All About Easter

Easter Egg Coloring Tips 

Dying and creating Easter eggs can be a fun project whether you are an adult or a kid. Here are some photos for inspiration along with some tips on creating one-of-a-kind eggs.

First of all, you must have hard-boiled eggs to use for the dying process. Place a dozen eggs in a very large saucepan and cover them completely with COLD water. Bring the water to a rolling boil over medium heat. Immediately reduce the heat to low and simmer eggs for 9 minutes. Remove from heat and drain the eggs being careful not to crack them. Cover the eggs again with cold water to stop the cooking process until the eggs are completely cooled. Remove from water and dry eggs completely prior to decorating. You have several options for creating unique Easter eggs.

1) Buy a Decorating Kit (e.g. Paas) - this of course is the easiest method. Many come with stickers and other embellishments.

2) Make your own dye by combining about 1 TBSP food coloring with 2 tsp. vinegar and a 1/4 cup boiling water. You can create very unique colors by making your own dye. Be sure to cool completely before dipping eggs.

3) To make patterns on your eggs, use coloring crayons to make patterns or wrap the eggs with rubber bands. You could also use masking tape on the eggs to create patterns. When you dip the eggs in the dye, the wax crayon lines, masking taped areas and the areas where there are rubber bands will not be colored.

4) After dying the eggs, use things like ribbon, glitter, stickers, confetti or other small items to adorn the eggs. Just use craft glue to put them on. You could also use markers to draw patterns or polka dots on the eggs.

5) Create a marbled effect on the eggs by dying them in a solution 1 TBSP vinegar, 1 TBSP cooking oil, and 1 tsp. food color. Put the solution in a cup and drop the egg in the solution. Remove quickly to achieve a marbled looking egg.

Multi-colored Eggs

Happy Easter!

Intricate Eggs

An evening of Egg-dying

Colored Eggs

Ribbon adorned Egg

More Ribbon Eggs

Box of Eggs

'EASTER EGGS' - 'IN COLORS' - Best viewed large ! - Reykjavik Iceland

Pretty colored eggs that our family colored on Easter '06.

Easter Crafting Ideas For Kids 

Your kids will be hopping for joy when they are making fun Easter crafts. Below I've included a bunch of photos for inspiration and there are many websites on the internet that have great Easter craft ideas including FamilyFun.com and Crafts.Kaboose.com

If you want to try doing a craft beyond coloring Easter eggs with the kids, how about having them make something that they can wear on Easter day with the family. Ideas include a set of bunny ears easily made from construction paper and custom fit to the child's head, a bunny hat, or an Easter bonnet made from an adorned paper plate.

Another option is to create some chicks, bunnies or other critters from things like felt, pipe cleaners, glue, feathers, etc. Many people use small Styrofoam balls from the craft store and use them as the center portion and then let the kids choose other embellishments to create their very own critter.

Bags, pails and baskets can easily be converted into hippity hoppity bunny creations by using standard construction paper, foam, felt, markers and crayons (along with a little glue and scissors of course).

Finally, crafts that focus on the religious aspect of the holiday are a fantastic choice. Foam cross pins, necklaces with beads and greeting cards featuring a cross design are a great way for you to incorporate your religious beliefs easily into craft projects.

Creative Easter Dessert Photos 

Cookies - Cupcakes - Cakes

Brighten up your Easter table with a fun and festive dessert that ties in perfectly with the celebration. Whether you choose to make a classic carrot cake or a creative bunny cake, your guests are sure to be impressed. Some ideas are shown in the photos below.

For the bunny cakes, you could use an 8" loaf cake to create an oblong bunny with paper ears, candy eyes and mouth, and then just use one of those snowball cupcakes that you can buy in the store for the tail.

To create the other bunny cake, you would use 2 - 8" or 9" round cake pans (one for the face and the other one with 2 curved cuts to create the bow and ears). Decorate it with colored coconut and candy to obtain a festive look.

For a really easy dessert, use cake mix to make a batch of cupcakes. Then, frost each one and sprinkle them with colored coconut. Add a peeps bunny or chick to finish them off.

Create the Easter cookies by using refrigerated store bought cookie dough or make your own dough and then use festive Easter cutter to create fun shapes like bunnies and chicks. Frost or decorate with colored sugars.

assorted easter cookies

Easter sugar cookies with royal icing.You can find the recipes here:

The last of the Easter designs - Marshmallow Pink Birdie with Pink Wafer Grass

Chicks and Bunnies are all the rage....

Binks makes a mean bunny cake.

These robin blue ones are my favourite.More information available in

last of the Easter desserts - dark chocolate cuppies with frosting lips suggesti...

I guess these are easter bunnies of the more grown-up variety.

the eyes are jellybeans from Pangea...

Filled with chocolate fudge cake topped with ganache.