Growing up I looked forward to Easter and coloring Easter Eggs. I also loved the Easter egg hunt my parents always arranged throughout the house and yard.
The same coloring kits I used back in the 1950’s are still available in the stores today but I thought I’d search the Internet for a couple of new ideas (they were new for me anyway). Here are a couple I liked:
Sponge Painted Eggs
Cut a sponge into small pieces.
Pour some acrylic paint into a shallow dish or onto wax paper.
Clip the sponge pieces onto clothes pins, one for each color of paint. Dip the sponge into the paint and dab the egg with it. Start with your darker colors first for the best effect. Put the egg in an egg cup to dry.
Tips: I prefer to sponge paint with natural sponge.
You can find them at craft stores or a paint supply.
Do NOT eat eggs that have been painted!
Crayon Resist Easter Eggs
Color on the Easter eggs before placing in the dye.
Simple Dots, lines shapes swirls…The wax will resist the dye and your picture will show through. If you are dying Easter eggs with little ones
and do not want to use dye…The children can simply color the eggs with crayons and leave it at that.
Need a gift idea for your child (of any age)? See one of our stuffed animal collections pictured above. I especially like Nibbles, the 20” floppy eared bunny rabbit. This stuffed animal is posable as are many of our toy animals.
Nope, only in the Alsace region, which borders Germany, does the bunny venture into the garden. In the rest of the France it is a winged bell that does the delivery.
Many centuries ago the Catholic authorities ordered that church bells fall silent between the Thursday before Easter and Easter itself. Children are told that that the bells have flown to Rome to see the Pope and gather candy, returning on Sunday morning to drop chocolate chickens, bunnies, and eggs from the sky.
Like many places in the world, eggs are an important part of Easter in France. It is said that eggs are symbolic of the return to plenty after the hardship of Lent. Many families organize an Easter egg hunt in the garden and afterwards the children will roll their eggs down a slope to see whose is the fastest.
Adding an Easter bunny to your child’s Easter basket is a great idea! See all our plush stuffed animals on our website and order early!
We have added a group of three Gibbon’s to our collection of plush stuffed animals. These Gibbon’s are posable plush toys for kids of all ages.
You will love the large 42” Papa Mango as well as the 18 “and 12.5” Baby Mango. As with all our stuffed toys the Gibbon’s are quality, safe hand-sewn plush toys for your young children.
Gibbons are rare, small, slender, long-armed, tree-dwelling apes. These very acrobatic primates live in Southeast Asia. Gibbons are arboreal; they spend most of their lives in trees.
Gibbons have senses very similar to ours, including hearing, sight (including color vision), smell, taste, and touch.
Gibbons are omnivores (eating plants and meat). They forage for food in the forests during the day, eating fruit (which constitutes about 75% of their diet), leaves, flowers, seeds, tree bark, and tender plant shoots. They also eat insects, spiders, bird eggs, and small birds.
Gibbons drink water, often by dipping a furry hand into the water or rubbing a hand on wet leaves, and then slurping up the water from their fur. Gibbons sometimes do this while dangling above the water from a thin tree branch.
More information about this fascinating rainforest animal is available at: http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/apes/gibbon/.
See our website for more posable plush stuffed animals.
Pre-Christian fertility lore is the origin of the Easter Bunny. During the spring season, the Hare and the Rabbit were the most fertile animals known.
According to what I read at http://www.easterbunnys.net/easterbunnyhistory.htm, the bunny as an Easter symbol had it’s origin in Germany. It was first mentioned in German writings in the 1500s. The first edible Easter bunnies were made in Germany during the early 1800s. These were made of pastry and sugar.
The Easter bunny was introduced to American folklore by the German settlers who arrived in the Pennsylvania Dutch country during the 1700s. The arrival of the “Oschter Haws” was considered “childhood’s greatest pleasure” next to a visit from Christ-Kindel on Christmas Eve. The children believed that if they were good the “Oschter Haws” would lay a nest of colored eggs.
