Easter Fun

I'm still trying to come up with Easter ideas. It really sneaked up on me this year. If, like me, you need ideas, I have some of the food/craft/Easter hunt and basket ideas from the past couple of years below.

FOOD:

• Bunnies, Chicks, and Sprinkles...Oh My! Easter themed cake pops.
• Last Minute Easter Ideas: cheese puff carrot bags, jelly bean bracelets, lollipop Egg Basket.
• Veggie Trays. I have an example of an Easter veggie tray towards the bottom of the post.
• Rice Cereal Easter Treats: Egg and flower shaped rice cereal treats make the perfect snack or dessert for Easter!
• Rice Cereal Treat Eggs
• Bunny Bread/Veggie Tray
• Peeps S'mores
• Hidden Surprise Pound Cake: This link is for my St. Patrick's Day themed pound cake, but substitute the shamrock for a flower or egg, and you have a great Easter treat!
• Breakfast Ideas:
• Egg Casserole
• Coffee Cakes
• Cinnamon Roll Pancakes
• Muffins:
• Apple Cinnamon
• Banana Chocolate Chip

EGGS, EGG HUNTS, AND EASTER BASKETS:

• Egg Dying and Decorating:There are lots of ways to decorate eggs. However, since we like to eat ours afterwards, I am only doing ideas that leave the eggs edible.
• Eggs, Eggs, Everywhere...It's An Eggstravaganza!: Dying/Decorating eggs with food coloring, natural dyes, impressions, tissue paper, crayons, rubber bands, stickers, Diva Eggs, Lady Bug eggs. 
• Painted Eggs (bubble wrap, painted designs, fingerprint animals)
• Easter Eggs: Space Invaders, Glitter, Snorkel
• Crackle Eggs
• Drip art eggs: I want to try these this year. They look fun and pretty easy. You stand your egg upright and over something that won't get ruined like a plastic plate. Place a drop of food coloring on the top of the egg. Using a spray bottle, mist the egg. Add a drop of a different color, mist again. You can even blow on the egg to make the colors go in different directions. Try adding a drop of food color to the side of the egg too.
• Monster Eggs: with some glue dots, pipe cleaners, and stickers, you can create your own monster eggs!
• Tattoo Eggs: Last year we You can also decorate eggs using temporary tattoos. Make sure the egg is completely dry before following the tattoo directions.
• Ombre Eggs: Place a bottle cap on the bottom of a wide 8-10 oz glass. Set egg on the bottle cap. Mix up the dye (1 teaspoon vinegar, 40 drops food coloring, 1/2 cup boiling water). Pour dye into glass until 1/4 of the egg is covered. Let sit 5 minutes. Add plain warm water to cup until 1/2 the egg is covered. Let sit 3 minutes. Add more water to desired level. Wait 2 minutes. Repeat if want additional stripes. Carefully remove with tongs and let dry.
• Egg Hunts:
• Hunting For Easter Baskets. The boys have to find their hidden Easter baskets, so last year I left them some clues! I have ideas for your own basket scavenger hunt, as well as Easter basket fillers.
• Glow In The Dark Egg Hunt
• Basket Filler Ideas: 
• Star Wars Light Saber Popsicle Molds. I cannot wait to try these...I mean to have the boys try these. Amazon sells them, as well as ThinkGeek.
• Slinkys (also in Target's Dollar Bins at the front of the store, $1)
• Chocolate Maze (Target Dollar Bins, $1)
• Reese's Giant Peanut Butter Egg. I found them at Target for $5.49, but Amazon sells some as well.
• Lego's: any fun looking set, mystery minifigure packs, Mixel's (Amazon, Lego). Lego usually has holiday themed sets. This year, it is a cute yellow chick.
• Jelly Belly's 
• Play-Doh Eggs (I found a 4 pack at the grocery store for $3.50, although Amazon sells them too.)
• Pencils and/or pencil sharpeners, markers, stickers, stamps, activity pads, etc. I find a lot of cute (and inexpensive) items for fillers at Party City.
• Fill eggs with coins.
• Vouchers. I was trying to come up with some other fillers for the boys baskets. Bernardo wants to start going to garage sales to look for Lego's this spring/summer. One of his eggs is going to have a voucher for garage sale money. It could even be for an extra hour of TV, get out of 1 chore, money to spend at a store/amusement park/zoo/aquarium, etc.
• Movie tickets
• DVD's (You can often find great deals at Target for under $5, at Half Price Books, and sometimes even at Michael's Crafts!)
• Hot Wheels
• Books
• Mini nail polish, nail files, etc.

CRAFTS:

• Clay Pot Baskets. These are super easy (and cute) baskets that work great as centerpieces.
• String Up My Easter Treats. (string craft eggs)
• Snowflake Style Eggs
• Stained Glass Egg. Here are directions. They are for the pumpkin stained glass we made, so make an egg shape instead for Easter!
• Marble Egg. We made a marble painted craft, which is lots of fun and look neat when it's done. After the paint dries, cut out an egg shape to have a nicely decorated Easter egg! You could even cut out multiple smaller eggs to form a garland, napkin rings, etc.
• Bunny Basket. Easy to make bunny basket out of a paper bag.

ACTIVITIES:

• Scavenger Hunt
• Coloring Page
• Easter Fun, A Word Find