Easter Eggs

In addition to chocolates and candy for the Easter basket, there’s the tradition of the Easter Eggs…

Coloring Easter Eggs
Rather than dying a bunch of eggs that most people wind up throwing away a few days later, painting and decorating wooden eggs can become a new family tradition. Year to year, you can add to a collection of your child’s handiwork– extra-special keepsakes to have around when they no longer believe in you-know-who. Use a clear coat sealer when the painting’s done so that the creative masterpieces will stand the test of time. Don’t forget to have the kids paint the date on their eggs!

Easter Egg Hunts
Even when I was a young child, egg hunts made use of the hollow plastic eggs that opened in half. These are great for public egg hunts as well as those you create in your home. What’s fun about using these eggs is that you can get really creative about what to put inside: you can fill the eggs with a few jellybeans or a Jolly Rancher or two; or, I remember a few Easter holidays when a couple of “select” eggs had dollar bills inside; or maybe the Easter Bunny will leave a special little note inside one.

A super-cool option — especially if you’re planning an Easter Egg hunt for a bunch of kids in the neighborhood: ready-made assortments of  plastic eggs by Bee International. I love the “Noah’s Ark” eggs that are shaped like animals and filled with Smarties and bubble gum. They also have “Sports Buddies” eggs — plastic eggs that have “bodies” of footballs and baseballs. For those of you who want to merge the secular with the religious, Bee also offers religious tin eggs, inspirational pictures etched on colorful metallic eggs.  I made this discovery at a Wal-mart Neighborhood Market.

Not ready to give up real eggs completely?
Then please please please go for the FREE-RANGE eggs. They’re not 100% cruelty-free, but the more humane treatment of the hens they came from makes the cost well worth it.

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   Cheryl Leahy says:

   April 15, 2011 at 1:31 pm

   I saw this earlier and sent it around to the office. Great post!

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