Crafts For Less

Easter is just knocking at door.A few days are left.If you want to please your near and dear ones you should start making plans right now.Going out or inviting friends and relatives is a very common phenomena.Surprise them with something special this Easter.

You know a lot about how to decorate your home or how to prepare tasty Easter dinner recipes.You can find a number of Easter gift ideas in websites,magazines etc.Easter crafts have also become very common.So let’s discuss something new that most of the people don’t do.Doing these simple things can win the heart of your loved ones.

Handmade Easter Card:

Giving Easter cards will please the people you have invited. How about home made card with a personal touch? You need a few things like thin sheet of cards,color,glue and scissor.Now start making the card.

First cut one of the thin sheets of card into a number of strips.Remember that you need to cut only the halfway down the thin sheet.Now cut out a few flowers from another card and paint them in different color.With the help of the glue fix the flowers on the end of each strip of the thin sheet of card.

The next step is to curl the card and join the two ends of the card with glue.This will give the card a cylindrical shape. While doing this you should see that the flowers are facing inwards.Now very gently curl down the strips with the flowers attached on top of them.When the flowers droop outwards the whole thing will look like a flower pot.

Candy Strawberries:

Just as you greet them with your hand made card don’t you want to surprise them with a unique sweet dish before they leave.Here it is.Candy Strawberries are very easy to prepare.But it is a rare recipe.They look pretty and they are very tasty.Children are very fond of them.Nevertheless the adults will surely like them as well.Just gather a few ingredients and you can make them in no time.

The ingredients you need to prepare one of this fantastic Easter Dessert Recipes include:
• Gelatin,strawberry flavored – 2 packages
• sweetened condensed milk – 3/4 cup
• vanilla extract – 1/2 teaspoon
• sliced almonds – 1/4 cup
• ground pecans – 1 cup
• flaked coconut – 1 cup
• green food coloring – 5 drops
• red decorator sugar – 1 jar
Preparing this Easter Dessert is easy enough. Mix gelatin,coconut and pecans in a bowl.Add milk and vanilla to it and stir the mixture well.Keep the bowl in a fridge for an hour to chill the mixture.

Now give the mixture the shape of strawberries.Roll the “strawberries” in red sugar.Use green food coloring to color the sliced almonds.You can insert the almonds on top of the “strawberries” to make them look like leaves.

Go by these ideas and have a great time.Happy Easter………

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