Easter fable Decorations

Dominion, Volume 32, Issue 160, 1 April 1939, Page 3 (Supplement)

Easter fable Decorations

The Children Will Love Something Special

ATARI: ;j carpel of mo» in the centre of the table (the lid of a cardboard box filled, and the moss spilling over to hide the sides, or a Hal basket, will answer the purpose), and in the mos* place small clusters of flowers to look us if they were growing naturally. Place a large, fluffy chick in the ecu tre of the moss, arranging round her a number of Easter eggs. ('lies, can bo ordinary eggs (small), which have been blown, and they may be tiute.l in pastel colours if desired. A piece is taken off one end, a small gift is Inserted, and a length of yellow bebe "ibhou is attached to the eggshells. Thi- ribbon is carried to each place al the table and is fastened round the neck of a tiny chick whose beak bears a small yellow place-card with the little guest’s name on it.

An alternative scheme is to surround the large chick with a l.n'ood of little ones, each having a yellow rib,ton tied round i - neck. The other ••ml of the

r JpHE Easter table calls for something special in the way of decoration, particularly for the children. Ihe following scheme, if carried out successfully, is dainty, and portrays the spirit of Easter in a novel and striking manner.

ribbon is attached to a chocolate egg, with the name of the guest piped in white of pale yellow icing. This serves the purpose of a place-card.

Yet another alternative is a hare (the hare has always played an important parr in Easter observances in Germany I with a number of small hares bearing Easter eggs m outstretched paws. Though chickens, ducklings, and hares are lite traditional decorations, frogs, fish, and other grotesque creatures dear to the heart of the modern infant suggest themselves. The eggs may be the plain Migar or chocolate variety sold in the shops from a penny upward, or elaborately and richly-decorated trities containing real toys and charms, but. whether plain or elaborate, as fancy dictates or the purse allows, no one need be deterred from having a pretty table for the wee ones that is symbolical of the Ea-Pei festival