Easter is filled with joy and celebrations. It’s the perfect opportunity to reach out to family and friends and tell them how much you appreciate them.

Putting pen to paper and sharing a heartfelt message reflecting your feelings is not always easy.

The simplest way is to choose a card that already says it all! Our team of writers have done it for you and wordsmithed messages written from the heart.

If you want to write something yourself, we’ve got lots of ideas to get you started and then you can add your own special touch.

Happy Easter message

Keep it simple with a ‘Happy Easter’

• Happy, hoppy Easter to you!
• Hoping your Easter is extra bright and happy this year.
• Wishing you sunshine, good times and a very happy Easter!
• Happy Easter to the whole family! I hope it’s a fun one for all of you.
• Thinking of you at Easter and sending sunny wishes your way…
• Wishing you a happy, heart-warming Easter time.

Giving thanks

Easter is the perfect time to reach out and be grateful for friends and family in your life.

• Feeling so grateful for Easter and you.
• Thank you for being a blessing in my life at Easter and all year through.
• This time of year always gets me thinking of you and how lucky I am to call you my friend. I appreciate you.
• Easter just felt like a good time to remind you how thankful I am for each of you!
• Sending bright Easter wishes, with love and gratitude.
• Thanks for being a ray of sunshine at Easter and always!

Sending hope

Easter is traditionally a time of new life and hope and celebrating the possibilities the future brings.

• After the year we’ve had, I hope you’re feeling as glad as I am to say hello to Easter.
• Thinking of you at Easter and hoping it’s putting an extra spring in your step!
• Happy Easter! I hope it’s every bit as beautiful where you are as it is in my neighborhood.
• Here’s to new life unfolding all around us and new joy in our hearts. Happy Easter.
• In the autumn leaves falling, in the frosty morning walks…I hope you see something to smile about everywhere you look this Easter.
• May hope and happiness fill your home at Easter.

Missing you

Holidays and celebrations are when we miss each other most. If the distance between you is far and you don’t get to be together often Easter cards can be a special memory.

• Happy Easter from across the miles! I hope our bunny trails connect soon.
• Missing you at Easter but holding you close in my thoughts.
• I wish we could be together for Easter, but I’ll be thinking of you…and eating enough chocolate for both of us!
• Remembering so many happy Easters we’ve shared and looking forward to catching up when we see each other next
• I’ll miss seeing you at Easter, but it makes me happy knowing you’re where you need to be right now.
• Thinking of you at Easter and sending lots of love from afar!

Family memories

Easter is always filled with fun family memories. Remember all the fun activities like the Easter bunny, getting up early for Easter egg hunts, decorating eggs or making Easter bonnets.

• At Easter and always, so grateful for all we share as family.
• Mum, you’re there at the heart of all my best Easter memories. Thank you for always making it such a fun and colorful time.
• Remembering all those years of matching Easter dresses, egg hunts and chocolate swaps…and thinking of how good it still is having you for my sister.
• Celebrating the joy of Easter and the lifelong blessing of having parents like you.
• Warmer, brighter, happier, LOUDER—that’s how Easter (and every day) has been with a son like you!
• Grandma, I just can’t think of Easter without thinking of your dinners, your hugs…every wonderful way you’ve shared your love. I love you, too.

For the kids

Add some egg-stra fun with messages for kids.

• Have an ‘egg-stra’ Happy Easter! Hope it brings you smiles by the dozen!
• Sending big Easter hugs to one of the coolest chicks I know!
• Hope your Easter is sweeter than jelly beans!
• Happy Easter to some-bunny who’s loved a-bunch!
• Wishing you a big basket full of happy on Easter!
• You may outgrow egg hunts and chocolate bunnies, but you’ll never outgrow all the love we have for you! (On second thought, you probably won’t outgrow the chocolate bunnies either!)

Easter prayers

For many Easter is about the miracle of life. Share your prayers or a quote from the bible.

• Happy Easter and God bless.
• Celebrating the miracle of Easter, the beauty of God’s creation and the blessing of having you in my life.”
• In this season of rebirth, may you feel your faith renewed and your heart made new with the hope Easter brings.”
• Happy Resurrection Day to a wonderful family!”
• Praying your Easter will be bright with the hope and joy of our risen Savior.”
• He is risen! Hoping your Easter is happy and blessed.”
• Whatever lifts your spirits, brings you hope and fills you with the miracle of Easter—that’s what I’m wishing for you.”
• Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the Resurrection of Jesus Christ…’ —1: Peter 1: 3 (NIV)
• Just wanted to share these words of joy and wish you blessings at Easter!

