Easter Party Ideas
er Party Ideas?by: Rachel WebbEaster marks the start of spring and is a sacred holiday for Christians throughout the world as it signifies when Jesus Christ was resurrected from the grave to live again. But where did the Easter bunny and eggs fit into the Easter tradition? The rabbit and eggs were actually symbols of fertility, immortality and new life to commemorate Christ's resurrection. In Germany, colored eggs were left in children's baskets and the custom was brought to America with German immigrants in the later 19th century. Easter can be a fun time of year to celebrate the renewed growth of spring no-matter what religious beliefs you may have. Here are some idea's to use for an Easter celebration party.
TABLE DECORATIONS Turn a recycled white sheet into a spectacular Easter tablecloth by sponge painting bunnies, baskets and eggs in bright spring colors. Be sure to use textile paints so the tablecloth can be washed and used another year. Fabric paints are also available in squeeze applicators with glitter colors for decorating the sponged Easter eggs. Paint will need to dry at least 24 hours prior to use. Make a festive napkin ring by threading a sewing needle with narrow elastic thread and stringing jelly beans onto it.
You may need to put a little vegetable oil on the needle to help it slide threw the candy. Tie off the ends to form a circle and slide it over the rolled napkins for a cute way to dress up the table. Add a solid colored doily under the plates for a festive way to dress up the table. You can serve creamy lemon pie or light strawberry custard, strawberry almond pastry or let the kids decorate personalized tulip cookies. The menu options are endless but I suggest you keep the choices light and festive.
Tableware does not need to match but keep to a color theme of bright spring colors or soft pastels. EASTER CRAFTS Little girls love making their own Easter bonnets. Cut a large 12 1/2" circle out of heavy artist poster board using a compass as your guide. Attach a wide satin ribbon to the middle of the circle with hot glue, leaving long trailing tails to tie the bonnet on. Have lots of decorative options available for embellishing the hats.
Kids can make flowers colored miniature cupcake baking cups or doilies. You can also use adhesive dots, paint, glitter, pleated paper ribbon, lace reminates or tulle to make decorate the bonnets. Each child can make their own gingham Easter bunny or duck out of fabric, yarn and cotton batting or fiberfill. Have the shape of the animals pre-cut for the children and place the right sides of the fabric out. Let the kids stitch yarn around the edge of the shape leaving a 1" opening to stuff the cotton filling.
An adult can blind stitch the hole closed and help glue on buttons for the eyes and pom-poms for the nose. Use pinking sheers to finish the edges. Adults can also enjoy a Easter garden party. Invite friends to bring perennials for their gardens to exchange with other plants. Provide each guest with labels, paper bags or plastic nursery containers.
Let them take home the same amount of plants that they brought getting an affordable start on beautiful blooms.
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Vero Beach, FL (ContentDesk) February 4, 2006 -- Why not go ahead this year and enjoy a movable feast with your Valentine's sweetheart? All you need for example is an authentic old time hand-woven picnic basket a meal filled with love, and a romantic bottle of wine. With Valentine's dinners running over $200 at the better restaurants, and a dozen of here-today-gone-tomorrow roses topping out at $100 in some markets, a romantic candlelight dinner for two, served on a
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The simplest way to describe a ?durian' (pronounced doo-ree-ann) is to say it's a yellowish-green fruit about the size of an mid-sized watermelon. It has a thick skin of spikes, and a rich bitterish-sweet fruit.Known as the King of Fruits, it emits an overpoweringly pungent smell that lingers on for days, hence it's an item that's banned in hotels and airplanes. To those unaccustomed to its strong smell, it's something they wouldn't touch with a six-foot pole. But in Asia, this is an all-time local favorite.As much as I enjoy the fruit, you'd never find me volunteering to go out and buy it from the many roadside shacks that spring up each ?durian' season. The reason is simple - carrying a trunkload of ?durians' home would mean that my car would end up stinking for days afterwards.
And a leftover pungent smell trapped in an air-conditioned car can be the worst thing ever, let me tell you!!So last year, when I found out that there's a guy who would actually deliver ?durians' fresh...
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