SUPER EASY TO MAKE EGG TREES 
A NETTIE ORIGINAL!!!

1- Pot (from Dollar Store)
1- pkg. Body Scrunches or puffs (2 for $1.00 from Dollar Store)
clay
hot melt glue
Acrylic Paint - color of choice (matched to basket)
1-pkg. mini speckled egg ornaments (from Dollar Store)
one bag makes 3 trees, I used 12 per tree
Easter Grass
1- 3/8" Dowel cut to 8"  (I used a square dowel made of basswood)
Ribbon cut to about 18-24"

Total Cost to create one tree is about $2.50 

1. Paint dowel, encase it in a hunk of clay.  Glue to bottom center of pot allow to dry.
2. While glue is drying. Prepare body scrunchie by hot melting the mini eggs in the netting, place them in the folds randomly to make them look like they are in "nest". Cut looped string from scrunchie being careful not to cut netting.
3. Cut Ribbon, tie it around dowel rod approximately 1/2" from top.
4.Where you removed loop from scruchie float some hot melt glue into the hole. Turn pot upside down and place dowel into area squeeze the outside of scunchie to conform until it dries. 
5. Fluff, add grass to pot and decorate as desired.  I purchased a pack of slightly larger eggs that matched the little ones to use for decorating.  They were a soft plastic so I cut halfway through them and zigzag cut one or two and placed in bottom area of pot to look like they had hatched.

** They really came out looking nice my cam is not so nice *grin*
The purple one above  was made without using a pot by molding some clay around the rod and allowing it to harden.
I have not tried but thought about molding the rod into the center of the pot and then filling the pot with green jellybeans.

Another variation came to me for my Easter tree. You could stick the pole into a hunk of styrofoam (a 1/2 ball) wrap a
coordinating washcloth around it place some decorative little soaps on top and it's an instant bath decoration as well.

This project is super quick , fun and produces eggs-cellent results!!
 

Bunny Treat Boxes
A Nettie Original!!

White Box size of your choosing I used 4x4 (pictured)
My WONDERFUL BROTHER works at a box company that supplies such. :)
Acrylic paint in Pastels
Fine Glitter
Pom-Pom,Bead, heart shaped wood piece  for nose
* I made mine out of Sculpey
White fur scraps
Pink Scraps
Fiber Fill
12" -24 gauge wire or whatever you have handy
Pencil
Felt tip Permanent markers
1- Large white Pom-Pom (Optional)

1. Remove lids place on paper, select your color mix a small amount of glitter with paint.  Paint lid, when dry take the end of pencil dip into white paint (again I added small amount of glitter to paint.) and randomly apply to lid. Allow to dry.

2. Make ears leaving the lower part opened. Fill loosely with fiber fill
remember you want them to be floppy.  Take 6" or so of wire form into a loop place into ear (this will make them bendable) with end sticking out just slightly. Twist material around wire and glue.
3. On top of box in center mark and cut two small holes to insert ears into. Holes should be approx. 1/2" apart + or -.
4. Using the above picture as an example draw your face on to the box.
(I used pink paint on checks but plan on using plain blush on next batch).
5. Paint the three remaining sides of box in a mix of white paint and glitter. 
6. On back of box place large white pom-pom for his tail if desire.

Easy to do but time consuming project if you are not all that swift with painting like me!!!! LOL
 

Easter Wreath
This wreath idea comes from a very talented crafty lady named
Pinky. You can see and get directions for this wonderful wreath she made by clicking here 

This is the wreath I made following her directions.  It was extremely easy to make.  I purchased my plastic eggs from the Dollar Store 18 eggs for $1.00 but the colors are not as bright on the cheaper ones and were a little rough to work with as they didnt want to stay closed.  I suggest you buy the better ones after Easter at a reduced rate.

I first painted the wreath with an ice blue paint vs the lime green.  It also took me approximately 54 eggs vs the 47 Pinky used.

A great place to hide your Easter treats.
Materials: 

1 quart sealer, washed and dried 
styrofoam ball large enough to fit the mouth of the jar 
pink construction paper 
one pair googly eyes 
3 pink chenille stems 
2 or 3 cotton balls or a white pom pom 
white glue 

     Instructions: 

Cut two large oval shaped ears from the construction paper. Glue
them to the back of the styrofoam ball 

Glue on the googly eyes. 

Cut a small triangle from construction paper and glue it on for a
nose. 

Cut the chenille stems in half and glue three to either side of the
nose to form whiskers. 

