Easter Egg Beanbags | Corn-hole

I love quotes and adages. 

No nonsense, straight forward truths about life..

Quotes that 

help me to remember to keep things simple...

A lot of the time my favorite sayings are 
a little country-ish...

and a little old fashioned too. 

Country and old-fashioned... 

two things I like.

This all makes perfect sense...

In fact, one of my very favorite gifts, ever, was

a cute little "county sayings" calendar...

With the turn of each page, a new day offered 

a sassy piece of old-fashioned country "wisdom"...

 Many were great one-liners and zingers,

and other pages offered more thoughtful advice on life...
Every day was a good read....very good.

I am always telling my kiddos,

"Don't count your chickens before they hatch"...

And my personal favorite.... 

"Don't put all your eggs in one basket"

You'd think we were chicken farmers from the sound

of my favorite old-fashioned sayings...

Today, I break from tradition...

just long enough to request that you 
put ALL of your

eggs in ONE basket...

This is one occasion where keeping all those "eggs" in 

one Easter basket is a good thing!

Corn-hole...country again...

My Midwest is showing...

If you are unfamiliar...
 Corn-hole is a

very popular, (in these parts) 
beanbag toss game.

(Some folks take it very seriously too)

Corn-hole gained popularity awhile back...it's a game played

at picnics, tailgating or other fun gatherings.

One of the best parts...it's easy, and kids of all ages can play.

For Easter, I love to have plenty of fun to keep 

the kids busy and entertained.

We always have an egg hunt... 

Sometimes a bunny sack race or two...

My personal guidelines for what makes a great

game for kids on a holiday:

1. Keeps them active...either physically or creatively

2. Must be clean...which can rule out bubbles, chalk, and paint....

3.  Fun, it has to be fun.

This year I made 

Easter egg beanbags to use for corn-hole... 

Using some of my husband's old shirts that

 were already in the Goodwill bag...(what a lucky find)

I cut an egg-shaped template from 

a cereal box.

I traced the shape with pencil onto the old shirts.  

I cut around the egg shaped line using pinking shears.

I sewed the egg shapes together,

leaving a small opening. 
(I'll be filling the beanbags in the next step...)

I added a little ric-rac to cover my stitches.

The ric-rac detail added a little extra cuteness too.

Finally I filled each one.

Being that this game is called corn-hole, I think

typically using dried corn is in order...

However,  I used rice...

I think using any sort of dried bean
 or grain that you have on hand...is perfectly fine.

I stitched closed the small opening...

And now I am ready for

a holiday themed game of 
Easter-egg corn-hole.

If you are looking for any other reallly good ways

to keep the kiddos busy

 some of my favorites are:

 Fairy Garden Filled Easter Eggs: Click Here

Bunny Sack Races: Click Here

Here are a few of my favorite Kids table treats:

Kids Table Inspiration: Click Here

You might also like:

Easter Dessert Ideas

Easter Mantel

Our Easter Brunch

Bunny Ears for Easter Chairs

My favorite "zinger" from my little country wisdom calendar: 
Regarding: Smarts
"He certainly won't hurt his back toting his brains around..."

It makes me laugh every time I think of it...

Thanks so much for visiting the blog.  

~Karri

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