Yes i do . Not lost though. I have a door hanger i put outside and on all the bedroom doors. I put a banner up, have pretty napkins, plates, utensils, cups and baskets.
i got an easter lily plant if i plant it will it come back next year?
Yup; just make sure it gets lots of bright light.
http://gardencenter.southernstates.com/garden/easterlillies.shtml
This whole bit with the Easter Bunny leaving gift baskets… when did they turn Easter into a mini-Christmas?
There is a Pagan story about a hare wanting to give to the Goddess the first egg of the spring as a gift to honour Her.
I want to decorate eggs with my 2 yr old son for Easter this year but he’s allergic to egg whites so I didn’t see the sense in doing real eggs. I bought some plastic eggs that we could decorate but I’m not coming up with many clevers ideas on how to do that other than using stickers. I need some fun, easy to clean up ideas for decorating plastic eggs.
Thanks!
Egg Holders
Display your Easter eggs proudly with these cute egg holders. They’ll look great on your family’s Easter table — and be a nice surprise for the Easter Bunny!
Egg Holder Easter Activity
What You’ll Need:
Construction paper
Markers or colored pencils
Ruler
Blunt scissors
Transparent tape
For each of your Easter eggs, draw a baby chick on a piece of construction paper. The wings and feet should be strips that extend at least 7 inches long. (You’ll use these to hold and wrap around the egg.) Color in the baby chick’s features using markers or colored pencils. Cut out the chick shape. If you want, trim the wing strip so that the edge is scalloped to make “feathers.” Tape the ends of the feet strip together to make a ring. Make sure it’s big enough to stand an Easter egg in the ring (but not so big that the egg wobbles). Tape the ends of the wing strips together to “hug” the egg and hold it in place. What a nice chick! For really special Easter eggs, try using the shell as a “canvas” and paint a picture on it. This type of decorative painting on eggs has been done for thousands of years — long before there were Easter eggs. Go to the next page for painting tips.
Egg Critter
This year, Easter morning could bring a visit from the Egg Critter! It’s fun to make this crafty creation, and it looks “eggs-tremely” adorable. Below are some suggestions to get you started, but let your imagination run wild!
What You’ll Need:
Cool-temp glue gun
White posterboard — two pieces, 2×3 inches
Orange felt — two pieces, 2×3 inches
Red felt
2-inch yellow plastic egg
2-inch yellow pom-pom
2 wiggle eyes
Feathers (assorted colors): three 4-inches long, two 2-inches long. Draw a foot shape onto the posterboard and cut it out. Using this as your pattern, draw and cut out another foot from the second piece of posterboard, and then cut two feet from the orange felt. With an adult’s help, glue the felt feet to posterboard feet. Place the feet (felt-side up) on a work surface, about 1/4 inch apart. Glue the yellow plastic egg to the feet — this is your critter’s body. For the critter’s head, glue the pom-pom to top of egg. Draw and cut out a beak or lips from red felt and then glue it on the lower part of the head. With an adult’s help (this can be tricky), glue the wiggle eyes to the head. For tail feathers, glue the four-inch feathers to lower back of egg. For wings, glue the two-inch feathers to the sides of the body.
Plastic Easter Egg Flowers
The first idea for decorating with plastic Easter eggs is make a plastic Easter egg plant. Buy a bag of dirt and seeds. Bury one or two seeds inside the plastic Easter egg and water as required. By Easter day you should see the first signs of growth. If you are not interested in starting from scratch, consider buying a couple of flowers then plant them in the plastic Easter eggs.
Plastic Easter Egg Candles
The next idea for decorating with plastic Easter eggs for the holidays is to use candles. Buy some small round candles(in pastel colors if they have them), and aluminum foil. Tear off a sheet of aluminum foil and place in the inside of the plastic Easter Egg. Insert the candle and set out. Make sure to blow out the candles before going to bed or leaving the house.
Plastic Easter Egg Pictures
The third idea for decorating with plastic Easter egg is to use pictures. Buy some Easter grass and place at the bottom of the plastic Easter eggs. Find and use small photographs of family and friends and insert into the plastic Easter egg. Place in your living room or on a mantel for everyone to see. For an added touch, if it does not mar the image in any way, try cutting your pictures into an oval shape.
“Chocolate” Plastic Easter Eggs
1 dozen plastic Easter eggs
1 can of Krylon Fusions paint in brown
Odds and ends of ribbons, string beads, ribbon roses and ribbon flowers
Glue gun and glue sticks
Crochet thread
Instructions
Spray paint the eggs brown. Decorate any way you like with the ribbons, string beads, and flowers. The eggs that I bought had two little holes in the end of them that I strung some crochet thread through so I could hang them.
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Easy Easter crafts for kids! Learn how to attach a tail to your Easter basket for your holiday party in this free seasonal crafts video from our celebration expert.
Expert: Lynne Lincoln
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Dying Easter eggs is a great craft for kids! Learn how to hallow out Easter eggs in this free video clip about dying eggs for Easter.
Expert: Lynne Lincoln
Bio: Lynne Lincoln co-hosts an Easter egg hunt at a neighboring grade school in her home town in Tennessee.
