Egg-cellent ideas this Easter
Wrap your tongue around these…
Easter isn’t just about putting chocolate to mouth, instead get your mouth moving and entertain the family with these Easter-inspired tongue twisters. Better still, why not get everyone involved in a friendly tongue twister competition! The first person to say them all, with no mistakes, three times through, gets another chocolate egg!
- Jogging jellybeans joke and giggle
- Jogging jellybeans jump and jiggle
- Each Easter Eddie eats eighty Easter eggs
- Six peeping chicks cheeping cheerily
- Busy bunnies bring blue baskets
Make it an eggs-traordinary morning…
Chocolate for breakfast? Why not! Jazz up the French toast with some creamy chocolate decadence. We guarantee you’ll turn this recipe into a once-a-year tradition . . .
Per person you’ll need: Two crème eggs
Two slices of white bread One egg 1tbsp milk 2tsp sugar
1tsp powdered cinnamon 1tbsp butter
How to:
- In a bowl, whisk egg, milk, vanilla and half the cinnamon and half the sugar together. Dunk each bread slice in the mixture and leave to one side.
- Heat a knob of butter in a frying pan, once melted, fry bread for two-to-three minutes on each side.
- Remove from heat, place bread on a plate and carefully cut into soldier strips.
- Take your two crème eggs, carefully cut the tops off them and place in egg cups. Sit them alongside toast on the plate.
- Finally, sprinkle the remaining cinnamon and sugar over the toast. Serve and get dunking your soldiers into the eggs. Egg-tastic!
Nest on the list…
Need a place to stow away those chocolate eggs? Why not build your own bird’s nest and use up all those odd bits of string, ribbons and bits and pieces mum finds strewn throughout the house.
Tidying up has never been so rewarding!
What you’ll need
- White glue
- Plenty of string cut into 15cm lengths
- Shredded paper
- Decorative grasses, feathers or moss
- A balloon
- A small bowl
How to do it
- First, blow up the balloon to make your mould – it should fit nicely into your bowl.
- Next, mix the glue in a container with a little water to thin it out. Not too much!
- Now with the balloon sitting snug in the bowl, start building your nest on it! Dip your string, paper, decorative pieces individually into the glue – squeezing the extra glue off between your fingers. Wrap your gluey pieces around the balloon. Keep building it layer on layer.
- Leave it to dry – this could take up to a day, especially if there are multiple layers.
- Once your nest is dry, gently pop the balloon to reveal your colourful bird’s nest.
- Go hide it in the bushes or pop at the base of your bed for the Easter bunny to fill on Sunday morning!