Egg Carton Wreath

I am delighted that my first guest post has been posted on the Twinkl Blog today.  I have written all about cheap spring craft ideas that can be made including this beautiful spring wreath  made with egg boxes! 

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Up-cycle egg box

Lately I have been looking for inspiration to use more of what we have around the house to make our crafts with limited funds it is essential that a lot of the crafts that we do are not too costly.  I had a few egg boxes and decided to make paper mache with them.  I was really surprised at the results as the mache was really easy to use and felt lovely.  Little Boo was a bit apprehensive at first as this was a new material but she soon liked it. 

To make the egg box mache it was a complete trial 

We tore up the box into small pieces and soaked over night in a warm bowl of water.  

In the morning we sieved out the water leaving the mixture a little bit damp.  

Then transferred this into a jug and used the hand held blender to make the mixture finer. 

After this I added two tablespoons of salt (this is added to preserve it) 

Add PVA glue.

The mixture was great for pushing into cookie cutters to make shapes.  We placed them on the side to dry then the day after placed them on the radiator (as I was getting inpatient). 

They dried really well so we decided to paint them. I did sand them down a bit before painting. I completely forgot about placing holes in these as they could of been hung up! so instead I am going to add magnets to the back. 

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Nanny and Grandads birthday surprises!

I have loads of creative ideas to share with you as it was my Mom's Birthday yesterday and Dads Birthday today :) Due to this both me and Little Boo have been really busy doing loads of crafts and cooking to give them some home made presents! I love giving home made presents as I know that many people (especially my Mom and Dad) love to receive them.

We made a cake which was nicknamed hedgey from Little Boo! This hedgehog cake I found on the nature detectives website .  The fact that chocolate buttons were used was a massive selling factor to make the cake.  It was a massive success and Little Boo loved making it. 

We also made Nanny a flower window box this was made using 

• Egg carton
• acrylic paint 
• pipe cleaners
• beads
• floral Oasis 
• cardboard box
• lots of stickers 

These are the cut up egg cartons 

Little Boo painting the egg cartons

Once they are dry pierce a hole in the middle and thread the pipe cleaner  through.

Add beads to the middle as well so that the flowers stay in place. We had decorated the box with loads of stickers and I had cut oasis to fit the box.  This just left Little Boo to place the flowers in.

Little Boo also made Nanny and Grandad their cards.  Nanny's was an idea that I have pinned on Pinterest.  This was two hands that contained a concertina in between.  The hands say I love you then you open the hands and it reads "this much"Little Boo also wrote Happy Birthday in the centre as well. She wanted to use her new stamps so this was a great opportunity. 

To make Grandads card Little Boo used lots of her sparkly paint this was squirted out and added sequins. 

She then made a frame with lollipop sticks and added stickers.  I found a nice picture of Little Boo and stuck this behind then added this to the glittered card (when it was dry it took two days!) 

My Dad loves to have a cake or a biscuit with his cuppa so we made "Grandad's treats to have with a cuppa" We made some cookies and krispie cakes I love making rice krispie cakes they are so easy and so tasty!

Little Boo adding the rice krispies to the chocolate

Grandad loved his treats!

Hope that you like these ideas my Mom and Dad loved them all!