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Do you like to make your own Easter cards? Living overseas
\nfrom my own family means that the making of and sending of home-made cards for
\nall holidays and family celebrations is very important to us. It\u2019s a great way
\nto keep in touch on a regular basis, the perfect way to showcase how the kids
\nare getting on
\n<\/a>with their writing and drawing (very important for grandparents
\nto see) and provides the perfect opportunity to pop in a few photographs of us
\nall as well. We do of course keep in touch via email and skype, but I\u2019m still a
\nbig believer in having actual photographs printed out to put up (and very
\nuseful for the grannies to keep in their handbag\u2019s to show off their
\ngrandchildren to their friends!).<\/p>\n

Setting up an Invitation to decorate…Easter cards<\/h2>\n

I love to let the kids have as much input as possible into
\nthe cards they make and send, but sitting down with all 3 of them means that
\nsometimes we have to try and streamline things a bit, so we can get them all
\nmade in time. Setting up an \u201cInvitation to decorate\u2026\u201d is a good way to do this.
\nYou basically provide them with a selection of different arts and crafts
\nmaterials, which you then give them free reign to create their own designs with.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Last week I had set up a simple cookie cutter painting
\nsession after school one day for them to wind down with. I laid out a long
\nsheet of easel paper across the table, splodged paint onto some paper plates,
\nlaid out chick and lamb cookie cutters and they set to work painting and
\nstamping all over the paper. Once the paint had dried I then cut around each of
\nthe shapes, as we were going to use as the starting point for our Easter cards
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I always make sure to lay out enough glue sticks for each of them to cut down on that potential flash point. There can be a few wrangling\u2019s over who gets the \u201clast shiny gem\u201d but generally they are so focused on creating their cards that these types of sessions usually run pretty smoothly.<\/div>\n

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The best thing about doing a activity like this is that even though they
\nhave been given the same supplies to work with, they all manage to put
\ntheir own little twist onto the cards and two cards will rarely be the
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We are teaming up with some other great kid\u2019s bloggers
\nto showcase even more fabulous ideas for Easter arts and crafts projects. Which ones
\nwill you try?<\/div>\n
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DIY Resurrection Eggs for Toddlers & Preschoolers<\/span><\/a> from Bare Feet on the Dashboard<\/span><\/div>\n
10 Ways to Decorate Eggs<\/span><\/a> from Betsy\u2019s Photography<\/span><\/div>\n
Spring Tot Trays<\/span><\/a> from Something 2 Offer<\/span><\/div>\n
Washi Tape Easter Egg Sticker<\/a> from Teach me Mommy <\/span><\/div>\n
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Resurrection Garden Sensory Play<\/span><\/a> from Schooling a Monkey<\/span><\/div>\n
PEEPS Candy Science <\/span><\/a>from Schooling a Monkey<\/span><\/div>\n
PEEPS Engineering Activities<\/span><\/a> from Schooling a Monkey<\/span><\/div>\n
Messy Play: Dyeing \u00a0Easter Eggs<\/span><\/a> from Schooling a Monkey<\/span><\/div>\n
Easter Tuff Spot Play<\/span><\/a> from Adventures of Adam <\/span><\/div>\n

Bunny Books and Sight Word Games<\/span><\/a> from My Bright Firefly<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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To keep up to date with all of our new activities, as well
\nas hints and tips and links to what we’ve been enjoying on other blogs, please take a moment to sign up for our weeklynewsletter<\/a><\/div>\n
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