Hosting an Easter Egg hunt is fun for young and old alike.  Simple projects that you can do with your kids will turn your dinner table into a special Easter setting.

To make these individual Easter basket place holders, we cut a styrofoam cup in half.  We then hot glued a burlap and lace ribbon around it.  We attached a twine holder and then filled the basket with paper grass.  We made chocolate bunnies, which is a great project to let the kids handle.  Then we placed one bunny in the grass with a few pastel candy eggs.  Your guests will feel special to have their own individual basket, and your kids will love telling everyone that they were a part of the table setting.

To make the chocolate bunnies we bought chocolate wafers from the craft store and melted them as directed.  Then we poured the chocolate into the molds.  After they cooled we were able to pop them out of the mold and eat!


Another project you can get your kids to help with is this festive Easter topiary.  We just took a piece of poster board and shaped it into a cone.  Then you will hot glue plastic easter eggs all around the cone.  After all the plastic eggs are placed, we took some moss and stuffed it in between the eggs to give it a whimsical feel.  This project took about ten minutes and we bought all of the supplies at the Dollar Tree.

Tips for the Egg Hunt

*  Be prepared.  Have all of the plastic eggs already stuffed and ready to go.
*   Think begond candy.  Fill the eggs with toys, erasers, coins,.....the ideas are endless.
*  Let the younger kids start hunting earlier, that way they can scavage the easier ones before the big kids
snag them.
*  Try hosting a glow in the dark hunt this year.  The older kids will especially love starting this new t
radition.
*  Have an egg dying station.  Try the cool whip method.  Place a few drops of food coloring into a dish of cool whip and then swirl the color around.  Place the eggs in and let sit for 15 minutes per side, and then when they are done, they have a cool tie-dye effect.
*  Make sure you have enough eggs.  A good rule of thumb is 20 eggs per kid.  Make sure you enlist help on this.  Have your guests contribute to the hunt.