Eggs-travaganza!

Oh the joys of Easter! We held our annual Easter egg hunt complete with Peter Rabbit himself (yes our resident bunny was ironically named Peter). We were so inspired by all the bunny silhouettes we were seeing that we decided for it to be our jumping off point. We had a terrifically fun time!

We designed the signage as a bunny silhouette superimposed on a lime polka dot background. We filled our jars with peeps that were dipped in chocolate and sprinkles, chocolate sea salt popcorn with robin eggs, packages of handmade marshmallows, and orange juice. We chose names for the food such as snickersnacks, bunny yummys, and cheeky peeps, etc. We had yellow pails as our lollipop arrangements (thank you craft foam and green paper shred..you are our heros!). We also used the green paper shred in the bottom of the apothecary jars to add a bit more of a finished touch.

Right now we are particularly in love with cherry blossom branches so we dressed them up with a few hanging eggs (a bit of a homage to my German heritage) and filled the vase with green paper shred. To give the table something fun for little hands, we made blue paper daffodils with center cups of m & m's (boy those were gone in no time!). We then finished it out with a back drop of our handmade Happy Easter bunting and lanterns and large felt eggs

To give it a bit more festive atmosphere, we designed this bunny butt bunting complete with a cotton tail! We LOVED hearing the kids giggle when their moms and dad's lifted them up to touch the bunny bums.

I am crazy for wrapped flatware (it must be my previous life in the hospitality field)! We, of course, integrated our bunny silhouette into our napkin rings. Off to the side, you can see our yellow and green 'eggs'. For these, I soaked yarn in a solution of flour and liquid spray starch (1 to 2 parts ratio) then wrapped it around a small balloon and let it dry. Then once dry, I popped the balloon. The kids loved going bowling with them. I made some big ones as well using regular sized balloons.

Being a mom and lover of state fairs (absolutely a throw back from growing up in Kentucky) I am almost compelled to have 'food on a stick' dishes. I made regular pancakes (thank you Paula Deen!) and then used my flower cookie cutter to shape them. Then, they were topped off with blue berries, syrup, and a sprig of mint. I used cheese picks since regular toothpicks were a bit too small.

One of our neighbors brought this lovely yogurt parfait dish. Sooo delish!

What is a party without cupcakes?! We chose nested eggs using chocolate shavings, robin eggs, and green icing as the 'grass'. So yummy that I can't remember how many I had.

 We had a great time with the photo booth. We are obsessed with chevrons so we of course chose that as our backdrop. We included lots of props (fire hat, mustaches, superman cape, frame, butterfly and bunny ears), which were so much fun!

We of course had the kids search for eggs (we leveled the playing field by challenging the older kids to find particular types of eggs). After wards, our craft table had tons of supplies for them to decorate their found eggs and die cut spring animals and eggs. We loved making googly eyed chicks and eggs. One little crafty genius even used a googly eye as the letter I in their name. Seriously precious!

No party is really complete without some fab favors. This year we chose to do embroidered bags in the shape of eggs. We had so much fun making these and the little ones loved seeing their names on their bags. We chose to fill them with goldfish carrots (see previous post) and packages with handmade marshmallows rolled in pastel colored sprinkles and tied with yellow raffia. 

All in all, it was so nice to see it all come together and an egg-cellent way to celebrate such a fun holiday. We hope the bunny stops at your house next. And make sure he brings some chocolate dipped peeps..those things are crazy good! Happy Easter from My Friend and I Events!