldn't talk. Dad told the congregation what Cooper had planned to say. He held a picture of a sun he drew and Dad said, "Jesus wants me for a sunbeam to shine for him each day. Jesus is a rockstar!" That is my son's testimony! My 4 1/2 yr old daughter read most of her talk about saving worms that were crawling into the road and drowning in the gutter from death last week. She likened that to be like how Jesus saves us from death because of the resurrection. She drew three pictures for the congregation to see!

My husband and I spoke about Christ overcoming death and atoning for our sins. I shared a few stories (the empty egg and a mission story) and a personal experience how I know I will see my deceased father again. Death is NOT the end! I'm grateful for the gospel of Jesus Christ. It brings me much joy and peace!

Here are my kiddos on the way to church. My son insists on wearing his pinewood derby medal for the coolest looking vehicle. (His was a semi truck!)

After church, the Easter bunny came and brought some new spring clothes, books and other little gadgets. Many eggs were hidden and found! The kids loved it, but they know the real reason we celebrate Easter is to celebrate Christ's resurrection.

I hope you had an enjoyable Easter!

Cascarones - (Confetti Eggs)

A couple of years ago, our family attended an Easter egg hunt where there were many different types of eggs, treats and gadgets to find. One of my kids' favorite things were the eggs filled with confetti. I learned this week they are called cascarones from A Mom Not A Professional Nor a Perfectionist. After the egg hunt was over, everyone was smashing the cascarones on each other's heads! It was a blast!!!!

There is still time to make some of these fun eggs for your Easter celebration tomorrow. And if you don't make some tonight, keep it in mind for next year!

See how to make cascarones (confetti filled eggs).

Edible Rainbow Easter Eggs

I'm thinking these edible rainbow Easter eggs are an awesome last minute addition to an Easter holiday. Choose to Thrive made them and I want a plate full of them. They look so yummy and colorful!

See how to make Jello rainbow Easter Eggs.

Magic Jellybean Turn Into Lollipop Easter/Spring Activity

Last Easter, we did this activity for our kids! They LOVED it! Looks like it will be a tradition for us. I hope it becomes a tradition for you too!

Just like Nothing But Country, we planted some "magic jelly beans" the night before Easter. We didn't have this cute FREE downloadable jellybean packet from Nothing But Country. I'm adding it to our new tradition.


The next morning, the kids walked out to the dirt where we planted the jellybeans and there stood some giant lollipops. I bought the lollipops at Walgreens for $1 (I think.) The kids were amazed.

Download the FREE "Magic Jellybean" packets for this fun Easter or Spring activity.

More Party Highlights from LAST week!

I meant to put up another post of some ideas from last week's Whatever Goes Wednesday, but didn't do it. I needed to do it before tomorrow. So here are five more! Hope you like them!

Craftberry Bush created her own wire milk basket with a little bit of chicken wire! Great look for a hard to find item.

Morgan Made It made these ridiculously fun peeps out of rice crispy treats! They are cool!

I love the addition of a bunny tail that Naptime Crafters made to her daughter's Easter bubble skirt. SO CUTE!!! This tutorial includes the bubble skirt and bunny tail!

I want to learn how to photo edit, but don't even know where to start. Kitty Cats and Airplanes shows some easy tips with Picnik.

Living With Punks made these darling knickers! I want to make some for my daughter!!!!

Visit more links from the past Whatever Goes Wednesday.

Glue Gun Easter Eggs

Since many crafty people use glue guns, I loved this unique idea for adding some detail to Easter eggs. Pay attention you can use this with your kids this week! Measured By The Heart used hot glue to white out areas on the eggs before her family dipped them in dye. The glue will resist the dye! Such a cool technique that I've never heard.

See the hot glue resist Easter eggs.

(I saw this in the Easter Party Link-up on this blog. Have you checked out the latest links?)

20 Easter Egg Decorating Ideas

EVERYONE, head over to Under The Table and Dreaming to see 20 ways to decorate Easter Eggs. I couldn't put together a great collection like this so I am sending you over to Stephanie's. Gorgeous eye candy eggs!!!!!!!!! She links to 20 different techniques!

