Showing posts with label Easter. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Easter. Show all posts

"Egg-cellent Egg Decorator" Dollar Tree Aprons

 

HTV applied to a Dollar Tree Apron
Egg Dying Aprons For Kids

 I was very surprised to find that these aprons do not melt when you apply htv!  Quick presses, I didn't press nearly as long as I would for other fabrics.  But I used the same heat setting I always do!  [I use a regular old iron, set between cotton and wool, for all htv projects]

Supplies Used:

Don't forget to mirror your design for htv.  :-)
I always forget to mirror, so before clicking make it, I select all and flip vertical.  That's exactly the same as mirroring, but for some reason, I can remember to do that, and I can't remember to click the mirror button later.  

My design measures 7.2 x5.3 in Design Space


I love those plastic folders from the Dollar Tree for holding all the pieces of a project in process.  Those thin ones are 3 for $1.
See more of how I use the plastic folders to organize my cricut projects - https://fieldsofhether.blogspot.com/2021/01/my-cricut-craft-space-projects-in.html

I've always used a regular old iron for all of my htv projects, with no problems.

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Peek A Boo Clothespin Chicks - With Free SVG

Make a peek a boo Chick Clothespin Craft - with a free printable, and a free svg for those who want to use a cricut to make them.

The Download includes two files
A PNG file - which can be printed on any printer and cut by hand, 
OR upload it to Design Space, delete the white background, and use the print and cut option with cricut.

And it includes the svg, which you can upload to design space to cut.
When you upload the svg, change the size first.
You want the entire group to be 3.115 tall.

Once you have it resized, click on ungroup, and change the colors

I made the egg white so that kids can color and decorate them, but you could use colors too!
I cut the egg and chick out of paper, and the face out of vinyl, so the face is stickers
BUT - the face is tiny.  It may be much easier to just draw the face on!

You can also use the shapes tool to add shapes to the egg, then change them to draw, so that kids have shapes to color in and around.


Glue the chick on to the bottom first, then the egg over top.  Work as close to the end of the clothespin as you can, so that is opens as wide as possible.  On the very edge of the chick and egg are glued fast.  I used e600 glue because it was laying out from my last project.  It worked great, but it does not dry super fast.



If you want to cut a bunch all at once, 25 fit on one 8.5 by 11 sheet of paper.

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Creative & Fun Easter Egg Dying Techniques For Kids

Rice, Shaving Cream, Bingo Daubers & Temporary Tattoos - 
Creative Easter Egg Dying Techniques - For Kids

 
Shaving Cream Easter Eggs
https://www.craftymorning.com/shaving-cream-dyed-easter-eggs
Rice Shake Easter Eggs 
https://www.craftymorning.com/rice-shake-easter-eggs-ziploc-bags/

Temporary Tattoos are a quick and easy way to decorate eggs!


Unicorn Eggs
Made with a sharpie, some glue & craft flowers
https://publiclivessecretrecipes.com/2017/03/diy-unicorn-easter-eggs-tutorial.html

For vibrant dye colors, mix a pack of kool aid with 2/3 a cup of water


 
After dying eggs, paint glue over the egg and apply confetti
https://ohjoy.blogs.com/my_weblog/2016/03/confetti-easter-eggs.html

Or swirl on designs in rubber cement before dying a second color
https://www.craftymorning.com/swirly-rubber-cement-easter-eggs/

Let toddlers dab on color with dot markers, or bingo daubers
https://www.craftymorning.com/dot-easter-eggs-toddlers/

Spin Art Eggs
Using paint & A Salad Spinner
https://www.hellowonderful.co/post/SPIN-ART-EASTER-EGGS/

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Beautiful Easter Egg Decorating Techniques

Beyond The Toddler Years
Egg Decorating With Decoupage, Nail Polish, Doilies & Farmhouse Flair

Construction Themed Easter Truck Shirts

Making Construction Themed Easter Truck Shirts For the Grandsons

Quick Links:

  • Shirt is from Wal-Mart - it's the only place locally I can usually find toddler and baby size shirts  - although recently, they have been difficult to find there too.
  • The eggs are from the free truck design from Caluya


 The tractor svg was a "temporary freebie" that appears to still be free - it's a great file!

I just replaced the hearts with the eggs from the Caluya Design Truck - although any eggs would work. 
The font is Obelix Pro


Once uploaded, you can ungroup the svg, change the colors, layer the pieces, then regroup them, and resize to the size that works best for your shirts.  

I added the hearts with the eggs from the Caluya Design Truck - although any eggs would work. 
The font is Obelix Pro


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Creative & Fun Easter Egg Hunt Ideas For Older Kids

Creative & Fun Easter Egg Hunt Ideas For Older Kids

Quick Tip - A lot of these sites are now so covered in advertisements that they are practically unreadable.   As a blogger myself, I do  know ads are necessary, but being able to read the actual post is sort of necessary too.   :-) I use the Rocket Reader Extension on Chrome.

When the ads cover the text on a site, I just click on the rocket in the top right of my toolbar, and it  translates the page into a sleek, just the text, page.  It won't work for every webpage, but it does for many of them!

