Our Peep's Travel In Style

Good Morning!

I'm squeezing this post in real quick - just looked at the time and need to get my little man dressed and off to PreSchool for his Egg Hunt today!

Okay, so yesterday I introduced you to these little guys...

My little paper chick treat holders.  Peep Peep.

Well, I couldn't send these little guys in a plain bag to Adam's class - they're so cute, they needed to go in style... so I grabbed a few supplies that I had on hand that are ALL from the Dollar Tree!  Yup - I love me some Dollar Tree crafting!

I had this Easter basket, some foam/glittery flowers and butterflies, a few floral foam inserts and some shred.  I figured our Peep's could fit in here somewhere...

I cut down the foam inserts and put 2 of them in the basket.  I then covered it up with shred.

I grabbed my flower and butterfly picks and started filing in the basket.  I used the sticks from the flowers to help the chicks stay up right...

And here's my finished Peep basket.  Aren't they cute?

The basket is perfect - full of bright colors and fun treats just waiting for little hands to dig in!  Talk about an inexpensive project!  This could also work for a centerpiece for Easter!

Have a great day!  I'll see you all tomorrow!

Andrea

Paper Chicks! Peep peep treat holders!

Last week I saw these adorable chick bean bag on Martha Stewart's website...

{Source Martha Stewart.com}

These sweet little chicks are made from fabric and felt and are filled with peas or beans... And I thought, wouldn't these be sweet as treat holders?  And an idea was formed...

What up, Peeps?  Paper Peep Treat Holders!  Peep Peep!  These little guys are made from paper and filled with M&M's - yum!

There's a variety of ways to make these, you can use an oval paper punch or a die cut... I used my Silhouette Cameo and it was very quick and easy.  Let me show you.

I know it's hard to see, but I cut out ovals from yellow paper that I had on hand with my silhouette.  Remember, you'll need 2 ovals per chick.

I then grabbed a black ink pad and a pencil and stamped eyes onto the chick with the pencil eraser.

I forgot to mention that I also cut out beaks, wings and egg shells for my little chicks with my silhouette.  I used an Easter bundle that had an egg (used for chick), a chick (used beak and wings) and a broken egg so that I'd have all of the pieces I needed.  Anyways - I glued the beak onto the chick.  He's kinda cute now, but just wait!  Only do faces on HALF of your yellow ovals, you want the back of your chick to be plain.

I then grabbed my chick with the face and a plain yellow oval and started sewing around the edge of it.  I left an opening at the bottom so that I could put the treats in!

I then grabbed my half egg shells that I'd cut from white cardstock with my Cameo.  I put 2 shells together (back to back) and then sewed around the bottom curve, leaving the ragged edge un-sewn.

Grab your sewn chicks, M&M's, your sewn egg shell and some glue.  I used Scrappy Glue because I always use Scrappy Glue.  Fill your chicks with the M&M's...

Then slide your egg shell over the bottom of your chicks.

Put a little bit of glue between your shell and your chick - your treat inside should be protected between the chick and the bottom of the egg - I didn't have much trouble with runaway M's.

You now have 1 sweet chick!  But he's missing something...

I drew a little curly-q on the top of his head, added some pink chalk for cheeks and orange chalk around his beak...

I glued on his wings, chalked them with orange chalk and then put a little bit of orange Stickles on them! 

Peep Peep!

I made 12 of these cuties for the kids in Adam's class.  They can tear them open and eat the M&M's from inside! 

I'll be back tomorrow to share a Dollar Tree way to get this sweet chicks to the preschool!

Thanks for stopping in!

Andrea 

Happy Easter!

This is how Easter progresses in our house...  We woke up at 6:15 am and had to immediately see what the EB brought... and we were so excited to find a new baseball helmet, glove and ball! 

So, we immediately wanted to play catch in. the. house.  Momma don't think so.

Off we went to the school down the street.  Momma approves.

Does anyone else think Adam looks like a real bobble head?

Swing follow through - look at that determination!

Yummy.  Cream filled, homemade cupcakes with homemade filling and buttercream icing.

EB cake

Kids waiting for the hunt!

We're not kidding.  We want ALL the green eggs.

Sigh.  Trying to get a group pic... why is it impossible?

Sweet, no-nap Emme.  Even without a nap, she's the cutest!

Oh, no, they're not models... they just look like ones.

Adam and Aidan, playing catch after Easter Dinner

Action shot.  Nice. 

After catch, we played inside, then came home from Bubbles and Papas and I don't think I'll move off the couch, I'll just sleep here!  Who knew that Easter could be as exhausting as Christmas!

I hope that you had an Easter filled with as much yummy, colorful, running, and loving moments as we did!

-A

We've been up to...

a lot this week!  For a week that started off "Hmm, I wonder what we'll do to keep busy?", it turned into a whirlwind of activity!  Take a look!

We decided to have an Easter Egg Hunt Party for Adams friends - it was pretty fun, the kids were great, eggs were found, cookies decorated, foam bunny's painted... a playroom destroyed... success!

{Egg down!  Egg down!}

{I love the way kids run!  Such excitement!}

{The real challenge - getting the kids to look at the same camera at the same time!}

{Chase showing his loot}

{The best part - candy distribution}

I also decided to start (and finish!) a project that Adam's been asking for. 

