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Decorating Eggs Review

Easter's coming early this year, so I'm trying to plan ahead. Decorating Eggs, by Deborah Schneebeli-Morrell (try saying that in one breath!), is my new best friend. For the past few years, I've dyed my eggs in onion skins with leaves for decoration (check out this Instructable for a how-to), but this year I'm thinking to try something different. This book has a ton of great suggestions. Some are simple, kid-friendly egg decorating projects, like painting faces on them with acrylic and filling them with dirt to grow cress hair or making an egg "bird" mobile with origami paper. Others are a little more sophisticated, like scrafitto, or felted wool egg cozies (see above), latex resist, or even using engravings from books to make very fancy eggs indeed.

The how-to illustrations are charming and clear, and there's a good run-down on which type of egg is best for each project.

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PEEPS® On Film Contest

Chronicle Books and Urban Outfitters have just announced a fun new contest called PEEPS® on Film. They're looking for creative folks to whip up a fun homemade video starring those ubiquitous (and super cute!) Easter treats, PEEPS®! Here's a fun example of a video you might enter--this one's called Project Peepway! There are four different categories you can enter in, one of which is a how-to video category called DIY For The Crafty PEEPS® Lover:

A garland of PEEPS®? A PEEPS® printed tote? A sweater sized just for a PEEPS® character? Flip through PEEPS®! Recipes and Crafts to Make with Your Favorite Marshmallow Treat for instant inspiration.

The prizes are so fun, too--you can win a year's supply of PEEPS®, an autographed copy of the PEEPS® book, a $100 UO gift certificate and a FLiP video camera (I have one of these and LOVE it!). For all the official rules and details, check out the Peeps® on Film blog. Link.

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Face Cloth Bunny & Chick

Just in time for Easter, Katherine of Own Two Hands has a tutorial for making bunnies and chicks out of rolled-up face cloths. They're cute, cheap, easy to make! Link.

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Naturally Dyed Easter Eggs (Video)

Chrisjob on Curbly has a how-to video on creating some beautiful natural dyes for Easter eggs. Link.

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Knit Bunny Cozies

Zakka Life has a cute pattern to knit up these bunny egg cozies. Link.

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HOW TO - Make Easter Egg Cards

Martha Stewart just kicked off her Easter Workshop series with a super-sweet egg card project. Visit her site for the step-by-step instructions and more project photos. Link.

Related:
• HOW TO - Knit an Easter Egg - Link.
• HOW TO - Hollow Easter Eggs @ MAKE - Link.
• Star Wars Papercraft Easter Egg Baskets - Link.

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Peepy Yarn Basket

CRAFT friend Beth knit up this cute Peepy Yarn basket from this Peepy Basket kit by Material Whirled. Six peepys are tied to throughout the spun yarn that's soft wool, targheel, polypay, and merino in pretty shades of green. The kit comes with everything you need for just $35. [ via ] Link.

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