Category Archives: Easter

Easter Recipes: Easter Chick Cupcakes

Easter Chick Cupcakes with Wilton Candy Eyes

You know I love the Wilton Candy Eyeballs, right?  I had to make an Easter-inspired dessert with them, so I came up with these Easter Chicks.  They would be an adorable, fun addition to your collection of Easter recipes. Easter Chicks … Continue reading

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How to Make Perfect Hard-Boiled Eggs

how to make perfect hard-boiled eggs

Over the years, our Mommysavers Forum members have shared their tips on how to make perfect hard-boiled eggs every time: no fail.   To view the entire conversation, visit our forum thread:  What is your method for perfect hard-boiled eggs?.  Here’s … Continue reading

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Cooking with Kids: Flower Cupcakes

flower cupcakes

These pretty flower cupcakes are fun for the kids to help make and would be perfect to bring to an Easter gathering or Mother’s Day dinner. Flower Cupcakes One cake mix White frosting Coconut Green food coloring (I mixed neon … Continue reading

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Decorating Easter Hard-Boiled Eggs: Crackled Effect

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Looking for a new method of decorating Easter eggs?  This one is simple, doesn’t require fancy dye, and looks fabulous!  While these won’t work for your child’s Easter basket, the eggs look gorgeous on any Easter table (either deviled or … Continue reading

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It’s a Peep-a-Palooza! Easter Fun with Marshmallow Peeps

Marshmallow Peeps Cupcakes

At Mommysavers, we like our Marshmallow Peeps.  We may not think they’re the most delicious Easter treat out there, but they’re certainly the cutest.  Plus, they lend themselves to some super-fun, and super-frugal craft ideas and recipes.  Just in time … Continue reading

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Muffin Tin Monday: Easter Fruit ‘n’ Yogurt Tin

Muffin Tin Meal: Easter Fruit Tin

We are headed out of town today, so I wasn’t planning to do a Muffin Tin Meal this week, until I got a package from my cousin with these adorable Easter muffin tin liners and picks.  I had to use … Continue reading

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Easter Craft: Felt Peeps Chick

Felt Easter Peeps

This cute Easter Peeps chick is made out of felt and stitched by hand, which means it’s easy and frugal to whip up, just like my Easter Peeps bunnies.   I used a free pattern and tutorial to make this felt … Continue reading

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Easter Gift Idea: Felt Peeps Bunnies

Felt Peeps Bunnies Easter Craft

Whether you’re giving Easter gifts to older kids who just want cash and gift cards, younger kids who’d love something snuggly, or anyone in between who likes candy, these felt marshmallow Peeps bunnies are a quick and easy Easter gift. … Continue reading

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Muffin Tin Monday: Resurrection Muffin Tin for Easter

Easter Resurrection Muffin Tin Meal

For this week’s muffin tin meal, I continued my Easter-themed lunches and did a muffin tin version of the Resurrection Eggs. The Resurrection Muffin Tin Meal included: lettuce leaves (palm branches) sour straw whips (the Indian sour straws are too … Continue reading

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Photo Craft: Puffy Tissue Paper Easter Basket

Puffy Easter Basket Photo Craft

Are you and your kids having as much fun making Easter crafts as we are?  I hope so! My kids and I have crafted an entire wall of Spring and Easter crafts.  We put our fun Easter basket photo crafts … Continue reading

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