Easter
Kids will love these Easter treats and activities
Is it just me or does Easter seem to sneak up on us when it’s in March? Be extra-prepared this year with these fun activities and treats. From Bunny and Chick Treat Holders to Homemade Cadbury Creme Eggs. You’ve Been Egged Service Idea with Free Printables from The Dating Divas. Homemade Reece’s Eggs from Cincy Shopper. ‘Nuff said. And while we’re at it? The Top Secret Recipes Version of Cadbury Cream Eggs Homemade from the Food Network. I’ve never been excited for Peeps until I saw these Layered Peeps Rice Krispie Treats from Yellow Bliss Road. Cutest thing ever: Hatching Hard-boiled Eggs from Hungry Happenings. An Italian Easter Egg bread recipe that’s easy to make? Mom by the Beach shares this recipe. Bunny But...
Your Guide to Celebrating Easter and Spring in Denver
When I was growing up, Easter meant that the crocuses were in bloom and we were going to look for a new dress to wear to mass and brunch on Easter Sunday. What I looked forward to the most, however, was the scavenger hunt my father put on for us, with challenging clues we had to answer to move on to our next treasure. And the fact that spring had arrived. In the Christian faith, all over the world, Easter is a celebration of the resurrection of Christ. This celebration merged with pagan beliefs in 15th century Germany. The Teutonic deity Eostra was the goddess of spring and fertility, and feasts were held in her honor on the Vernal Equinox. Her symbol was the rabbit because of the animal’s high reproduction rate. When German immigrants settled in the United States, they brought with them t...
Dyeing eggs for Easter? Quick, easy way uses shaving cream
If dyeing Easter eggs with vinegar and color tablets is feeling old, reach for a new duo: shaving cream and liquid food coloring. It’s a tactile project many kids will enjoy — especially swirling the colors into the cream. “They thought it was really cool to drop the food coloring into the shaving cream and take the toothpick and swirl it,” Sarah Barrand of Caldwell, Idaho, says of her four children. “And the shaving cream will actually even help clean up the mess afterward,” she wrote in her blog, A Thrifty Mom. As simple as the traditional egg-dyeing method but potentially messier, this method involves filling a deep-sided baking pan or sheet with an inch of shaving cream — no more, to be thrifty — and then smoothing it so colors won’t run together. Ra...
Foodie Friday: 12 Delicious Homemade Easter Candy and Treats
What’s better than Easter candy? Homemade Easter candy? Sure, store-bought treats are easier but why not test out some of these recipes for yourself? Chocolate peanut-butter Easter eggs Easy, delicious and so very worth it! Homemade Cadbury Easter Creme Eggs If I have a favorite Easter treat, this one is it. Can’t you taste the delicious creme? Easter Bunny Cake Pops Could these bunnies be any cuter? We love the candy corn ears! Homemade Peeps The fresh taste of homemade marshmallow treats beats that of the cellophane-wrapped variety any Easter treat. Deep-fried Easter Creme Egg I may have found my new addiction. Sweet and Salty Spring Snack Mix If you’re cooking challenged or just want a quick grab and go snack, it doesn’t get much easier than this. Chocolate Ganac...
Pretty Easter Hairstyles for Girls
Frilly dresses, bountiful bows, shiny shoes, sparkling polish, dainty baskets brimming with treats…and, of course, lovely hair for this spectacular holiday celebration! Easter – it’s the commemoration of the resurrection of Jesus, the foundation of the Christian faith and one of the most celebrated holidays in my family of origin – along with Christmas – but due to the variable road conditions in wintertime, this spring celebration is more conducive to travel and thus, large family gatherings. Commence egg hunting, sunrise services, massive feasts, chocolate bunnies…and fancy schmancy duds as “strongly suggested” by the ruling matriarch, ha. As a child, it was one of the most dreadful aspects of this otherwise fabulous holiday…the EaStER DrESs.
The Hunt for the Golden Egg & A Mother’s Shame
My family has been attending our city’s Easter Egg Hunt since my children were toddlers. The Hunt has always been eventful. There was the year when Hadley and Bode thought the eggs were balls and launched them in the air. Or the time they passed over the eggs and ran in circles. Oh, and I can’t forget when the organizers setup the course around the playground and my kids preferred to play on the slide. And then there was last year’s communist society Easter Egg Hunt where each child was only allowed to retrieve five eggs. But this was our year. There were no quotas, the eggs were scattered on an open field and at ages 6 and 4 respectively, Hadley and Bode are in their prime. My competitive husband Jamie coached them to the point they were getting so riled up that I chasti...
Hug a Tree…or a Banana!
Children are naturals when it comes to celebrating. They innately laugh, play and have fun – I find it inspiring! So, with each passing holiday, I take part in the youthful joy and make my best attempt at teaching traditions of our culture…when I can, I explore what others do and make it a cross-cultural experience – with tomorrow being both Earth Day and Good Friday, we have ample opportunity to mix a bit of learning in with a lot of fun!
Five Fun Easter Activities for Preschoolers
Don't miss these five low-cost (and easy) ideas for Easter Activities for preschoolers that you can fit into your busy schedule and encourage the fun of the season with your little ones.
Easter Egg Hunts in a Communist Society
A Johnson family tradition is to duke it out every year at the community Easter egg hunt. It’s been a long road. When our daughter Hadley was little, she mistook the eggs as “pretty balls” and hucked them in the air. Then there was the year we couldn’t drag her off the playground equipment. Another Easter, both kids simply raced past all the eggs and ran in circles. Now that my children are 3 and 5, this was OUR year. They finally understand that inside those cheap plastic eggs are candy and toys. Glorious treats that Mom and Dad did not have to stuff. This year, there was still a lot of snow and muck on the ground. Being the good mother I am, I had outfitted them in clothing befitting of a polar bear club/mud-wrestling competition. I am nothing if not prepared. But...
