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An Easter craft and some Easter math with Hersheys

Hershey’s Kisses are my absolute weakness.  The nice folks at Hershey’s sent us some samples of their Easter candies and included in that package were some of my weakness.  What’s a chubby girl to do while on Nutrisystem, with 2 bags of Hershey Kisses in the house?

Haha.  Funny, you guys.

We made a birdhouse to hang up for an Easter decoration.  DId you really think I ate them?  Silly!!

Before we began the birdhouse construction,  I decided some learning fun was in order!  So first we sorted the kisses by colors, and then we counted how many of each color.  We talked about which color had the most (blue).  I’d planned to do some graph type stuff with my 5 year old but she had a separate agenda that day and wasn’t doing crafts with us!

 

 

 

I cut out a basic birdhouse shape from a cardboardbox we had. I did do a double layer, and just taped them together.

Then I cut a strip and taped it on for a ‘roof’

Next, covered the house and roof in construction paper (paint would work too)

Then I got out some strips of glue dots (you can use other adhesive, but this was fast and easy and I had a bunch on hand)

Then we just put the kisses all over the birdhouse:

Until it was covered (and I promise I ate zero kisses.  My son had 3)

I bet you thought I’d tell you we hung this up next, right?  Because that would be the logical progression of events.  We haven’t hung it up yet.  I forgot to think about that when we started and need to get it up on the wall (so daddy hands and kid hands aren’t stealing kisses from the poor bird house!)

This was a really fun, and inexpensive holiday craft to make – and we’ll be enjoying the “fruits” of our labor once Easter passes by, I’m sure.  Or rather, the kids will.  I’ll continue to abstain from indulging!

Hershey doesn’t just have Easter colored kisses this time of year, they have tons and tons of fun options, like foil covered eggs…themed candies from the movie ‘Hop” opening tomorrow in theaters- and so many more fun products!

 

One of my readers will wina prize pack including  Easter-themed Hershey item

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Mandatory Entry: Visit Celebrate with Hersheys and tell me a fun craft you’d like to try or basket idea you’d like to recreate!  (Remember, this one is mandatory, so if you don’t do this one, the rest won’t count!)

Extra Entries:

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Share this giveaway on any Social Networking site- be sure to leave the URL of your post (can be done 2x/day at least 1 hour apart)

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This giveaway will end on April 11, 2011 at midnight, EST.  Winner to be chosen using “And the Winner Is” and will have 48 hours to respond to initial contact.  US only.

I received a sample of this product to facilitate my review.  Opinions expressed within are my own.

About Brett

I'm a 40 something lifestyle blogger living in Connecticut with my husband and our 3 kids, plus our two rescue pups. We love to hike, travel, play games, watch movies, and just be outside together! Having 3 active kids makes for a hectic schedule and I try to share content, recipes and other things that can help to make today's busy family life simpler, easier, or just plain more fun!

I started working full time at a local middle school in fall 2021 and some of my students are insistent that I am mean.

Comments

  8. Vickie L. Couturier says

    My grandkids would like to make HERSHEY’S Foil Egg Wreath
    vlbelk(at)hotmail.com

  26. Alicia C. says

    Um, gonna do the GFC one again. For some reason I thought it was in the mandatory entry. So…
    I’m a GFC follower!
    ohmiss14 at yahoo dot com

  27. Alicia C. says

    FIRST: The determination in your son’s face is wonderful. And I can’t get over the way he looks SO PROUD in that last picture! WTG, mama!!!

    I’m a GFC follower. I’d love to try making the Chocolate Kisses Mice and the Easter Buddies with my little guy.
    ohmiss14 at yahoo dot com

  35. Tandra A says

    Subscribe to blog via email with ssqueakert at yahoo dot com
    ssqueakert at aol dot com

  61. Leah Webster says

    I recieve your emails and I would like to try making the JOLLY RANCHER Mosaic Easter Eggs.

  62. Leah Webster says

    I follow you on facebook. I would like to try making the JOLLY RANCHER Mosaic Easter Eggs.

  64. amee says

    Brett you always do such a good job promoting priducts and thinking of orginal uses for them. I cant wait to count with kisses!

  73. Jenpt says

    I love the Whopper’s Robin Egg wreath. I try to do a wreath above my fireplace for each season and this would be perfect!

  74. Monica Jean Leasure says

    My boys would love making the pinwheel party favors…. my youngest, jonathan, who just turned 5 loves pinwheels….. would make a cute item for easter baskets…..

  75. Just Trying To Save Money says

    I would love to make the HERSHEY’S Foil Egg Wreath! Looks like a lot of fun!

  77. Lauren says

    I cant believe that I have to pick just 1 craft lol, id have to say either the bunny cupcakes or the basket cupcakes!

    i love chocolate!

  145. Raven In A Blue Room says

    I like your blog on facebook (Louis Here)

    schnitzomage {at} gmail {dot} com

  146. Raven In A Blue Room says

    Google Friends Connect – following your blog publicly as Louis

    schnitzomage {at} gmail {dot} com

  147. Raven In A Blue Room says

    I subscribed to your feed via google reader

    schnitzomage {at} gmail {dot} com

  148. Raven In A Blue Room says

    I love the Chic Chick Basket

    Thank you for hosting this giveaway

    Louis
    schnitzomage {at} gmail {dot} com

  155. Wendi Bishop says

    the HERSHEY’S Foil Egg Wreath looks really cute. bet it takes a lot of candy though 🙂

  168. Amy Reynolds says

    I love the Hersey’s Flower Pot Bouquet. I thinking it will be a fun project to make to give to the kids teachers.

  179. Carol W says

    I would like to try to make the Hershey’s Foil Egg Wreath. Thanks
    carolwegs at gmail dot com

  195. Dorothy says

    I think the easter bonnet cookies are the cutest, along with the jellybean snake.

  206. Marsha Sickler says

    I like The Bunny Basket Bag on the Celebrate with Hershey’s. But even though my kids are older now,they still insist on making the homemade baskets that my grandma taught me when I was a little girl,lol She used to save the cardboard inserts they would put in men’s shirts/t-shirts,then the day before Easter we would take those rectangular pieces of cardboard and trim off a strip(which would become the handle)to make the cardboard a square. Then make a cut diagonally in from each corner point,then fold up the sides and secure to make the basket. Finally attaching the handle.We each decorated our own.The only difference now is I buy poster paper instead of the cardboard inserts.Originally i did it because money was tight that year,but my kids loved it so much,they insist on doing it every year!

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