Easter fun

Chicks, bunnies, chocolate eggs - kids just love Easter. Why not make it egg-stra special this year, and get together with the children to make these fabulous gifts and treats.

Add a touch of spring to all of your Easter celebrations with this flower-covered bonnet

What you need:

A2 paper or a broadsheet newspaper Yellow and green tissue paper Selection of coloured papers and cards PVA glue Scissors

What to do:
 

Making the hat

Take two sheets of A2 paper or four double pages of a broadsheet newspaper and divide into pairs

Lay the pairs across each other in a cross shape

Place the centre of the paper cross onto the head of the person whom the hat is for and press it down over their head

Ask your model to place their hands on their head underneath the paper (to ensure the hat is not too tight), while you run masking tape around the outside - several times - to form the crown of the hat

Remove hat from head and trim brim to desired size

Decorating the hat

Using PVA glue, stick yellow tissue paper to the outside of the hat and underside of the brim. Leave to dry For a grass effect, cut strips of green tissue paper and stick to brim with PVA. Leave to dry Cut out a selection of paper flowers, stems and leaves from card and coloured paper Cut out leaf shapes from green tissue paper Stick petals to stems and arrange round the crown of the hat When in desired position, stick down with PVA Glue leaves onto stems Cut out more small flower shapes in matching colours and stick around the brim