This is an idea I found on Pinterest that I thought I could run with and the reason why I am currently scouring the local Evesham Charity shops for old egg cups.
The clear chicken cups cost me 50p each, which, to be honest, is the most I am prepared to pay in a charity shop, but if I can’t find enough in time for Easter I have the white ones as a back up found in Home Bargains for 79p each.
The green Easter grass was bought online along with another bag of yellow. The Works (just this once) let me down. On their website they had the grass at £2 for a 50g bag, however it said “assorted”, I thought I had selected the green, but when it arrived I found two big bags of pink instead. When I phoned to complain I was pointed to the bumf right at the bottom of the description which said “Colours and designs may vary, only one supplied” - needless to say it was duly returned and bought elsewhere, because when I want a certain something I don’t want to go into a lottery for the colour!
The pack of five mini Lindt bunnies came from Iceland and cost £2.
I started by putting three small Lindt eggs in the bottom of each cup, over which I placed a small wad of the grass ……..
…….. then added two, self adhesive foam pads on the bottom of the rabbits to ensure that they stayed in place when all packaged up and transported etc.
I then dotted tiny flower beads around the bunny, using B-7000 for a secure fix.
The beads came from a card of 12 elasticated bracelet found in my favourite Evesham charity shop for just £1.50, well, it would have been rude not to!
I coloured the small, wooden tags (from The Works a while ago, not sure if they are still available) with a yellow Sharpie pen, adding faux stitching to both sides using a black biro as I didn’t want any ink bleeding into the wood. The metal Easter tag came from a job lot of crafty of bits and pieces a while back and cost me just 20p for a pack of 10.
I put two clusters of three flower beads on the tags to Easter them up a bit more.
When everything was dry I was then able to put them into a cello bag to help protect them with the tag tied with a ribbon, in a bow.
A really simple idea, no great shapes costing, including everything, about £1.10 to put together. A little festive tranclement for all the cook ladies at I & B’s school.