Preparing for Easter

Today we had fun bringing out the box of Easter decorations. It was fun remembering all of the special trinkets and where they came from. This vintage paper egg from Germany was a treasured thrift store find one year.

Last year's painted eggs

Here are some of my sketched eggs from last year. I borrowed images from Tasha Tudor's A Tale for Easter for inspiration. The duckling didn't survive the frenzy of unpacking the goods, poor thing.


A favorite Easter puzzle

a little wooly chick that I made years ago

I brought three dozen blown eggs into Vivi's classroom today, ready to decorate. The little egg blower tool is indispensable! I used a package of silver bead caps, tied on a silver embroidery floss, then hot glued the cap to the egg. This worked wonderfully for hanging the eggs. I brought Patricia Polacco's book Rechenka's Eggs to share with the children. What a beautiful story. Then the kids painted their own eggs. It was such fun to watch them make their special creations.

with gratitude for painted eggs and happy, creative children