{Truckman Super Hero Cape}

{A very happy Truckman}

The cape was super easy.  I'll share a tutorial on it next week - it was super easy and I think it took me about 1.5 hours total!  I kinda want one... "Mommy, the real action hero!"

I also went and met with Christina, a Pages Design Team member last night.  We exchanged goodies (she gave me samples, I gave her product - a win win situation).  Here's a look at one thing she gave me:

Today we'll be dying eggs with Cousin Aidan.  I think I might be more excited than Adam, he keeps wanting to use the eggs are trash for his landfill.  If I start smelling rotten eggs at some point, I'll have to look at all the "landfill sites" in our house - like under the recliner, in our closet, under Adam's bed... an Easter egg hunt that never ends!

See you all soon - and I hope you have a blessed Easter!

Andrea

It's been a "taxing" day!

Get it?  Since it's the deadline for taxes?  Can you tell that I used to work at a Tax and Bookkeeping office?  But really, I meant my day as a Mommy has been taxing on me... it's one of those days when hitting your head against the wall for an hour is more appealing than dealing with a tantrum throwing, hitting, no-napping toddler.  Am I the only Mommy out there to ever feel this way?  And as I'm writing this, I can hear ladies all over the world saying "This too shall pass".  I know, I know, but it really doesn't help much in the heat of the moment... err... moments... like 500 moments...

Anyways!

Onto projects!

I've been feeling very Easter-ish lately.  In fact, the afore mentioned toddler asked me if we could have an egg hunt with his friends (every child under 10 that he comes in contact with is his friend, he'll even make up names for them) and I agreed (this was during a sweet time with him)!  I was playing with the latest LifeStyle Crafts release, it's a Graduation/School one, and I loved the paper bag soo... here's what I came up with!

{Chick and Bunny Treat Bags}

Now, I'm not going to lie, the bunny is totally my favorite!  I like the chick, but he kinda looks like a Herman Munster chick to me... my Mom assured me that he's cute, but since she's my Mom, she's a little biased with my work. 

Let me tell you about the bunny!

All the shapes on him are LifeStyle Craft dies!  The ears are nesting ovals, his little mouth piece is a nesting label die, his feet are nesting ovals, the body is the paper bag cookie cutter die... the whiskers are just strips of paper that I tore and the eyes are googly eyes, and a little pink button for his nose. 

And of course...

Every bunny needs a cute little tail!

The chick is all LifeStyle Craft shapes as well!  And this one I was a little more creative with!

Again, the body is the paper bag cookie cutter die.  His beak and his feet are triangles that I cut off the diamond 12' border die.  His head is nesting oval, folded in half.  Again, the eyes are googly eyes from my local craft store!  I debated about giving him little wings, but figured these treat bags are for little people ranging in the age of 3 weeks old (so sweet!) to 4 years old!  I don't think they're caring about anything except what's in the treat bags!

Check out my post on Page's blog to start meeting the new Design Team!

See you all soon!

Andrea

Peep's Banner & other Springtime Fun

Is anyone else amazed that Easter is just around the corner?  I wanted to share some past projects that have a Spring-ish feel to get you in the mood!

Last year I made a Peeps Bunting Banner that I saw on Made's Blog, which is a great resource for fun ideas and sewing projects that I dream of having time to make.  But, the Peeps banner was so easy, I couldn't resist!  She even has a PDF that you can download for the Peep banner.  Here's my banner,

{Peep's Bunting Banner}

{Peeps Gift}

 Here's an Easter Page that I created for the QuicKutz Design team 2 years ago!  I used a ton of dies on this one, can you see them all?  And the flowers... coffee filters!

Let's see, there's the QK Nesting Flowers, 2x2 Rabbit, 2x2 Bird, English Rose Font, 2x2 chick, Nesting Ric-rac Circles, I know that the "grass" that the rabbit is jumping over is something, but I cannot remember - it was 2 years ago!

Here's a Spring Card - I was inspired by a card that I saw using patterned paper and stamps in a magazine.  I made the card my own by using my QuicKutz collection and some My Mind's Eye paper. 

{Hello, Spring Hedge Hog Card}

Don't you just love the little hedge hog?!  He's still one of my favorites, and since the forest theme is still pretty strong in the crafting world, you can't go wrong with him!  The tree's are from QK Recycle Kit, Hello is from the Olivia Font, the bird and the hedge hog are both 2x2 dies.

And here's my last Spring inspiration for the day!  It's a fun little table banner that I created last year for Pages From the Heart Die Cut Club- it's using a Cottage Cutz chick and egg die, QuicKutz Blossom Font, circle punches along with fun WeRMemories paper and Martha Stewart Fringe Scissors...

{Peep Table Banner}

{P Chick Close-up}

I hope that you're ready to welcome Spring!  I would love some stability in our weather, last week we had days in the 90's, this week we're putting on sweaters and expecting showers!  It's doing a number on my sinuses, and I keep putting away my sweaters only to get them back out!  Oh well, at least everything out here is green and beautiful, maybe all the rain will help with the fire season later in the year!

See you soon!

Andrea