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The bathroom can be dressed up for Easter as well. Here a metal bucket with flowers, and a few plastic Easter eggs decorate the ledge above the bathtub. Dollar stores and discount stores such as Walmart or Target sell plastic Easter eggs and metal buckets.

If you have young children who take a bath, be sure the decorations can stand up to a good dunking! Kids love to be able to handle pretty new things, so it is good to have at least a few things they are allowed to play with.

Even a narrow shelf for the soap has room for a small Easter decoration. The one shown here is a small picture frame (from a dollar store) with a small cross from the jewelry section of a dollar store. The frame ties in with the silver fixtures and soap dispenser, and repeats the navy from the valence.

Where to get it: Frame and cross came from a dollar store, but it you can’t find either there, you can look around your house for a picture frame that might work with YOUR bathroom. You might find an old necklace in your jewelry box, or a friend’s or grandma’s jewelry box!

How to make a frame with a cross: In the place of a picture, put batting covered with fabric. Remove glass or plastic covering this space. Glue or pin the cross to the fabric.

A small shelf provides storage space for bathroom essentials, but it can also provide lots of spaces to decorate. Even if you don’t want to clear all the shelves for decorations, at least use one. Shown here, on the top surface, is a cross with a small crown of thorns and a cloth representing robe put on Jesus during his trial. The lamb  represents Jesus as the sacrificial lamb.

Where to get it: The unfinished cross was purchased at a craft store. If you can’t find a cross that is mounted on a base, buy a plain wooden heart, and glue a cross to it.  Stain and varnish the cross and base. A heart shaped base allows room for a sheep. Borrow a lamb from your nativity set. Make a small crown of thorns from branches trimmed from a rosebush or pyracantha tree. Pull off the leaves and wind it into a ring.

I found this blue ceramic egg box, vase and artificial flowers at various dollar stores. It’s surprising how many Easter decorations you can find at dollar stores. Each year they are different, so have a look around at several different stores to see what appeals to you this year. Be sure to look in different sections--the vase and flowers were not with the Easter goods! Even a mug in the kitchen section might be just the right color to make an improvised vase.

How to make an egg box: wrap a thin layer of  air drying clay around a real egg, or plastic egg. Gently press the bottom against the table to make a flat surface. You may need to add a bit of extra clay on the bottom first, to provide enough clay for a flat bottom. Cut the clay shell  in half (horizontally) with a knife or wrap thread around it to cut it in half. Don’t take the clay off yet. Use plastic drinking straws or toothpicks to cut holes in a pattern. Let the clay dry several days. Gently pull the two halves off the the egg base and let the inside finish drying. Coat it with a clear coat of shellac or varnish. Some craft stores have powder that you can rub on the surface to give it a pearly finish. You can glue a small hinge onto the top and bottom to hold both halves together, or glue a thin strip of plastic (cut from an empty milk carton) around the inside of the top or bottom half to hold them together when the box is closed. The plastic strip should stick up about an eighth of an inch above the inside edge of the rim of the egg half, so the other half fits down over it. If this explanation doesn’t make sense, look closely at a plastic egg and how it snaps together. The clay eggs won’t snap, but if they are done right, the plastic strip should hold the two halves together.