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Nifty Easter Activities to Enjoy with Your Family

Easter is a wonderful time to celebrate with family and engage in fun activities together. Whether you’re looking for crafty projects, outdoor adventures, or delicious treats, there’s something for everyone to enjoy. Here are some nifty Easter activities to try with your loved ones:

Easter is a wonderful time to celebrate with family and engage in fun activities together. Whether you’re looking for crafty projects, outdoor adventures, or delicious treats, there’s something for everyone to enjoy. Here are some nifty Easter activities to try with your loved ones:

1. Egg Decorating

Gather some hard-boiled eggs, dye, stickers, and markers, and let your creativity run wild! Decorate eggs in vibrant colors, add fun designs, or turn them into little characters. This activity is perfect for kids and adults alike and makes for a beautiful Easter centerpiece.

2. Easter Egg Hunt

Create an Easter egg hunt in your backyard or local park. Hide colorful plastic eggs filled with candies, chocolates, or small toys, and watch as the kids dash around in search of treasures. You can also add clues or riddles to make the hunt even more exciting.

3. Bunny Craft

Create adorable bunny crafts using paper plates, cotton balls, pipe cleaners, and googly eyes. Let your kids’ imaginations soar as they design their own fluffy bunny masterpieces. These crafts also make charming decorations for your Easter celebrations.

4. Spring Picnic

Gather your family and head outdoors for a delightful spring picnic. Pack a basket with sandwiches, fruits, snacks, and Easter-themed treats. Find a scenic spot in the park or your backyard, spread out a blanket, and enjoy a leisurely meal together amidst nature’s beauty.

5. Egg Roll Competition

Host an egg roll competition in your backyard or a nearby hillside. Decorate hard-boiled eggs with colorful designs, then roll them down a slope using wooden spoons. The egg that rolls the farthest without breaking wins a prize! It’s a classic Easter tradition that never fails to entertain.

Easter is a time for joy, togetherness, and creating lasting memories with your loved ones. Try out these nifty Easter activities and make this holiday season truly special. 🐰🌷✨

Pancake time!

Today is Shrove Tuesday or Mardi Gras, also known as pancake day! It’s the day before the start of Lent, the build up to Easter. Lent was traditionally a time of fasting so all the fat in the house needed to be used up. That’s what gave it the name Mardi (Tuesday) Gras (Fat). It’s also why we make pancakes because the recipe uses up fatty foods like eggs and milk, and sugar too because fasting meant giving up sweet things.

How to make pancakes:

4oz (110g) Flour
2 Eggs
10floz (275ml) Milk

Sift the flour into a large mixing bowl and break the eggs into another bowl or a jug then beat them

Mix the flour and eggs to a smooth paste using a fork of whisk, then slowly add the milk bit by bit whisking constantly. You want to avoid lumps so you need to whisk hard.

Heat a frying pan on a high heat (you want it good and hot) and add a little oil or butter. Use some kitchen paper towel to make sure all the pan is covered in a thin layer of fat and ladle in some batter. Tilt the pan to get the liquid batter to spread evenly and allow it to cook for a minute or so. When you shake the pan slightly a cooked pancake will be loose underneath. Flip it with a spatula or, if you’re brave, toss it to allow the other side to cook.

You can have sweet or savory fillings for your pancakes – here are some ideas:

Smoked salmon
Ham and cheese
Mushrooms
Sugar and lemon juice
Chocolate sauce
Jam
Caramel sauce and chocolate sauce (this is known as a carachoc in France, pronounced ca-ra-shock)
Fresh fruit
Ice cream

Enjoy!

Pancake races

Tomorrow is pancake day. Up and down the country people will be holding pancake races. To find out more about the origins of pancake day including how to make pancakes check out last Friday’s post. But what is a pancake race?

A pancake race is a running race where the runners have to carry a frying pan and flip a pancake while running. The most famous race is in Olney in Buckinghamshire but there are races all over the country.

So where did it come from? The story is that in the 1400s a woman was busy cooking pancakes on Shrove Tuesday when she heard the church bells ring to say it was time for church. She ran from her house to the church with her frying pan and pancake.

Today even politicians get involved with the annual Parliamentary Pancake Race in aid of the charity Rehab. Why not give it a go yourself?