3 activities to do with your family for Easter
Are you looking for activities to do with your family this Easter?
In this blog post you will find 3 activities to do with your family and for all ages this Easter.
A pretty and colorful garland.
Looking for an original and colorful Easter decoration? Grab some pretty patterned paper, pom-poms and scrapbooking yarn.
We'll teach you how to make your own Easter bunny garland.
Step 1: Using a template, cut your papers into little bunnies.
Step 2: Glue a pompom to the bunny's tail.
Step three: Glue the ears of your bunnies to the thread.
Your garland is ready!
How about baking some pretty original cupcakes?
Don't know what to bake for Easter? Our pretty bunny or carrot cupcakes will surely make you fall in love.
Here are the ingredients needed for 8 people:
- 240g carrots
- 100g butter
- 130g brown sugar
- 3 eggs
- 200g of flour
- 1 teaspoon of yeast
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 pinch of salt
- 1 teaspoon of cinnamon
- 100g of pecans.
For the icing, provide yourself with:
- 40g of tempered butter
- 80g powdered sugar
- 1 tablespoon of light heavy cream
- 80g Philadelphia cream cheese
- 1 teaspoon of liquid vanilla
To decorate your cupcakes:
- 1 shortcrust pastry
- Powdered sugar
- Red and green food coloring.
Cake preparation:
- Bring in your carrots.
- Whisk the eggs and sugar together.
- Mix the flour, baking powder, salt and baking soda and add to the eggs and sugar.
- Add the melted butter, grated carrots, cinnamon and chopped pecans.
- Put the preparation in a buttered cupcake tin and cook for 20 minutes at 180 degrees.
The preparation of the icing:
- Whip the butter and powdered sugar little by little.
- Incorporate the cream, vanilla and cream cheese until smooth.
- Using a piping bag, decorate the top of your cupcakes.
- Set aside in a cool place, the cream should be quite firm.
Decorating:
- Use your frosting and color it pink and green.
- Cut your shortcrust pastry in the shape of bunny ears and carrot roots then put them in the oven until they are completely cooked.
- Once the dough is cooked, let it cool completely.
- Then decorate the rabbit ears in white and pink and the carrot roots in green.
- Put in the fridge at least 24 hours before use.
Grow wheatgrass in your Easter egg.
Do you have a green thumb? Or you just want to find an original activity to do with your child? How about growing wheatgrass in an egg?
It's pretty, original and perfect as an Easter decoration!
You will need:
- 6 eggs
- 2 cups of potting soil
- 1 cup of winter wheat
- water
- Dishwashing liquid
- A needle
- A knife
Manufacturing:
- Gently break the tops of your eggs with a knife and empty them.
- Rinse your shells with warm water and washing up liquid.
- Poke a small hole in the bottom of the shell.
- Mix all of the potting soil with a little water so that it is moist, then scatter the potting soil evenly throughout your shells.
- Cover the top with a layer of wheat seed and cover them lightly.
- Water daily and place them in a sunny spot.
In three days you should find young shoots poking out.
