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Wednesday, March 28, 2012

We’ve pulled out our Easter books and display them in this basket for the weeks leading up to the holiday.

Here are a few of our favorite Easter books.

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Classic Easter Books

Easter by Gail Gibbons
The Country Bunny by Dubose Heyward
Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter
Here Comes Peter Cotton Tail by Steve Nelson
The Golden Egg by A. J. Wood
The Easter Egg by Jan Brett
The Easter Story by Patricia Pingry

Popular Character Easter Books

Where are Baby’s Easter Eggs by Karen Katz
Fancy Nancy’s Elegant Easter by Jane O’Connor
Honey Bunny by Mary Engelbreit
The Berenstain Bears’ Baby Easter Bunny by Jan Berenstain
Happy Easter Curious George by H.A. Rey

DIY CRAFT: FLOWER EASTER BASKET
I made the basket to match my daughter’s Easter dress. I just found some simple daisy flowers at the dollar store and hot glued them to her simple basket to dress it up. You could pick any flowers to match what you need. This was so quick and easy and we received so many compliments on it last year at our neighborhood egg hunt.

Below is a picture of my daughter in her matching dress and hair barette.

I don't put up very many fancy Easter decorations. I normally just leave out the baskets and books as our main decoration.
I hope you pick up some books to celebrate this holiday with your children. What are some of your favorite? Share your ideas in the comments below.

Tuesday, June 7, 2011

My daughter just finished her dance classes. We wanted to give her teacher a gift so we added a tutu to this flower basket. I think it turned out so cute and her teacher loved it and hung it outside her dance studio. I had seen this cute tutu table that inspired me to create this.

I got this hanging flower basket from Sam’s Club for $5 just after Memorial Day weekend. I had the fabric left over from a party and the ribbon in my stash so this came together quickly and easily.

Items Needed:
Hanging Flower Basket, 2 yards of tulle fabric (tutu netting), scissors, 1 rubber band (large enough to fit around the basket), 1 inch wide ribbon (about 6 feet, depending on size of basket).

Step 1: Put Rubber Band under lip of basket.
Step 2: Cut fabric into 4 inch wide, by 24 inch long strips. This gets a little tricky due to the type of fabric. It is easiest to lay out on a cutting mat and use a rolling cutter.
Step 3: My daughter tucked the fabric behind the rubber band and pulled it half way through so it was about 12 inches in front and 12 in back of the band. She liked being able to help make this for her teacher.
Step 4. We wrapped a ribbon around the lip of the basket and tied it in a bow.

Add a nice thank you note. My daughter wrote a note but I also like this music themed card for a dance teacher from the blog Eighteen25.

The tutu flower basket looks beautiful hanging up.

My daughter loved reading this Ballerina Princess book the past few months while taking dance classes. I’ve started collecting the ‘Step into Reading’ series. It has been great with my beginning readers. The series has many recognizable characters (Disney Princess and Cars, Barbie and more) and has different reading levels. You can find them at Target and Wal-mart. Make sure to read some books with your child as they are taking dance classes.

Here are some more great ballerina books to check out.