With the Easter holidays less than a week away, many parents are trying to find ways to keep their little ones entertained without going over budget.
One thrifty mum has searched the high street for the best arts and crafts sets to keep the kids occupied over the long weekend.
Rather than gatekeeping these seasonal goodies, Natasha Lawless decided to share her best buys on Facebook.
In a lengthy post on the Extreme Couponing and Bargains group, the busy mum revealed that she’d found Easter activity packs for under a fiver each.
Having found countless bargains through the years, the savvy shopper told the group: “Thought I would share some easter craft bits that might come in handy for half term.”
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Even more impressively, most of them came from high stores like B&M and were less than a fiver.
First into her basket was an adorable make your own Easter chick kit from Aldi, which the Natasha’s family absolutely loved.
Sharing a photo in the group of the festive DIY, she wrote: “These are non sew and you simply stuff them, pop the heart in and then pull the drawstrings to seal. The girls LOVED these so much it surprised me.
“They took stuffing them very seriously and thinking of a name to put on the birth certificates that came with them. For reference Aldi also do a bunny one.”
The proud mum even showed off her family’s handwork with a sweet photo of the soft toy on their dining room table.
If you weren’t already sold, the savvy shopper revealed that she paid just £4.99 for each cute kit and they didn’t require any extra materials.
However, this wasn't the only arts and craft project the family decided to test over the weekend.
If you want to paint eggs with your kids but are worried about the potential mess they’ll make, the bargain hunter has the perfect alternative for you.
Spotted in B&M, the discount store has ceramic eggs that your little ones will love painting just as much as traditional chicken eggs.
At just £3.50 each, the set makes for a great go-to-activity but Natasha did reveal that she had used her own supplies for this craft.
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She explained: “They are quite intricate, so we used ceramic felt tips (again my daughter already had these) to decorate rather than the paint which was supplied.”
Whilst you might think these two DIY projects were more than enough to keep her little one entertained, the mum revealed that they’d also tried and tested a third craft.
Instead of raiding their Easter egg stash, the busy mum decided to make adorable bunny headband with a kit from Hobbycraft - for just £2 each.
Just like the B&M craft, the savvy shopper opted to decorate the canvas headbands with items from around the house.
“We already have fabric paints, ribbon and stick on gems from her birthday party so i just utilised this for them but normal felt tips would work they may just bleed a little if pressed to hard on,” she told the group.
It seems no matter what your kids’ favourite craft, there is something to suit every family with this adorable Easter DIYs.
