If you have a baby dont even think about throwing away any more baby food jars! These and similar jars make great Easter characters that will brighten a basket, a table or another area of your home. The characters are very easy to create and kids, in particular, will love this craft. The characters are so adorable youll want to make one for everyone you know! Start with clean baby food jars and lids. Fill one jar with white pom-poms or cotton balls and set aside. Paint the lid pink and allow to dry. Screw the lid onto the jar and turn the jar upside-down. If you want, you can actually glue the lid onto the jar so kids dont later remove the pom-poms. Now youll use inexpensive craft supplies to finish this baby food jar Easter bunny.
About a third of the way down the jar glue on two wiggly eyes. Just under the eyes glue on a small pink pom-pom. Glue on two slightly larger white pom-poms to create a muzzle. Cut narrow strips of black craft foam for whiskers. Glue the ends of the whiskers just under the edges of the white pom-poms. Cut two small white ears, and two smaller pink ears, and glue the pink ones on top of the white ones. This will make the inside and outside of the bunny ears. Glue these on to the top of the bunnys head and your jar bunny is complete. If you want, you can embellish the top of the bunny head by gluing on tiny flowers, pearls, beads or even fake jewels.
To make an Easter chicken fill a baby food jar with yellow pom-poms. The larger the pom-poms, of course, the fewer it will take to fill the jar. The jar doesnt necessarily have to be packed tight with the pom-poms; just fill it up completely. Paint the lid yellow and allow to dry completely before gluing it onto the jar. Turn the jar upside down to create the Easter chick. About a third of the way down the jar glue on two wiggly eyes. Tiny eyes give the chick a certain look but larger eyes give it a completely different appearance. Cut a diamond shape out of orange craft foam or felt. Fold it in half and glue the fold to the jar, just under the eyes, to create a beak. Now glue small yellow feathers here and there on the jar. You can glue them to the top of the jar, the sides of the jar, or all over the jar. Small yellow feathers can be purchased at a craft store. Create a fun puppy by filling the baby food jar with white cotton balls. Here and there, push in a small black pom-pom, to make a spotted dog. Paint the jar lid black, allow to dry completely, then glue it onto the jar. Turn the jar upside-down to make the puppy. Go about a third of the way down on the jar and glue on two large wiggly eyes. Glue on a black pom-pom for a nose. Glue two large white pom-poms on to form a muzzle. Leave a space between the two white pom-poms and position them slightly below - and to each side - of the black pom-pom. Use a black marker to make tiny dots on the white pom-poms. Cut one white ear and one black one from fun foam. Use a marker to color a couple of black dots on the white ear. Glue the ears onto the jar to finish the Easter puppy. There are many different animal characters you can create from the baby food jars. There are other clear jars you can use as long as all labels - and adhesive residue - has been removed. The jar animals are great for a childs Easter basket or just to set around the house. Place them on the mantle, shelves and counter tops. Browse your local craft store to purchase bags of pom-poms that contain assorted sizes as well as various colors. These will make it easy for you to fill the jars and create the various faces for the jar animals. Get the kids and get busy! The animals are so much fun to create, cost little to make, and will be responsible for many smiles this Easter.
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