As Easter draws closer and all the pastel candy starts crowding the supermarket and drugstore shelves, consider buying some Peeps for a Peep Roast. They are marshmallows. With sugar on top! When you roast them, the sugar caramelizes. I might have to try this. A Gluten-Free Guide has instructions. But as you might guess, there’s […]
Megan Andersen, a crafter in Los Angleles, shares her cute as heck Needle-Felted Easter Peeps! “Making your own FELTED bunnies is a great was to stay festive, without packing in the sugar!” she explains, and truer words were never written. If you are in the Santa Monica, CA area, take her class on April 16 at […]
The good kind. You know, with little marshmallow candies shaped like chicks baby birds. Built by Kyle Ringgenberg:
In the spirit of Easter, I’ve designed and constructed an audio-animatronic “Peep” Show. This is inspired by a long-running pun amongst of group of friends of mine. Total part count: 10 Servos, 29 LEDs, 1 Arduino, 1 Audio Decoder IC, 1 Push Button, 1 0.5 W Speaker, ~650 Lines of Code, 3 Sheets of Foamboard, 5? of Balsa Wood, 3? of Dowels, 25? of Wire, & 11 Peeps.
[Thanks, Rachel!]
Nothing quite says spring like pastel colored Easter Eggs. Dye some eggs for fun and maybe your child will be encouraged to try a new food in the process!
Easter bunnies, make way! We, too, are digging carrots this spring. These bright carrot treat boxes are yours to make this season with our free printable.
These DIY crepe paper carrots from Martha Stewart’s The Crafts Dept. blog are a nice way to have fun on Easter with a little less sugar running through your young guests’ veins! I like the idea of hiding trinkets inside the carrots rather than candy, and it seems like this could be easily adapted to […]
Knithacker points us to these adorable monster easter egg nesting dolls from Katie Boyette, aka Caffaknitted. They are made using plastic Easter eggs, and the pattern will be included in Katie’s upcoming book, More Knitwits.
