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2010/02/27
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2009/04/08
Rice Crispy Marshmallow Easter Eggs
| Cooking with children helps the young ones feel included in the adult driven Easter preparations. Cooking with grandchildren helps create a stronger bond between grandparents and grandchildren. Cooking with children can be a lot of fun if carefully planned. | ![]() |
- Be mindful of temperatures. Either allow time to cool the mixture below or work with it yourself, finding other steps for your grandchild to help.
- Designate which steps your grandchild or grandchildren will each be responsible.
- Explain each task and then have them repeat the directions back to you – emphasize safety rules.
- Divide the ingredients into equal amounts so each child can make their own batch of Easter Eggs.
INGREDIENTS
- 1 (17.5 ounce) package crispy rice cereal
- 1 cup margarine
- 1 (14 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
- 1 (14 ounce) package individually wrapped caramels, unwrapped
- 2 (10.5 ounce) packages large marshmallows
- Pastel colored sprinkles
DIRECTIONS:
- Line a baking sheet with waxed paper. Pour the crispy rice cereal into a large bowl. Mix in pastel colored sprinkles.
- Combine the margarine, sweetened condensed milk, and caramels in the top of a double boiler. Stirring constantly, cook over lightly simmering water until melted and combined, about 5 minutes.
- Use a wooden skewer to dip each marshmallow in the hot caramel mixture. Immediately roll caramel coated marshmallow in the crispy rice/sprinkles cereal mixture. Remove from skewer. When cool enough, shape into “Easter Eggs”, then place on the waxed paper to harden.
- Line a large Easter Basket with colorful cloth napkins. Place the Easter Eggs in the basket for a colorful display on your dessert table. If you’d like to give these as Easter favors, wrap each in colorful cellophane and tie closed with contrasting ribbon bows.
Makes 50 Eggs
Time: Approximately 25 min.
2009/04/06
Easter Day Fun
My granddaughters love to sing and dance, especially when our family gets together for holiday fun so this year, after dinner, they’ll be performing the Easter poems found below. Before dinner, Nana and Poppy will hide Easter eggs for a children’s Easter Egg hunt. (Outside for nice weather and inside for not so nice weather.) Then the girls will hide Easter eggs for the adults to find. (It gives the girls something fun to do while Easter dinner is being prepared and also gets everyone out of the kitchen!)
Easter Egg Hunt Fun Tips:
- Use plastic Easter eggs to fill with coins, small pieces of candy, stickers, toys, and play jewelry…nothing expensive – and one surprise egg for each child.
- Number the eggs, dyed or plastic, so you’ll know when the Easter eggs have all been found – we can never remember where we’ve hidden each Easter Egg!
- Write names on the eggs – if you have a trinket for each child, they’ll be sure to find theirs and also find an equal amount – a no tears Easter Egg hunt.
- Use plastic eggs, just in case you miss some – especially in the house…no rotten Easter eggs to be found later on.
After Easter Dinner Fun
For after our Easter dinner, we’ve been practicing the following Easter poems with K and Em to perform for everyone. After the girls perform their Easter Poems, they will teach the Easter poems to the group and get everyone up and moving…after they’ve filled their tummies with Easter goodies!
Bunny, Bunny
Bunny, white bunny
With ears so tall
(Place pointer fingers beside head)
And your two pink eyes
And your mouth so small.
(Make 0 with mouth)
Wiggle goes one ear.
(Wiggle one finger)
Wiggle goes the other.
(Wiggle other finger)
Hop, hop, hop, hop
Home to your mother!
(Hop away in four hops)
~ Author Unknown ~
Hop and Stop
The first little rabbit went hop, hop, hop.
I said to the first rabbit, “Stop, stop, stop!”
The second little rabbit went run, run, run.
I said to the second rabbit, “Fun, fun, fun!”
The third little rabbit went thump, thump, thump.
I said to the third rabbit, “Jump, jump, jump!”
The fourth little rabbit went sniff, sniff, snuff.
I said to the fourth rabbit, “That is enough!”
The fifth little rabbit went creep, creep, creep.
I said to the fifth rabbit, “It’s time to sleep!”
~ Author Unknown ~
The Bunny Wiggle
Bunny rabbits wiggle,
So much they make me giggle. (giggle)
They wiggle their ears, (wiggle)
They wiggle their nose, (wiggle)
The tail on their rear,
Wiggles too, I suppose. (wiggle)
And just when I say, “Stop wiggling, stop!”
They wiggle all over, and take a big hop! (wiggle and hop)
~ Author Unknown ~
Bunny-Pokey
You put your bunny ears in,
You put your bunny ears out,
You put your bunny ears in,
And you shake them all about,
You do the Bunny- Pokey,
And you hop yourself around,
That’s what it’s all about!
Additional verses: bunny nose, bunny tail, bunny paws.
~ Author Unknown ~
Five Little Easter Eggs
Five little Easter eggs, lovely colors wore;
(hold up five fingers)
Mother ate the blue one, then there were four.
(bend down one finger)
Four little Easter eggs, two and two, you see;
Daddy ate the red one, then there were three.
(bend down next finger)
Three little Easter eggs, before I knew,
Sister ate the yellow one, then there were two.
(bend down next finger)
Two little Easter eggs; oh, what fun,
Brother ate the purple one, then there was one.
(bend down next finger)
One little Easter egg; see me run!
I ate the very last one, and then there were none.
(bend down last finger)
~ Author Unknown ~
Happy Easter Day!
2009/04/02
Peter Cottontail
Peter Cottontail
- Beatrix Potter
Here comes Peter Cottontail,
Hoppin’ down the bunny trail,
Hippity, hoppity,
Easter’s on its way.
Bringin’ every girl and boy Baskets full of Easter joy,
Things to make your Easter bright and gay.
He’s got jelly beans for Tommy,
Colored eggs for sister Sue,
There’s an orchid for your Mommy
And an Easter bonnet, too.
Oh! here comes Peter Cottontail,
Hoppin’ down the bunny trail,
Hippity hoppity,
Happy Easter day.
Here comes Peter Cottontail,
Hoppin’ down the bunny trail,
Look at him stop,
and listen to him say:
“Try to do the things you should.”
Maybe if you’re extra good,
He’ll roll lots of Easter eggs your way.
You’ll wake up on Easter morning
And you’ll know that he was there
When you find those choc’late bunnies
That he’s hiding ev’rywhere.
Oh! here comes Peter Cottontail,
Hoppin’ down the bunny trail,
Hippity hoppity,
Happy Easter day.
Animated Here Comes Peter Cottontail
Fun Easter Links
Peter Cottontail Coloring Pages
Peter Cottontail Game – Make Your Own
Peter Cottontail – The Movie
Easter Clip Art
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