Oddities, Curiosities, Crafts and More: A Joyful Easter

Seeing as the horse drawn sleigh I had requested earlier never arrived I thought I would take advantage of this wonderful snow day and create something crafty for Easter. Sure Easter isn't until April this year, but with the exception of St. Patrick's Day, Easter is the next upcoming holiday. It never occurred to me to make something for St. Patty's Day... hmm... perhaps it's time to reconsider. I did try my best to take progression photos, but did catch myself getting caught up in the crafting moment so a step or two will have to be solely described. They are very simple steps though. I promise.

To start out I went online and found some favorite Victorian Easter images. These are some of the ones I chose.

From the first image I cut the silhouette of the bunny. The second image I used as the shadowbox background. The last three images I used as accent pieces. It's important when you want to create silhouettes to use a heavy card stock paper. I personally prefer a textured paper. This is the kind I use. You can purchase it at walmart.

After you print the images you need to cut out the images using an X-Acto knife. A cutting board is necessary so you don't ruin your tabletop. The blue mat I use is specifically for crafting, but you could use any kind of cutting board. I always tape my image to the board before cutting to cut down on mistakes.


Always keep your printed scrap paper. There's a good change those flowers will come in handy on a future craft project.

Here you will see my bunny completely cut away from the previous image. The reason for the finger file is to clean up any rough edges on the bunny. Just lightly scrape the sides with the file to smooth any pointy edges.

After I cut my images I found an old jewelry box that I could use to create my shadowbox scene inside of. It was sturdy, and deep enough to create a scene, but the box itself was green. So I slapped a couple coats of white paint on the box and set it aside to dry.

See the green color in the lower left hand corner? Yeah... that color really didn't fit in with my Easter color scheme.

Here's where I forget to take a couple pictures. Using the same textured paper as before, but in purple, I cut some decorative edge pieces using scrap booking shears. I fit the edges to the inside of the box so I could glue the pieces inside and fold the decorative edge forward to create a frame. I did take a picture of the folding process. Anyone that enjoys paper crafting needs the Martha Stewart bone folder pictured. It's a good thing.

Next I took Aleene's Tacky Glue and covered the entire back side of the jewelry box to attach the background I had already cut to size.

Next I prepared my bunny to glue inside the box. I wanted a 3D effect so I took several foam flowers, which can be purchased at the Dollar Tree, and using the already sticky backs adhered the flowers to one another and glued the final stack onto the back of the bunny.

Next I attached the decorative edge pieces to the inside edges of the box with a hot glue gun.

On the bottom edge piece I attached faux blades of grass, small silk flowers, and other ornamental floral pieces to mimic an outdoor Easter yard. It was tedious work, but well worth it for the end result.

I took the adorned piece and adhered it to the bottom edge of the box with a hot glue gun, tucking the piece behind the longer pieces I had already attached to the sides. I then attached the top decorative edge to the top of the box to complete the frame. Next I took iridescent tinsel I had gotten at Christmas and covered the bare, glue line edges.

Once the frame was complete I attached the 3D bunny to the inside of the shadowbox with a dab of hot glue. I used the other paper adornments I had cut from the textured paper to further decorate the box and cleverly cover any rough edges. I made a small bow out of thin, wired scrap booking ribbon to top the paper banner in the corner.