Easter Egg Decorating Party

As Easter is right around the corner, I had to put together a board for an egg decorating party. This Easter activity isn't limited to just the 12 and under crowd anymore thanks to Martha Stewart. She has given us a ton of sophisticated dying techniques to try out this year.

Invite your guests with handmade Easter cards. These cards remind me of the egg-shaped gift tags my parents would use to identify whose Easter basket is whose.

Decorate your home with this Easter egg tree. You could decorate eggs ahead to place on the branches or leave it empty and ask your guests to donate one of their creations to the tree.

Bring the Easter pastels into your menu with cupcakes iced with pastel frosting and banana-berry smoothies.

Now for the egg decorating suggestions! As I said, Martha Stewart provides many creative egg decorating tips. I've shown my two favorites above: Dripped-on Eggs and Marbleized Eggs.