The bunny's head will be the lid of the jar. 

Glue two or three cotton balls or a white pom pom to the back of
the jar to make a tail. 

Fill the jar with jelly beans or other colorful Easter candy. 
 

Bowl over your spring chickens with these Easter bonnets.
Fashioned out of paper bowls and plates, these lids can be
decorated with a brim full of spring flowers or oak tag
floppy rabbit ears. 

 MATERIALS:
         Paper plate , Paper bowl, Craft glue, Craft knife
                         Poster paints, Paint brushes, Crepe paper,
Colored paper, Streamers, Oak tag, Pipe cleaners
                         Tape, Cotton ball 

STEP 1: Make the base for either bonnet from one
 heavyweight paper bowl (available at many party supply and
 stationery stores), a 10-inch paper plate, craft glue,
 and poster paints. First, set the inverted bowl on your
 child's head to see if it fits. To make it smaller, cut
 the bowl into quarters, refitting the pieces so the edges
 overlap, and glue the seams (use tape until you've got the
 right fit). 

STEP 2: To make a full brim, center the fitted bowl rim side
 down on top of the paper plate (also upside down) and trace
 around it. Use a craft knife (a parent's job) to cut a circle from
 the middle of the plate, staying 1/2 inch in from the line. Glue
 the rim of the bowl to the inner edge of the paper ring. 

STEP 3: For a visor, like the one used for the rabbit-ear cap,
 cut a 7 by 5 inch rectangle out of the flat portion of a paper
 plate. Trace the front rim of the bowl along one long edge of
 the rectangle. Using this line as a guide, cut out a 3 inch wide
 crescent shape. Glue the bowl rim to the inner edge of the
 visor. 

STEP 4: Cover the hat with a bright shade of poster or
 tempera paint and let dry thoroughly. For a flowery bonnet,
 use a strip of crepe paper for the hatband mix three parts glue
 to one part water and use a paintbrush to apply it around the
 hat, above the brim. Press on the crepe paper. Next, cut
 flowers out of colored paper and tape pipe cleaner stems to
 the backs. For each flower, use a tack to punch a hole
 through the hat. Push the stem end through and secure it with
 masking tape. For chin sashes, tape an 18-inch paper
 streamer to the inner brim on both sides of the hat. 
 For the rabbit-ear hat, cut footlong ears out of oak tag,
 allowing for a 1/2-inch tab at the bottom of each. Paint the ear
 backs and front edges to match the cap. Once dry, shade the
 centers with a lighter hue. Use a craft knife (parents only) to
 make two 1/2-inch slits in the top of the hat. Push the ear tabs
 through and glue them to the inside of the hat. Finally, glue a
 cotton ball tail to the cap back.

Materials Needed: 

2 yellow cotton balls * 
1/2 of a clean egg shell or cup from egg carton 
black construction paper 
orange construction paper 
scissors 
hole punch 
glue 

How to Make It: 

Use the hole punch to make eyes out of black construction paper 
Cut a small square from orange construction paper and fold it in half
to form a triangle for the beak 
Glue one cotton ball into the bottom of the egg shell. Glue the other
cotton ball on top for the head. 
Glue on the two eyes and beak 

You're done! 

* Cotton balls (cosmetic puffs) are available in an assortment of
colors from various 
drug stores or craft supply stores. 

Paper mache paste
balloon
tape
1-inch pieces newspaper, newsprint or paper toweling
pie tin
paint brushes
colored tissue paper (optional)
shellac 

 Paper mache recipe
1 cup water
Mix in 1/4 cup flour until thin and runny
Stir this mixture into 5 cups lightly boiling water. Gently boil 
for 2-3 minutes. Cool until you can dip paper into mixture without
burning yourself. 

    Eggs
Make paper mache paste as above. When cool pour into pie tin. 
Blow up a balloon and tape to a table. Dip strips of newspaper
in paste and place carefully on balloon. Continue overlapping
pieces of newspaper on balloon. Cover balloon completely and 
let dry. It may take overnight to dry, particularly if children
have use lots of paste. Once dry decorate the dried balloon
with paint or colored tissue in pretty pastel Easter colors.
Finish with shellac for a shiny, glazed effect.

With the rolled side down, fold the washcloth in half. (see diagram 2.)  Then fold back about two inches from one end.  Place a rubber band around this section to form the bunny's head. (see diagram 3.) tie a ribbon over the rubber band. 

Add eyes, nose and whiskers to the head. Glue on a cotton ball for a tail.