Put on your Easter bonnet!

Hello there!
Happy Easter! Christ is risen!!!

I hope you had a blessed Sunday!

It's lovely to be up north in Northumberland.

Last year, my new Head teacher introduced the Easter Bonnet parade to school. We'd never done this at my school but I have really enjoyed seeing the creativity of the children in their designs.  I thought I'd share some of the pictures of some of the children's bonnets. You can imagine the conversation,
Me: Could you just take off your bonnet for a moment so I can photograph it without your face, please?
Child: (thinking to themselves) Why doesn't she want my face in it?
Me:  (aloud)I can see the hat much better without it being on your head. I miss the details otherwise.
(thinking) Hmmmm, blog post, blog post, blog post..

Anyway, enjoy them, there some really cool ideas!

You see lots of these pastel coloured straw hats. When I was a kid, tissue paper was the chief ingredient of the Easter bonnet.  Nowdays, the components are a lot more indulgent.

I like the fact that tissue paper featured in the bottom left. and cuddly rabbits.

The pompom chain on top right reminds me of those sweetie necklaces.

I like the fact that the kid made their top hat at the bottom.

All the yellow.  Cardboard cut outs, feathers and lots of marabou. That bottom left one was so beautiful with all that yellow marabou! And that flower.

I liked the brown nest feel of the top left and the (oops, same photo twice- just noticed) clever use of lolly sticks to make rabbit ears down the bottom. Nice homemade feel and a nice budget version down the bottom.

Top left was minimal and simple but sweet. The top right had a lovely use of tissue paper to make a landscape!  Again, I like the fact that the bottom left wasn't too expensive! That is an alarm clock on the bottom right! Creative. I wonder what adhesive they used?

Good use of feather boas and bunny ears!

The top left looked a bit like a mixture of Admiral Nelson's hat and a brown tent! It was very unique and individual which I liked.  That top right used a LOT of pom poms. Bottom left is very full of fluffy animals!

These ones were a bit differnet. I like the mesh on the bottom right and what looks like a Christmas tree trimming on the pink one!

Nice hippie vibes going off in this set!

The one with knitted chicks was different. Her Mum made those. Nice use of flowers. Reminded me of mine a bit!

Great use of those flower garland you can get in pound shops and pipe cleaners on the top right. And a whole bunny cuddly toy on the bottom right!

Yay, someone used real eggs on the top left and coloured surf boards on the top right.
Lots of cuddlies on the bottom left!

Ha, love the big chick face and the big cockerel!

Sweet simple use of paper bunny ears here, and a handmade hat.
The girl wearing the enormous 'cool' chick was absolutely howling her eyes out, she really hated having it on her head and took it off gladly for me!

Lots of plastic eggs and chicks and I love how busy the nest one was!

Top left was fun and different!

Sheep and chicks in top hats! Why not?

Good use of feathers and the 'unwrapped' chocolate bunny made us giggle!

Anyway, I thought that was enough, so you're wondering about mine?

When we cleared out my Grandad's house, I found this straw hat with plastic flowers at the back and the ribbons and I almost cried. I remember having had an awful hair cut when I was about 13 and when I went to my Nan's on a sunny day, she left me wear this hat and it made me feel pretty briefly, amid feeling bad about my hair.

To make the front a bit more interesting, I added a whole lot of floral brooches/corsages and hair clips I had at home to the ribbon-band so it was a quick job!

My year 5's asked to take a picture of me in it, so I said ok and handed over my camera. They kind of missed the main decorations- ah well!

Did you make an Easter bonnet?

xxx