Well, I’m pleased as punch to announce a crafty event for boys and girls ages 8 to 12 with myself and my new pal Clare Crespo. You may remember Clare from the post I wrote in December featuring her cookbooks the Secret Life of Food and Hello There, Cupcake! and her show the Yummyfun Kooking Series. We’ve put our noggins together and thinking ourselves quite clever have planned a fun morning of crafts, snacks and a special guest appearance by a furry friend!
Inspired by vintage sugar eggs, participants will create spring candy dioramas packed with tasty birds, bugs, bunnies and a whole lot of imagination. Clare will be concocting a special (surprise!) spring snack and a punchbowl of fun. And we’ve confirmed that the kind folks from the Pasadena Humane Society will be bringing a live bunny for ooohs, ahhhs and gentle pats on the head! Egg-ceptional!
The event will be had at the lovely Home Ec store in the Silverlake neighborhood of Los Angeles. Visit the Home Ec site to sign up (space is very limited) or call the shop at (323) 906-8826.
Do you remember making dioramas as a kid? They seem to be a classroom staple - the basic idea being to create a miniature world inside a box. And for this project, that little universe will be viewed through a small hole in one end of the box - the results are magical! Stocked with bowls of sweets, Clare and I will walk your kiddo through some basic steps of crafting candy critters and then let them stretch their imaginations to create anything they like to populate their tiny box landscapes. We’ll have diorama boxes available in bubblegum pink and chocolate brown - crafters choice! Come join us - don’t miss out on all the fun!