Easter is early this year and you will want to see our line of plush stuffed animals on our website. Our stuffed animals include a line of plush rabbits perfect for gift giving and including in your Easter baskets.
Fred Kort is a Holocaust survivor who escaped from Treblinka. He was only one of nine people in the world to have survived.
He started his career at General Electric and then as an engineer at the Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles. After decades of learning about the toy industry, he was finally able to accomplish his lifelong dream of building his own toy company in 1969.
He launched his toy company with only one product, a bouncing ball he called “Teeny Bouncers”. Today, Imperial’s product line features more than 800 year-round and seasonal items which are sold in over fifty foreign countries. (Imperial Toy Corporation)
“Kort is 74 years old and was at Treblinka where between 700,000 and 850,000 Jews were exterminated”, according to Fortune Magazine, in a article written by Carol J. Loomis on April 13, 1998. Ms. Loomis went on to say that ” only nine are believed to have survived and Mr. Kort was one of them”.
You can read the entire article on this link. http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1998/
Mr. Kort arrived in America at the age of 24 with one nickel in his pocket and the rest, as they say, is history.
Nowadays there are other ball toys which are manufactured by Purr*Fection and called Bouncy Buddies. These plush stuffed animals are children’s stuffed animal toys that have a hard rubber ball sewn into their bellies. They can be played with by children but dogs also love them; so remember Fido when you are ordering a stuffed toy for your child.
I received a black lamb with button eyes when I was 6 months old and I still have this stuffed toy. It is sitting on top of a dresser here in my office.
Plush stuffed animals such as teddy bears and stuffed rabbits remain a favorite toy for both boys and girls. With Easter coming up it might be a good time to surprise your boy or girl with new stuffed animals such as stuffed bunny rabbits.
Safety should be your first concern when shopping for your child’s new plush animals so make sure you are purchasing from a company who makes safe children’s toys; especially when you make your purchase online.
Researching safe plush toys online, one manufacturer you can trust is Purr-Fection. These toys are well made and posable. One image is shown with this post.
Whether you are shopping for stuffed teddy bears for a Christmas or birthday gift for your young child, teenager or an adult you will love our 100% satisfaction guarantee!
When Purr*fection manufacturers its plush stuffed animals and all their other realistic stuffed teddy bears you will be glad to know that their ultimate goal is to satisfy their customers. You will feel confident when you get a plush teddy bear that is hand sewn using only the highest quality materials.
Our realistic stuffed teddy bears are unique in design and each plush teddy bear has an individual character that is reflected in its expressions, softness and posability. Manufactured to surpass all safety regulations you will find just the right style, color and size stuffed teddy bears here in our collection of realistic stuffed teddy bears.
Teddy bears, small, medium or large, make the perfect Christmas gift for kids of all ages!
The teddy bear has become an American cultural icon – as genuine a representation of childhood innocence as you’ll ever find. These plush stuffed animals bring familiarity and comfort to young children. They are crafted with care by individual artisans and mass-produced by huge toy conglomerates. But do you know how this national touchstone got its name?
Theodore Roosevelt, whose likeness appears on the granite slopes of Mount Rushmore alongside Jefferson, Lincoln and Washington, became known for many achievements during his presidential tenure. He was the main impetus behind the Panama Canal project, linking the Atlantic and Pacific oceans and having a practically limitless effect on world trade. But he was also known as a conservationist who protected many of our national parks and forests from development and human habitation.
Hey kids, would like to throw your stuffed animals around and not get in trouble with your mom? Have her look at a unique line of plush toys with a ball inside.
Bouncy Buddies have a hard rubber ball sewn into their tummies so they bounce all over the place. You will be glad to know that these toy animals are hand sewn using the highest quality materials. Dogs also like these toys so you will need some for him and some for you.
Each plush toy is unique in design and their individual character is reflected in their expressions. Some of the selections are a bunny, bear, dog, cat, cow, elephant, monkey and zebra. Which is your favorite? Which would your dog like to play with?
You can see more selections online.