THERE may be “Blue Mondays,” but surely Easter Monday is one of the
brightest, happiest days that ever dawned. Of course you are anxious
for your friends to see the Easter gifts which you have received, so if
mother is willing, send out your invitations for an Easter party, not
forgetting to seal them with a lily seal.
For your party you will need colored tissue paper (as many different
colors as you will have guests), also a small basket apiece, and plenty
of little rabbits, chickens and eggs. Buy a couple of pounds of jelly
eggs, and have ready a medium-sized, shallow basket. If this is a
“girls’” party, have ready eggshells from which the egg has been blown,
also scissors and paste. Don’t forget a little gift for a prize, and
be sure to have for each guest an egg, upon which his or her name is
marked.
Before the children arrive, wrap the chickens, rabbits and eggs
separately in the colored tissue paper, the same number in each color,
and hide them about the room. Hide the jelly eggs, too, but of course
these need not be wrapped.
Then you can begin your party with an “Easter hunt.” Give each child
a basket to gather “treasures” in, but (this is important!) he can
only keep articles wrapped in the color with which his basket is tied.
Of course with jelly eggs, “finding’s keeping.” Next in order comes
“Tossing Eggs.” This sounds startling, but jelly eggs won’t make any
trouble. Place the basket at one end of the room. Now, let each child
stand nine feet distant and try to throw twelve jelly eggs into the
basket. The one who is the best marksman wins a prize.
A race with the small Easter eggs is “run” just in the same way as a
potato race, except that teaspoons are used instead of tablespoons.
The girls will enjoy trying their millinery skill by making tissue
paper caps or bonnets for the Easter eggshells, and mother can decide
which “egg lady” deserves a prize.
The supper table for the Easter party can be made very pretty indeed. A
hen on a nest will be a good centerpiece, and scattered here and there
on the table place fluffy little ducks and chickens. Your guests will
greatly enjoy creamed chicken with peas, deviled eggs, ice cream in the
form of lilies, or in lily paper cases, bonbons and fancy cakes.