Top 10 Best Easter & Spring Easy Arts and Crafts for Kids

Easter Crafts


 Readers:  Get  your own Easter craft ideas featured on MommyBlogExpert -- details at end of this post.  Also, don't miss the separate blogpost on some great children's Passover arts & crafts.

Easter is still a week away.  But if you have children who are out of school from now till after the Big Bunny makes his special delivery next Sunday, you'll want to keep them busy.

 Here are some of the most creative, fun, and easy craft projects your child can make with or without your help, depending on their age, to celebrate this family holiday.
Image by FamilyFun


These crafty projects will look great on your Easter table, either as a centerpiece or to jazz up individual place settings.  Whatever you choose to make, kids and adults alike will certainly enjoy these fresh ideas.  They'll also make great photographs as you document the holiday, so make sure your camera is charged and ready to go so you can capture some lovely memories not only on Sunday but while your children are creating these family heirlooms!
  • Easter Bunny Cupcakes from Disney Family Fun (pictured above)
  • Ribbon Eggs from Creative Home Arts Club
  • Hanging Easter Basket with Child's Handprints from DLTK-Holidays (pictured below)
Image by DLTK-Holidays
The ideas are all wonderful and creative.  But, I think I like the two crafts below the best because they're eco friendly.  Not to mention, they'll help you use up the surplus of egg cartons you are bound to have at home this time of year.
  • Egg Carton Daffodils from Adventures of Scuba Jack 
  • Egg Carton Ducklings from Family Education
Image from Family Education

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Happy Easter !!!

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Passover Jewish Holiday Easy Crafts for Kids

Holiday Crafts

Readers:  Get  your own Passover craft ideas featured on MommyBlogExpert -- details at end of this post.   Also, don't miss the separate blogpost on some great children's Spring Arts and Crafts.

Photo from Kaboose

Passover officially begins on April 18, Monday night at sundown.  Keep kids from toddlers to teens busy between now and then with some really extraordinary but easy and inexpensive to make Pesach crafts.  

Likely you already have the supplies to make most of these projects at home, so why not do a craft together with your child?  Then, make sure you write the year and name of the child on the art project they make so that you can store it away after the holiday is over so you (and they) can enjoy it again every year after that.
  • Cardboard Tube Moses from Kaboose (pictured above)
  • Bedikat Chametz Search for Leaven Project from Kaboose
  • Passover Seder Plate from Crayola
  • Printable Ancient Egypt Coloring Pages from Coloring.com
  • Dancing Wine Goblet Paper Chain from Creative Jewish Mom  
  • Passover Bag of Plagues from Martha Stewart
Photo from Martha Stewart

 These are all really great Passover craft and cooking ideas.  But, here's my favorite one that I'm making with my teens this year -- Martha's Matzah House from Martha Stewart. Includes an 18 minute demo (in two parts)  from the Martha Stewart Show with funny lady Joan Rivers as the guest for the featured Pesach cooking segment.

 In this entertaining and informative Martha online video you'll see how to make some yummy gourmet chocolate and nuts matzah as well as the gorgeous Matzoh House pictured.  Whether you're perfect like Martha or a little klutz like Joan, you are going to love this kitchen craft that you can use as a Passover Seder table centerpiece and then eat for dessert!

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Happy Passover!
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Strawberry Shortcake Sky's The Limit

Movies


For the past year MommyBlogExpert has been thrilled to be among the chosen few blogs to host some really great family friendly monthly Kidtoons movie giveaways. These include Spookley Square Pumpkin, Care Bears: Share Bear Shines, Curious George: A Very Monkey Christmas, Barbie Fairy Secret, and Little Engine That Could  in conjunction with their monthly screenings just for children in theaters nationwide. 


Strawberru Shortcake Movie Giveaway


Kidtoons giveaways are different every month depending on the movie.  But, they're always fun and wholesome for children, so don't miss out on entering the current giveaway as well as subscribing to MommyBlogExpert.com so you will be among the first to know when next month's giveaway is announced.

In Theaters Weekends in April
For the entire month of April it's Kidtoons' Strawberry Shortcake Movie: Sky's the Limit, showing in select theaters nationwide with recently reduced ticket prices at many locations.

Strawberry Shortcake: Sky's the Limit - The Plot
When a heavy storm plunks an even heavier boulder into a nearby stream, it stops the flow of water into Berry Bitty City!  So, with help from long-winded Mr. Longface, the girls set out to find the legendary "geyser rock," which creates water from the ground!  Their journey is rocky, and the story about the rock may not be very solid.  But with teamwork, a careful plan and lots of girl power, the friends just might get their creativity - and water - flowing again!


