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Make a White Knight and Bear & Sparrow Easter Hat

Easter will soon be here and so will the Easter Hat parade at your local school.

If this is shocking, then I might have freaked you out. Breathe it is okay!

I will hand you a lovely cup of virtual coffee or tea depending on your preference, and you can have a little quiet time. This will allow you to process that it will soon be school holidays or the fact that kids will be hyperactive and high on chocolate due to the gifts from The Easter Bunny and a well-meaning family.

White Knight and Bear and Sparrow sent my girls some lovely Easter Hat kits. It was so much fun creating them and they look so good. Much better than I would have done on my own.
White Knight and Bear and Sparrow sent my girls some lovely Easter Hat kits. It was so much fun creating them and they look so good. Much better than I would have done on my own.

If you are like me, you failed badly at creating an Easter Hat for your kids. I ran out of time and purchased an oversized beach hat for each child. They were pink so I thought they would love them. However, as soon as decorations were added to these hats they immediately fell off and due to the size of the hat and the fact it had a very floppy rim the kids could not see very well while the hat was on. If you really must analyse how it went, it might be termed a complete disaster.

Hopefully, you are now feeling rested and relaxed after the virtual cuppa I gave you.

Now for my solution to make it all better for Easter, or the very least making the Easter Hat Parade stress free this year! Yes, it can be easier and your child will have one amazing rockstar of a hat.

White Knight Paints and Bear & Sparrow have teamed up to create to help parents take all the stress out of creating the Easter Hat.

“White Knight Paints has been a leading force in the specialty paint market for many years. When painting bathroom tiles, kitchen cabinets, metal fencing, your front porch or just indulging in a fun upcycling project, White Knight has an easy-to-use product for just about every DIY project, to help our consumers always achieve a professional result” says Brand Manager Dilani Fernando.

Bear and Sparrow is a registered Australian owned, boutique children’s decor business. They are based in Brisbane and have some lovely handmade wooden pieces.

The Easter Hats use White Knight Squirt Spray Paints. They come in 43 different colours and the new formulation has a primer and topcoat all in one. This paint dries quickly and is touch dry in just 10 minutes. This is good for craft projects with kids, you know how keen they are to start using their creations.

All the components for making this fabulous Easter Hat can be purchased at the hardware store and craft store, all for under $40.

It should take about 1 hour to make, so that is not long at all. Check out the video and download the Easter Hat Instructions here.

After your kids use their new groovy Easter Hats in the school parade you can also re-use it as a table decoration for family meals during Easter.

Check out www.whiteknightpaints.com or the White Knight Paints Australia Facebook page

Make sure you tag your bunny project with #wkxbearsparrow, #wksquirts and #whiteknightpaints #mummytotwinsplusonecraft 

Here are the girls finished hats. They look great don't they.
Here are the girls finished hats. They look great, don’t they?
Lillian loves her new Easter Hat.
Lillian loves her new Easter Hat.
Julia being cheeky with her stylish Easter Hat.
Julia being cheeky with her stylish Easter Hat.
The girls think their new hats will impress at the local school and also the Easter Bunny.
The girls think their new hats will impress at the local school and also the Easter Bunny.
Check out the bunny tail on the back of the hat. Very cheeky indeed.
Check out the bunny tail on the back of the hat. Very cheeky indeed.

C’mon and hop off and create your own amazing Easter Hat as we did. You can download the Easter Hat Instructions hereand make sure to watch the video above if you get stuck.

I hope you have fun and enjoy this project as much as we did.

A HUGE  thank you to White Knight Paints and Bear & Sparrow for sending both my kids a kit each.

Oh, and the hat boxes are so nice and great for storing your finished hat in too. This will ensure that your stylish creation is not damaged.

Julia's hat is all safe in the hat box.
Julia’s hat is all safe in the hat box.
You can add paper to make sure the hat does not move around.
You can add paper to make sure the hat does not move around.

The kids are super cute and young here, the reason is that this post was created on March 22, 2017. Still a great post and activity.

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We are 10 years old – Win Every month to Celebrate!

This year the blog is turning ten.

What a major milestone it is to be blogging for 10 years!

Happy Birthday to us, Happy birthday to the blog, Happy Birthday.... we are turning 10 this year!
Happy Birthday to us, Happy birthday to the blog, Happy Birthday…. we are turning 10 this year!

It really doesn’t feel like it has been ten years.  Maybe it is all the things that kept me busy in the nearly ten years since having my first children (I did think that I would always say first child but in my case its first children).

The blog was started just after the twins were born and the girls are soon to be ten in September. The twins are super excited to be double digits soon.

To celebrate this amazing milestone I am giving away prizes to a valued and cherished reader each month.

I value all of you that have helped create such an awesome community and for following the blog for all these years.

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2018 is going to be awesome and there are so many wonderful things in store.

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Happy 8 Years of Blogging

This year is the eighth year of my blog. Yes I have been blogging for eight years. It sometimes does not feel like it has been that long at all.
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To celebrate I have a really amazing giveaway. This giveaway will give you a present as well as something for your little baby or if you don’t have a baby it could be a lovely gift for someone.

The next few months is going to be exciting in regards to giveaways. I have something for the Christmas and New Year holidays, some surprises in the lead up to Christmas and of course this giveaway that will help celebrate the blog’s eighth birthday. All will be revealed soon.  Make sure you follow the blog and all our social media sites so you don’t miss out on any announcements.

I would like to take the time to thank all my lovely readers for following the blog, the comments and emails of support that I have had over the last eight years. It has been greatly apprecaitted.

Bigger and greater things are in store, my aim is to make the next eight years great too.

Thanks again,
Suzanne