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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Writer’s Corner – Five Podcasts Serious Indie Authors Won’t Want to Miss
Posted: March 7, 2022 Filed under: book marketing, Book Promotion, Branding, craft, Editing, marketing, Podcasts, Writing, Writing Tips | Tags: Book Promotion, Grammar Girl, Kaye Lynne Booth, Kevin J. Anderson, marketing, Podcasts, Publishing, Quick and Dirty Tps, Six Figure Authors, The Creative Penn, The Self Publishing Formula, Writer's Corner, Writing, Writing Excuses, Writing to be Read 5 Comments
In my publishing courses at Western State Colorado University, my instructors and mentors, Kevin J. Anderson and Allyson Longuiera have introduced us to several useful podcasts for independent authors and/or publishers and I’d like to share them with you here.
Writing Excuses : https://writingexcuses.com/2021/03/07/16-10-paying-it-forward-with-kevin-j-anderson/
Hosts Dan Wells, Mary Robinette Kowal, Peng Shepard, and Howard Taylor offer up tips and writing advice, mainly on craft. This podcast provides short sessions, they claim 15 minutes, but the session for the link above is closer to 30. It’s an interview with Kevin J. Anderson about paying it forward, and it’s really good, so I tought you all might enjoy it. Kevin started out with traditional publishing way back when, but has now established his own independent press in WordFire Press, so he speaks to both sides of the industry, and this interview is proof that whether published traditionally or independently, authors are a good bunch. I’m proud to be counted amoung this tribe.
But the episodes really are brief, so take a little time and explore the site. They have many interesting topics of value to authors at all stages of their career. Here’s the main page link: https://writingexcuses.com/
Six Figure Authors: https://6figureauthors.com/
With hosts Lindsay Baroker, Joe Lallo and Andrea Pearson, this podcast offers publishing and marketing tips, more than craft advice, but as six figure authors, they are crushing it and they are willing to share their advice with their listeners. I enjoy binging back episodes on my lengthy commute to and from my day job. They have a Facebook group which listeners can join, where they can pose questions to the hosts or their guests to be answered on the podcast. Lots of valuable information for authors here, whether just starting out or if you’ve been at it for a while.
The Creative Penn: https://www.thecreativepenn.com/podcasts/
I love this podcast! Host Joanna Penn (with a double N), is an author/enterprenuer and a futurist. Her podcast is filled with interviews and discussion about industry trends and where things might be headed. She’s got a killer accent which makes her fun to listen to, too.
The Self Publishing Formula: https://selfpublishingformula.com/spf-podcast/
Host Mark Dawson is a best selling independent author provides interviews and master classes on self-publishing. He and his co-host, James Blatch both have accents that are heavier and more difficult for me to understand, but they do offer up some valuable information on the independent publishing world.
Quick and Dirty Tips: https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/grammar-girl
This is every writers go-to podcast for all of your grammer questions, with Grammar Girl, Mignon Fogarty, who discusses proper grammar and common grammar mistakes. A quick reference for all grammar questions you are unsure of during writing and editing processes.
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