Growing Bookworms – Fun creations using fondant and Easter eggs #fondantart #Easter
Posted: March 13, 2024 Filed under: craft, Creative Projects, Growing Bookworms, Parenting, Teaching children | Tags: Easter Decorations, Fondant Art, Growing Bookworms, Robbie Cheadle, Writing to be Read 43 Comments
This month, I thought I would share a few ideas for making fun Easter creations using Easter eggs and fondant. Children love making things and modelling fondant is similar to modelling play dough.
I used candy coated hens eggs to make my creations but you can use any hens eggs sized Easter egg.
Step-by-step: How to make an Easter chick from fondant and an Easter egg
If you don’t have cutters, you can just cut the shapes freehand.
You can download a free PDF with these instructions here: https://robbiesinspiration.files.wordpress.com/2024/03/easter-chick.pdf
Step-by-step: How to make panda bear from fondant and an Easter egg
You can download a free PDF with these instructions here:
https://robbiesinspiration.files.wordpress.com/2024/03/panda-bear.pdf
Some other fondant and Easter egg idea – a dinosaur and a pig.
About Robbie Cheadle
Award-winning, bestselling author, Robbie Cheadle, has published fifteen children’s book and two poetry books. Her work has also appeared in poetry and short story anthologies.
Robbie also has two novels published under the name of Roberta Eaton Cheadle and has horror, paranormal, and fantasy short stories featured in several anthologies under this name.
The eleven Sir Chocolate children’s picture books, co-authored by Robbie and Michael Cheadle, are written in sweet, short rhymes which are easy for young children to follow and are illustrated with pictures of delicious cakes and cake decorations. Each book also includes simple recipes or biscuit art directions which children can make under adult supervision.
Robbie and Michael’s new Southern African Safari Adventures series is aimed at teaching young children about Southern African wildlife in a fun and entertaining way. Each book contains a rhyming verse story about a particular animal, as well as illustrations by Robbie Cheadle, photographs and links to video footage about that animal.
Robbie’s blog includes recipes, fondant and cake artwork, poetry, and book reviews. https://robbiesinspiration.wordpress.com/
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What great ideas. My daughter would have loved making these as a child!
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Yes, sculpture and fondant are similar in some ways
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She started with playdough!
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So did I 😉
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Impressive to see the process, Robbie!
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Thankyou, Dave. These were good fun to make … and eat!
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🙂
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how cute and wonderful!
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Your fondant creatures are so adorable! ❤
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I love this! Thank you for the detailed instructions. 🙂
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My pleasure
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This was fabulous! Thanks so much for sharing your fondant secrets. I’m totally in awe! 💖
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Hi Colleen, it is my pleasure. I’m breaking my baking and fondant art book into parts now like Carol has done. Makes it more manageable.
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Fabulous! I’ve enjoyed creating Carol’s cookbooks. She has such great family recipes. xx
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I love this! I adore obscure art forms.
I must say Robbie’s fondant art gets better and better the more she does.
Terrific post. Thank you Kaye Lynne and Robbie!
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Hi Resa, the kids loved these and they were fun to make 🌹
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LOVE absolutely LOVE this tutorial. Clever and you make it look so easy.
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That is a great project and a fabulous tutorial. The result looks astonishing and I’m not sure we could repeat that even with the instructions, but the instructions are great.
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Hi Thomas, I’ve made these with children, and they’ve had a great time. Their’s don’t look exactly like mine but they are delighted by the results.
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That is wonderful
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Love these, so much fun. Great directions, Robbie.
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Thanks, Carla
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Robbie, I am a sad, sorry case when it comes to cooking or baking. If I tried to follow your clear, detailed directions, my result would probably be like child’s. 🙂Thank goodness for your talent!
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Hi Jennie, that’s okay, you have other talents. Actually, I thought of you when I wrote this post. There is a simpler Easter egg design activity I used to do with my Sunday school. We used to paint the eggs with food colouring. They loved it.
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😀
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So cute! (K)
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Thank you, Kerfe 🌸
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Brilliant Robbie and what a lovely activity for children and adults alike.. ♥
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Fabulous, Robbie, and I would’ve loved making these with my kids when they were young. We baked a lot together which was lots of fun. Thanks for sharing! ❤️
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My pleasure. I baked a little with my kids too 💚
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[…] Discover how to make this lovely little chick in Robbie’s step by step guide: Time to get ready for Easter with fondant art. […]
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Wow Robbie. I love your cooking tutorials. I watch many types of cooking shows, and am always fascinated by the skills and creations, because my baking sucks, lol. ❤
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Thank you, Debby. I suppose baking is a skill. My mum says I have a light touch 😉
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Thanks for the detailed instructions, Robbie. I am not very skilled, but I’m sure even I would manage to follow your instructions. Thanks so much!
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My pleasure, Olga 💝
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I love the little topknot on the chick’s head. It’s so whimsical!
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The chick is cute. Thanks, Liz
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You’re welcome, Robbie.
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It seems i missed another blog tour here. ;-/ Thanks for sharing this great ideas, Robbie! Together with your stories read aloud to the kids a very big experience. Enjoy a nice week! xx Michael
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Hi Michael, I’m glad you enjoyed these ideas. The kids do love these creations. Enjoy your week 💝
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Not sure how I missed this one before, Robbie. (Oh, that’s right. I was feeling under the weather for a bit there.) I saw it on John’s blog today. Terrific project with easy to follow instructions.
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Hi Pete, I’m sorry you’ve been unwell. I’m glad you enjoyed this bit of creative fun 💚
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