Empty Tomb Cookies This is a great cookie to make with children beginning the night before Easter. It helps to tell the story of Easter as you create the cookies. Ingredients: 1 c. whole pecans 1 tsp. vinegar 3 egg whites Optional: 1 tsp. vanilla to represent the sweet smelling spices used to prepare Jesus’ …
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Kulich and Pascha
Kulich (Russian Easter Bread) This bread is baked in a 2 lb. coffee can so that it comes out tall and once decorated, resembling the traditional onion-domed Russian church. The initials XB, signifying Christ is risen, are put on the top of the bread. In many traditions (we do this in our Catholic church), breads …
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Links for More Water Bottle Creations
Love love love this chandelier made from plastic bottles! http://dollarstorecrafts.com/2010/03/make-a-recycled-plastic-chandelier/ How about fish made from bottles? http://www.allfreecrafts.com/recycling-crafts/bottle-fish.shtml Making beads from plastic bottles! So cool! http://www.threadbanger.com/post/1897/how-to-make-beads-from-old-plastic-bottles They call these May Day baskets made from bottles but I think they’d make GREAT Easter baskets too! http://www.babycenter.com/210_plastic-bottle-may-basket_6163.bc A bottle vase http://dollarstorecrafts.com/2009/03/plastic-bottle-vase/ A coin purse made from bottles…what an …
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More Experiments with Alternative dyes
I plan to do some more Koolaid dyeing but found a box of Easter egg dyes that I bought on clearance last year and decided to try them out first. I had heard of people having good luck with these dyes as well and I wanted to see if there was any substantial difference between …
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Craft On Baby, Craft On!
Today, March 1st begins National Craft Month. It is my goal to celebrate this month by posting here daily for the entire month (including weekends). My hope is to share with you some of the artwork I have been doing, some of my favourite artsy-craftsy links, and to provide some tutorials for making your own …
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