And don’t forget to end it with lots of love.

 Easter is a time to get together with family and friends and create special memories in those little moments. There’s heaps of super fun games and activities for everyone to get involved and create great memories. Let’s get cracking!

EASTER COUNTDOWN

Easter egg-vent calendar

Count down the days until Easter by smashing a confetti filled egg each day.

1. Make a hole in the large end of an egg and remove the contents. Wash and leave to dry
2. Fill the inside with confetti and a surprise – it could be a small trinket, a special note, daily challenge or joke
3. Glue tissue paper over the hole and cover the entire egg
4. Crack open an egg each day!

DECORATING EGGS

Eggs-quisite Easter eggs

Decorating eggs is a long time Easter tradition and it’s something everyone can take part in – no matter age or skill.

Before you start, you need an egg! Duck or geese eggs are a great choice as the shells are a bit thicker and the eggs are larger – but a chicken egg works just as well. Hard boil the eggs so they’re not quite so delicate or you can even get wooden or clay eggs.

• Dye – use dye to dip the eggs. You can make eggs in a solid colour or make patterns.
• Use wax, crayon or stickers to block out areas.
• Rubber bands are great for a tie dye effect.
• Use a stocking to hold materials like plants or lace in place
• Marble – use oil paints or nail polish to make patterns on water then dip eggs
• Paint – paint a work of art on the egg – limited by your imagination
• Decorate – glue on glitter, diamantes and sequins to rival a Fabergé
• Doodle and draw – use markers to draw designs
• Decoupage – glue on scraps of fabric or paper to cover the egg surface

Take your decorations to the next level and create eggsessories and dioramas – create cute little characters and make sunny garden scenes. 

EASTER BASKETS

Egg-stra special Easter baskets

Make gorgeous baskets and bags to hold your Easter treats! Decorate the outside and line your basket with shredded paper and tissue to keep your eggs safe.

• Cane basket – grab a cane basket for a quick simple solution
• Plastic containers – cut a basket from a large plastic container – like a detergent or 4 litre milk bottle.
• Tin cans – use an empty paint tin (make sure you wash it really well or get an empty one from your local hardware shop)
• Plant pots – and you can use it for seedlings after!
• Woven paper – use our template to weave a small basket perfect for a single egg or a few small treats
• Gift bag – grab a Hallmark gift bag
  
  

Create special Easter memories your family will cherish for a lifetime

Egg-citing Easter egg hunts

The egg hunt would have to be the best part of the day!

• Mad scramble – Couple of tips to plan the perfect hunt
• before you hide your eggs and let the kids loose – make sure you know how many eggs you have so you know when the hunt’s over
• put your fur babies away – chocolate can make dogs really sick, so put your dogs away while the hunt is on
• difficulty ranking – make some easy and obvious and throw in a few challenges
• Clues to the stash – leave riddles and clues to send them on a merry hunt.
• Treasure map – create a map where eggs marks the spot
• Spotto – if you can’t be there in person, hide eggs in clear view then snap a photo and share with everyone

EASTER TREATS

Hard to beat Easter feast

No gathering is complete without a scrumptious feast. Play with your food and make some Easter treats.

• Furry friend bites – make sweet or savoury balls and decorate like Cheesecake bunnies or Fluffy cheesy chicks
• Pastry baskets – roll out some pastry into baskets – fill with lemon curd or pudding
• Chocolate bird’s nests – dip fried noodles in chocolate for a no bake treat
• Cute cupcakes – transform cupcakes into a barnyard of lovable Easter friends
• Gingerbread birdhouse – build a birdhouse and decorate with icing

EASTER GAMES 

Eggs-hilarating Easter party games

Games even the adults can play.

• Pin the tail on the bunny – who can pin their cotton ball or pom-pom tail on the bunny
• Egg and spoon race – create an obstacle in the back yard and see who can get to the end without breaking their egg. If you drop you’re egg, go back to the start. If you’re egg breaks – you’re out!
• Egg roll race – who’s got the fastest egg? Roll your egg down the hill and see who crosses the finish line first. You can even use one of your decorated eggs so you know whose egg is whose.
• Egg push – who can get their egg over the finish line first – only using your noses to push the egg
• Egg toss – who can throw an egg the furthest or closest to the carrot (you might want to make sure you’ve got plenty of room outside)
• Egg drop – who can build the best a contraption to protect an egg from a high fall
• Egg tapping – competitors knock the pointed end of the eggs together until one of the eggs crack (look out – this one can get brutal!)