Garden Critters
Garden Critters
Discover nature’s tiniest and tastiest candy critters floating around your flower pot!
Prep time: 30 min.
Difficulty: Moderate
What you'll need:
  • 2 MILKY WAY® Brand Egg 3-Packs
  • 1 6-inch clay pot(s)
  • Green floral oasis
  • Green Easter grass
  • Yellow construction paper
  • Red construction paper
  • Green construction paper
  • 1 yellow pipe cleaner(s)
  • 2 chenille black pipe cleaners
  • 2 thin pipe cleaners
  • Double-stick tape
  • Thick non-toxic black marker
  • 12 mini cotton pom-poms, assorted colors
  • Googly eyes
  • Holiday stickers
  • Printable templates
What to do:
  1. Prepare the garden by filling the clay flowerpot with the floral oasis. Top the oasis with Easter grass. Randomly press stickers around the clay flowerpot. Set the pot aside.
  2. To make a bee: cut four wings out of the yellow construction paper. Template is available. Tape the wings to the bottom of two MILKY WAY® Brand Eggs. Draw horizontal lines across the ?body? of the eggs with a black marker. Attach the pom-pom eyes with snips of double-stick tape. Cut one black pipe cleaner in two. Curl one end of each piece and tape the other end just above the eyes. Decorate the wings with holiday stickers. Press the floral wire or spaghetti noodles into the bottoms of the eggs. Press the other side of the wire into the floral oasis.
  3. To make a LadyBug: Draw black dots all over the ?back? of two MILKY WAY® Brand Eggs. Cut two think chenille pipe cleaners into four equal pieces. Tape four pieces to each side on the bottoms of the eggs. Attach two pom-poms to the top for eyes. Press a piece of floral wire or spaghetti pasta to the bottom of the eggs and push the other side into the floral oasis.
  4. To make a Snail: Cut the snail body from green construction paper, using the printable template as your guide. Tape the MILKY WAY® Brand Egg onto the paper body. Attach the googly eyes to the head.
  5. To make a Butterfly: Cut two wings out of blue construction paper. Tape the wings to the bottom of the MILKY WAY® Brand Egg. Cut a thick pipe cleaner in half. Curl one end of each piece and tape the other end to the top of the egg of the antenna. Decorate the wings with holiday stickers.
Makes 6 critters.