Easter Craft
Relax during the Easter season with simple paper and fabric projects to scan, print, cut and sew.
Cute and creative projects
Opposite page: Bunting sewn together using sacking, Fairtrade twine and white paper bunny shapes created using a Brother ScanNCut. This page: Decorated eggs using marker pens and butterfly sheets, scanned and cut out with a Brother ScanNCut.
Home this Easter? It's a perfect moment to invite friends around for warm and spicy homemade hot cross buns – and to take a bit of time out for yourself by making some of these lovely long weekend crafts.
Decorated eggs
Butterflies and eggs are ancient Easter symbols due to the season’s traditional themes of resurrection and new life. Hard boil eggs of different shades and sizes. Dry and cool before using a fine tip black marker pen to write messages of hope and love onto the shells. See good.net.nz/eastercraft2 for butterfly sheets to print. Use a Brother ScanNCut to scan and cut out. Fold the wings and attach to eggs with a drop of glue.
Leaping bunny bunting
Go to good.net.nz/eastercraft3 for a leaping bunny template to print. Scan and cut at least 10 bunnies using stiff white paper and a Brother ScanNCut. Use paper glue to stick two bunnies together, stringing a line of thread between each pair. Repeat to reach desired length.
Scented drawer bunnies
Select cotton fabrics with matching thread. Go to good.net.nz/ eastercraft4 for a bunny template to print. Cut out and sew together as directed, using a Brother sewing machine. Fill with a mix of rice and lavender flowers, dried cloves or star anise. Sew along the bottom to close and decorate with a ribbon tied at the neck. Perfect for delicately scented drawers!
Opposite page: Leaping bunny bunting created with Brother ScanNCut, scented drawer bunnies sewn together with a Brother sewing machine.
This page: Bunny cards or table place markers and napkin decorations made using a Brother ScanNCut and a fluffy tail attached using paper glue. See good.net.nz/eastercraft1 for templates to print and good.net.nz/hotcrossbuns for a recipe for homemade hot cross buns.