Ecoccasions

Mini Easter eggs are great for Easter treats, Easter egg hunts and for those of us who don’t want to be too greedy – even though we may get through a whole bag of them!

The Natural Collection is offering a pack of free fair-trade Easter eggs with every order over £50.  Take advantage, the Natural Collection offers a great range of eco-friendly gifts and everyday items and you can feel good eating and giving fair-trade Easter eggs this Easter.

If the weather is fair why not get into spring with a few ideas for the outdoors!  Treasure hunt – hiding the eggs with a twist!  Kids love pirates, why not stretch the traditional egg hunt to a golden egg treasure hunt.  Depending how creative you’re feeling and the age of the kids this could involve a treasure map with an ‘X’ marks the spot, or written clues leading to the hidden eco-treasure.  Use any fair-trade and organic ranges for complete egg-hunting satisfaction.

Egg and spoon races - you could use chocolate eggs so as  not to waste any real ones!  Otherwise use real ones and give chocolate eggs or treats for the winners.

Why not go for gold with an Easter planting session – April is a great time for summer planting and it’s a brilliant way of getting the kids involved.  Why not use sticks or old lolly sticks and make signs for the plants using pictures with a spring and Easter theme.   This will certainly build up a good appetite – or burn of the calories, whichever way you want to look at it!

All your Easter goodies can be purchased at the Natural Collection for fair-trade and organic eggs and Easter gifts or the Ethical Superstore for chocs, flowers and other ideal Easter gifts.

Nick

Easter in the rain could mean you need to fill your kids time up indoors.

All your recycling makes is great material for arts and crafts.  Why not use an Easter theme to create collages – eggs and flowers lend themselves to all the colours from magazine pictures and old packaging.   

Even bunny rabbits could evolve from your imagination and a bit of papier mache reusing any left over news papers.  Messy but fun!

Nick

Have you got your free range organic eggs on the shopping list for Easter?

Pierce a small hole at both ends of the egg and then blow through one end to empty the white and yoke into a bowl.  The eggs are then ready for painting!  Even at 16 months my son spent ages painting his eggs but its just as much fun for older kids and adults too.  If its a nice day get the paints set up outside and to reduce your waste just cook up a scrambled egg brunch!

Be warned – blowing the contents of the eggs out is quite hard work – I have friends who hard boil their eggs first but the no-one will want to break their master pieces for eating will they!

Nick

I love Easter.  It feels like winter is really over and spring is finally here!  Visions of little lambs, fluffy bunnies and kids searching for brightly coloured Easter eggs  – an ideal time to take in the world around us as the flowers bloom and trees blossom – doesn’t it make you feel good that you are contributing to the health of our planet!

All you chocoholics will love the vegan, organic and fair-trade Easter eggs on offer.  With every order from the Natural Collection this Easter you will receive free fair-trade mini eggs – perfect for an Easter egg hunt!

Nick