Strawberry Shortcake: Sky's the Limit
Giveaway


To help Kidtoons celebrate this month's feature we're giving away a multi-prize package to one lucky family.


The Prize Pack Features
  • The Official Movie Poster
  • Strawberry Shortcake Doll
  • Strawberry Shortcake Playset

HOW TO ENTER

Leave one or more comments below this post. Contest ends May 3, 2011 at 12 midnite PST and is open to legal residents of the U.S. only.

For the Required (Mandatory) Entry
Simply leave a comment below this blogpost with your email address, Facebook or Twitter contact info so we may contact the winner. In the event that you are the lucky one, MommyBlogExpert will contact you for your shipping address.

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Get extra entries for following MommyBlogExpert and/or Kidtoons on Twitter and/or Facebook and for subscribing to this blog. Remember: Be sure to return to MommyBlogExpert to leave an additional comment after each individual action you do to confirm them so we can record all your extra chances to win.

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In ADDITION to doing any or all of the extra entries above, you can earn one extra entry each time you Tweet the message exactly in the paragraph immediately below (limit 3 separate tweets for 3 extra entries per day). Don't forget to return to leave a comment on this post with the direct link to right after every Tweet you do so you'll receive an entry for all your RTs.

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About Kidtoon Films

Kidtoons mission is to showcase fun and affordable family-centric movies at participating theaters. Every month a different entertaining children's film is screened at well over 100 neighborhood theaters across the U.S. So, be sure to check where this is showing because more big screens where you can take your child to see this have been added recently.

This concept brings parents and children together to enjoy kid-friendly characters, cartoons, music videos and sing-a-longs as well as giveaways for the kid audience members like stickers, activity books or toys after every film.

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Family Vacation Travel Discounts Savings Deals at National Parks for National Park Week, April 16 - 24



National Parks

My family at Old Faithful in Yellowstone Park, 1966
That's me next to my mom in this vintage photo taken by my Dad

Everyone in my family is a huge fan of U.S. National Parks.  As a baby boomer myself, I grew up going on road trips to many of America's greatest natural jewels.  

Now, that I'm a mom with kids of my own I'm making sure that my children have the same opportunity to experience as many National Parks as possible as I did.

They didn't have these kinds of savings back when I was a kid.  But, the good news is that starting this Saturday through Easter Sunday, there will be dozens of discounts, offers and deals valid during National Park Week (Apr. 16 – 24) for everyone to take advantage of thanks to  the National Parks Promotion Council. 

Old Faithful is but one of 100s of geysers at Yellowstone National Park
Pictured:  Three of my kids in foreground with me in back row
1998 vintage photo by MommyBlogExpert's Hubbie

Just a few of the deals from National Park businesses you'll find
  • Angler's Inn, Jackson, Wyoming, $45 Dollars Per Night (Grand Teton)
  • Buy one adult ticket for West Rim Sunset Tour at full price, get another seat on the same tour for FREE (Grand Canyon)
  • Save 20% discount on Grizzly Bear Wolf Safaris, Day Hiking, Snowshoeing, Day Tours, and other activities (Yellowstone)
  • Stay at the Holiday Inn Express and Suites in Kanab, UT for 3 or more nights and they'll buy your National Parks Pass, an $80 value (Zion)
  • Plus many more deals at other National Parks

The offers above – made by park businesses and organizations – are in addition to free admission to all national parks provided by the National Park Service (NPS) on Fee-Free Days in 2011. 

NPS Fee-Free Days in 2011 include
  • National Park Week in April 
  • The first day of summer, June 21
  • Public Lands Day, Sept. 24
  • Veteran’s Day weekend, Nov. 11 – 13
What parks did you visit as a kid and which ones have you taken your own children to?  Leave a comment and share your favorite family vacation memories.

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FREE Premium Ice Cream Cones TODAY & May 10th - Ben & Jerry's and Haagen-Dazs



Ice Cream Giveaways

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I scream, you scream.  As a matter of fact, all kids and adults scream for ice cream!  Don't they? 

I know my kids and I love just about any flavor and Ben & Jerry's and Haagen-Dazs are two of our all-time fave brands.  So, when I heard about these two freebies, I wanted to pass them on to MommyBlogExpert's faithful readers.

It's actually free cone day today.  This means that all Ben & Jerry's shops are passing out FREE ice cream cones April 12, from noon to 8 p.m., from coast to coast.  

Miss today's Ben & Jerry's giveaway?  Not to worry because Haagen-Dazs shops will be giving away their ice cream cones on May 10th.  Visit their site to sign up for their Ice Cream Club also follow Haagen Dazs on Facebook to stay in the loop.

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