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I’ve been waiting for Easter to roll around again to share this adorable Egg Hunt First Birthday that Lauren and family hosted for her youngest son.

Here’s the invitation I designed with a custom bunny die cut. Lauren added a tiny blue bow. She does love some detailed hand work. “Hippity Hoppity, there’s a birthday on its way.”

There are lots of sweet little details sure to make everybunny weak in the knees.

Lauren took a class and learned to make these deco mesh wreaths, to which she attached bunnies in the center. I’m impressed.

There was signage letting guests know which way to go.

The festivities were around back so guests were pointed in the right direction with this giant carrot pointer and Egg Hunt signage.

Lauren made these great yarn eggs and hung them from the trees. I love what great visual impact they had for relatively little cost. Except time, that is. I recall that they took a while to make!

Sweet white child-size tables covered in burlap and topped with these white egg trees planted in candy were set up on the back porch. Love.

I’m pretty sure this is the cutest place setting I’ve ever seen. I love the addition of flowers and mini eggs to the grass mats. And don’t get me started on the bunny napkins. I am TOTALLY stealing that.

Each guest chair had a yarn pom bunny tail—blue for the boy bunnies and pink for the girls. Swoon.

The hungry little bunnies munched on sliders, carrots in flower cups with ranch dip, cheese, mini cream puffs, Annie’s bunny cereal dry in flower muffin liners, and assortment of fresh fruit, cheese, bunny pops, and plastic eggs for the littlest bunnies were filled with puffs and yogurt melts.

Thirsty rabbits drank from these lidded cups with bunny straws.

There were sippy cups on hand for the little ones.

Adults even got in on the fun with these cottontail drink cups.

The kids all brought their baskets and took turns hunting eggs, letting the crawlers and new walkers get in on the fun too!

There was a surprise visit from the Easter Bunny! The birthday boy was a little unsure.

Then it was time for cake.

And a sweet little Easter smash cupcake for the birthday boy!

This is one of my favorite photos. Look at the delight in his face!

I love the birthday banner too, made from kraft letters affixed to egg-shaped doilies. “Hippity Hoppy Birthday!”

Inside the house, there were more sweet decorations to be found.

Complete with a play space for baby, no less.

When it was time to pack up their eggs and go home, guests each left with a keepsake egg hand-painted by a local artist who donates proceeds to a local not-for-profit.

As we’ve come to expect, Lauren did an amazing job. Her attention to detail is unparalleled, and what a special day it made for her baby boy’s first birthday!

Things have been so busy around here that I haven’t had time for my usual holiday merrymaking. I’ve always been a big fan of Easter and Springtime, probably because I’m an April baby.

While combing the seasonal aisles at Target a few weeks back, I bought one of these inexpensive bunny-shaped chocolate molds.

I rediscovered them Wednesday and decided to make some time to try them before Easter was long gone. I was so tickled with the way the first tray turned out that I made a few more sets for my daughter to share with preschool friends.

In addition to the candy mold costing less than $3, I thought it was super easy to use. I ended up going back to the store to buy three more sets of molds so I could make more than five bunnies at a time.  I also loved that the directions called for real chocolate, which I much prefer the taste of candy melts.

Here’s are list of the supplies I used:

Chocolate chips

GulfWax, optional

Squirt bottle

Lollipop sticks, 5 inches long

Lollipop cello bags and ties

Decorative ribbon

I melted one bag of chocolate chips and 1/8 of a bar of GulfWax in a double boiler, The GulfWax helped to thin the chocolate a little and also gave the finished product a bit of a glossy shine. Using a funnel, I poured the melted chocolate into a squirt bottle.  I have umpteen of them left over from Caroline’s candy house party.

I filled the molds then added the sucker sticks, covering the end of the stick with more chocolate. I gave the tray a final tap on the counter to get rid of any air bubbles and level out the chocolate. Then, I put them in the freezer to set.  I was nervous, but they popped out of the molds really easily.

Here’s another look at the finished product.

I think they turned out super adorable. We took them to the Easter party yesterday, and the kids devoured them! I started thinking about how cute it would be to play with different flavors and colors, using butterscotch, white chocolate, or maybe even peanut butter chips to create calico bunnies.

Totally adorable for a birthday party favor or as adult favors for a baby shower too.  So what are you waiting for? Get yourself to Target before they’re all gone. Just don’t go to my Target. I already cleaned them out.

So happy to finally get around to sharing these pictures from a sweet Springtime birthday party! My friend, Gina, did this adorable carnival themed party that everyone is always asking about for her daughter’s first birthday. For her second, they celebrated her birthday Easter-style with an adorable petting zoo and a good-old fashioned egg hunt.

Here’s the invitation I created for the big day.

Gina made this moss “A” for the door to greet the party goers. Love.

Here’s the beautiful buffet table filled with all sorts of adorable goodness.

Like these sweet bunny sandwiches. If you’ve ever attempted sandwiches with cookie cutters then you know this wasn’t easy. If not, it’s much harder than you might think!

And how sweet are these carrot silverware treatments? So festive!

I love the natural neutrals of the bristle bottle brush bunnies with the bright colors of Spring here.

After getting rained out the previous year, Gina was brave enough to try her luck with another outdoor party and, boy, did this one ever pay off! Loving all that green.

Here’s a close-up of the centerpiece–Spring branches hung with decorative eggs!

Gina used these natural cups with lids from Think Garnish and decorated them with these little cottontails. No spill!

I love this decorative galvanized accent too. So bright and fun!

Here’s the birthday girl, Ava, getting ready to eat. I adore those cabbage leaf chargers!

The entertainment was a traveling petting zoo. The children were able to pet the goats, ducks and bunnies too!

Ava and her dad got up close and personal with this snuggly little bunny.

Here’s a peek at the birthday girl’s little smash cake.  So sweet and simple. Love the fondant tag detail with the writing.

Guests took home their eggs and a pair of these adorable bunny britches stuffed full of goodies.

The tag read, “I’ve been on the hunt for a sweet friend like you!”

A beautiful day for a beautiful girl turning 2. Can’t wait to share pictures from another party Gina is hosting soon. It’ll be wild. Stay tuned!

I whipped up a little Easter party for my daughter’s class yesterday. The kids are two and three years old, so I tried to keep things fun, simple and inexpensive. Here are a few ideas for quick and easy food and decorations.

Here’s one of the tables. The plates were all ears. Super quick, cheap and easy to make. You can download the template here.

I found some fun and springy plaid napkins and thought it would be sweet to pleat them into bows. Hair bows for the girls’ bunnies and bowties for the boys’.

I secured the center with a small piece of white pipe cleaner.

I used inexpensive plastic tablecloths–lavender layered on top of green with ruffled edges as seen here on Cupcakes & Cutlery.

I found some cute little plain spring trees in the dollar bins at Target and used them as centerpieces. I stuck jellybeans on the tips of the branches to make them a little more colorful and fun.

The kids couldn’t help but snack on them while they enjoyed their other food. I made my bird’s nest brownies, and served baby carrots and ranch dressing and some snack mix with juice boxes.

A customer of mine asked me for some treat tags for Peeps last week with the message “You’re one of my favorite Peeps,” so I whipped some up for her and they turned out so cute that I decided to make some for myself and leave those in the kids’ cubby holes from the big man – the Easter Bunny.

After they all had a belly full, it was time to head outside for the egg hunt!

They sure did find all those eggs a lot faster than we hid them! Go figure. I was really pleased with the way everything turned out. With just a few simple ideas that were easily executable, we had a cute and memorable party. Just goes to show you don’t have to spend weeks of time and lots of money to do something fun for your little ones! Note to self.