Don't tell the Easter Bunny, but there's a new rabbit in town. Actually, a few new rabbits. Mirabelle is a dancer and Balthazar is a magician and I think they probably have French accents. Don't they look like they would be great guests …
Now I don't have to wonder what I'm using to turn my eggs all shades of the rainbow, thanks to a super-easy-to-use natural Easter egg dying kit whose ingredients are just as natural as the eggs. For years, I have dyed my Easter eggs in w…
When it comes to Easter egg decorating, as with a lot of crafting, I've been known to bite off more than I can chew. Which is maybe why I'm so keen to try my hand at this awesome silhouette Easter egg dying tutorial which looks as beauti…
Around Easter, little girls' outfits at the boutiques can start looking a bit fancy-pantsy. Patent leather and pressed ruffles are all well and good, but the baby girls I know have usually preferred something a bit softer. And sassier. H…
I rarely buy clothes for my oldest daughter online because she is so very picky about what she lets touch her skin. Tight cuffs, buttons, care labels, embroidered designs, zippers...the list on "no's" goes on and on and on. But last year…
Every year I decide this will be the one where we will finally avoid that annoying plastic Easter grass that somehow makes its way out of the baskets and all over my house. But this time, I really mean it. Because we grew our own. Since …
It's interesting how few movies there are about the magic of Easter. In fact--wait, are there any? Regardless, HOP , the adorable new Easter film, would jump to the top of the list anyway. [don't miss the scoop on Russell Brand and James…
Any ideas where I can find allergen-free Easter candy? Nearly everything I see is processed in a plant with peanuts so I'm looking for egg-free and peanut-free goodies. -Mary As the mom of a daughter allergic to milk, I share your concer…
After stumbling upon the Design Your Own eggheads felt book from Beeper BeBe , I'm on the verge of nixing the whole Easter basket thing and going with Easter presents instead. because really, when you add up the price (and let's face it,…
The biggest challenge I face every Easter is finding cool candy alternatives for my kids' Easter baskets. But thanks to CMP fave boutique Cattiwampus, my search for sugar-free Easter gifts just got a little easier. Their virtual shelves …
This will be the first Easter in a very long time that we'll actually be celebrating with extended family. Other than a plane flight with three young children (help!), the toughest item on my agenda will be tracking down cool Easter best…
Okay so there's still snow a-plenty in my neck of the woods known as Brooklyn, but in no time it will be the season for Easter duds and Passover dinners and spring weddings and seersucker. So when I saw the custom, handcrafted neckties f…
The last thing we ever thought we'd be featuring on these pages is a a Virgin Mary softie , or an eco-friendly one at that, created by hand from eco-fi felt made completely from recycled water bottles. But the way we see it, some pewter …
The Easter Bunny doesn't receive letters, he sends them. And evidently they're very, very small. The World's Smallest Postal Service courtesy of Lea Redmond of Leafcutter Designs can rock your kid's world with a teeny tiny letter in a te…
Growing up, our Easter baskets were these monstrosities that my mom lovingly decorated with ribbons and bows, only to have them shoved back into a box for next year. Well, for my kids, I've decided to go a little more subtle with these h…
Before my kids consume their body weight in candy on Easter, I try to get something healthy into their bodies at breakfast. One really clever way to do this is to put the colorful Rise & Shine Gift Box from Kid Central Kitchen on the tab…
Nothing like a holiday to make me feel like the harried mom buying last-minute decorations that probably aren't even worth saving for next year. That's just bad for my wallet and bad for the earth. So this Easter, I'm ahead of the game, …
Much as I love to color eggs with my kids, there are only so many hard-boiled eggs one family can eat. And while the plastic eggs aren't perishable, they aren't particularly attractive or earth-friendly either. These felted Easter eggs f…
It's easy enough to fill up our kids' Easter baskets on one stop to the drug store, but for the more sophisticated palates on your Easter guest list, step it up with delicious, artisan chocolate that will make them forget the foil-wrappe…
My daughter is allergic to milk, meaning her Easter basket is usually filled with jelly beans and stickers while her siblings chomp on those awesome chocolate bunnies. So this year, I'm planning ahead and ordering Divvies' hand-poured, s…
I've always wanted to create fancier dyed Easter eggs, but I have the artistic ability of a preschooler (no offense to any preschoolers). Now, with the Tie-Dye Eggs Kit by Maude + Claude, I can create decorated eggs that make me look lik…