Peep Anniversary Party: Part 2

As promised here is the rest of our peep party. Feel free to turn on Shaggy's Angel again to set the mood. It really is a fun song. We listened to it a couple of times throughout the day.

Here's a nice look at our table. If you missed yesterday's post you can find it here. There I showed you our peep garland, the beautiful cake, our lovely cookies, and the candy jars.

Of course, no peep party is complete with a lot of peeps. Who knew they were so photogenic.

Now for a part that I've very proud of; the egg candles. This wasn't an Easter party, but the eggs went with our colour scheme and the discount candy we had on the table.

These were so much fun to make. Even Mr. Firefly had to come and take part. I used eggs that I was already using for baking. I carefully tapped on the top of the eggs and just took off a little to get the egg out. Then I rinsed them out so there would be no egg left in the shells.
I didn't have any vinegar so I used lemon juice, water, and food colouring. I really thought it was neat how the purple turned out a little specked because I mixed red and blue.

I found some old candles, took out their wicks, and melted them down. The wicks were the perfect height to fit in the egg shells.

I poured in the wax and I had egg shell candles. If I were to do it again I would buy my own wicks. They sort of toppled over when I poured in the wax and weren't centered anymore. When we lit them the shells started to burn and smell like rotten egg. But they were very pretty unlit.

Last week I had mentioned that I made some hair bows for my niece. These were in a basket with some bunnies I made from here. She loves to have stuff off the grown-up table, so this way she could have something from the table.

I hope you loved our peep party! I had a lot of fun planning for it and the party was a success. Of course it helped that my niece started walking! We had a lot of fun trying to get her to walk to each of us.

Next weekend we are celebrating our grandparents' 12.5th wedding anniversary. In Dutch tradition this is a big anniversary because it is half of 25. It is so inspiring to have so many people in my life with strong marriages. I love to be able to celebrate with my family.

Happy Crafting,
Kristin

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Spring Hair Bows

I have one niece, and she is the first baby in my family. As you can probably guess she gets spoiled. Every time I see her I want to buy her new clothes or toys. I can't help it, she's just so cute! For Easter I thought I would make her a few things to fill up an Easter basket. Today I'm going to show you how to make these adorable hair bows. They are super easy and look adorable.

What you need:
Ribbon
Hair Clips
Stick-on Velcro
Gluegun

Step One:
Cut the Velcro to size and attach the softer side to the inside of the hair clip.  This will help the clip to stay in your toddler's hair. Babies' and toddlers' hair can be very thin and clips tend to slip out. The soft side of the Velcro provides a little more grip.

Step Two
Cut the ribbon twice the length of the clip. Fold the ribbon in half to find the centre. Place a dab of glue on the centre and fold over one side of the ribbon. Place another dab of glue on the centre and fold over the other side.

Step Three
Repeat step two as many times as desired with different lengths of ribbon.

Step Four
Glue the different ribbons together and add embellishments if desired. For some of the bows I used half pearls and for others I just tied a ribbon around the centre. 

Step Five
Glue the ribbon onto the hair clip.

There you have a wonderful hair bow for your little one. Experiment with different thicknesses of ribbon and different lengths. There are endless possibilities.  I can't wait to see how these bows look in my niece's hair.

Happy Crafting,
Kristin

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