Egg-cellent Easter Ideas for Families

This long Easter weekend is the perfect opportunity to spend some quality time with our kids, and what better way to engage them than by playing and creating?

It’s no secret that Oliver’s Labels staffers love all of the many ingenious, crafty and unique ideas posted by bloggers for everyone to enjoy. So, we’ve scoured the internet for a few of our favorites. We hope you enjoy them… and your precious time this weekend with your families!

Yarn Easter Eggs from Fantastic Fun & Learning – the perfect craft for preschoolers. It’s a fun way to practice fine motor skills and is so cute it would look wonderful hanging in any home!

Image: Fantastic Fun & Learning

Bunny Paper Garland from Mini Eco - this tutorial comes with a downloadable template, but you could always customize your own bunny face depending on the scissor-wielding abilities of your kids. J

March {Break} Madness

Have you heard of March Madness? It’s a huge college basketball event that takes place every March, and often causes eyeballs to be glued to the television (and butts to the sofa) for extended periods of time. However, for many Moms that phrase takes on a completely different meaning…

The school break is almost here, and the kids will need to be occupied for an entire week. (Eek!!) If you’re in part of the country that’s still covered in snow and experiencing extremely frigid temps, this is even more daunting because you can’t just send the kids outside for the day!

We know you'll be looking for fun activities to keep the kids busy, so we’ve come up with a few cool ideas…

• Canadian Family has rounded up 17 projects we love. Our favourites are the cardboard tube race cars and the page corner bookmarks (shown below) – too cute!

Image: Natalia Heilke / Tally's Treasury