Holidays, hippity hop, Easter is on it’s way!
Posted by the Painted Apron on April 14, 2019 · 41 Comments

We usually celebrate Easter at the beach, but this year everybody has too much going on…
We decided to combine Easter with Charlie Brown’s birthday, April 16, and have some family fun next Saturday afternoon…a birthday party Easter Egg Hunt!
CC and Charlie Brown’s other grandmother is going to join us and luckily for me she has already filled eggs with goodies and has offered to share and help 😅 Thank you Sally!
Most of my Easter decor is at the beach, but luckily I do have my new MacBunnies here to help decorate
I’ve been hopping around the archives for recipes and ideas
In case you’re still planning your menu or need a last minute idea
maybe these will help
We are going to gather late in the afternoon
we will sip and nosh while the littles search the yard for Easter treasures,
the menu will be finger food and appetizers
with a birthday cake for the birthday boy
Confetti Birthday Bundt delighted him 2 years ago
These Pimiento Cheese Puff Pastry Eggs are hard to resist
I definitely want to make Mary’s Roasted Carrot Hummus pop over to see her show stopping presentation here
Or if I get lazy, I can make this easy Carrot Dip Garden instead, it’s a prepared dip covered with chopped green onions and “planted” with baby carrots in a spinach lined bowl
And how cute would this fruit from Living Locurto be for the egg hunters??
or even easier, these Easter Peep Fruit Kebabs from Amee’s Savory Dish
Pineapple Glazed Kielbasa Bites from Complete Recipes is on the April Bucket List, I think they would be perfect
HHjr has been perfecting his pizza oven technique, maybe I can get him to do a pizza or two, a cheese one for the littles and perhaps a fancier one for the adults
Crazy Spring Radish Pizza is topped with asparagus, radishes, and salami
In keeping with our non traditional Easter
I am cooking our holiday ham today,
which we will enjoy tonight and then I’ll have leftovers for the party,
you might want to save these recipes for your leftover Easter ham
Sweet Potato Spirals with Ham & Cheese
Orange Roll Ham Sliders were a hit as part of Christmas Eve’s Lunch, but might be too sweet for an afternoon party…
On Easter Sunday, HHjr and his boys and I will be having Tater Tot Breakfast Casserole and Coconut Grapefruit Brulee, so stay tuned for that!
What is your favorite Easter nibble?
Help!
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I will be joining these fabulous parties and blogs:
Meal Plan Monday Dishing it & Digging it, Between Naps on the Porch,
Merry Monday Make it Pretty Monday Celebrate and Decorate,
Tasty Tuesday Oh My Heartsie Girl Full Plate Thursday
Thursday Favorite Things Creatively Crafty Home Matters
Weekend Potluck Sweet Inspirations Happiness is Homemade
Filed under Holidays, party panache, recipe box · Tagged with appetizers, Easter, ham, party menu, spring
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Lovin’ the B-Day Bundt cake Jenna! Have fun with the kids:@)
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Your ideas are a plenty! That Garden Dip is too cute! I may just do that as an appetizer since we are having friends for Easter! Thank you for so many wonderful ideas… again!
PS… those MacBunnies are amazing!
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oh good! Thanks Nancy!
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What fun, I love the Peeps on the fruit kabobs.
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Yes, I’ve got to do that!
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Sounds like a wonderful party! 🌷🐰 Thanks for all of the great ideas and recipes. 💕
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You have shared so many cool recipes and ideas! I do hope the birthday bash is a success…I know you guys will have a fabulous time! Love that birthday cake from the past! Have a great one! Hugs!
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thanks Benita, still thinking…
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What fun ideas! Love the kabobs, LOL!!
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Thank you Carole, yes the kebabs are a must!
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Oh my goodness, so many inspiring food ideas. I know your combined party will be lots of fun. I hope your weather holds out, I know there are lots of weather warnings around.
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thanks Karen, me too ☔️
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It ALL looks so good, Jenna!! 🐰🌷💕 I like the idea of serving finger foods. I especially want to try the pineapple and Kiebasa sausage recipe at the lake this summer! 😊
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thanks Jill, I definitely want to try that one too. I’m glad you told me you like the idea of finger food, I was afraid it sounded so non-traditional…
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Thank You for sharing your lovely and cute Easter settings. Wishing you and yours a BLESSED HOLY WEEK and a HAPPY EASTER
Marilyn,Joan and Marion
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Thank you ladies, and same to you all!
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Thank you for all the recipes! They all look so good. I love your bunnies!
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thank you Michelle!
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so many wonderful choices for what is sure to be a fun day!!! ❤
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thanks Jodi, I hope so!
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Oh the carrot dip garden and the kebabs are certainly going to be on my table this year. Thanks for posting this!
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Oh good! Everyone seems to be loving these two dishes, so easy and fun eye candy too!
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All mouth watering dishes! Like the carrots sticking out of the dip, too cute! So many great recipes and fun food! What a wonderful birthday celebration! Happy Easter! 🐣🐇🐑
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thanks Cyndi!
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The carrot dip garden is adorable Jenna!! 🐰🌷💕 Wish you and your family wonderful celebrations!
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thank you Debbie!
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Happy birthday to Charlie Brown! You are a wonderful planner and organizer, the party sounds perfect to me. Pizza is always appropriate especially from your wood fire oven! Have a most wonderful week Jenna!
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Oh, thanks Pam, it’s about as far away from a formal Easter dinner as you can get, but the important thing is gathering and being together…I hope Mother Nature is kind next weekend!
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Happy Birthday to Charlie Brown…oh how I love to see your wonderful recipes and those of others..yes, as the kids get older, there are so many more activities going on…I am sure you will have a most wonderful Easter/Birthday celebration in your home…Love the idea of finger foods and cake! Have a most wonderful time!!!
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Thank you Shirley, a non traditional Easter for sure, but it should be fun!
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Great food ideas and darling Easter table in your entry.Sounds like a great event to celebrate his birthday. How fun to have little ones to hunt eggs and the other grandmother to help with the celebration. I look forward to pictures.
Love that carrot dip garden and fruit kebabs! Too cute.
Happy Easter Jenna!
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Thanks Bonnie! I am so lucky that Sally, the other grandmother, lives 10 minutes from me and we are very good friends! We have a lot of fun with our little bunnies…
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What a great post! All of your food looks delicious, the table is beautiful, and what a brilliant idea to use cookie cutters to cut out fruit. Why didn’t I think of that? I also love your bunny chalkboard. I hope you and your family have a wonderful Easter and Charlie Brown’s birthday.
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Thanks Pattie! Happy Easter to you too!
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Your cakes are darling — it’s all so happy! I hope you have a beautiful Easter — with all that cheer about you, I think you are off to a good start.
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oh sweet, thank you Jeanie, and yes I am blessed…
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A delicious Easter round-up Jenna! I miss those days of Easter egg hunts with my nephews…they’re all grown up now! Thanks for the shot out ♥
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thank you Mary, I didn’t have time to make the hummus, but I do want to sometime soon…Happy Easter!
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This is a great collection of Easter ideas that I will surely enjoy! Thanks so much for sharing your post with us this week and hope you have a very special weekend!
Miz Helen
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Thank you for sharing at #ThursdayFavoriteThings. Pinned and shared.
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Congratulations!
Your post is one of our Top Ten Post this week on Full Plate Thursday. Thanks so much for sharing it with us and come back soon!
Miz Helen
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