Easter Ideas
Make a Bunny Cake!
It's Easy and Fun to Do!
- Use Two Round Cake layers, cutting one as shown.
- Assemble to make bunny on serving tray.
- Sprinkle coconut on white frosted cake as fur
- Make a nose using gumdrops
- Try hard candy for teeth, eyes and nose
- Thin rope licorice makes great whiskers!
Mini Springtime Popcorn Cakes
Fun and pretty for kids!
2 full-sized bags light microwave popcorn, popped
2 cups gum drops, jelly beans or pastel-colored chocolate candies
¼ cup vegetable oil
1 large bag marshmallows
4 drops springtime-color food coloring (optional)
Spray muffin cups with nonstick vegetable spray. Set aside.
In a large bowl, mix the popped corn with the candy pieces.
In a saucepan or microwave, melt the oil, marshmallows and optional food coloring, stirring occasionally. When fully melted, pour over the popcorn and candy mixture, stirring to combine.
Spread into the muffin tins, pressing down to fit. Cover the pan with foil to keep the cakes moist and let rest until firm, about an hour.
Invert mini-cakes onto a cake platter or individual plates, Garnish with additional bits of candy. Serve at room temperature.
Makes 12
Easter Trivia and Tidbits:
- Easter always falls between March 22 and April 25. This year it's on April 8. The date is determined this way: it's the first Sunday after the first full moon after the first day of spring.
- Pysanka is a specific term used for the practice of Easter egg painting.
- From the very early times, the egg has been considered to be the most important symbol of rebirth.
- 76% of people prefer to eat the ears first on chocolate bunnies.
- Red is the favorite color of jelly beans.
Two Kite Patterns (both using Super 1 Foods bags):
Plastic Bag Kites:
Turn plastic grocery bags inside out so they are all white. Decorate the bags with marking pens, cutouts or paint. After the bags are dry, tie handles together and attach a long kite string. Construction paper "kite tails" can be added. Kids love to run and pull these behind them.
Paper Bag Kites:
- Large brown paper grocery bag
- Strong string
- Scissors
- Hole punch
- Masking tape
- School glue or gluestick
- Paint (tempera, acrylic -- whatever you have)
- Crayons, markers, pencil crayons
- Paper streamers or a plastic grocery bag that you can cut into strips
- A few found objects (bits of paper, glitter, buttons -- nothing too heavy)
Use the hole punch to make four holes in the top of the paper bag - one in each of the corners. Put a small piece of masking tape over each hole and poke through with a pencil. This will ensure that your holes don't tear through.
Next, cut two lengths of string about 30" each. Tie each end of the strings through a hole in the bag. The goal is to create two loops.
Next, cut another piece of string -- again around 30". Loop this new piece of string through the two loops you created and tie in a knot. This piece of string will become the handle of your kite.
Decorate the paper bag kite using paint, markers or whatever else you desire. You can paint designs on the kite or turn the kite into a fish by adding eyes, gills and fins. You can glue different items to the kite but be sure not to load the kite down with heavy items -- or it will have a hard time staying up in the air.
Use paper streamers or strips of plastic bag as kite tails and glue them to the bottom of the paper bag. Once the glue and paint is dry, the kite can fly. Hold on tightly to the string handle and run so that the wind catches the kite. When the bag fills with air it will float and flutter behind you.
