Easter - 6/8 - The Idea Room

Make these adorable spring chick cupcakes for Easter this year. I found the idea for these at Martha Stewart. Not only are they cute, but they’re delicious too. My husband loved the toasted coconut flavor.

Start out by making a batch of cupcakes. While they are baking start working on making the chick’s red feet and head comb.

We did this by painting some slivered almonds red, with red food coloring and a washed paintbrush. My daughter saw me painting them and begged me to let her take over. As you can see, she took the job very seriously.

Toast some shredded coconut in an oven that has been preheated to 350 degrees. Spread the coconut evenly on a baking sheet and toast for 10 to 15 minutes. Watch carefully and stir often so that it toasts evenly. Let coconut cool and transfer into a dish for easy application on frosted cupcakes

After the cupcakes have cooled, remove the cupcake wrappers and spread frosting over the entire cupcake. This can be quite messy. I found that if you melt your frosting for a few seconds in the microwave, you can pour it over your cupcakes easier and with a lot less mess.

After the cupcake has been frosted, roll it in the toasted coconut so that it is completely covered with coconut. Add three red almonds to the top of the chick for it’s head comb. Add the toes, three on each side to make the chick feet. For the eyes, I used some black decorating icing I had in my cupboard. Finally, add a whole almond to make the chick’s beak.

Unfortunately these chicks will not stick around long enough to become chickens. Enjoy!

March 30, 2009 · Filed under: Easter, Recipes, Tutorials Tagged with

Fabric Easter Eggs

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Make some fabric covered Easter eggs to add some fun color to your Easter decor. They are so easy. I saw these last year on a blog, but for the life of me can not remember where. All you need is some fabric cut into rectangles, plastic Easter eggs, Mod Podge, and a foam brush.

I cut my fabric 6.25 inches x 4 inches. I just measured and made sure the fabric would cover the entire egg when wrapped. Measure your plastic eggs before cutting your fabric and make sure that size will cover your eggs (I had eggs of varying sizes left over from Easter’s past). Cut slits down the length of the fabric leaving about 1 inch intact in the middle of the fabric.

Now liberally cover the wrong side of the material with Mod Podge. Place your egg in the center of the material and roll the material around the entire middle of the egg. Smoothly press each strip (one at a time) carefully up to the top of the egg, overlapping as you go to make lay as flat and seamless as possible. Repeat with the strips on the bottom of the egg. And there you have it. Pretty simple, huh?