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EASTER PLANNING
Creative Easter Egg Hunt Ideas
Hidden Easter Basket
Spider Web:
While your children are
sleeping, hide their Easter baskets in the house and tie a long
string to each one. Loop the strings throughout the whole house,
around and over and under furniture so it looks like a huge tangled
spider web eventually leading to their rooms. Tie the end of each
string to the doorknob of the child whose basket it’s attached to,
so when they come out of their rooms on Easter morning they can
follow their own string throughout the house to find their Easter
basket. Place some extra treats along the way to make it extra fun.
Secret Notes:
Put little notes in
plastic eggs. Things like “You have to give Aunt Mary a big hug” or
“You get to take a piece of candy out of Andy's basket” or “You must
do one favor for uncle Tom”. Have some prize eggs too that have
numbers inside which match a gift.
Night-time Egg Hunt:
For older kids (or
adults), try an egg hunt in the dark! Give everyone a cheap
flashlight to look for their eggs. Or try a glow in the dark egg
hunt and paint every egg with glow in the dark paint.
Indoor Egg Hunt:
Is rain going to ruin
your Easter egg hunt? Just hide jelly beans inside the house and
have your adults or kids hunt for them. Depending on the egg of the
participants you can make the hunt easy or hard. Ever try and see a
black jelly bean on a black object? Have fun!!
Ideas provided by
http://www.Celebrating-Easter.com
Find many more creative Easter Egg Hunt and Party Ideas at
http://www.celebrating-easter.com/party/index.shtml
RECIPES
How to Make an Easter Bunny Cake
Making an Easter Bunny Cake
For many years, chocolate has had the poor reputation of being
"bad for you." But researchers have now discovered that chocolate
contains as many if not more antioxidants than tea.
To make this double-chocolate Easter bunny cake (chocolate cake
and chocolate frosting), use your round layer-cake pan. In
addition to the cake and frosting, you will need:
* jelly beans
* coconut
* malted milk eggs (the large ones that come in a variety of
colors)
* 2 wafer cookies (for the ears)
Cake
* 1 1/2 cups flour
* 1 cup sugar
* 1 teaspoon baking powder
* 1/2 teaspoon salt
* 1/3 cup cocoa
* 3/4 cup milk
* 1/2 cup cooking oil
* 1 egg
* 1 teaspoon vanilla
Measure all ingredients into a medium-sized bowl. Use an electric
mixer and blend at low speed for 1 minute. Scrape the bowl while
blending. Beat at high speed for 2 to 3 minutes, scraping the bowl
occasionally. Bake at 350 degrees for 35 to 40 minutes in a
greased and floured round layer-cake pan. Allow the cake to cool
thoroughly before removing it from the pan.
Frosting
* 3 cups powdered sugar
* 1/4 cup plus 1 tablespoon cocoa
* 6 tablespoons butter, softened (or margarine, if you prefer)
* 1/4 cup milk
Measure all ingredients into a medium-sized mixing bowl. Blend at
low speed for 1 minute. Scrape the bowl while blending. Beat at
high speed for 2 to 3 minutes, scraping occasionally. If frosting
seems too stiff, add milk by the teaspoon until the frosting
reaches the desired consistency. If the frosting seems too thin,
add powdered sugar by the tablespoon until the frosting reaches
the desired consistency.
How to Make Your Chocolate Easter Bunny Cake
Remove the cake from the round cake pan. Cut in half. Frost the
flat side of one half and put the two pieces together. Place on a
platter or a large plate, cut side down.
Frost the cake with chocolate frosting.
Place two jelly beans for the eyes and one jelly bean for the
nose. Use a large malted milk egg for the tail.
With a sharp knife, cut a hole on each side of the head where you
want to place the ears. To make the ears, use the sharp knife to
trim a wafer cookie into the shape of bunny ears. Frost the ears.
Put a little frosting into the holes to anchor the ears.
Sprinkle coconut around the Easter bunny cake. Decorate with jelly
beans and malted milk eggs.
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HOME
Tips to flip over: Ten easy ways
to update your home for resale
(NC)—When looking to
purchase a home, prospective buyers consider a variety of factors –
from a fair deal in a good neighbourhood to how the home will suit
their lifestyle.
"The key to selling
your home is to make the purchaser wish they lived there," says
Jacqueline Glass, Toronto-based interior decorator. "Making small
changes to show prospective buyers the lifestyle that your home
offers are often the difference between a bid made or lost."
Glass offers these
tips for preparing your home for resale:
1. Steam clean
carpets and consider installing hardwood flooring or ceramic tiles.
2. Paint walls in a
neutral but pleasing hue.
3. Replace the
faucets in your bathroom; stylish and contemporary fixtures, such as
the Arzo Bath Collection by Delta, exude a luxury feel at an
affordable price point.
4. Change a toilet,
sink or counter to a neutral tone for an instant update.
5. Paint the tiles in
a bathroom or the kitchen to inexpensively upgrade a space.
6. Do an all over
clean-up and purge of your home. Prospective buyers often can't see
beyond clutter.
7. Increase the curb
appeal of your home by planting flowers or placing planters in the
front and back yards.
8. Use a lightly
scented oil to add a fresh scent to your home. Similarly, putting on
a pot of coffee or baking a cake produces pleasant smells that evoke
the feeling of home.
9. Depersonalize your
home by removing family photographs to help potential buyers
envision themselves in the space.
10. Help the
homeowner see the possibilities – set the table for dinner with
flowers, fine dishes and cutlery or run the bath and add floating
candles, leaving out a robe or a set of fresh towels to enhance the
feel of a spa-like setting.
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EASTER CRAFTS
Ribbon Easter Eggs
Easy to make, these eggs look pretty sitting in a white wicker
basket on your table or at the door or as an Easter gift for a loved
one. Kids will also have great fun making these eggs in different
colors.
See Step-by-step photos at
http://www.ilovetocraft.com/holiday/ribbon-eggs.shtml
Supplies Needed:
• Styrofoam eggs
• 1/4 inch ribbon - two rolls (you will have some left over)
• Two packages of short straight sequin pins (depends on the size of
egg)
AS EASY AS 1..2..3…
1. Cut ribbon in 1-1/4 inch pieces.
2. Fold each piece as shown in the illustrations bellow.
3. Starting at the top of the egg, start pinning the folded ribbon
pieces on.
4. Pin them close together until the egg is completely covered and
you are done!
5. Place different colored eggs in a wicker basket for a cute little
gift or a table decoration.
Get the kids to join you or make it a group activity for schools or
Easter parties. However, very small kids need to be supervised when
working with pins.
Craft Idea by
http://www.ilovetocraft.com/
Visit
http://www.ilovetocraft.com/holiday/ribbon-eggs.shtml for the
project with photo instructions.
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