Easy Easter Celebration Checklist

Want to have a small gathering at your home for Easter? Here is a simple checklist to involve in your planning to insure you have all the elements of a good Easter celebration to satisfy all your guest’s ages. Some suggestions can be used for larger celebrations or celebrations put on by churches or businesses as well.


Common main meals for Easter include lamb and ham. This is because of the holiday’s Christian roots. Lamb would have been the meat eaten by Jesus at his last supper. The main meal became ham sometime later when it was the only animal that could be preserved well by salt or the only animal big enough to be harvest around Easter time. Popular sides and appetizers include deviled eggs, cakes, Au gratin potatoes, and carrots. The children usually spoil dinner with candy, of course! If you have a traditional Easter egg hunt be sure to consider food allergies by getting candy that is peanut-, dairy-, and gluten-free.


Bunnies, chicks, and lambs are popular animals to decorate Easter celebrations with because they have a rich history with Pagan, Christian, and other religious roots. Pagan fertility and Spring goddess, Eostre saved a cold bird one winter by turning him into a bunny that was kept warm by its fur. The bunny, however, continued to lay eggs like the bird it once was and turned its eggs into beautiful decorations as a gift of thanks. Eggs were also made popular by Christianity’s story of Mary Magdalene going to an emperor with a plain white egg and telling him that Jesus has risen. The emperor laughed and told her that the egg would more likely turn red, and it did! The serious, somber themes of death and life were made light for children by using pastel colors, fluffy baby animals, and fun activities. Choose the elements most important to you and use them as centerpiece and table setting inspiration. The attention to aesthetic details will satisfy both children and adults, especially when you know the stories behind them.


Petting zoos are an awesome way to enhance your guest’s Easter experience. Children will love this more than anyone and the adults can assist the children by teaching them about the animals and how to be hygienic when handling them. Chicks, bunnies, sheep, lambs, and goats, are popular additions to the petting zoo, but just one at an intimate party can be just as good.

Adults enjoy activities as well; some games include an egg decorating or painting contest and an Easter costume or dress code contest. Adults still love any excuse to act like children! They can wear pastels, bunny ears, masks, face paint, or head-to-toe costumes and be considered in the contest.

An activity both adults and children enjoy is performing and watching some of the Easter related stories. Volunteers can quickly teach the children their roles and provide them costume pieces to make the performance more convincing. Everyone should have a great laugh over the play that was rehearsed in just 15 minutes! If you’re able to teach the audience a song or a way of interacting with the play, that’s even better!


If your guests are shy or you’re not looking to get that involved with organizing people and activities, you can hire entertainment such as an Easter bunny! Magicians with bunny-from-hat tricks can also be a good choice for entertaining guests.

Top 4 Essential Oils To Have In Your Home

Haven’t you heard? Essential oils are amazing! Nature gave us quite the gift with the benefits that botanicals have to offer. Essential oils are one of the best ways to put them to use. If you’re new to essential oils, pick up these 4 and begin researching the various ways you can put them to use in your home and life. If nothing else, you can purchase a diffuser and see for yourself how the different oils make you feel.

1. Lavender

Lavender is the most versatile essential oil you can have in the home. It’s uses range from relaxing aromatherapy to healing many skin ailments topically, including rashes, bug bites, acne, and sun burns. One of the most common uses is to add it to a bath to aid you in relaxation and its been very well known for helping people get to sleep faster and deeper. Steam inhalation can alleviated sinus blockage, and rubbed into the temples, the oil can assist headaches as well. Essential oil enthusiasts everywhere can agree, lavender is the favorite.

2. Lemon

Lemon has the opposite effect as lavender, aroma-therapeutically speaking. Lemon and other citrus scents can refresh and liven you up. The scent can elevate your mood, squash anxiety, and give you a boost of energy. Because of these benefits, lemon is a common aroma added to cleaning products, both homemade and commercial. It’s a dream come true for people who use cleaning as a mental health exercise. Added to olive oil, it makes a great furniture polish, it can make your whites whiter when added to your laundry or detergent, and added to aloe vera, is a great, safe hand sanitizer; although, you should know that lemon does make skin photosensitive so take caution when using lemon oil on days you will be moderately to heavily exposed to the sun.

3. Tea Tree

Warning! Never consume Tea Tree oil internally. Tea Tree has been referred to as a “medicine cabinet in a bottle”, however, it’s only meant to be used topically. It’s anti-microbial properties, make it a winning solution to many skin rashes and irritations caused by fungal infection. Fungus of the nail and athlete’s foot can be treated with Tea Tree, as well as cold sores, warts, eczema, and dermatitis. A few drops added to your shampoo can fight dandruff, as well as head lice. You can imagine it also fights flees and ticks that make your pet vulnerable. You can add a few drops to a handkerchief and tie it around their neck as a deterrent. Because it is so effective at killing germs and the things that virus’ and fungi feed off, Tea Tree oil is a ingredient common in homemade cleaning products as well.

4. Peppermint

Peppermint tea has been commonly known to cure upset stomachs and nausea. Well, peppermint oil added to a carrier oil or lotion can achieve the same when rubbed on the abdomen. You can also use this on the temples to alleviate headache. When added to other helpful essential oils, it can make an effective cough and sinus relief cream. Another amazing benefit is that spiders and mice cannot stand its scent so you can use it to clean your walls and floors to deter them from dwelling in your home. Added to a small bath, peppermint also can revive tired and overheated feet.