Easter Fun

Easter is upon us, so this year, take the opportunity to put a little more eggcitement into it and have some creative fun with your family and friends. In the past I’ve tried both of these fun ideas and needless to say they were a huge success.

Easter Carrots

These are extremely simple and a great treat to send to school with the kids or to put in their Easter basket. You’ll only need three simple things:

1) Cheetos or Goldfish crackers – If you’re using Goldfish crackers, you can use orange or be more creative and use the rainbow colored crackers.

2) Disposable decorating bags

3) Ribbon – regular thin ribbon or green Ric Rac ribbon

Fill the bags. Be sure to leave enough room at the top to close and tie the ribbon.

Rainbow Eggs

These hard boiled eggs are an eggcellent idea and will be a hit on your dinner table on Easter Sunday.

You’ll need:

1) Liquid food coloring – gels do not work well with this recipe

2) Eggs

3) Water

4) Short cups to prepare die mixture

Boil the eggs, drain and run tepid water over them (cold water tends to tighten around the egg - making them peel harder)

Peel the eggs immediately but do not cut them.

While waiting for the eggs to cool, gather several short glasses and put a half a cup of cold water in each glass.

Liquid food coloring typically comes in four colors: Red, Green, Yellow and Blue. Remember each ½ cup of water will take 20 drops of liquid food coloring.

To get the color scheme seen in the photo, mix the following colors:

Purple – 15 drops of Blue and 5 drops of Red.

Pink – 14 drops of Red and 6 drops of Blue.

Orange – 17 drops of Yellow and 3 drops of Red

Greenish Yellow – 14 drops of Green and 6 drops of Yellow

Orange – 17 drops of Yellow and 3 drops of Red

Drop one egg in to each cup and let sit for two hours. You can refrigerate them if you’d like. Remove the egg and rinse with cold water. Cut in half lengthwise

You can also use these colored eggs to brighten up egg salad or potato salad. Enjoy!