Peep Wreath for Easter and Spring: Artful Friday

             Well, it's been quite some time...two weeks in fact...since I've last blogged...and  all about fun with  Easter basket goodies! We've been busy living life;  time carved out to write just hasn't been abundant enough. I've missed you all, my friends! I hope the closing of your Lenten season and your Easter preparations are progressing as well as you would like! 

            I've lots to chronicle; a daybook's in the works for all of it. In the meantime, I wanted to pop in quickly to wish all my friends a Happy Easter and to share some fun that we've had here, creating an adorable decoration! Perhaps after Veneration of the Cross and egg dyeing, this is something you might like to tackle with the family this weekend?

I found this craft  initially at the lovely, Southern Blue Celebrations!

Sheila, at Southern Blue featured a  lovely wreath such as this that she found

 here at Tried and True.

I'm so grateful for Sheila's feature in a spring craft round up! 

Thank you Southern Blue and Tried and True!

Here's one of our finished products, ready to be hung on the front door:

Cute, right?!

And here are needed supplies...

peeps

wreaths

toothpicks

And to hang the wreaths, ribbon and/or suction cups ...the latter is not shown.

It's likely you have some peeps handy, though perhaps not enough peeps for the project.....

And  the wreaths, I picked up  at our local dollar store.

Now, since most of us aren't fans of braving  the lines at Walmart or our local supermarket   for more Easter candy on Good Friday or Holy Saturday, 

there's always amazon prime, right? We can  easily secure a variety pack of peeps here

and here's an inexpensive  straw craft wreath.

There are a variety of ways to design/attach the peeps, of course.

My son created a color pattern, as such:

My wreath essentially looks the same as his, but I laid out the peeps a bit differently:

 Sort of  in a 12,3,6,9 "clock pattern."

Any way you'd like to arrange the peeps, you'll get a lovely, colorful decoration!

      

For another super easy and gorgeous craft, here's my  kids' crucifixion paintings

(Links to the original idea are within the post. )

They created these beautiful crosses on Good Friday, 2013

For my previous "Artful Friday" posts, 

you might like to click below.....

They're all here if you'd like to dust off something from the archives:

  

First, there's my son's super popular  guest posts on crafting rocket balloons,

 both of which include instructional videos:

How to Make a Balloon Dog

and

Shaping Balloons: A How-To 

I hope you get to click over and watch one of his easy, fun tutorials!

DIY Pumpkin Votive Candle ~  
Easy 10 Minute Craft!

Autumn Decor & Craft  Round Up: 
30 Amazing, Eye Catching, Jaw Dropping Ideas
 for Halloween, Thanksgiving
 (and Fall in General!) 

"A Door in the Wall" Inspired Wooden Cross Craft 
for Holy Trinity Sunday & the Feast of Corpus Christi

Study of van Gogh

Wisdom from a Violin Master

Everything You Need for a  Cezanne Study

The Arts in Our Homeschool This Week

 ( knitting, winter crafts, the theater and piano)

 Lenten, Valentine and Papal Crafts

Mercy Crosses, Lenten wreaths, Rosary Making, Music Lessons

Strings, Keys, Sketches

Strings for the Beginner

Yeats, Joyce and Watercolor with a Little Vivaldi Thrown in!

Crucifixion Paintings

A Few Resources on the Great Composers

Let's Have Some Elizabethan Fun!

Forever West: Caricatures and Street Performers on The Wharf

Autumn Tree Art

Violin School: Ode to Joy

The Art of Giving:

A Parade of Artwork for the Impoverished of Honduras

Orchestra Concert and  Fools for Christ Christmas Skit: 

Violin Resources for Fun, Classical Study and Christmas Solos!

Costumes and Monsters and Raggedy Doctors, Oh My! 
Sewing Fun for Kids!


Light up the Night with a Paper Lantern:
Doctor Who Torch!

7  Valentine and Snowy Craft, Books, Games

Robert Frost Unit Study:
Poetry Notebooks, Rhyme Scheme Lessons,
Glitter Stopping by Woods Snowy Bottle, 
The Road Not Taken Collage,
Make Your Own Snowflakes and More


7 DIY Lenten Crafts & Books ~ 
Wreaths, Crown of Thorns, Mercy Crosses, Crucifixion Art, Books~ 

Perler Bead Fun: 
Original Designs & Stencils:  Batman, Dinos, Guitars, Animals

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~Chris