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Mar
22

The World’s Best Pistachio Fluff (Watergate Salad)

Pistachio Fluff

This Pistachio Fluff, also known as Watergate Salad to some people, is one of my favorite side dishes to make for Easter Dinner. It's light and sweet and oh-so-fluffy, a fan favorite for sure! I think every family happens to have one of these kinds of dishes in their family's repertoire. And in our family this is IT! I loooooved this fluff as a child and still do as an … [Read more...]

Mar
17

Free Easter Silhouette Cut Files

Easter Silhouette Cut Files

Want to make your own super cute decor to celebrate Easter this year? Then you must check out these adorable Easter Silhouette Cut Files that are free downloads! I love decorating for the holidays and Easter is definitely up there as one of my favorite! I love that spring is on it's way right around the time Easter is here and most of the decorations have those happy … [Read more...]

Apr
12

Paleo Friendly Peanut Butter Eggs

Paleo Peanut Butter Eggs

Paleo Peanut Butter Eggs are an easy and healthier version of that old favorite Easter treat, the Reese's Peanut Butter Egg! This Paleo friendly, gluten free, and dairy free version is a definite must make recipe. … [Read more...]

Apr
5

Egg-cellent Easter Gift Idea

Need a super cute gift idea for Easter that works as an Easter Basket stuffer, scavenger hunt treasure, or just a good 'ol Thank You for a friend or teacher? Well, look no further, friends, I've got you covered! I put together this fab Egg-cellent Easter Gift Idea Chocolate Egg Taste Test last week in preparation for Easter and wanted to share all the fun with you. I even … [Read more...]

Mar
25

Bunny Bait Popcorn Easter Basket

Bunny Bait Popcorn Easter Basket // SmashedPeasandCarrots.com

This post brought to you by The Hershey Company. The content and opinions expressed below are that of Smashed Peas and Carrots. Easter is such a wonderful holiday in our family, we always hide Easter baskets around the house the night before and in the morning the kids jump out of bed and spend the morning searching for them. It is a fun tradition that my side of the … [Read more...]

Mar
24

Hershey’s Kisses Carrot Treats

Hershey's Kisses Carrot Treats // SmashedPeasandCarrots.com

Here's a super quick and super cute gift idea for an Easter treat that I put together the other day. I always love seeing the new Hershey's Kisses flavors that come into store seasonally and when I saw the Carrot Cake ones I was like, 'Whaaa!?!' and stopped in my tracks. First, they taste just like carrot cake and secondly, ummm, they look just like little itty bitty … [Read more...]

Mar
14

Family Movie Night Easter Basket Idea

Family Movie Night Easter Basket // SmashedPeasandCarrots.com

With Easter coming up right around the corner, I thought it would be fun to create a "Family Easter Basket" that would be something fun the whole family could enjoy over Easter weekend. It would also be such a cute gift idea for a friend's family or your nieces and nephews in the coming weeks instead of gifting individual baskets :-) I found the latest Open Season movie, … [Read more...]

Apr
3

Chocolate Bunny Candies

Adorable Chocolate Bunny Candies // Smashed Peas and Carrots

The kids and I spent a little time after school one day making some little bunny treats to deliver to friends as an early Easter surprise. We love any opportunity to use spread some cheer and it doesn't get any better than making treats with the liberal use of sprinkles. Sprinkles make everything better, don't you agree? These little Chocolate Bunny Candies are easy to … [Read more...]

Mar
31

Easter Egg Bento Lunch Ideas

Easter Egg bento lunch or snack ideas…these are too cute

For a fun twist on Bento lunches this time of year, I love using plastic easter eggs and filling them with little bits of yummy and fun foods for my kids to eat. These not only make a great lunch idea for the preschool set but also make great after school snacks for my older kids! They love coming home after a long day of school to one of these Easter Egg Bentos and … [Read more...]

Mar
30

REESE’S Peanut Butter Egg Filled Cupcakes Recipe

Reese's Peanut Butter Egg Filled Cupcakes. This recipe looks amazing!

This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of The Hershey Company for IZEA. All opinions are 100% mine. Spring is in the air and the snow is melting…finally! And besides the weather warming up and the buds on the trees starting to bloom, one of the very best parts about this time of year is all of the delicious Easter candy in stores. One of my all time favorites … [Read more...]

Mar
25

Easter Bunny Donut Pops

Easter Bunny Donut Pops are such a super cute idea

My littles love to celebrate the holidays. Well, who am I kidding, so do I! And with the next big holiday being Easter, we are diving headfirst into all things sweet, pastel, and cute…like bunnies!!! And what's better than bunnies you can hold and pet than bunnies you can EAT! We made these adorable Easter Bunny Donut Pops the other day and they were such a hit and so easy … [Read more...]

