Resurrecting Easter

Growing up, my Easter traditions involved being around lots of family and friends. This included lots of cousins and friends my age and huge Easter egg hunts in my backyard. While my daughter does have some cousins her age, they don't live nearby. My daughter is 1 1/2, so this is the first Easter that she would have any interest participating in. I ended up being incredibly organized this year and decided that if she couldn't have any kids to join her, she would at least have lots of activities and enthusiasm from me!

Here are a few things I did to make Easter fun (for both of us)...

I found these adorable bags through pinterest browsing. The tutorial can be found at:

http://mermag.blogspot.com/2012/03/easy-bunny-candy-pouch.html

They were really easy to make and turned out super cute! They look even more adorable when they're stuffed with fun things. I think if I made these again I would make them a little bigger so they could fit more inside.

With a 1 1/2 year old, you need to get a little more creative for the basket and stuffing the Easter eggs. Just giving fun candy isn't good for either of you! I filled her basket with musical instruments, bunny ears, a book, egg shaped chalk, bubbles, cute socks, and a sippy cup.

Most of these items were found in the target dollar bins. Getting creative with stuffing the Easter eggs was a little more challenging. Trying to find something that isn't candy and isn't a toy she can choke on is harder than you'd think. Thank goodness for Annie's! Half of the eggs were stuffed with cheddar bunnies and honey bunnies. (Thematic and a healthier alternative...win, win!)

The eggs were also stuffed with cute pairs of socks, a coin purse, fun band aids, and stickers!

We actually had two days of Easter (one for each side of the family), so she got two days of Easter eggs hunts! On the second day, she was really getting the whole egg hunt thing down, so we made a game out of it. We started just hiding empty eggs for her to find, then she had to hide them and then find them. It kept her occupied for a long time, which is always great!

In the middle of our Easter madness, we did get to have a leisurely Sunday breakfast at home with just the 3 of us. We had some adorable and tasty bunny butt pancakes. (Another great pinterest find!)

http://thechickncoop.blogspot.com/2012/03/sunday-morning-pancake-bunny-tushies.html

I didn't have any egg shaped sprinkles, so I just used little pieces of strawberries for the pads on the bunny feet. I love how they turned out and they were super easy! I think this may become an Easter breakfast tradition!

Happy Easter everyone!