Easter Crafts: DIY Peeps Topiary Centerpiece

Crafts, DIY, Easter, Holiday Decor, Holidays 8 Responses »

Apr 032012

Easter Crafts – DIY Easter Peeps Centerpiece

When I saw the Peeps Topiary on Pinterest (from the post at The Hungry Mouse), I knew I had to try one. We’re hosting Easter brunch/lunch at our house again this year, and I thought it would be a great centerpiece for our table. Plus it just looked fun to make! And other than coloring eggs, I don’t always see a lot of Easter crafts, so it was nice to find something a little different to try.

DIY Easter Centerpieces: Peeps Topiary

To start, you’ll need the following items:

Two 6″ Styrofoam balls
1 wooden dowel or stake (12″ long; 1″ thick if using a stake, at least 1/2″ wide if using a dowel)
Pointed toothpicks (not the flat kind)
6″-7″ clay flower pot
8 packages of Peeps (5 of the 1st color, 2 of the 2nd color, 1 of the 3rd color)
jelly beans

If you would like, you can start by painting your clay pot. I like the terra cotta look, but if I were to paint it, I might choose white so the colors of the Peeps are still the focal point. It’s totally up to you, though.

To assemble the topiary, start by cutting the bottom 1/3 of one Styrofoam ball off, and use a knife to shave down the sides. (You can discard the remaining piece of Styrofoam or save it for a future project.) You want to be able to fit it snugly into the bottom of your clay pot. Continue reading »

Lend the Easter Bunny a Hand – 75 Easter Basket Filler Ideas For All Ages

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Apr 012012

75 Easter Basket Filler Ideas

Filling Easter baskets is as fun for me as filling Christmas stockings – but it can also be a little stressful. What do you buy to make each basket special for the recipient? I’m always trying to come up with unique Easter basket filler ideas to keep up with the changing tastes of the kiddos as they reach different stages of their lives. And at 20, 15, and 1, they’re not exactly all clamoring for the same things.

I do try and pick up a few things throughout the year as I see items they might like, and I also shop the after-Easter (and other holiday) sale at Target; last year I found quite a few things at 90% off. Just remember to store the items somewhere you’ll remember them! Nothing is worse than opening a package of Easter item scores when you’re putting up your Halloween decorations.

Easter Basket Filler Ideas – Ages 3 & Under

Since sometimes even the Easter Bunny needs a helping hand, here are some Easter basket filler ideas for a variety of ages. Not all of the items are small enough to necessarily fit inside your basket (unless you’re using a really large basket), but I personally think that’s okay; we often had some wrapped gifts outside of our baskets when I was a kid. Continue reading »

Great Easter Recipes and Treats: Pin Me! Thursdays

Easter, Holidays, Recipes 3 Responses »

Mar 292012

Last week Matter of Cents and I covered Easter crafts and this week we’re going to cover Easter recipes and treats! There are so many tasty-looking recipes out there, I’m sure you’ll find something you’d like to grace your Easter table with. I know I found a few that will definitely be part of our feast!

Pin Me! Thursdays Button

We’re still deciding whether to do brunch, lunch, or a combination of both. Some of these brunch ideas might come in handy. The colors are very festive, too!

I think this little guy is so cute! An Easter cheeseball “chick”.

Fun and Easy Easter Crafts: Pin Me! Thursdays

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Mar 222012

Easter Crafts via Pinterest

A quick look at my Pinterest boards and blog posts will tell you: I love holidays. And so I get excited thinking about what crafts to make, recipes to cook, sweets to bake, etc. with each approaching holiday. Because we have Easter just around the corner, this week Matter of Cents and I have choosen Easter Crafts as our weekly Pinterest Pin Me! theme.

I could easily have linked about 90 other things, and that’s what I love most about Pinterest. It is a great repository for ideas of every nature; every time I visit the site, I find things I both want to recreate, and projects I want to tweak to my own tastes/needs. Here are a few of my top picks.

Do you have any favorite Easter crafts? Have you found any on Pinterest? Feel free to leave a link!

Here Comes Peter Cottontail…And His Basket Is Full Of Hershey’s Chocolate!

Easter, Holidays 5 Responses »

Mar 092012

One of my first experiences at BlissDom ’12 a couple of weeks ago was meeting some very wonderful folks from Hershey. They were accompanied by a pal of theirs (and mine!). It was…

Hershey's Easter Bunny

(Sorry for the fuzzy picture, I must have been shaking with either excitement or a chocolate-rush.)

I stopped to chat with one of the Hershey team members and the Easter Bunny hopped right up with a basket full of yummy eggs – Cadbury Creme Eggs, to be exact! I hadn’t been aware that Hershey now offered the Cadbury line of chocolates, so I received a little education along with my treat.

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