Mar
11

Ombre Dyed Eggshell Succulent Planters

Ombre Dyed Eggshell Succulent Planters

OMGosh, you guys! This week we are finally getting temps up in the 50's….it's unreal...snow is melting, grass is peeking out, and happy sunny days are happening more often than not. Spring is on it's way and our six months of winter may actually be coming to an end! So, of course, with warmer weather finally in my horizon I am starting to think about all things green like … [Read more...]

Apr
14

Spring Chick Push-Up Pops

Spring Chicks Push-Up Pops using Pillsbury's New Bold Funfetti Cake Mix and Frosting Line

With Chicago finally getting a dose of Spring weather (hey, we got up to 70 degrees on Saturday…although now it looks as if we may see a bit of snow this week, bummer!) I thought it would be fun to make some happy treats for my littles in the form of Spring Chicks to celebrate getting outside to play. And even happier that they are individually sized treats in the form of … [Read more...]

Mar
21

A Few Fun Facts About Easter

With Easter coming up next month, I thought this fun infographic from World Market was pretty cool. Man, I am such a nerd for random facts! Who knew about all these fun facts about Easter eggs, candies, and unique basket fillers? Did you? What do you think? … [Read more...]

Mar
18

TUTORIAL: Washi Tape Easter Wreath

Is it me or am I the only one wishing Spring would just get here already?  In Chicagoland it is still very much winter...at least once a week we get some kinda freakin' snow deal happening. It might be that we get dumped on by a full on storm or just an dusting of an inch but seriously, when will it end!?!  Well to bring Spring to my home since it just can't get here fast … [Read more...]

Apr
12

Easter 2012

Happy Easter 2012!  Only a few days late but for a good reason as we were visiting my family out east and just returned home yesterday!  The car trip was a whopping 12 hours and the kids did fabulously, I am still shocked.  I think we made a good call when we decided to forego the long drive through the night we normally do and go for the drive during the day instead. … [Read more...]

Apr
2

Rustic Chalkboard Easter Eggs-TUTORIAL

How's about a fun and functional craft for the Easter holiday and beyond?  With a week to go before Easter I've got just the quick project for you, believe it or not :-)  Last week I was at Michael's (again!  I was seriously shopping for a friend, true story.) with Eloise and I spotted these cute wooden board slices of tree trunk out of the corner of my eye while we were … [Read more...]

Mar
23

Chalkboard Flower Baskets-TUTORIAL

Spring is officially here as of this week, who's excited?  Although here in Chicagoland it feels like summer has arrived as we've been enjoying temperatures well into the 80's...such un-midwestern weather for this time of year but I will take it over snow any day!  The kids have been playing outside with their friends every day, which I love!  We have a stock of popsicles … [Read more...]

Apr
25

Easter!…the Reveal.

If you can believe it, I actually completed an Easter outfit for each member of my family just in time for the big day...yippee for getting it all done!  I thought I would share the final looks with all of you so you can see that I am not lying ;-) I tried my best to get a few pictures of the girls standing, not running or crawling away, so you could see the lengths and … [Read more...]

Apr
22

Happy Easter to You.

I know I'm a little early but I figured that not many of you would be reading blogs this weekend, am I right or am I right?   I just wanted to pop in to tell you that I hope you have a very lovely Easter...if you celebrate it that is...if not, well, I hope you enjoy your Sunday nonetheless! For the past couple of weeks, we have been using these little egg cups to help … [Read more...]

Mar
29

Easter Fun…Resurrection Rolls

Need a fun idea to help talk about the meaning of Easter to your kids? It's so easy for the Easter holiday to be all about Easter baskets full of candy, no? A great way to do it is by baking up some Resurrection Rolls. They are soooo easy to make and taste super yummy, your kids will love them. If your kids are old enough they can even help you make them...meaning Noah was … [Read more...]

Mar
29

Edible Grass and Egg Hunts

So, this weekend I went out to buy Easter Basket candy for the kidlets. This is my first Easter since the kids were born that I got a chance to do this, it was super fun I must say! We usually visit my parents for Easter and they fill Easter baskets for the kiddies...ya gotta love grandparents :) but this Easter they are coming here! Why you ask? Well, since you asked, … [Read more...]

Mar
23

Lettered Ribbon Door Hanging Tutorial

So, last week in all the glory of the beautiful weather we were having (before the snow, which in case your wondering, has mostly melted...can I get a WOO HOO!!!) I went and made this: Oh so pretty! An Easter door hanging for my front door! I just felt like making something Spring-y since we were having such nice weather, 'were' being the operative word :) Aaah, how … [Read more...]

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