See 20 ways to decorate Easter Eggs.

Popsicle Stick Bracelets AND Ukrainian Eggs

I had no idea you could ever make a popsicle bend into a bracelet shape without breaking it, but YOU CAN! Check out how Suzy's Artsy Craftsy Sitcom made popsicle sticks into adorable bracelets. This would be fun for a tween or teen birthday party or just for fun!

See the popsicle stick bracelets.

While you are visiting Suzy's Artsy Craftsy Sitcom, you should see how to create these detailed Ukrainian eggs. Suzy walks you through it step-by-step. It is amazing! I can't believe how she is able to create such a beautiful piece of art on an egg. If you don't want to make one, you can always buy one from her etsy shop. They are very reasonable considering the time involved to make them.

Learn how to make Ukrainian Eggs.

Get a Ukrainian Egg for yourself or someone else at Suzy's Gifts.

Decoupaged Nature Eggs and Using Natural Dyes

Twig and Toadstool decoupaged plants and flowers to her eggs along with natural dyes! Aren't they beautiful! What a great way to use nature in this Spring holiday!

This year, we are trying some natural dyes just for fun. The other day we colored eggs with dye made from yellow onion skins! Twig and Toadstool has some other ideas for natural ways to dye your eggs (Vegetables)! I think my kids and I will try some of her suggestions too.

Crocheted Bunny Hat Pattern

For those lucky people who know how to crochet, this floppy bunny hat is for you! I would love to be able to make one for my new baby (when he gets here.) What a precious hat for spring and Easter time! Girl in Air is kind enough to share this with us.

Get the crocheted bunny hat pattern.

Personalized Clay Eggs

Rachel Berry shows us how to make these fun eggs out of clay. I love the personalized ones she made for her family. What a great idea for an Easter egg hunt!

See the personalized clay eggs.

Plush Bird Pattern (Free)

Make some of these cute, plush birds to have around the house. Darling for spring decor! Get the FREE PDF Pattern of these from Bird Craft. (She has so many cute things on her blog. Check out some of the other things will you are there!)

Get the plush bird PDF.

EASTER Party Link-up

Welcome to the EASTER
Categorically Crafting Show

where you can show off all of your EASTER Ideas!

Easter is in a few weeks. How are you decorating? What are you creating? What are you eating? What are your traditions? What do you plan on doing?

We'd love to see your Easter ideas.

Because I am on Spring Break with my kids, I am behind and have not compiled a bunch of Easter ideas for this post. Please forgive me. You will just have to check out everyone else's ideas.

Please join your crafty post if, and only if, it corresponds with the category and theme of EASTER. (If it doesn't fit in this category, please link it up to Whatever Goes Wednesday.) Link up crafts, decor, sewing projects, food, tips, etc, that has to do with EASTER. If you have joined a EASTER project to a party on my blog before, feel free to add it to this show too! If you have a lot of turkey projects, please choose your favorites. (Please no more than 4 posts per blog). Link to the specific posts, not to your main blog page. Let's see what you have created (either recently or in the past)!

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You can paste the "Categorically Crafting" button onto your blog post. I would love to see these floating around so more people can post their themed projects. I will leave this linky post open until AFTER EASTER so you can link up after you post. Keep checking back for more ideas!!!

Finial, Candlestick and Tableleg Bunny Rabbits (4)

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Have you heard of "Wood You Like To Craft?" Every month a group of bloggers collaborate on a fun, similar project, but use their own personalities to make the projects different. You can follow along with them and make your own! It's really a great creative inspiration! This month's project was these tall bunnies and they are hosted at Sassy Sanctuary!

These finial-type bunnies are adorable! These were made by Under My Umbrella!

These, made by Sassy Sanctuary , are candlestick rabbits. ADORABLE!

Table legs rabbits are extra tall and extra cute! They were created by Craft Goodies.

These short table leg rabbits with aprons are making me giddy! These were made by Crafty Sisters.

