Bunnies In The Berry Patch Easter Table
This year I went with a berry special Easter table, Bunnies In The Berry Patch, that featured a strawberry themed menu as well.
My Bunnies In The Berry Patch Easter Table design is really for my sweet husband since he has always loved strawberries since he was a boy. In fact, growing up his mom would buy Neapolitan Ice Cream so his sister could have the chocolate, his brother the vanilla, and Ron would always eat the strawberry. Pretty handy if you ask me, and they saved a ton of money I am sure. Well, I was always a die hard chocolate lover; but after 22 years of marriage I have to say he has slowly converted me over. I now have a love of strawberries as well. So it is only natural that we would embrace this love during strawberry season.I really wanted to step away from the whole carrot theme for Easter this year, since that was more of my theme last year with my Carrot Door Wreath (DIY Tutorial) and my signature cocktail the Fuzzy Bunny Cocktail-(JUMP TO RECIPE). Which was a quirky take on a Bloody Mary just made with carrot juice for my Easter Brunch. This year the menu was all about a light spring evening supper and based all around tasty strawberry based menu items. Like this easy Strawberry Sour Cream Bundt cake, if you are not a cook just pick up a store bought one and add your own fresh strawberry toppers, as an easy dessert hack. Not only did we have bushel crates of fresh strawberries, ripe for the picking and dipping, in a variety fruit spreads or balsamic glazes’, but we featured my coveted Strawberry Fried Goat Cheese Salad-(JUMP TO RECIPE) as the main dish. This is always a springtime favorite, so be sure to check out the recipe link for it. We had a sour cream strawberry shortcake with fresh strawberry compote for a light dessert, along with some sparkling strawberry lemonade and Strawberry Frose’.
Our signature cocktail for the day was a Bailey’s Bunny BerrySlide Shortcake, which we served up inside these real hollow, Lindt White Chocolate Bunnies, because that is just too cute for Easter. No worries, I have included the full recipe for my Berryslide which is similar to mudslide but with berries, at the bottom of this post, so you can make one too!
THE HAND PAINTED STRAWBERRY EASTER EGG DIY:
The decorations were just as much fun as the food. I wanted to make sure the traditional Easter fare was not lost, so I decided to paint Easter Eggs to look like Strawberries. I took a basic set of faux eggs, I picked these up from the Dollar Tree. Then I painted them red, added yellow dots for seeds and green stem tops. You could even do this with real ones, but just make sure to store them in the refrigerator.
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They really turned out very cute, and I will be the first to tell you that I am not really a free hand paint artist of any kind. I really do require some kind of a template or stencil, so if I can do it, you can do it. That is all I am saying here folks.
I nestled the eggs into some green foliage to give the illusion of berries growing in a patch. I added a few of my stainless steel garden tools after running them through the dishwasher, because yes I do actually use these, and a few little mini clay terracotta pots. That created the berry patch, then I added in two moss bunnies that almost look like garden topiaries. I just love the green on green effect and it really made the red berries pop verses my white ceramic bunnies. *Please note that I was compensated for this post. This post contains affiliate links for your convenience. These involve no extra cost to you, but may result in me receiving a small commission should you decide to purchase after clicking on my links – for which I am very grateful! You can view my full advertising disclosure here.
You may be wondering where I got these sweet little strawberry napkins from, since they are so perfect for this theme. Well they are custom created and will be a DIY coming out this Wednesday featuring my friends at Stencil Revolution. You may remember I mentioned them in my Spring Home Tour last week for that beautiful Mandala Pattern DIY Coffee Table? If not I have included both links so you can check out both the posts if you like. I also thought it would be a cute idea to give everyone a little chocolate bunny in a compote dish as a place marker. Since we are all pretty much grown ups in my family now, with not too many littles running around anymore it is fun to embrace the childlike quality of the quintessential Easter baskets of our youth.I mean how many of you had a brother that bit the ears off your pretty little chocolate bunny while you were not looking, or did you have peep fights in the back yard because honestly who ever ate those? I just wanted to add a little bit of nostalgia with the Baby Bunny Binx we all remembered from our youth.Well I hope you have enjoyed my Easter table this year, since Easter is probably a close second on my favorite holidays, it really ties with Halloween and Christmas being my favorite. So I really love to be creative and show off a really pretty, yet fun, tablescape built to inspire. Be sure to keep reading to see how I created those cute little BerrySlide Shortcake Cocktails below. If you are in the mood to see more of my Easter tables, from past years, please feel free to check out: The Bunny Picnic & My Traditional Easter Egg Roll.
“BAILEY’S” STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKE BUNNY COCKTAIL (OR MOCKTAIL):
This little cocktail is sure to please all your guests of all ages. It makes an impressive showing and is really super simple to make ahead of time. So you can easily pull them out of the refrigerator, add a garnish and serve. You can see the full recipe here JUMP TO RECIPE.
These were the ingredients that I used for the adult version of the cocktail:
- Lindt Hollow White Chocolate Bunnies- For the Edible Glasses
- Bailey’s Strawberries & Cream Liqueur (Note: you can use Strawberry NesQuik for a Mocktail Version for Kids)
- Organic Strawberry Jam
- Whipped Cream
- Fresh Strawberries
- Small Funnel
- Cute Paper Straws
- Tip- When I unwrap my bunnies, I retained the cute little bows provided on the packaging by Lindt to reuse. I always find if you are already given a great resource, you should use it to your advantage. Like these bows, they are already sized to fit and saved me a ton of work, my guest will think I put more effort into these drinks but all I did was use what was already provided for me. You do not have to reinvent the wheel to get great results, and we should all really remember sometimes.
You can store the bunnies pre-filled in the refrigerator until you are ready to serve. The chocolate can hold up for a couple of hours. I really do not recommend doing this over night, you could have leeks. When you are ready to serve, add your pre cut straws, a dollop of whipped cream and a fresh cut strawberry for garnish.
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This tablescape is gorgeous! And that cocktail sounds amazing!
The tablescape I gorgeous, as I expected Jennifer! The painted strawberries 🍓 are so cute and the perfect addition to your theme. Love how you reuse things or create something amazing from a dollar store finds! Can’t wait to try the cocktail 🍹although I will not have the cute bunny glasses, I am sure it will taste delicious!
Lisa thank you so much! You know those are not glasses? Those are real hollow white chocolate bunnies from Lindt Chocolates. I just poked holes in them and filled up with the drinks, so you can eat them when you are done, dessert and a drink.
This is so pretty! I love the colors! Very creative to choose strawberries instead of carrots too!
The filled chocolate bunnies are amazing! Definitely trying that this year, thinking I might try strawberry milk for my kiddos. Great idea!!
This is so cute! I am definitely trying this for my Easter table!
How pretty! I love how you still used Easter eggs for decor but made them fit such a cute theme.
Omg this is literally the most beautiful table setting! I love the colors and I honestly never thought of the idea of strawberries being such a big part of a spring setting. I love everything about this!
Oh my this is a gorgeous spread! I love the greenery bunnies, they’re so adorable.
I love this table so much! You did an incredible job with the decor.
I love how this turned out! Those colors look amazing together!
That table is gorgeous! All the colors complement each other!
this is the absolute CUTEST easter table ever!
Love the greenery with the pops of color in the strawberries!