Apr 072020
 

Messy Church in Peter Tavy

Shaving Cream Eggs Project Supplies:

  • Shaving Cream
  • Card stock
  • Paint
  • Tray or box lid
  • Paintbrush, toothpick or fork (something with a pointy end)
  • Newspapers
  • Scraper tool or old gift card

How to Make Shaving Cream Easter Eggs

I knew I wanted to make Easter eggs to hang up around the house, so I cut out a bunch of different sized eggs from card stock. You could also print out templates of shapes and have the children practice their tracing and cutting skills!

To get started with the messy part, spray some shaving cream onto your tray and spread it around. I actually used a baking sheet covered in tin foil which made for a much easier clean-up!

Next take the paint and squirt it all over the shaving cream. I used acrylic paint, but washable tempera paint should also work. I did blobs of paint throughout, but the children could also make lines, squiggles, anything they want really, with the paint.

shavcreameggNow for the fun part! Using the pointy end of a paint brush, drag it through the shaving cream and paint making straight lines back and forth. Then do it again, but this time go up and down. The shaving cream will start to get a marbleized look to it.

This next step gets a little messy and the younger children might need a little help, but it’s what makes this whole craft project! Take one of your paper shapes and placed it on top of the shaving cream, applying a little bit of pressure so it smooshes into the shaving cream and paint. Then pull it up and put it in a safe place to sit for a few minutes.

Using some sort of scraping tool (I used an old gift card) scrape all of the shaving cream off of the paper. Let the paint dry for a bit and then your project will be ready to be put on display!

So much fun, right? The children will definitely love using the shaving cream to paint their paper eggs. And I bet they would enjoy experimenting with different colors and how they swirl the paint on the shaving cream. There are just so many possibilities with this craft!

 

It has been great seeing some of the makes that have been created! Thank you for sharing them with us.

We hope you have all heard about the egg-citing Easter egg competition, and are thinking what your design could be….???? You have until Saturday 10am to submit.

Why do we have Easter eggs?
A lot of us may chomp on chocolate eggs at Easter, but originally eating eggs was not allowed by church leaders during the week leading up to Easter (known as Holy Week). So any eggs laid that week were saved and decorated to make them Holy Week eggs, that were then given to children as gifts. Victorians adapted the tradition with satin-covered cardboard eggs filled with Easter gifts.

This has now developed into the tradition that many people enjoy today.

Why are Easter eggs made of chocolate?
The first chocolate eggs appeared in France and Germany in the 19th Century, but they were bitter and hard. As chocolate-making techniques improved, hollow eggs like the ones we have today were developed.

They very quickly became popular and remain a favourite tradition with chocolate-lovers today.

What’s the Easter Bunny then?
The story of the Easter Bunny is thought to have become common in the 19th Century.

Rabbits usually give birth to a big litter of babies (called kittens), so they became a symbol of new life. Legend has it that the Easter Bunny lays, decorates and hides eggs as they are also a symbol of new life. This is why some children might enjoy Easter egg hunts as part of the festival.

It doesn’t do all the work alone though! In Switzerland, Easter eggs are delivered by a cuckoo and in parts of Germany by a fox.

And now… two activities for you to try and complete! (You can download these puzzles and print them out as a PDF file if your prefer…)

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Another Craft Idea – Yarn eggs!

Easy to make and very messy!!

You will need

  • PVA glue
  • Water
  • A bowl
  • A wooden spoon
  • String or wool or thick thread
  • A balloon ( a small polybag blown up and tied works ok)
  • A jam jar
  • Ribbon, more wool or more string for hanging

Method:

Protect the surface you are working on.

Put equal parts glue and water into bowl.
Mix well with spoon and soak string in mixture.
yarn1
Blow up balloon to size wanted and tie it off ( if hanging on the Easter tree don’t make too large).
Using your hands carefully ( so not to pop balloon / bag) wrap the string around the balloon in an interesting pattern.
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When there’s enough string on the balloon, place carefully on the top of jam jar. Leave to dry completely.
When dry pop the balloon and remove through one of the gaps.
yarn3
Either attach a piece of ribbon and hang OR thread a length of ribbon / wool through several ‘eggs’ to make bunting! yarn 4

Tidy up!