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CRAFT Newsletter for March 29, 2007

HOW TO - Knit Easter Peeps, Crochet Peeps, Easter Chicks Softies Roundup, Plush Easter Bunnies, Bunny Toss, Bunny Bob Pins Tutorial, Wee Wonderfuls Put-Together Book #3 - Big Footed Bunny, Easter Kids Craft, HOW TO - Hollow Easter Eggs, Chalkboard Easter Egg Tutorial , Felted Styrofoam Egg, Easter Egg Yo-Yo Tutorial

Hi Crafters,

What's better than chocolate-covered bunnies, eggs, or marshmallow Peeps? How about crafty Easter projects! I've got lots of fun projects collected here, including crochet chicks, plush bunnies, and painted eggs. Some of them are also great recycling projects and fun for the kiddies as well.

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Happy Easter!

Cheers,
Natalie Zee Drieu
Associate Editor, CRAFT magazine
www.craftzine.com
nat@craftzine.com

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From the CRAFT Blog

HOW TO - Knit Easter Peeps

Kat at Kat Knits has a knit pattern to make your own little Peeps! Make a few and get your duckies in a row. Link.

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Crochet Peeps

Alicia Kachmar has a cute Easter post on these adorable crochet marshmallow-looking peeps she made! Alicia writes,"They're are pins/magnets that are accurate in size, slightly bigger stuffed versions, and a big pink mother marshamllow bunny." Get them at her Etsy store. Link.

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Easter Chicks Softies Roundup

Sofites Central has a roundup of cute Easter chicks! Pictured left is a softie made by Chicken Widget and the crochet egg with baby chicks on the right by pukashell. See more cuteness here. Link.

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Plush Easter Bunnies

Softies Central has a collection of some of the cutest plush Easter Bunnies. The plush chocolate bunny by Lily Bean gives me flashbacks to my childhood right down to the blue eyes. See the rest of the bunnies at Softies Central. Link.

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Bunny Toss

Here's a cute bunny toss -- little bunny bean bags made my Two Straight Lines that would be fun game for kids for Easter. Link.

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Bunny Bob Pins Tutorial

Here's a cute easter project from Maize Hutton -- Bunny Bob Pins, just in time for Easter. You can download her PDF of the pattern to use on wool felt or any other of your fabric scraps. I love the contrast color stitching and of course, BUNNIES!! Link.

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