The lead up to Easter

Another belated post sorry. Part 1 of 2 about our Easter holidays.

We made the decision not to go away this year for the Easter holidays. We had so much work to do around the house, we decided to take the opportunity to do spend the time doing that.

As the kids were missing out on a break away, I made an effort to do some special Easter activities with them.

DAY 1

Holly with our Easter decorations

To get in the Easter spirit we made a display on the mantel with all our Easter decorations. We gathered up twigs from the garden, placed in a vase and hung them with Easter Eggs. The girls loved hunting out all their Easter toys from last year...and anything else bunny related.

DAY 2

Phoebe making her Easter Bunny decoration

Holly showing off her finished product

The kids love doing crafts.  It is something we have to do while Hunter is sleeping as he loves to try and participate...which really means put everything in his mouth. 

So for Easter crafts we decorated cardboard Easter bunnies, butterflies and baskets.  The girls were so proud of their beautiful little decorations.

DAY 3

Holly showing off the Paper Doll

Holly with her doll....she had to make a find a little house for it too!

I am a huge Mabel Lucie Attwell fan.  Her illustrations are so gorgeous.  I found on the Internet a collection of her Easter themed paper dolls. 

The girls loved picking out the outfits for the dolls to wear which I then cut out for them.  Holly still treasures her little paper doll...although a couple of months later it is looking a little worse for wear.