Easter In the 1950's

I have been spending very little time online lately.  We have a small window of opportunity when it comes to the weather and the occasional lower humidity/lower temperature days.  One of my favorite places to go is Brazos Bend State Park and I've probably been there six times in the last month or so.  It's an hour from here, but well worth the ride.  Lots of walking trails and I really love it, but not when it gets real hot!  Then I walk inside at the mall.

No time for an Easter scene with my dolls this year.  I know I've shared some of these before, but I thought I'd stick a few up here anyway.

And I thought I'd share a little Easter in 1957.  Yes, this is how we dressed.  I remember when there was no mall and we had to go to Newark, New Jersey for our Easter outfits.  It was always a big deal to go shopping for our complete outfits...dresses, hats, gloves, shoes, etc.

I hated to have my picture taken.  Can you tell?  Do you like the hat I chose?  It looks like a plate turned upside down.

This is my sister in her Easter finery.  She was two years older so she got to wear stockings.  There were no panty hose back then.  She had to wear a girdle so there would be those funny clip things to hold up the stockings.  Does anyone else remember?  I guess she picked out her hat too.  I think her hat is a little more attractive than mine.

That's us with our neighbors...Johnny and Diana Ingemi.  Gosh, I had forgotten that even some of the boys wore hats.

I hope you enjoyed my little trip down Memory Lane.

Happy Easter Everyone!

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After church the kids had fun going through their Easter baskets and seeing what they got.




I found a yellow egg! Look at my giant chocolate bunny!




I've got Peeps! I love Peeps!




I got a carrot full of orange jelly beans! YUM!




Ms. Jill worked hard preparing the Easter buffet. The kids kept trying to eat before the guests arrived. Ms. Jill had to keep warning them not to touch the food. There was an Easter Bunny cake, decorated chocolate eggs, ham with pineapple, asparagus, and sweet potatoes.

Easter Crafing...

I'm afraid it's back to the drawing board with this little project. I decided to get crafty and make a string Easter egg. Actually, I am experienced. Around twenty years ago I made one and it was adorable. Over the years I guess the humidity here made it soft and I tossed it a few years ago.

I thought I remembered how to do it, but googled just to make sure. I was surprised to learn that this is a very good project for children. Let me warn mothers everywhere...I'm 64 and I made a big mess. There was liquid starch everywhere. The shirt I was wearing turned to cardboard.

In case you've never heard of string eggs I'll explain how they're made. You blow up a balloon, knot it real well, and then soak a ball of crochet thread in starch and start wrapping the balloon. Use the entire ball. Then hang it up to dry. Sounds easy...huh?

OK, I wrapped my balloon and much to my surprise I ended up with a beach ball instead of an egg.



I guess I knew that was going to happen, but I was kind of hoping it would elongate over night and become an egg. I did this late at night and figured the convenience store probably didn't sell balloons, so I plunged on ahead. I'm an instant gratification type of person and once I started I had to keep going with my round balloon.

I ended up giving this one to the cats to play with, but they weren't even interested. You'll notice the balloon is still there and hasn't been popped by cat claws. I clipped it to the hangar and hung it on the fireplace just to take a picture to show you. No, I'm not using it as an Easter decoration.

I went out and bought more balloons and crochet thread. It's back to the drawing board with this project. With a little luck I'll have one made for next Easter. My plan is to cut it open after it dries, decorate the edges, and put a little Easter scene inside. Unfortunately, the craft stores are running low on cute, little Easter items for the scene. My original egg was adorable with little rabbits, chicks, and eggs inside. I should have kept it. I always regret throwing things out.