Easter Fun - Hand Decorated Candy Eggs

Mummies turn for a bit of Easter Decorating Fun! Remember when we did the Honeycomb Christmas Trees last year? So we decided that we had to do this regularly. lol! Regularly being twice a year, Christmas and Easter but still it is such a nice way to spend some time with other homeschoolimg mamma's.

Candied Easter Eggs, yum yum, I adore these. I think because of childhood memories more than anything else because let's face it, nothing today tastes as it once did. Due to the nature of these we didn't make the entire egg, but did do all of the joining and decorating.

We were shown how to make the egg, however they need 3 days drying time for them to harden enough to join and decorate.

It certainly looked like a very scary project to tackle, but it wasn't that difficult and it was really very fun. You just need to be be super carfeul not to touch your newly piped and joined edges otherwise you'll squish them, like I did in my yellow flowery egg up there.

Here are all the works of art waiting to be given to someone beautiful on Easter morning, if they can last that long.

Hopping Into Easter

 Easter already!?!

I think we have started a tradition with our home schooling friends.

Easter and Christmas Cake decorating.

Whilst it's not always technically cake decorating, the workshops are run by a cake decorator (one of our lovely Grandmothers) so it's just easier if we always refer to these group activities as cake decorating.

We never know what the children will be creating, the surprise is half the fun and the grand reveal this time around was definitely worth the wait.

Decorated Easter Egg Bunnies.

Aren't they just adorable! Loads of fine motor work and creative finesse involved. And let's not forget the eating component now shall we.

Past Cake Decorating Activities

Christmas Cake Toppers
Dogs, Cats, Pirates & Bonnets

Christmas Fun - Cake Decorating

Remember the Honeycomb Christmas Trees? Which was a little end of year fun for the 'mummies' in our small circle of homeschool friends. Well this is what the kids did with their friends.

Gorgeous little cake toppers (they just used biscuits though which are the same size and shape as a regular cupcake).

The concentration from all was immense. Can you see the bakers flour all over K's face, she was definitely hard at work.

It took him awhile, but eventually C asked if he could decorate a biscuit too. He did a great job, along with Grandma's helping hand.

What Christmas Fun have you been getting up to lately? Don't forget to link up each week between now and Christmas and share all of your fun Christmas ideas. Crafts, Recipes, Handmade Gifts, Traditions and anything else you enjoy this time of year.
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Cake Decorating For Kids

As part of our Home School Network activities this term some of the children were able to particpate in some beginners cake decorating with one of our very lovely Grandmothers. This class was an absolute hit and they are definitely wanting to do some more.

They made dogs and cats the first week.

Can you believe B's dog and yes they did this themselves.

He is beginning his work on the cat in this one.

This is K's cat, unfortunately by the time I got around to taking a photo the paper had started coming away.

The second week they decorated biscuits and turned them into pretty bonnets,

And Pirates.

Dad got these for Father's Day, it was perfect timing.

We are hoping to do this again before the year's out and even the mummies might have turn at it as well.

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