The sun is shinning and I’ve been inspired to hunt through our craft kits for some Spring and Easter themed stuff to get creative with the kids. At the bottom of the supplies were some plastic Easter Eggs in pale green for some reason the kids didn’t want to play with them last year so they’ve kept. Also were some orange forks (yes I really do keep random stuff for crafting!) so we got creative with a very quick and easy Easter Craft to make some “Carrot” maracas.
Materials needed for the Spring Themed Easter Egg Maracas
Plastic Easter Eggs – Green
Green Ribbon
Sticky Tape
Seeds or Beads
2 Orange Plastic Forks per egg
Making the “Carrot” Maracas
Fill the Plastic Eggs with some seeds and/or beads – we used a mix of pea, beans and corn seeds from the green house left over from last year.
Thread the ribbon through the holes in the top of the egg (if your plastic egg doesn’t have any holes then you may need to create some. Secure with a knot or sticky tape.
Close and seal the egg with some sticky tape
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Then place the forks holding the egg and use sticky tape to secure – TIP secure at the bottom as well.
PLAY your music.
We’ve had a lot of fun creating our own Spring Themed Easter Egg Maracas and making up some fun Spring Tunes to go with our music making.
Cerys Parker
Cerys is a marine biologist, environmental educator, high school teacher and mum. Realising that life doesn’t have to be put on hold and you don’t just have to survive whilst the kids are young she shares ideas to inspire you to LIVE with the kids, with activities to do together, recipes to cook and enjoy and family travel to make memories to last a lifetime.
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Eileen Teo says
This is so beautiful! I bet all the children would love this! Thank you for joining in with us! #pintorials
Jennifer says
I love these, what a great way to use up plastic forks, I know that we have loads lying around!
Camie says
What a clever use of plastic forks! I love this!