If you've been following for any length of time, you know that I love traditions throughout the year. I just think our traditions need an update.

And the next celebration is coming up: Easter.

 

Easter involves longer days, spring flowers, the Easter bunny and the eggs. I grew up dyeing, painting and pecking eggs (banging them together and seeing which one breaks first). Unfortunately, eggs feeds viruses and bacteria and I refrain from eating them.

 

Here are a few ideas on how to make Easter beautiful and traditional even without eggs.

 

Easter brunch:

• Fruit salad

• Fruit kebabs

• Homemade bread and jam

• Vegetable soup

• Carrot cake https://www.medicalmedium.com/blog/carrot-cake

• Quiche https://www.medicalmedium.com/blog/chickpea-quiche

• Egg-shaped pancakeshttps://www.medicalmedium.com/blog/strawberry-pancakes

• Potato waffles with fruit compote (www.danielarichards.ch)

• Potato salad

• Various spreads (these can be made 3 days in advance) - Easter Bunny Garden: add some hummus to little bowels & put fresh carrots, radishes or fresh little cucumbers in it

• Carrot lox

• Chagatee or latte

• Children's fruit tea with fresh orange juice with frozen blueberries aka bubble tea

 

Easter warm-up with kids:

• Bake and decorate Easter egg cookies. These are also great as a gift for grandparent - make an Easter nest that shines brightly.

• Stick bunny faces and ears on flower pots, fill them with soil and sow cress.

• Decorate the house for Easter

• Find some twigs in the forest and watch them blossom at home

• Make Easter eggs out of salt dough. Kids can decorate and colour them. 

• Easter garland: cut little bunnies out of pretty paper and stick on little tails made of cotton wool and fasten with a string.

 

Easter Nest:

• Fruit leather, homemade or bought https://www.koro-shop.ch/fruchtpapier-apfel-erdbeere-200-g

• Vegan organic eggs (for children with a sensitive nervous system, it's better to use no cocoa, as they are also made from rice milk)

• Egg-shaped bath salts from the health food store

• Dried fruits or puffs, e.g. from Freche Freunde, NamNams, Koro

• Beautifully printed pens or carrot-shaped pens etc. (I often find them in stationery shops or bookstores).

• Books or magazines. Here are a few favourites: 'The Bunny with the Red Nose', 'The Hidden Object Egg', 'Leserabe Easter Stories'.

• Small games. My absolute favourite: Findevier or Lottikarotti.

• Rubber Twist

• Seeds or plants https://www.amazon.de/Anzuchtset-37x20x10cm-Fensterbank-Mini-Garten-OwnGrown/dp/B07T14476T/ref=sr_1_30?crid=1HLUIK0Z5HRDP&keywords=ostergeschenke+kinder&qid=1678464067&sprefix=ostergesch%2Caps%2C128&sr=8-30

• Egg-shaped street chalk

 

A thought about the celebration: it’s worth pausing and asking yourself for a moment, what is Easter really about for me. Maybe you just want to spend time with your loved ones. We often stress ourselves out because we think something has to be a certain way. Children are happy about a nest with a few little things. However, we will all keep Easter in fond memories if we were able to celebrate it in peace and without stress.

 

All the best and Happy Easter

Dani 

 

Ps I’d love to see your Easter nests. Please share them on Instagram :)

 

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