Easter project # 1

I'm really hoping the old addage of "in like a lion out like a lamb, or in like a lamb and out like a lion" is not true. It's a beautiful day in the neighbourhood today, so I'd just like to see it stay that way.  I am so over winter!!

Anyway, it is March and Easter being early this year will be at the end of the month.  2 of my 3 kids and their significant others will be here for the long weekend - and of course The Bug.  So excited to have them come.  Time to start getting ready.  I've already decided on the menu for the weekend and have the grocery  list ready to go.  So now I'll be pulling out all the lovely spring colors and getting things looking a bit more light and airy around here.

First up...

as usual easy, cheap and pretty!

Here's what you'll need:

for each candle stick you'll need two round wooden pieces. I got a five inch diameter and a four inch diameter. A piece of dowel, styrofoam eggs and whatever kind of paint you want. I got everything at Michaels. (you'll probably have to cut the dowel to the right height you want your candlesticks to be).

Start by drilling a hole for your dowel on the top of the larger wooden circle and the bottom of the smaller wooden circle.  Paint all three pieces.  I just used crafters acrylic paint because I had it on hand, but I'm sure you can use spray paint too.  You don't have to paint the whole dowel, just the tips that might be seen.  Once painted you can glue the dowel onto the top of the bigger wooden circle.  At first I used the ever reliable E6000 glue but it seemed a bit flimsy once I got everything together.  So I took it all apart and just used a hot glue gun.  Its a bit more sturdy.

Once it's glued in place, put on your eggs.  The ones I bought were on a stick.  Just pull the stick out.  You may want to push a screwdriver through the hole first to get all the way through the styrofoam, it just makes it easier to put on the dowel. Put as many eggs on each dowel as you like, but be warned, the higher it goes, the more it tends to sway or lean.  Once your eggs are on, hot glue the smaller wooden circle to the top of the dowel, and voila, easter candlesticks.

Now to find project # 2 to do  :)

Hope you are enjoying this beautiful spring weather wherever you may be