The tradition for Easter bonnets originates from Victorian times when families paraded in the park at Easter and fashionable ladies sported ever-more-decorative hats. Get your children to form their own Easter parade once they’ve finished making

: The backstitch is worked from right to left. Place the threaded needle under the fabric and bring it up all the way through at the point where you want to begin, point (1) in illustration A. Insert the needle into point (2), go under the fabric, and come back out