DIY Easter Egg Wreath

Derek and I are hosting our first Easter in our home since we got married. I wanted a wreath to hang on the front door to welcome our guests but I couldn't find one I liked without a heavy price tag. With a Hobby Lobby gift card in hand a turned to Pinterest. This cute, easy to make, Easter wreath caught my eye. Bonus: Easter items are 40% off at Hobby Lobby right now.

You Will Need: 

2 bags of small Easter eggs ($.99 each) 

3 bags of regular size Easter eggs. ($1.99 each) Only 2 bags pictured. 

Hot Glue Gun with glue

Green Foam Ring ($4.99)

Roll of Ribbon ($5.99) 

I started by laying the eggs out around the foam ring to come up with a simple pattern. Once I had a pattern in mind I glued the eggs down one row at a time. If you make a mistake don't panic! The eggs are pretty easy to pull off. Just be sure to peal off the old glue before adding more to replace the egg. 

I used the small eggs to fill in the "holes" in between the bigger eggs until the whole wreath was full with eggs. I then rapped a ribbon around the wreath and glued the ends to the back. I created a bow with the left over ribbon and glued it to the top. You could always buy a ribbon premade, Hobby Lobby has a good section of them.

I hope you enjoy making this wreath as much as I did! 

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Easter Chick Cadbury Egg Cupcakes

Wondering what to do with all those leftover Cadbury Eggs from Easter? Why not make made these amazing Cadbury Egg Cupcakes. The beauty of these cupcakes is you can use regular size eggs for normal size cupcakes or mini eggs for mini cupcakes. 

Two big and two mini chick cupcakes (one cut in half)

The key to either size is FREEZING the eggs first so they don't bust and make a big mess. Trust me, it isn't fun to clean up after that mess. 

For the Cupcakes: 

• 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 2/3 cups sugar
• 3/4 cup butter, softened
• 2/3 cup cocoa powder
• 1 package Jell-O instant pudding in Chocolate Fudge (3.9 oz)
• 1 1/4 cup water
• 1 1/4 teaspoons baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 3 large eggs
• 24 Cadbury Eggs 

1) Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
2) Mix all the cake ingredients together. I don't bother with mixing the dry and wet ingredients separately, just toss it all in the bowl and mix.

Mixed ingredients  

3) Fill cupcake liners 1/4-1/3 full and place a Cadbury Egg (thick side first) down inside the batter. 

Eggs in the cupcake mix 

4) Top eggs with another 1/2-1 teaspoon of batter. Do not over fill.
5) Bake for 18-20 minutes. Do not over cook or the eggs will melt and burst. You can test to see if the cupcake is done by inserting a toothpick on the side of the cupcake, instead of in the middle 

My icing is hit or miss so for these cupcakes I bought icing. If you feel like Betty Crocker and want to make your own, go for it! 

For the Chicks: 

1) Spread yellow icing on the top of the cupcake pretty think and smooth the top. I used Pilsbury Funfetti Yellow Vanilla icing. 

2) Turn cupcake upside down and press into a shallow bowl of yellow sugar 

3) Place two mini chocolate chips in for the eyes. 

4) Using a very thin tip, pipe orange icing for the beak and little feet. 

5) With the leftover yellow icing pipe wings on the sides. 

6) Enjoy! 

Easter Chick Cadbury Egg Cupcakes

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If I could turn back time...

...if I could find a way

I started pinning way before I had a blog. Here are a few things I made in my pre-blogging days. A throw back blog post. Sorry for the blurry photos. They were taken before I had a fancy thing called an iPhone.

Last year my family came to stay with us for Easter weekend. I wanted to have something nice for breakfast that I didn't have to get up and make in the morning. My littlest sister and I whipped up this yummy Buttermilk Blueberry Breakfast Cake. As my family woke up they grabbed a slice out of the fridge.  Find the easy recipe here. 

This Easter I took on a harder task, Cadbury Egg stuffed Cupcakes! I used creme, chocolate and carmel eggs and didn't label them making each cupcake a surprise. These cupcakes aren't much harder to bake than regular ones. The main difference is adding a FROZEN egg in the middle of the batter before baking. Find the full recipe here.

Looking for an easy, delicious dessert? Try Crock Pot Cherry Cobbler! You mix it, heat it and leave it! Plus it smells so good while its cooking! Don't like cherry? Mix in whatever fruit tickles your fancy! Get the scoop on how to make it here.

I tried out a twist on ravioli one night for dinner. You buy a rag of ravioli (the refrigerator kind), shallow fry them in about an inch of oil and BAM you have crispy ravioli. Best served with marina sauce and Parmesan Cheese. The best part is you can make them ahead of time and warm them in the oven at 275 until hot. Great for game day or a party. 

What a pretty meal with so many possibilities! Stuffed bell peppers are filling and easy to make. I used turkey sausage but you could use regular sausage, beef or chicken. The mixture consists of  rice, yellow bell pepper, cheese, onion and spices. Read how to make them here.  

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