Easter Bunny Costumes
After Halloween and Christmas, the next exciting holiday for your kids is Easter! You can host an Easter party that includes an Easter egg hunt, party games with an Easter theme, and tasty Easter treats that kids can make themselves! Let your children help with the preparations by planning what games to play and treats to make. Of course you or your little one can be the star of the party with a costume from
Easter Crafts
A fun craft project they can do is to make invitations to give to friends and family. Your children can decorate the front of the invitation in bright colors to resemble an Easter egg. Use colorful glitter and watercolor paints or crayons and colored pencils. Each invitation will be at work of art! On the reverse side of the invitation, list the date, time, and location of your Easter party.
If the sun is going to be out, plan your Easter party in the backyard. Decorate the yard with pastel colored balloons and crepe paper rolls hanging in long streamers that will blow with the breeze. Hang colorful plastic eggs from tree branches, bushes or from balcony railings and eaves on the house.
You can adapt these familiar games to have an Easter theme:
* Three-legged Hop Race
* Egg Toss, using a plastic egg
* Egg Roll Relay
* Pin the Tail on the Bunny
Wrap up the festivities with an Easter Egg Hunt to be held after the other games are played. Give each child a pastel colored paper bag to collect eggs in. Add party favors such as jellybeans, stickers, and small toys inside plastic eggs for a surprise.
Easter Treats
Birds Nests are easy to make and delicious to eat. Melt chocolate pieces and stir in chow mien noodles. Give each child a small mound of mixture on wax paper. Let them form a round nest shape with their hands, and place several tiny jellybeans in the nest to look like eggs. Let the candy nest cool.
Or, let the kids decorate their own Easter cookies. Before the party, make large egg-shaped sugar cookies. Use colored decorating frosting and pastel colored sprinkles. Give each child a paper plate to decorate their eggs on for easy clean up.
Table Decorations
Transform a recycled white bed sheet into a Easter tablecloth by sponge painting bunnies, baskets and eggs in bright spring colors. Be sure to use textile paints so the tablecloth can be washed and used another year. Fabric paints are also available in squeeze applicators with glitter colors for decorating the sponged Easter eggs. Paint will need to dry at least 24 hours prior to use.
Make a festive napkin ring by threading a sewing needle with narrow elastic thread and stringing jelly beans onto it. You may need to put a little vegetable oil on the needle to help it slide threw the candy. Tie off the ends to form a circle and slide it over the rolled napkins for a cute way to dress up the table. Add a colored doily under the plates for a nice accent feature.