10 Fun & Easy Easter Crafts To Do With Your Kids!

 

Candy Envelope Bunnies

A fun way to say "Happy Easter" is with paper-envelope rabbits, bearing treats, of course! Use pompoms for the nose, thick paper to create the envelope and ears and fill it with goodies your kids love!
By: Martha Stewart

 

Colorful Paper Grass

How about using some "green" grass in kids' Easter baskets this year? Use shredded multi-colored paper and curl them with scissors to fill and decorate the inside of your Easter eggs basket.
By: Martha Stewart

Colorful Easter Egg Cup Stands

Go wild with colorful and patterned paper: cut them, roll them and stick them together using superglue or staples to create trendy Easter eggs cup stands. Last touch: draw faces on the eggs using a simple black and red markers. 

By: Indesignartsandcrafts

 

No-Dye Easter Egg Decorating Ideas

Use stickers and markers for a fun and creative way to decorate your Easter eggs. No artificial dyes here!
By: Pinterest.

 

Easter Bunny and Chick Fingerprint Craft

Make the cutest paintings using just your child's thumbprint, a stamp pad and a marker. Your little one is sure to love this sweet and easy craft, ideal for personalizing an Easter card or just a fun poster to hang in the room this season!

By: Chickabug

 

Bunnies & Chicks Decorated Plant Pots
Start by painting the plant pots, wait until dry, then paint their cheeks with a different color, wait again until dry. Stick crafty eyes and decorate their mustache, feathers...
By: Pinterest.

Pastel Easter Bunny Giveaways

Decorate small mason jars by adding bunny ears on their lids and drawing eyes and nose with a marker on the front side; fill them with candy as a gift giveaway for kids.
By: Pinterest.

 

Fuzzy Bunny Paper Plate 

This is a cute, fuzzy bunny craft your kids will just adore. You'll need cotton balls, a paper plate and a few other supplies to create this little bunny face, which makes a precious decoration for a door or the fridge this Easter.
By: All kids network.

Easter Egg Mustache Men

Googly eyes and some colorful paper mustaches cut from colored paper from the craft bin make it easy to create a half-dozen Easter egg mustache men who look a little bit like a barbershop quartet ready to serenade the table.
By: Coolmompicks.

 

Bunny Paper Bags 

Make these easy and quick-craft bunny bags as favors for children: fill them with treats, small gifts or anything fun! All you need is white lunch bags, thick paper, tape and scissors!
By: Goodhousekeeping.

Spend time with your kids doing these easy and fun Easter crafts and let them bring out all the creativity in them! Enjoy and happy Orthodox Easter to all!

Get To Know Baskinta: The Lebanese Town Hosting the IFTTC 2016

Baskinta, a Lebanese village situated in the Metn area, provides a combination of cultural, sport and religious tourism. The town of Baskinta will be hosting the upcoming International Fair Trade Towns Conference taking place in Lebanon on July 2nd & 3rd, 2016.

Baskinta was an inspiration to many literary pieces written by renowned authors, like Mikhail Naimy, who resided there. It also has its own literary trail which allows visitors to walk through the inspirational places writers have walked through and wrote about. It is also coveted for its beautiful nature that suits both winter and summer tourism, with snow in the winter and fun in sun summer activities.
In terms of agriculture, it is most famous for its delicious apples and cherries and has a food-processing cooperative that provides all traditional Lebanese products, especially jams.

Learn more about Baskinta.

"Lebanese Fair Trade Towns" Project

‘Lebanese Fair Trade Towns’ is a project aiming at creating 10 Lebanese Fair Trade towns as a means to integrate villages in the global fair trade network.

Here are the 7 activities which are necessary to achieve in order to become a ‘ Fair Trade Town’:

1- The municipality signs a declaration of agreement to supporting Fair Trade and achieving Fair Trade Town status.

2- Increase the awareness & knowledge about Fair Trade in the community with the eventual aim of increasing the sales of fair trade and local produce in the community.

3- Encourage local businesses, institutions and producers to work in compliance with ethical fair trade criteria.

4- Organize an annual event with the theme of fair trade in the town, to which media will be invited.

5- Form a Fair Trade committee in the town.

6- Support local producers & help them to integrate into the fair trade network in Lebanon & elsewhere.

7- Work on the respect and protection of the environment and the tangible and intangible heritage.

The project is implemented by Fair Trade Lebanon and Mouvement Social. It is funded by the European Union and and managed by OMSAR (The Office of the Minister of State for Administrative Reform) in the framework of the AFKAR III program.

*Disclaimer: The contents of this page are the sole responsibility of Fair Trade Lebanon and can under no circumstances be regarded as reflecting the position of the European Union and the Office of Minister of state for Administrative Reform*.

Celebrating "Zaatar Day" at boutique Terroirs du Liban

Terroirs du Liban* is proud to organize this special “Zaatar Day” event to revive and promote our delicious Lebanese Zaatar product.
We all know the classic zaatar recipe but have you ever tried zaatar recipe with coconut powder? What about zaatar mixed with ginger? The rest of the menu is full of surprises for you to discover!
Join us with friends and family to enjoy our delicious menu along with our live saj station!

For more information, do not hesitate to give us a call at +961 71 783444.
Date: Thursday, 16th April, 2016.
Time: 12 PM to 6 PM.
To learn more about our Terroirs du Liban Zaatar, click here. 

*Terroirs du Liban is an Ethical & Natural brand by Fair Trade Lebanon.

FTL sera au salon HORECA: édition 2016!