Well I won't go to in depth into the history and lore of Eastertime. I know some Moms out there are groaning thinking about all the time and money and effort. Another holiday to bring a classroom full of kids cards and candy and "what I have to make it cute too?"
All right breathe a sigh of relief. I have some ideas for you.
First one the plastic Easter egg and jellybeans. Seal the eggs with a cute sticker or label with each child's name. Cute, cheap, simple. Kids want some colorful and sugary. Mission accomplished.
Not exciting enough. Okay. Well here is another egg-shaped idea.
I found a cute site with a recipe Sunflowers in my Kitchen.
Rice Krispie Easter Eggs
4 Tbsp butter
1 10 oz bag marshmallows
8 C crispy rice cereal
4 colors of food coloring
Melt the butter on the stovetop. Melt the marshmallows with the butter.
When the marshmallows are melted, have ready 4 bowls big enough for room to stir 2 C rice cereal in with 1/4 of the marshmallow cream. Also have the food coloring ready. Add 1/4 of the melted marshmallow to each bowl, add in desired amount of coloring and stir. Mix 2 C of rice cereal into each bowl until fully combined.
When the cereal and marshmallow is fully mixed and cool enough to handle, take ~1/3-cup-sized pieces of the mixture and form into eggs. (Tip: if your hands get to sticky, wet them slightly while handling the mixture) Set eggs aside to cool, not touching each other.
4 Tbsp butter
1 10 oz bag marshmallows
8 C crispy rice cereal
4 colors of food coloring
Melt the butter on the stovetop. Melt the marshmallows with the butter.
When the marshmallows are melted, have ready 4 bowls big enough for room to stir 2 C rice cereal in with 1/4 of the marshmallow cream. Also have the food coloring ready. Add 1/4 of the melted marshmallow to each bowl, add in desired amount of coloring and stir. Mix 2 C of rice cereal into each bowl until fully combined.
When the cereal and marshmallow is fully mixed and cool enough to handle, take ~1/3-cup-sized pieces of the mixture and form into eggs. (Tip: if your hands get to sticky, wet them slightly while handling the mixture) Set eggs aside to cool, not touching each other.
Well maybe you don't have a classroom full of kids to supply with Easter fun. So you just want to make some memories with you kids. Crafts are great fun. And you can keep them for years as decoration or just a tool of torment to show your children, "You made this when you were 4, its it just adorable?" Yeah be that mom.
On the site Family Fun Crafts I found the instructions for yarn balls.
Its a messy kind of fun. Your kids will love the mess, you'll love the decoration.
Younger kids in the house try this cutie, I found on Busy Bee Kids Crafts. Handprint lilies! So cute.
Make a bunch and put them in a vase. Beautiful centerpiece for Easter dinner.
There is always egg dyeing and Easter egg hunts. Easter brunch and Easter dinner. This is just to get you thinking about this most wonderfully sweet time of the year.
Mikey found eco-friendly egg dye and we plan to use that this year. I love dyeing eggs! Also making sugar cookies with a little vanilla frosting and tye-dye butterflies. I am in the spring mood!
ReplyDeletei loved seeing the eggs and cookies. they were great!
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