This has been a long and hard winter with record breaking cold keeping us locked indoors. When Spring finally arrived, I was ready to be “out with the old” winter stuff and in with the new. I wanted to do something to freshen up the house for spring, but I didn’t want it to cost a lot of money. I had a supply of Peeps in different colors and decided why not use them in my decorating instead of eating them? This served a twofold purpose; it helped my waste line by not eating the Peeps and gave visitors entering my foyer a fun conversational piece. Almost everyone has agreed it is a conversation starter, with the exception of my son. He asked me, “Who stuck this stupid picture on the wall with Peeps on it? I bet it is going to attract ants.” All I have to say is someone has no spring spirit. For the rest of us who have spring spirit, the picture is easy to make and uses items found around the house or at the thrift store.
Here’s what I used:
1 picture frame with mat (found it at the Thrift store for $1.99)
paint (found in craft section at Walmart 50 cents)
2 (4 packs) of Peeps in different colors
Glue
2 sheets of copier paper
scissors
Use a small paintbrush to paint the frame a spring color of your choice. Allow to dry. I began to make the picture by taking the green mat out of the frame and turning it over so the white section faced the front. Next I placed a piece of white copier paper behind the matting. I arranged the Peeps onto the copier paper the way I wanted them and glued them into place. Let the paper lie flat until the Peeps have dried. I lifted them up and wound up smooshing one Peep to get it to stay in place. Refasten the back of the picture.
On the computer make two small banners to fit the frame that say Hoppy Easter or Hoppy Spring. I used PicMonkey (they have a free version!) to make my banners. Cut the banners out and place on the picture where you would like to them to go. Allow the picture to dry and hang on the wall. I think an arrangement of Peeps in 5″by 7″ frames would be nice too.
What are your favorite Easter picture ideas?
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That is so cute! Although I don’t think my kids would be happy if I made Art with PEEPS. They are too obsessed with eating them! lolol.
Those are super cute! I love them!
I love this idea for Easter! It’s so cute. 🙂
This is such a neat idea and very creative. My kids like to make pictures with all sorts of items. My favorite easter pictures are the ones they hand drew themselves and made eggs out of colorful foil paper.
I love it! I’d personally change things up with a few colors here and there!
I like that you could swap this out for another theme once the peeps are ready to go 🙂
I love the idea – it’s very cute. But now I’m interested…. did it attract ants???
Now this is just adorable. I’ve never been one to eat Peeps, but they are such a major Easter tradition and I’d definitely used them in decorating!
I love these ideas because Peeps are such a versatile treat that they are great for being extra creative.
What a cool project! I never saw anything like this, cute but my kids would end up just putting their face to the thing and eating it. Edible wall art..
What a unique idea! There is so many fun things to do with Easter Peeps, but my favorite is to use them as cupcake decorations.
That is SO cute!! If I hung it on my wall, I’d probably put my face against it and nibble on them every time I walked by. 🙂 It would look like I was kissing my wall.
Are you like I am and have to have double Peeps so you can eat while you work, lol. That is so cute, I love Peeps for decorating things but never thought to make a picture.
That is cute but those little peeps would be torturing me screaming eat me.
I don’t eat Peeps so this would be a great idea to get rid of them!
Really cute! I honestly haven’t thought about many Easter crafts yet!
Since I do not like eating Peeps, I think using them in crafts is the way to go! Super cute picture!
That is such a cute and simple craft idea for Easter. Love it
That’s cute! And everyone associates Easter fun with Peeps. Great craft!
Wow, so very creative! I love the spring colors. I need to share this with my daughter.
How cute is that? Seriously, that is an awesome idea and I definitley think that my buys would flip out if they came home and saw one of those hanging up in our house!!