A sweet Easter gift without chocolate
At Easter, as we all know, kids get more chocolate than they do all year round. Let’s leave the joy of giving shiny surprise-filled chocolate eggs to grandparents and uncles and aunts.
We’ll make something different—handmade, festive, and fun. Because if the Easter Bunny has stopped by, he must have brought carrots!
Let’s make the carrots!
To make these festive little packages, you’ll need two rolls of crepe paper (one orange and one green), a nice wicker basket, a few neutral-colored ribbons (raffia or string works just as well), scissors, and glue.
Cut out two rectangles of crepe paper—one green and one orange. Shape the orange one into a cone, fill it with all your little gifts, and twist the top to close it.
You can put all sorts of things inside the carrots—even sweets—but why not go for colorful beads and string to make a bracelet, bubbles, a sheet of temporary tattoos, stamps, or a mini squishy (those soft, squeezable rubber toys like stress balls)? Any small surprise that sparks a child’s imagination will do just fine.
Making package for Easter sweet gift. Step 2
Roll up the tips of the fringes and apply a thin layer of glue along the bottom edge of the rectangle.
Wrap the green rectangle around the orange cone. Tie it all together with a ribbon or a bit of string. Our carrot is ready!
Arrange the carrots in a lovely basket and place it on the table for Easter morning. The kids will have something new to play with, and we’ll get to enjoy a moment of peace.
Happy Easter!
