Easter activities for the family

I am, for the first time, taking a risk and asking for fellow mummy bloggers to come over and share their Easter blog posts with us.

Be it crafting, cooking, taking a walk, visiting a particular tourist attraction in the UK; what are the best Easter activities this year to keep the whole family happy?

If you are a blogger and want to join in, simply write your post, link back to this page so that our readers can hop between entries, and click below to add your blog to the list, that I'll host here.

If you are visiting, then I hope you find some useful links appearing in the list below to fill your Easter with family fun!  And while you are waiting?  Try this list of activity songs to keep the children entertained or this recipe for Banana & Chocolate Chip Muffins.

Fingers crossed this works!  Enjoy!

How to tell if your egg is stale before cracking it open!

The Egg Freshness Test

We love hard (or soft) boiled eggs in our house.  I hard boil and slice them for salads or sandwiches.  My youngest loves 'dippy egg' with toast soldiers.

But I found it hard to know whether the eggs were fresh enough before I boiled them.  Until I discovered this little tip:

Fill a bowl, or measuring jug with water.
Place the egg carefully in the bowl, on it's side.
Watch carefully.
If the egg tips up onto one end, it is slightly less fresh.  It is good for baking or hard boiling still. The quicker and higher it tilts up the more stale it is.  This is because the air sac inside the egg is very small when it's fresh, but increases in size and eventually very stale eggs would float.

If it sits happily on it's side then you have a lovely egg for lunch.

UTube clip courtesy of happyeggdelivery.com