Last week when I was going through my Easter decorations box, I had a sudden urge to host an Easter egg decorating and hunting party. I don’t know what’s wrong with me either, but I invited seven moms and seventeen children to my home for the party.
It was SO MUCH FUN!
The party was originally supposed to outside, but the weather was cold and rainy. Since we ended up inside, I decided to forgo the dye (DUH!) and instead the kids used markers, crayons, stickers, and stencils to decorate the eggs. Everyone brought their own boiled eggs or plastic eggs to decorate.
The night before the party, I filled plastic eggs with a jelly beans. While the kids decorated eggs, I hid eggs around the house for an Easter egg hunt. I think it took about 10 minutes to hide all the eggs, two minutes for the kids to find them all, and thirty seconds for them to devour the candy.
For the kids’ lunches, I made mini pizzas out of sandwich thins, pizza sauce, and mozzarella cheese. I made an antipasto platter (recipe from this month’s Southern Living Magazine) for the adults and served sparkling Italian Wildberry Soda (from Target). My friends each brought an appetizer or dessert to share.
I’m always so nervous about hosting parties, I worry that nobody will show up and if they do, it will be a boring bust. There was no reason AT ALL to worry, it truly was a great time. As an added bonus, BOTH kids took naps after the party, they had so much fun.
Happy Easter everyone!
That sounds like so much fun! I normally host Easter at our house, but this year my birthday falls on Easter, so we’re going to have it at my parents instead. Loving the stickers/markers decorating idea instead of dye!
Friends + food = you can’t go wrong!
Fun! I love a good egg hunt. Even as a kid, I could forgo the candy inside to hunt eggs all day. And that’s sayin’ something.
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I relate to your worry that no one will show up or that it’ll be a boring bust.
Go you for making it great despite the weather.
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what a blast!!!
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perfectly lovely! how ambitious of you, considering that you get nervous hosting parties (I do, too. Remember on the old Mary Tyler Moore show, that it was a running joke that her parties were always terrible so every time she had one, she was afraid no one would show up? Yeah. That’s me.)
The pictures were gorgeous.
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I was hoping that you were going to post about this party! I’m a party planning fanatic!
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I’m thinking you have to be REALLY patient for such a party. It sounds like a great time, though.
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i have the same party-throwing anxiety. Other than my son’s birthday parties, i haven’t really had a successful party.
i’m hoping now that i live somewhere friendlier and actually know people that i will be motivated to try again.
Sounds like good times and great memories!
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Looks totally wonderful! I too get nervous about hosting stuff and then afterwards, I’m literally on a high and say to myself, “You should have people over all the time.”
Glad you guys had so much fun!
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It sounds like someone might just be finding a groove in Tennessee. Woooo!
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I’m always very nervous about parties and rarely have them…but I think yours turned out wonderfully.
Great. Now you have given me false hope.
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Sounds like you had an awesome party!!! I love your idea of the kids decorating with stickers instead of dye. I think I might go ahead and dye the eggs one night after the kids are in bed…then let them decorate with stickers the next day.
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You made everything seem so classy. Not sure if I could pull off such a feat–nice work!
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You make me feel so inadequate…
Congratulations on a successful party!
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I just read my Southern Living last night and had to come back to comment that you really nailed the platter — so impressive! How was the pickled okra?
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Thank you!!
I love pickled okra! It’s great. Also, it’s fabulous in a bloody Mary instead of celery!
That sounds like so much fun. I love when playdates like that go off without a hitch. And your table and jar full of Easter eggs look great!
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LOVE the first photo.
Also so glad you had a wonderful time!
‘SPECIALLY love the pic of the kids running down the stairs! Awesome!
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Looks like you had a great time…I love the honest way you write (about being nervous about having everyone over – I feel the same way)
Glad to hear it turned out so well & it looks like you were an amazing hostess!
All kinds of fun – making memories is so fun for our kids. I would have never thought to do okra but I am sure it was awesome!
Happy Easter!
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Beautiful!!
And the antipasto platter looks fab. NOw I’m hungry.
Happy Easter!
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I totally relate to the anxiety thing — I’m a party-throwing wreck, on the rare occasion I throw one — but it sounds absolutely lovely. The kids-coming-down-the-stairs picture is fabulous!
Happy Easter to you and yours!! Wish I could bring a dish!
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i always get so nervous when hosting (which is why i don’t do it often)–this made everything sound so easy…
Bird by Bird is such a good book. I keep in my nightstand although I’ve read it a million times. I think you should read that next.
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Oh my god it looks like you had the perfect party. I absolutely love throwing parties and might have to do one like this next year. Or maybe another holiday. I wonder if Earth Day is a good enough reason to party…
What a GREAT idea!!! I bet it was tons of fun. I felt guilty this year…when I realized we didn’t even dye eggs. Maybe next year we can have a an egg party!
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I totally relate to the anxiety thing — I’m a party-throwing wreck, on the rare occasion I throw one — but it sounds absolutely lovely. The kids-coming-down-the-stairs picture is fabulous!