Print Then Cut EOS Easter Cards



The Cliff Notes:
First, download the free files from http://caluyadesign.com/free-bunny-faces-svg.html
Normally you want the svg files, but it's faster to use the PNG files for this project, since it is print then cut.


Create a 5.58x7 rectangle in Design space.
Upload the Bunny PNG File
Add your text.  Change your text to Print.
Select all, choose Center horizontally



If you have already added the circle (1.46 in diameter) hide it.
Select all, Flatten.



Add a 1.46 inch in diameter circle, right over the nose.
(You can set the size in the toolbar across the top, beside "flip".  Just type the size into the box)

Select All, Attach.  (That will keep the circle in the right spot when it cuts)

Choose Make it, send to your printer. It will print a black box around your design.  It needs to do that, that is how cricut will know where to cut.

Place on the blue mat (or a well used green mat)
Cut.  Your machine will scan the image, then begin cutting.

Remove from the mat, unscrew the EOS container, place the back through the hole, attach the front.


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Where To Find Loads Of Free Easter SVGS
https://fieldsofhether.blogspot.com/2019/02/free-svgs-for-easter-projects.html

Stocking Stuffer Reindeer EOS:


Cricut Easter Baskets


Cliff Notes:
  • Baskets are from the Dollar Tree, Target, & DH Gate.  Details are below, for each.
  • Designs are from all over.  I've started this post with a list of places to find free bunny faces, then later in the post I describe each design I used and where I got the elements for it.
  • I used a regular iron for all of these.  It's what I always use, I never have any problem using an iron.  I use a silicone baking sheet inside (or behind) items when Ironing on my designs, I think it helps.  
  • Siser Easyweed HTV.  I buy it on Amazon, with prime free shipping, it's always the cheapest that way, for me.

Free Bunny Face SVG Files:

Fonts I liked for the names: Pharmacy, Twinable, Messy Marker, Moonlight, Chuck Noon


The Bags & Baskets:


Burlap Bunny Bags:
 
On Amazon, these are around $30 for 6.  Free Shipping with Prime, and a variety of additional colors, shapes, and designs are available. 

DH Gate has these at a lower price, but you have to buy a larger amount, and shipping may  take weeks - but it is also free.  


Ironing  on them:



I used the silicone baking sheet inside the bags, as I do with most items, but because of the way the burlap and fabric are layered here, I'm not sure how much it helped.  I used it anyway.  :-)

The seams and layers at the bottom made it a little more difficult to get the good pressure on the letters, but they have held up well.

Dollar Tree Baskets:
Find them online on the Dollar Tree Site Here -
 https://www.dollartree.com/easter-bunny-shaped-baskets/302822
  For $1.25 each, these are by far the quickest and easiest and cheapest to make!  Big Lots has similar baskets, but not nearly as cheap.

Ironing Them On - 

You have 4 inches in length to work with on these ears.
I chose the font Moonlight - one of my current faves.  As much as I love beautiful scripty fonts, when making things for young children, I like to keep the letters clear and readable so they easily recognize their own name.



Target Baskets
In 208 these were inside the door, in the "Dollar Spot" aisles.  (Why is this called Dollar Spot?  Almost nothing there is just $1....)  They cost $3, and are sturdy - with a plastic bucket inside the layers of canvas material.  The ears have wire in them.

Five Below has similar buckets, just a bit larger, with a bunny silhouette already on them, for $5 each.  They are 3 for $18 on amazon here - https://amzn.to/30OKGeP

Ironing On Them:
This is the only time I have used my iron more like an iron than a "press" for htv.  Because of the curve of the bucket, I kind of ran the iron around over the design.  It attached quickly and easily - the htv seems to like this material!   I didn't put anything inside of the buckets, just my hand. I kind of held the bucket in the air with one hand, and moved the iron around the design with my other hand.  It sounds difficult, I know, but this was actually much easier than the burlap bags. 

The Designs:



For the Bunny with the sunglasses:
I used the llama face with sunglasses from Caluya design, ungrouped, deleted the ears.
Selected both areas on the glasses, and sliced, so the cut outs are cut out, not layered.
Changed the circle behind the nose to pale blue
I added the whiskers from the printable cuttable creatables face
Font is chuck noon.

Because I have a LOT of black scraps, rather than fuss with how to place everything to use up scraps, I just changed the whiskers & nose, sunglasses, and letters all to different colors and cut each one.  I put black on the mat each time, but because the software thought I was using different colors, it automatically prompted me to put in a new mat for each item.  It was a little more (but not much!) time consuming to do it this way, but I did almost all of these with just my scraps - and I found it quicker to put in a new mat than any other option.



This is the face I used for the girls burlap bags.  It was in my svg files names BunnyFace.svg - but there is no information in the properties for me to know where i downloaded it from.  I downloaded it in November of 2017...  The links above give similar faces, but if anyone knows where I got this particular svg (I'm positive it was free) I'd love to link to it.

The font I used for the girls burlap bags was DK Jambo.



Molly's basket was made with a photo of her.  I used graphics software to convert it to an svg, for Christmas ornaments last year.  For this, I simply had to make the graphic larger.  Font is Moonlight.  Here's a variety of software that will convert a photo to svg - 
https://fieldsofhether.blogspot.com/2019/02/programs-sites-for-converting-to-svg.html