Easter Egg Wreath

 I aspire to be one of those people who has her house totally decked out in appropriate holiday decor weeks before the actually holiday arrives. (AKA: my mother in law.) Instead it's less than a week until Easter and I just took down my kids' four leaf clovers and snowmen crafts only to find that my collection of Easter decorations is unfortunately very sparse. I'm not usually one to go out and buy decorations, so I decided to go the cheap route and use whatever odds and ends I could find at home...Voila! I ended up making this wreath inspired by this Pinterest find:
http://frillsfluffandtrucks.blogspot.com/2010/03/easter-egg-wreath-tutorial.html

Supplies Needed:

a basic wreath 

ribbon (optional)

3-4 dozen plastic Easter eggs

hot glue gun

newspaper (to cover gluing area)

Directions:

1. Make or a buy a wreath. (I stuck a piece of wire down the middle of foam PVC pipe covering and taped the ends together to form a circle.)

2. Wrap ribbon around the wreath so that any uncovered surfaces won't look so nasty.

3. Start gluing! After some trial and error, I discovered that it works well to glue the eggs to each other rather than always trying to glue them to the wreath. You don't need to glue any eggs to the back of the wreath - just the front and a bit of the sides.

4. Let everything dry. If desired, add a bow. Then hang up and enjoy your work of art!

Happy Easter! He is Risen!

Crayon Melting on Canvas

I think seeing the crayon melting canvas art was the fi thing that attracted me to Pinterest. I've had it pinned for forever and finally did it.
It's not quite as simple as it appears. It took me a little while to figure out how best to do it.

Steps:
Find crayons and a canvas. (I needed 23 crayons for each 8x10 canvas)
Use hot glue gun to glue crayons on canvas. Glue each crayon individually rather than placing them all on one line of glue.
Prop canvas up at an angle.
Point hair dryer at crayon tips until they begin to melt and drip. Experiment with the angle of the canvas and hairdryer.

Attempt #1
Patiently sat pointing hair dryer on low heat at crayons. Some crayons melted much faster than others.

 Attempt #2
Started on high heat, then switched to low heat when the crayons started melting.

Attempt #3
Used high heat the entire time while moving the hairdryer back and forth across the board.

Observations:
I used all Crayola crayons. Yet different colored crayons melt differently, regardless of how you hold the hairdryer.
The crayons will start to melt under the wrappers, causing the wrappers to darken. I didn't like this, but I'm not sure if there's a way around it.

Honestly, it was a fun project. My husband isn't too sure about it. He said it was a waste of crayons. However, he did like the green and yellow one - Packer colors.

Becky