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For Easter, Watch People Smash Eggs on Their Foreheads — Daily Distraction

Daily Distraction — Fri, 29 Mar 2013 08:00:47 +0000

[onescreen item="5045137"] Seems like a waste of perfectly good eggs, doesn’t it? This whole forehead-egg-smashing thing comes in numerous forms. Some people just do it to themselves, others use a partner, and some of them are trying to set the world record for eggs smashed with your forehead. Everyone’s gotta have a dream, we guess. [...]

How to Make Shaving Cream Easter Egg Dye

Jeff Easterling — Thu, 28 Mar 2013 18:09:20 +0000

This is how you can make some awesome marbleized looking Easter Eggs quickly and easily, without a lot of mess and spending a lot of money. Here’s what you do: Get some cheap white shaving cream, and spread out on a cookie sheet. Dribble food coloring across the surface. Neon food coloring makes cooler looking [...]

Easter Egg Hunts in Texarkana

Mimi — Thu, 28 Mar 2013 14:10:39 +0000

There are Easter Egg hunts scheduled all over the Texarkana area for this weekend. Here are a few places that you can attend the festivities with your kids. Easter Egg Hunts First Baptist Church Midway Saturday, March 30 at 11 a.m. Location/Phone: 1415 Farm Road 2148 N, Texarkana, Texas 903-334-9707. Heritage Church Sunday, March 31 [...]

10 Things You Didn't Know About Easter

Danny Gallagher — Sat, 07 Apr 2012 19:45:28 +0000

As far as holidays go, Easter might not be as popular as Christmas or Halloween, but it still has traditions and treats that can raise anyone’s spirit, mood or blood sugar level.

The most interesting part of this annual celebration of Spring and rebirth is the supposed difference in the ways they are celebrated.

10 Things You Can Make With A Cadbury Creme Egg

Rose Maura Lorre — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 16:01:57 +0000

You already know that the Easter-seasonal Cadbury Creme Egg is addictive, mouth-watering, one-of-a-kind and coveted the world over. But did you also know just how versatile an ingredient the Creme Egg can be when put to use in some of the most outlandish, Willy-Wonka-on-acid dessert delicacies?

Easter Egg Hunt This Saturday in Ashdown!

Lisa Lindsey — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 14:30:55 +0000

‘Tis the season! This Saturday, get ready for the 1st Easter Egg Hunt at The Ashdown City Park! It all starts at 2 p.m. with games for the kids. The Egg Hunt will have 3 age groups and begins at 3p.m. with over 5,000 eggs to find! Don’t forget to bring your camera, because the [...]

10 Sketchy Easter Bunnies

Danny Gallagher — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 19:35:26 +0000

They might seem cute, fuzzy and fake in the eyes of someone with a college education and an unpaid mortgage, but Easter terrors are clearly harboring some kind of evil that only children can smell. The blog, Sketchy Bunnies, has been compiling the worst wabbits ever to grace the pages of a family’s photo album. These are the sketchiest of the sketchy.

The Weirdest Easter TV Specials

Nick Nadel — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 18:45:05 +0000

Of all the holidays, Easter tends to be a bit overlooked when it comes to animated TV specials. But the ones that do exist are downright strange. Perhaps due to the holiday’s religious overtones, makers of animated Easter specials tend to focus solely on The Easter Bunny. And that enigmatic walking rabbit in men’s clothing [...]

Easter Egg Extravaganza

John Williams — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 14:31:29 +0000

The Richmond Road Baptist Church in Texarkana Texas is hosting an Easter Extravaganza this Saturday at 2pm at their location at 5805 Richmond Road.There will be an Easter Egg Hunt for all ages, volleyball games, horseshoes, cards, dominoes, bean bag toss, bounce houses and lots more fun outdoor activities. The church will also have a [...]

What is Your Favorite Easter Candy? [POLL]

Lisa Lindsey — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 13:00:38 +0000

Easter is this Sunday. Easter is the second biggest holiday or occasion for candy, Halloween being number one. Last year Americans consumed over 7 billion pounds of Easter candy!
No doubt American’s love Easter candy. Chocolate of course is the most popular. That would be mine too!! Anything chocolate, I can’t live without Cadbury Mini Eggs!