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Become part of "Wood You Like To Craft?" so you can follow along with these talented ladies every month.

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This post sponsored by Cash for Maternity.

Party Highlights

So many great projects today! Check out a few that I really like!!!

Some plastic eggs, a little bit of twine, some spray paint and a frame make a pretty cute Easter decoration. See these hanging twine eggs at Momma Did It.

My love affair with carrots continues! These burlap carrots from Frou Frou Britches are so adorable! (There are a few more in today's party I'm loving too!)

Make a simple, fun spring flower picture by yourself or with your kids with the help from Occasionally Crafty. My kids could definitely do this!

Calico and Cupcakes created this beautiful dahlia flower pin! Gorgeous. She links you to the tutorial from which she was inspired.

This specimen art made from jelly beans and peeps is adorable for Easter. I'm loving the blue bunny with his ears chomped off! Head over to Choose To Thrive to see how she made it!

See more links at the Whatever Goes Wednesday party!

Rice Krispy Easter Edibles!

I love ideas like this table full of rice krispy edibles that pass for themed decor and treats. The topiary, easter basket, chicks, flowers and decorative balls in the apothecary jar are all edible. (Click on the image above to see them in greater detail.)

How fun would that be for a party or to do with your kids?!?! You can read more about this display and get the recipe over at Cute As A Fox.

See the rice krispy edible easter treats.

Remember to enter the CanOrganizer.com giveaway for 4 FREE can organizers HERE.

Bunny Sachet

These bunny sachet are adorable! There are so many things you can do with them! Whether you fill them with sweet scents or with rice, they could lighten up anything. You can find the free pattern at Craft Passion. Also, these sachets are quite small. Enlarging the pattern would make some really fun Easter bunnies for decorating around the house.

Get the bunny sachet pattern.

(Found via Nap Time Journal. You should see how she decorated with them.)

Easter Bunny Hair Clips/Bows

Learn how to make some adorable bunny clips for Easter! Visit Ten Cow Chick to see the tutorial. She has many cute bow/clip tutorials on her blog!

See the bunny clip tutorial.

(4) Carrots All Around!

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My love affair with carrots continue. It actually may have grown stronger after seeing these last couple of carrot ideas! I want to decorate my house with carrots and eat carrot treats all day! Hopefully, you will like the carrots I have found!

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Carrot cake pops look irrestible! How cute are these at Paper, Plate and Plane! What a fun spring treat! (Found via Craft Gossip.)

And speaking of yummy looking carrots, take a peek at these chocolate covered strawberry carrots! I don't think I have ever seen anything this cute! This is my kind of carrot! See how to make these (and some other REALLY fun chocolate covered strawberry robin's eggs) at Stories of A to Z.

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These fabric carrots by Creations By Kara are some of my favorite fabric carrots because of the threaded tucks she makes in the fabric. It makes them look quite real and so cute!!!

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You might want to think about doing some carrot cutlery for an upcoming party! Some orange and green napkins are an adorable way to dress-up some silverware!!!! See this at The Seven Year Cottage.

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5 More Party Highlights

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Every week, I am stunned by the magnificent projects linked up to the Whatever Goes Wednesday party. If I had more time, I would highlight more links each weeks. Here are a few more I had to mention.

This display of ascending bunny topiaries is ADORABLE. I love it in front of the frame to center it! See it at I-Candy Handmade.

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To go along with the spring flower garland yesterday, I had to include this fabulous crocheted Easter egg garland by Mama Michie's Musings. Cute!

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The thing I love about this weathered wood sign is how the words are between the slats! Great twist to a sign which rocks!!!! See how to make this at Whipperberry!



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I'm sucker for 2x4 projects. All three of these make me happy! The 2x4 feathered chick and bunnies are from Craft Goodies. The fuzzy sheep was created by Giggles Galore.



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This huge slat wall art would look amazing on a big wall that needs some color and design. I love how The Polka-Dot Umbrella hung it in her house with colored frames on the opposite wall to correspond with these colors! Awesome!

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See more of links from the Whatever Goes Wednesday party!