Filmmaker: tim arnold
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A one minute demonstration on how to make a Lily out of paper and pipe cleaners. This simple, inexpensive craft would be great for Easter Lilies. Visit OneMinuteCrafts.com for written instrucitons and photos. http://oneminutecrafts.com/PaperLily.html
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Using a handkerchief, a takeout container, and some leftover tissue paper, Shiho fashions an exquisite Furoshiki gift basket. Perfect for Easter! Song is “Viva La Vida” by Coldplay
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Learn how to dye Easter eggs using all-natural products in this free video about gluing images onto Easter eggs.
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i bought some things like felt googly eyes pipe cleaners and little fuzzy balls. any ideas for crafts for kids. ages 2- 9 thanx
Fluff Bunny
http://www.geocities.com/kraftproject/Instructional/fluffbunny.html
Pringles Can Bunny
http://www.geocities.com/kraftproject/Instructional/pringlebunny.html
Easter Basket from Cottage Cheese Container
http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf57566665.tip.html
Tissue Paper Easter Eggs
http://www.makingfriends.com/tissuepaper_eggs.htm
Does anyone know of any good websites where i can get good holiday recipes? In particular i was looking for easter! please don’t give me any obvious websites like betty crocker, or pillsbury. Make sure that the recipes have NO alchole
Best Devilled Eggs
Ingredients
12 hardboiled egg, peeled and chilled
1/2 cup mayonnaise
1 1/2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
1 teaspoon prepared mustard
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon black pepper
2 green onions, finely chopped
2 tablespoons well-drained pickle relish ( sweet or dill)
paprika
Directions
Cut eggs in half lengthwise, remove yolks, and reserve whites.
Mash yolks until smooth. Combine yolks, mayo, Worcestershire sauce, mustard, salt, pepper, and mix until smooth. Stir in onion, and pickle relish.
Spoon mixture into center of egg whites. Sprinkle tops with paprika.
Serve as appetizer or side dish.
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Easter Ham
Ingredients
1 whole bone-in ham
12 ounces pineapple juice
2 cups packed brown sugar
1 cup water
1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
Directions
Place ham in roasting pan.
In saucepan, bring remaining ingredients to a boil. Pour over ham.
Bake, uncovered at 350°F for 2 to 2-1/2 hours, basting occasionally.
Cover with a foil tent if ham is getting too brown.
Great for easter lunch or dinner.
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Cheesy Scalloped Potatoes
Ingredients
1 (10.75 ounce) can condensed Cheddar cheese soup
2 cups half-and-half cream
2 tablespoons herb and garlic flavored cream cheese spread
2 tablespoons dehydrated onion flakes
2 tablespoons garlic powder
2 tablespoons mustard powder
1 tablespoon chicken bouillon granules
salt and pepper to taste
6 large baking potatoes, peeled and thinly sliced
3 cloves garlic, minced
2 stalks celery, thinly sliced
1 1/2 cups shredded Cheddar cheese
1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese
Directions:
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees F).
In a large bowl, stir together the Cheddar cheese soup, half-and-half, cream cheese, onion flakes, garlic powder, mustard powder, chicken bouillon granules, salt and pepper. It will be slightly lumpy.
Grease a 9×13 inch baking dish, and layer 1/3 of the potato slices over the bottom so that they overlap slightly. Sprinkle half of the garlic and celery over this layer. Repeat layers ending with potatoes on top. Pour the cheese soup mixture evenly over the whole dish. Cover tightly with aluminum foil.
Bake for 45 minutes in the preheated oven. Remove from the oven, and sprinkle Cheddar and Parmesan cheeses over the top. Return to the oven uncovered, and bake for 20 more minutes, or until a butter knife can easily be inserted into the potatoes.
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Green Bean Casserole
Ingredients
2 tablespoons butter
2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon white sugar
1/4 cup onion, diced
1 cup sour cream
3 (14.5 ounce) cans French style green beans, drained
2 cups shredded Cheddar cheese
1/2 cup crumbled buttery round crackers
1 tablespoon butter, melted
Directions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
Melt 2 tablespoons butter in a large skillet over medium heat. Stir in flour until smooth, and cook for one minute. Stir in the salt, sugar, onion, and sour cream. Add green beans, and stir to coat.
Transfer the mixture to a 2 1/2 quart casserole dish. Spread shredded cheese over the top. In a small bowl, toss together cracker crumbs and remaining butter, and sprinkle over the cheese.
Bake for 30 minutes in the preheated oven, or until the top is golden and cheese is bubbly.
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Carrot Cake
Ingredients
4 eggs
1 1/4 cups vegetable oil
2 cups white sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking soda
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
3 cups grated carrots
1 cup chopped pecans
1/2 cup butter, softened
8 ounces cream cheese, softened
4 cups confectioners’ sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup chopped pecans
Directions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9×13 inch pan.
In a large bowl, beat together eggs, oil, white sugar and 2 teaspoons vanilla. Mix in flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt and cinnamon. Stir in carrots. Fold in pecans. Pour into prepared pan.
Bake in the preheated oven for 40 to 50 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. Let cool in pan for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack and cool completely.
To Make Frosting: In a medium bowl, combine butter, cream cheese, confectioners’ sugar and 1 teaspoon vanilla. Beat until the mixture is smooth and creamy. Stir in chopped pecans. Frost the cooled cake.