Decorations Of Easter Tables Which Appeal To Children

Southland Times, Issue 23782, 1 April 1939, Page 16

Decorations Of Easter Tables Which Appeal To Children

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

Make a carpet of moss in the centre of the table (the lid of a cardboard box filled, and the moss spilling over to hide the sides, or a flat basket, will answer the purpose), and in the moss place small clusters of flowers to look as if they were growing naturally. Place a large, fluffy chick in the centre of the moss, arranging around her a number of Easter eggs. These can be ordinary eggs (small), which have been blown, and they may be tinted in pastel colours if desired. A piece is taken off one end, a small gift is inserted, and a length of yellow bebe ribbon is attached to the egg-shells. This ribbon is carried to each place at 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 brood of little ones, each having a yellow ribbon tied round its neck. The other end of the ribbon is attached to a chocolate egg, with the name of the guest piped in white or pale yellow icing. This serves the purpose of a place-card. Yet another alternative is a hare (the hare has always played an important part in Easter observances in Germany) with a number of small hares bearing Easter eggs on outstretched paws. Although chickens, ducklings, and hares are the traditional decorations, frogs, fish and other grotesque creatures dear to the heart of the modern infant suggest themselves. The eggs may be the plain sugar or chocolate variety sold in the shops from a penny upwards, or elaborate and richly-decorated trifles 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 Easter festival.