Easter Bird’s Nests

My 5 year old granddaughter Kaia came to visit Wednesday evening. Auntie Crystal and friend Morgan prepared dinner for 7 of us (friend Trevor came over as well) and we all gobbled up the ground moose burger fahita’s with all the fixin’s, and tater tots – YUM!

Once dinner was cleaned up, I started melting a chocolate mixture in the microwave, using up old chocolate chips, squares of semi sweet chocolate and even some of my Bernard Callebeaut stash to make a special Easter treat – Bird’s Nests.

Kaia, Crystal, Morgan and Trevor broke the rough edges off shredded wheat cereal and pulled it apart gently, until we had a bowl full of ‘sticks’. Kaia was tired of doing that task in no time and asked 14 times if she could mix the chocolate before it was melted! Finally, I poured the chocolate into the bowl of shredded shredded wheat and everyone took a turn gently stirring with a fork until the sticks were coated.

We then filled paper muffin cups about 1/2 full, in muffin tins (you can do it without the paper cups by very lightly spraying the pan with oil), spreading the mix up the sides and making an indent in the bottom. They look like little bird nests at this point!

The correct method would be to let the nests dry for a few hours – but who has patience when you’re working with 5 and 26 year olds! We sprinkled brightly coloured sprinkles in the bottom of each nest, placed 3 to 5 mini eggs in each then a fuzzy chick on top.

OH, they are SO cute!!! The ‘kids’ and the nests… I love doing crafts and making memories with my family and friends when they so obviously enjoy being together and having fun!

Who had the most fun mixing? Trevor – he was very intent on doing it carefully so as not to crush the sticks.

Who had the most fun forming the nests? Crystal – she made 6 in no time.

Who had the most fun adding the eggs? Kaia – she ate as many as she put in the nests. Here is her plate – notice how many chicks, eggs and sprinkles she used!!!

Who had the most fun overall? Definitely Morgan – she’s a teacher and is excited to do this small, easy craft with her students next Easter!

Who did the cleanup? Well, me of course – after all this was my project to make memories with my Granddaughter, Kaia. It turned out to be a ton of fun since the older ‘kids’ were involved as well.

Happy Easter!