Believe it or not, here at the Dirty Laundry Kitchen we’re already thinking about Easter. I have lots of ideas for Easter decorations that will make your Easter table simple but gorgeous this year, in robin’s egg blues and and array of greens. I made little grass nests for beautiful blue eggs with wheatgrass and forsythia from the grocery store.

Blown eggs from Araucana chickens were an important part of my Easter Decorations this year. It’s easy to do. Buy a dozen now, and prep them in the next couple of weeks while you’re doing your regular cooking. I use a pairing knife to notch a small hole into each end of the egg. The smaller it is, the cleaner the eggs look from the outside, but the harder they are to empty out. Once both holes are complete use your lungs to force the egg out of the shell. It’s surprisingly hard work, so you’ll be glad you planned ahead and don’t have to do them all at once. You can save some for dyeing, too. This way you have eggs that can be out on the table without risking disease and death!

Sometimes I remember to plant some small containers with wheat grass in time for Easter, but this year I just bought some at my produce stand. I cut it into pieces and wrapped it in plastic bags to protect the copper julep cups. In the larger planter, I planted it straight into some dirt. Then I covered the edges over with the bright green moss I keep around for window plantings. Finally, I wired some pussy willows together as the center spray in the large pot and placed three blue eggs around the outside. In the smaller cups, I stabbed forsythia straight into the wheat grass around the egg to give it some height and to frame the egg.

Of course we dyed eggs! No fancy dying kits here, just vinegar, water, food coloring, and spoons. It’s fun to start with light colors, then create ombre eggs by layering just half of the egg in a second color. Or make really intense hues by layering lots of colors together for several minutes.
1 tablespoon of white vinegar
¼ cup hottest water from your tap
food coloring to your desired intensity
fill the cup with regular tap water until it will cover an egg, but not overflow
Hardboiled Eggs

Another easy and visually interesting Easter decoration scheme is focused around grouping a collection of items together. Here I’ve grouped items of diverse size and shape, but they all are filled with plants, or eggs and match our blue and green color scheme. It’s fun to move them around until you find just the order in which they’re placed.

Happy Easter! from Dirty Laundry Kitchen and please check out my Easter Brunch Menu.