We don’t really ‘do’ Easter.
We are not religious, it’s not spring here, our kids don’t really eat chocolate and The Baldy Boy is working all weekend. So while we usually get together with family for a meal or something, that’s about as far as it goes. Now the girls are out in the Big Wide World (ie they go to kinder) however, they are learning about all kinds of things, like the Easter Bunny.
The Easter Bunny came to kinder, and left presents in the form of a couple of chocolate eggs.
Not quite two years ago my girl’s didn’t even know there was chocolate inside those pretty eggs and bunnies in the supermarket, but now they have tasted the thrill of Bunny’s with presents they are pretty keen on the idea.
Lucky for me extended family will fulfil the role of Easter Bunny and let me off the hook. I’m not quite the worst mother in the world though. When the girls talked about ‘doing something special for Easter’ I mentioned the words ‘craft’ and ‘sewing’ and their eyes lit up.
So true to my word, we spent today, Good Friday, making these….
In case you can’t guess, they are Egg-citing Egg-beanbag people. Of course you knew that already didn’t you!
The girls drew on egg shaped pieces of calico (so did Muski but his is not in the photo) and then helped me sew them all together. We filled them with rice and I stabbed myself a million times sewing up their bums. We made one each for Zoe, Izzy and Muski and one for all of their grown up cousins (they are the ones in the photo… a prince, a princess and a man with a dinosaur tattoo!)
So no fluffy bunnies or chocolate here… but still a little something special.
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They are so cute! Much better than chocolate easter eggs :-)
By Tricia on 04.10.09 11:20 pm | Permalink
Oh those are CUTE!
By Kez on 04.11.09 7:41 am | Permalink
Brilliant idea – might have to try this – the girls love to help me sew. I’m a bit like you – not religious and not Eastery. Lucky the girls are with my Mum and sister for a couple of days.
By Kate on 04.11.09 8:01 am | Permalink
Very cool! That might be an idea right up La’s currently craft-lovin’ alley!
Not a huge fan of La having chocolate either here so we have plastic eggs which get filled with little goodies (the little schleic animals etc) to stash in the garden for the hunt.
By CabrissiTea on 04.11.09 10:53 am | Permalink
They look fantastic!!!!
We might give them a go, too :-)
By Alison (3xkewl) on 04.11.09 10:57 am | Permalink
oh they are the cutest creations, I love your creative solution there Kate, well done!
By Katanya on 04.11.09 11:18 am | Permalink
how cute! I spent yesterday making bunnies and sewing up their bums…….. lol
By Mistress B on 04.11.09 11:43 am | Permalink
fabulous idea and much more of a memory maker than chocolate! :)
By Lightening on 04.13.09 7:14 pm | Permalink
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