Today’s Guest: We were happy to welcome Katherine Reschke to the show. We discussed getting an active 3 year old to settle down for a group storytime and getting a stubborn child to listen to his parents.

Craft:

Easter Egg Pinata

Materials:

• Strips of newspaper
• balloon
• thin glue
• colored tissue paper
• scissors
• string

1. Prepare the papier mache glue.
2. Blow up the balloon and tie it
3. Dip the newspaper strips into the glue one at a time making  them completely  wet. Plaster them onto the balloon until the balloon is completely covered. Make sure newspaper overlaps.
4. Allow to dry
5. Cut a hole in the top, popping the balloon. Keep the piece you cut out.
6. Take the popped balloon out of the paper mache shape
7. Decorate your pinata. One way to do this is to wrap a small piece of colored tissue paper around the end the flat end of a pencil, covering the end completely. Dip into glue. Then glue to the pinata leaving a flower shaped piece of tissue.
8. Fill pinata with candy
9. Put the cut out piece back onto the top and seal it with paper mache glue or tape