Mayfield Electric & Water Systems

Three brown lunch bags
Newspaper
String
Large cotton ball
Black and white construction paper to cut out the eyes or two large wiggly eyes Cardboard
Markers
Scissors
Glue

2 yellow cotton balls
/2 of a clean egg shell or cup from egg carton
Black construction paper
Orange construction paper
Scissors
Hole punch
Glue

1. Use the hole punch to make eyes out of black construction paper.
2. Cut a small square from orange construction paper and fold it in half to form a triangle for the beak.
3. Glue one cotton ball into the bottom of the egg shell. Glue the other cotton ball on top for the head.
4. Glue on the two eyes and beak.

Rose Reyonld's wrap
Green Reynold's wrap
Yellow Reynold's wrap
1 carrot
1 8" pice of curling ribbon
Gourmet jelly beans

1. Tear off 12" piece of yellow wrap and smooth onto working area.
2. Tear off 12" piece of rose wrap, and smooth over the yellow piece.
3. Place carrot, tip in the middle, on wrap.
4. Fold wrap over carrot, and fold again, to create small square.
5. Fold corner nearest to tip of carrot to the inside, and the wrap will resemble a flag.
6. Roll carrot up, and gently pull carrot out of the wrap.
7. Fill carrot with jelly beans, to about 1/2" from the top.
8. Twist the top to ensure beans do not fall out.
9. Tear off 10" of green wrap, and place your carrot in the middle, with approximately 1" of carrot top covered.
10. Fold green wrap over once, and gently twist over carrot.
11. Secure with ribbon, and curl ends.

1 or 2 shoeboxes
Craft knife (very sharp)
Tacky glue
Scissors
Stapler
Easter grass

1. Using the craft knife, make evenly spaced vertical slits in the shoebox from just under the glued edge to about and inch from the bottom. You can choose whether you want to weave the ends or just the sides.
2. Cut the long side double edge of the shoebox lid. This will be the handle.
3. Open up the top of the shoebox flat. Cut strips from the top of the box (these will be the strips to weave).
4. Weave strips through the box. (see photo).
5. Glue the ends of the strips to the box.
6. Staple the handle on to the top of the box. (see photo).
7. Fill with Easter grass. Enjoy hunting for eggs!

Leftover dyed Easter egg shells, broken up
1 large Egg shaped piece of cardboard
Glue
Jewelry pin back
Hot glue gun

1. Put a coat of glue on one side of the egg shaped piece of cardboard.
2. Place pieces of egg shell on the cardboard, colored side up. Let dry.
3. Break off any sharp edges of egg around the exterior.
4. Hot glue a jewelry pin back to the back of the cardboard shape.
5. Wear or give as a gift to Mom, Grandma, or teacher!

Yellow and orange construction paper
Glue
2 small wiggle eyes
Pencil
Scissors
Child's hands

1. Trace your child's hands on the yellow paper; these will serve as the chicks wings.
2. Cut an oval or egg shape out of the yellow paper. The size should be about 1/3 larger than your child's hands to be in scale with the wings.
3. Glue the wings to the back of the body.
4. Use the orange paper to make the beak and legs. The beak should be shaped as a diamond, bend it in the middle and only glue the bottom half to the oval portion of the chick.
5. Glue on the eyes.
6. For the feet, make long thin legs with 3 pointy toes. Glue the legs to the back side of the chick and write a message on its body.

White poster board
Pink construction paper
Scissors
Pencil
Glue
Tape or stapler
Easter stickers, optional
Markers, crayons, colored pencils, optional

1. Cut a strip of poster board about 2" wide by about 24" long.
2. Cut out 2 ears out of poster board each about 8 1/2" long x 3 1/2" wide.
3. Cut out 2 smaller ears out of pink construction paper.
4. Glue the pink ears inside the white ears.
5. Glue the ears inside the band, positioning to fit behind the child's head.
6. Let the child decorate the head band with stickers, markers, crayons, or colored pencils if they wish.
7. Tape or staple the band to fit the child. Cut off any excess.

3" by 5" index card or business card
(You can use a plain piece of paper but it won't hop as well.)
Bunny ears made from plain paper

1. Place the card in a portrait orientation (short side on top). At the top of the card take a corner and fold it down till the top edge and the side edge meet. Open card flat.
2. Repeat with the other corner. Now you have an 'X'.
3. There should be two creases on the top of your card. If you did steps one and two correctly, they should form an "X" at the top of the card. Now make a crease that runs through the middle of the "X". Mountain fold (fold back) the top right through the middle of the 'X'.
4. Collapse the paper on the pre-made creases.
5. Fold the outer corners of the triangle to the top.
6. Fold the sides to the middle.
7. Fold the bottom edge to the top.
8. Fold the top edge of the front layer to the bottom edge.
9. Turn over.
10. Glue or tape two bunny ears to the top.
11. To make your bunny hop, loosen the front and back legs so that the bunny is not flat. Tap at the back, and the bunny will jump.