Creative Crafting

No family traditions? Then this is a great time of year to start new traditions! Easter is a great time to capture special family moments for scrapbooking. You don’t scrapbook, but planning your picture taking ahead of time guarantees you won’t miss any of these great family memories.

During winter months have you longed for spring days? So now when the gardens are starting to bloom with tulips, crocus, daffodils why not take photos using them as a backdrop? Or use the photos to imagine the spring warmth on a cold winter day.

Easter time at our house always meant Easter cookies, cakes, coloring eggs. Take pictures of you family doing these simple traditions to share with others. Once the fun of making the products is over make sure you take pictures of the finished pieces.

One of the traditions we had was with the Easter cookies, as with the Christmas cookies, we decorated them with jelly beans or other Easter goodies. Cakes were always put on a plate that had Easter “grass”, marshmallows peeps, chocolate candy around the base…of course we removed the grass before serving. But it makes a great picture for years to come.

Have you ever made a Christmas Gingerbread house? Why not an Easter Gingerbread house? Follow the basic recipe, then decorate with Easter candies. Let the kids use their imaginations as to what should be put on an Easter Gingerbread house…but don’t forget the Easter Bunny! And be sure and take a picture of before, during and after.

Coloring Easter eggs will never go out of style, no matter how old the kids are. Mine are adults and still color a few each year. I take pictures to remind them of happy times.

If your family attends Easter church services, make sure to get a picture of your children in their Easter outfits. Dressing up is a great excuse to take a picture.

Easter egg hunts are also fun for the whole family. Take some good action pictures and get a picture of your kids with their Easter baskets.

Do you take your kids to Easter egg hunts, or maybe organize a neighborhood one in your yard. You can get some good snapshots of your family for future generations to enjoy. And don’t forget the Easter baskets!

Special dinners are always a great time to take family pictures. Whether it is Easter, Mothers Day, Fathers Day or any get together, this is an excellent time to take pictures of those you don’t see that often. Take pictures of your family having fun and laughing together around the table. Be sure and take pictures of the food also to remember this special time.

Take lots of pictures of you family this spring season and have a Happy Easter!

Nancy Kraska Owner of Home Work For You, Better Business Resources. Avid reader. A food-alcoholic. Sometimes Crafter.

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