by Julia Hebaiter (aka Julia Svoice) (
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Highly qualified, established food & lifestyle writer, former restaurateur, founder professional writing business, Articul8. Long, diverse writing history, passion for food culture, the land & inspired food language.
Easter is nigh and maybe too the time to bring a few basics back to a special celebration at risk of being engulfed by commercialisation. I mean, Easter eggs were in stores in February for goodness' sake, and we'd barely recovered from Christmas.
Check out these simple foods, decorations and Easter treats for a low-budget, creative Easter the kids - big, little and in-between - will love.
Easy, brightly-coloured jelly rabbits are popular with the littlies, while yummy cupcakes decorated with small Easter eggs will keep the pre-teens entertained – and keep everybody in the family happy when they're served up a home-baked afternoon tea. Older teens might like to try their hand at Hot Cross Buns. They're so much yummier than the store-bought varieties.
Check out these three easy recipes
here.
You and the kids can make easy-peasy
Easter baskets from anything as simple as a milk carton. Yes, they're easy. Yes, the kids will love making them and, yes, they will expect them to be filled …
There are a whole heap of easy Easter crafts and treats, from super cute, super easy jelly bean carrots and egg gardens, to make
here.
If you're looking for some fun, frugal Easter activities, check out these
20 tips. It's an American site so some things won't apply, but, let's face it, you can dye Easter eggs and help your kids write letters to the Easter Bunny in any part of the globe.
Hop to it!