Marzipan chicks and cupcakes

The kids and I had some fun making these little guys and eggs.

We used bought Marzipan and some food colouring.

These were easy enough for Lilly who's 5 years old to make.

The directions came from 50 Easter Things to make and do published by Usborne Books

This is a great little book. 

The older kids can do many of the activities independent of me and even help the little ones to make some of the great activities.

 I had Cupcake Duty this week.
Fern and Rose helped to create these delights.
We had to make 2 dozen for school and a dozen for us too.
They tasted as good as they looked!

Soap Making

No, not snowballs, they're soap balls!

The girls and I made soap balls.
We bought a kit, which involved mixing the soap base with oils and boiling water and molding the mix into shapes.
We then left the soap to dry for a couple of days.
The kids are enjoying their soapballs in the bath, I don't have to tell them to use soap.
You don't need to buy a kit to make this type of soap.

Links to easy mix and mold soap tutorials:

How to make sweet smelling soap balls
Uses a microwave and grated soap.

Tea soap balls
These sound nice!

More soap Balls
Using Lux soap

Oatmeal Soap Balls
Another grate, melt, mix and mold

Soap Making recipes -
if you scroll down you can see a recipe for just mixing the soap with water to make a mix you can mold like play dough.

Crafty Bits

How To

I'm sure you can find more links around the net!