If you have children in primary school, you can make Easter more rewarding by getting them involved. Take a trip to your local library where you’ll find inspiration by the way of books in the crafts and baking sections. I found an abundance of well researched and beautifully illustrated books on paper crafts, chocolate moulding and baking.
Easter ideas you can catch onto are:
• Making gift bags or boxes such as origami or keepsake boxes, basket boxes, covered shoe boxes that can be filled with home-made goodies
• Candy-filled crackers
• Paper lanterns
• Easter cards
• Old socks with buttons for eyes make characteristic puppets – let your children entertain you with a puppet show from behind the sofa
• Find a recipe to make dough-clay that can be moulded then baked, painted and varnished
• Make a paper mâché bowl, paint and fill with home-made cookies
• Collect spring flowers or autumn leaves, press to dry and make laminated book-marks
• Make wrapping paper with potato shapes
• Your local ‘Crazy Store’ sells hand-craft materials at very reasonable prices.
By giving children projects you can help them:
• Learn to share by making things for others
• Be self-motivating. The best way to get them interested is to start the project yourself. Curiosity will soon get their attention
• Sit on your hands and watch – let them do the activity
• Stay interested
• Don’t criticize their efforts – imperfection is their perfection.
