When it comes to Easter most of us do at least a little decorating and planning. And nowadays we can easily purchase ready-made decorations at our local department stores. But the truth is that most of us have little extra money to spend on decorations for the holiday – instead, our focus is doing whatever we can to make the holiday more meaningful for all concerned. However, if you have children in your home you are likely to find that in order to please them you will need to be a little more creative with your ideas.
In my opinion, one of the important things for every home with children is a well-stocked craft box. This can be any type of container at all as long as it is big enough to hold the items you have available. In fact, some people even have a ‘craft closet’ or pantry. If you are like me you will find that your craft box offers savings when it comes to decorating but also, it can be a true time saver because everything is all in one place. Plus, the children in your home will love the idea that they can easily create wonderful craft projects at almost anytime.
You will want to continuously be adding items to this box. A nicely supplied craft box will include bits of fabric of various sorts and pieces of ribbon, lace, and other trimmings. You may want to purchase cards of the small eyes that can be used in crafting animals and even some buttons. Other items you can add include small artificial flowers, glitter, construction and other craft paper, crayons, stationery, old greeting cards, stickers, markers, glue, tape, wire, bows, pipe cleaners, and even some inexpensive or broken jewelry pieces. Styrofoam can often be used in craft projects so I always suggest that you save pieces of this product when you can. Even some bottle caps and other small discarded items can be useful crafting supplies.
The idea is to have the supplies available so that when your imagination is at its most creative points you have what you need to create. The craft box should help to inspire you and simplify crafting projects.
A good example is when the children you love decide to write their treasured letters to The Easter Bunny. If you are unprepared you will need to find appropriate paper and pens, pencils, crayons, etc. just so the children can get started writing the letters. Then, when the children finish writing their Easter Bunny letters and ask how they can or should decorate them you will again need to scurry about to find suitable decorating supplies.
If on the other hand you have a craft box, everything needed will be conveniently located, all in one place, with no hassle or stress involved. The children will be able to create wonderful letters that will help them feel more secure that receiving personalized letters from The Easter Bunny is a sure thing. After all, he wouldn’t ignore a beautifully decorated letter!
The craft box will hold the things needed to add wonderful details to the cherished Easter Baskets. And another fun way to add to the Easter decorating fun is to glue small things to the beautifully colored Easter eggs. You can easily glue on small bits of lace or ribbon or even add glitter or buttons to the eggs. There is no rule that says your Easter should look everyone else’s. Teach your children to be original and motivate them to use the creativity that lives within them. By nurturing this creativity throughout their childhood they are more likely to refine and build on their talents.
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