How To Guide: Star Wars Easter Egg Designs!

Easter is just around the corner, so we thought we would help out Star Wars fans by providing you with a guide to how you can decorate your own LEGO Star Wars-inspired Easter eggs. With our step-by-step guide you will be able to re-create all your favorite LEGO Star Wars characters including Yoda, Darth Vader and Luke Skywalker.

Decorate your Easter Eggs LEGO® STAR WARS® Style! Ask Yoda-bunny for The Empire Strikes Out ~ Available on DVD March 26th, 2013.



STEP #1 Hard boil your eggs

To save a lot of mess and wasted time make sure you hard boil your eggs before decorating them.

STEP #2 Choose your characters

There are plenty of Star Wars characters to choose from, favourites of ours include Yoda, C-3PO, Darth Vader, R2-D2 and Darth Maul.

STEP #3 Prepare your paint and colors

To decorate your LEGO Star Wars inspired eggs it is best use either poster or acrylic paint and to use the right colors for each character. Here is a helpful color guide for you:

Darth Maul: black, red, white Yoda: green Darth VADAR: black, grey

Stormtrooper: white, black C-3PO: yellow, gold, white R2-D2: blue, white, black

STEP #4 Prepare your brushes

Eggs are pretty small so it is best to use very small brushes for your eggs. For the really detailed ones like R2-D2 a felt-tip pen is advised.

STEP #5 Use a pencil first

Some of you more experienced decorators may want to dive straight in but if you are unsure of your artistic ability then use a pencil to trace where your paint will go before you begin with the brush.

STEP #6 Start decorating – take your time

You are now ready to get going. Don’t rush straight in, take your time and make sure that each colour is dry before you add any extra details

STEP #7 Coat your egg with glue

To protect the paint and give a cool shine to your egg you can coat your themed Easter egg with PVC glue.

STEP #8 Don’t stop at one

So you’ve now got a kick-ass LEGO Star Wars inspired Easter egg character, but why stop there? Don’t let your character get lonely, make a whole bunch and begin re-creating your favorite scenes.

STEP #9 Make your eggs 3D

To make your LEGO Star Wars inspired Easter eggs even better why not add extras to each character. Maybe you could add some cotton wool to make Yoda’s white hair, or some colored Play-Doh as Darth Maul’s horns.

STEP #10 Show off your LEGO Star Wars-inspired Easter eggs

You now have an awesome set of LEGO Star Wars inspired Easter eggs to show-off to all your friends.

Craft Project :: Straw Hat with Silk Sunflowers for your Front Door

Some of you know that I have a 26 year old daughter who recently wasn't very crafty. However, for the past 6 or 7 months she has finally jumped into the crafting world. Well, my aunt who lives out on a farm in the country wanted something new to hang on her front door so my daughter got busy making her this straw hat with silk sunflowers. This was the first time my daughter ever made something like this and frankly, I think it turned out pretty well.

My daughter told me I could take a photo and share her project with all of you. Here is how she made it. (note: you can click on the photo in this post to enlarge it to see details).

She purchased a large straw or wicker hat at the local craft store along with a 4 stems of large silk sunflowers and 5 smaller silk sunflowers. She purchased a spool of navy blue fabric ribbon that measures 1" in width that had a sunflower print on it. She also picked up a bag of spanish moss.

She first glued the spanish moss around the hat using a hot glue gun. She then measured around the hat and cut that amount off of the ribbon and glued that around the hat. She then glued on her large and small silk sunflowers (as shown in the photo). She used the remaining sunflower print ribbon to make a bow and glued that on to the bottom of the hat.

She did use a piece of scrap wire which she twisted into a loop and hot glued it to the back of the wicker hat so that our aunt could hang it up on her front door. I think it looks pretty on her brick red colored front door.

I am so excited that my daughter has finally jumped into the crafting world and I am looking forward to seeing what she comes up with next! yeah!

All-Natural Coffee Body Scrub Recipe by Indie Lee & Co

I love to whip up homemade bath and body recipes and today's recipe was sent over to us by the great folks at Indie Lee & Co. I love the aroma of coffee and her recipe for this all-natural body scrub utilizes America's favorite beverage, coffee!

It’s impossible to remove cellulite completely, however, there are things we can do to reduce its appearance. Indie Lee, founder of the all-natural skincare line Indie Lee & Co, shares one of her at-home recipes for an all-natural scrub containing her favorite ingredient: coffee. The caffeine works to dehydrate fat cells and when broken down, acts as a natural exfoliant.

What You Need:

· ½ ounce of sweet almond oil

· 2 tablespoons coffee grinds (espresso roast)

· 5 tablespoons coconut oil

· ¾ cup of arrowroot powder (natural alternative to talc powder) 

How to Make It:

1. Combine coffee grinds and sweet almond oil in a large bowl and mix.

2. Add coconut oil and mix well.

3. Fold in the arrowroot powder. Make sure all the coconut clumps are gone.

*Indie Tip: She likes to keep the mixture refrigerated for a day to make it easier to scoop out, like butter.

Homemade Baby Shower Gift Ideas That You Can Make!

Heading to a baby shower this Spring? Looking for a few homemade baby shower gift ideas? Well, we have some for you today! If you crochet, knit, sew or just love general crafting, you should be able to gather a few gift ideas from the list below. Enjoy!

1. If you knit or crochet you can purchase a few skeins of yarn and make the mom-to-be a new baby blanket. If you know the design and/or colors of the baby's nursery, we do recommend you work one up to go along with the nursery theme. When it doubt, stick with the tradition white, mint green or yellow. In addition to the baby blanket, you could knit or crochet a baby sweater, bib, hat or a few pairs of baby booties.

2. If you enjoy sewing you could make many new things for the new baby. Mom's always appreciate baby quilts, baby bibs, burp pads, changing pads, diaper stackers, diaper bags, tote bags and other items that a baby needs regularly. If you are pressed for time and have a limited budget you could make a few burp pads for only a few bucks.

3. All new moms love to display photos of the new baby so head to your local craft store and purchase a few blank picture frames. Head on over to their craft supplies aisle and pick up some baby themed supplies, a glue gun and some glue sticks. Once home you can hot glue a lot of different baby themed items around the picture frame and give it to the new mom.

4. If you are pretty crafty you could whip up some new nursery decorations for the baby's new room. Moms love hanging new baby theme'd items on the walls, sitting new items on shelves, bookcases and dresser tops. Most moms pick out a color scheme and theme for their baby's nursery so try to work within that style. Wall hangings, mini quilts, homemade stuffed animals, baby blocks, teddy bears, etc. all make nice homemade baby shower gifts.