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Show p - 6 Vemal Expfessfldvertiser 1 ' . a it . x A CONTAINER filled with springtime silk flowers can brighten up any table. Easter eggs made from sequins and beads pinned pinn-ed onto styrofoam eggs are fun and different for children to make. Egg-citing Easter Crafts By Janet liowles The Easter season can be one of the most fun holidays for making crafts and decorating your home. Eggs, chicks, bunnies and flowers can add that bit of spring to your home environment and hurry up the coming of warm weather. Silk flowers in pale, springy colors col-ors can transform the container that holds your "earthy" toned, year-round year-round centerpiece into a splash of color that can make you feel like you have fresh flowers in the house. Daffodils, crocus, and tulips are now available in silk and the colors are dazzling. Why not use them in your home to bring spring inside. Beside that, they ore simple to care for-no watering required!) Probably the mwt popular Easter fiiwor-'TKan, Ante Where the Basin shops for Great Crafts 3 ORIGINAL GLENN MAR DESIGNS! Wednesday, March 19( 1986 - Easter "rV - 1 - vv : - - ,---5 decoration is the Easter egg. These can be made from almost any medium. There are real eggs that have been blown out and colored, t'kranian Easter eggs, tole painted wooden eggs, fabric covered eggs, beaded eggs, paper decorated eggs, and many others. Years ago we used to see "egg trees" that were branches from trees, sometimes sprayed white, covered with blown-out decorated eggs. Whatever type of egg suits your fancy, that is what you should use at Easter .Try something new this year instead of the usual fizzy tablet dropped in hot water with vinegar. Children have wonderful imaginations imagina-tions and probably have more talent and ability than we give them credit for. and Supplies. 1203 W. Highway 40 j y Greetings Get some small (2 inch) styrofoam eggs and let your kids pin sequins on them. My 7-year old did a wonderful job on some ( I kept telling tell-ing her she was too young and would stick herself with a pin). Not so much as a drop of blood was shed, and it kept her amused for several hours. Sequins, beads, and short pins can be purchased at any craft store. Use bits of ribbon, lace, rick-rack and other odds and ends. If you desire, there are lots of cute little plastic rabbits and chicks that you can buy to glue on. Don't use hot glue guns on styrofoam, however. The minute it touches it, the whole thing will melt. Use a good white craft glue or some Elmer's Glue. If you have the patience, or if you need to occupy the kids for a few hours, punch holes out of colored paper and glue them onto styrofoam or blown out eggs. Don't try to glue each hole on. Just smear some white glue over about an inch of egg and start sticking holes on. Have the punched out holes ready and a pattern pat-tern for them in mind before you begin. The local craft stores are full of cute ideas for Easter decorations. Use the talents of these people to "steal" ideas for yourself. They have all the items necessary, and would love to have you try your hand at making things. A cute little basket of rabbits or ducks can be made by using a brightly colored glove. These gloves are sold singly, so get a pink one and a yellow one to make both of the baskets. You use an empty tuna can, the kind that lets you cut both ends out. The aluminum ones with a rounded seam on the bottom will not work. Continued on pog 7 Ponderosa IPeed Rabbits j'-JvL Kf . Chicks UCkS "1 Regular Chicks I .jrtW .V J y w HALF A DOZEN chicks are made from styrofoam egg cartons, felt, beads and a few feathers. These are on display at Glenn-Mar Glenn-Mar Arts. A Diamond Mouse of Win a trip to Hawaii. X - if l3NNY04v 1350W-Hwy-40 y jiVRGAIYs 789-0125 Fertilizers Garden Seeds Potatoes V Grass Seed n rs. Corn Wool Bags with tics Ride Our Is Forever! So you should choose carefully and compare. Shop your local Diamond Experts 13 East Main 789-3452 Ws We have a puzzle piece. & Tack Horse Supplies Red Cell CetluPlex Halters Lead Ropes Bits Spurs Ropes Horseshoes Starting at 53 for set of 4 Rollo Roper 8 9 |