Easy Easter Dessert Recipes [VIDEOS]

KYGL- Eagle 106.3 — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 18:28:21 +0000

Though technically a religious holiday, Easter has become more synonymous with milk chocolate candies in the shapes of eggs and bunnies, fruity snacks in springy hues and all sorts of decadent desserts. Stock up on the goods in stores, but also think about making a few of your own delectable treats this year. Colorful Cupcake [...]

5 Things You Probably Didn't Know About Easter

KYGL- Eagle 106.3 — Sat, 16 Apr 2011 21:12:36 +0000

We imagine that at this point in the spring season, you've stocked up on loads of chocolate (or are anticipating a victorious post-Easter candy sale), faux grass and enough hardboiled eggs to live off of for the next six months. You've probably even posed with the Easter bunny, or at least passed one or two in the mall. But do you know why Easter is affiliated with such unique traditions?

Classic Easter Cartoons – Video Round-Up

KYGL- Eagle 106.3 — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 19:00:58 +0000

Like many holidays, kids get the better end of the deal come Easter time. After all, it's the parents who stock giant baskets with mounds of chocolatey goodness, a wad of Easter cash, new spring clothes and adorable stuffed bunny rabbits. And it's the parents who plan expansive Easter egg hunts and myriad Easter activities and crafts. One other positive of being a kid on Easter? Watching cartoons, of course!

Take a break from dying eggs this year and re-watch some of these classic Easter cartoon clips.

Celebrate Easter with This Peep Video Marathon [VIDEOS]

KYGL- Eagle 106.3 — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 19:35:39 +0000

Easter is coming, and that means the ceremonial Unwrapping of the Peeps should begin around now(-ish). What, you weren’t thinking of eating them fresh, were you? That’s un-American. After the jump, a bunch of Peep-related videos for your squishy enjoyment. Microwave Peep Disaster Peeps Gone Wild The Peeps (“The Birds” Parody) Peep Jaws (This guy [...]

Cute Kids Getting Scared of the Easter Bunny [VIDEOS]

KYGL- Eagle 106.3 — Sun, 10 Apr 2011 21:56:22 +0000

While the Easter bunny is generally well-regarded for its fluffy belly, alert ears and too-cute buck teeth, some humans just aren't so fond of the creature. We're talking about young kiddos who -- when faced with the giant creature every Easter holiday -- erupt into a fountain of tears, traumatic screams and eyes bulging out of their sockets.

It's almost as if adults just want a little entertainment for the day. So, come Easter, they encourage a little PTSD by way of bunny rabbit.

Fun Facts About Easter Candy

KYGL- Eagle 106.3 — Sun, 10 Apr 2011 19:29:58 +0000

Easter Candy: You Love it. We love it. Your hyperactive children love it. There’s nothing like stuffing your mug with a few Cadbury Cream Eggs before breakfast. But did you know…? Americans spend an average $1.9 billion on Easter candy every year. Sharing treats for Easter most likely came from a pagan tradition of eating [...]

Unfortunate Cats and Dogs Forced to Dress Up for Easter [VIDEOS]

KYGL- Eagle 106.3 — Sat, 09 Apr 2011 19:07:39 +0000

Pets are at their most adorable when wearing bunny ears, decked out in pastels or otherwise Easter-fied. Enjoy these videos of dogs and cats all Easter’d up. Justin Rudd’s Haute Dog Easter Parade Busy Bee Dogs – Easter Dog Egg Hunt Tuppy Bunny Easter Dog Cat’s Easter Time Fun Tiger Lions vs. Easter Eggs

The Coolest, Craziest Novelty Easter Candies

KYGL- Eagle 106.3 — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 18:41:43 +0000

Easter has become synonymous with delicious Cadbury eggs, pastel-hued candies, oval jellybeans and giant, hollow bunnies crafted from tasty milk chocolate. In order to compete with the masses, candy companies have had to step up their game when it comes to novelty Easter candy. While some edible masterpieces remain cute, a fair share of downright [...]