Easter is a wonderful time to spread joy and get creative, whether you revel in the religious meaning, are excited to usher in spring, or love sharing meals with family and friends.

How your family celebrates Easter will guide your ideas on personalizing the holiday. Do you want to plan and photograph the ultimate egg hunt celebration for your toddler? Are you hosting an Easter Sunday dinner? Or are you looking for Easter greeting templates?

Regardless of how you plan on spending this Easter, here are some ideas to celebrate.

1. Create greeting cards and invitations that say, "some bunny loves you"

After a long, grueling winter, discovering an Easter card from a friend or family member in your mailbox is a beautiful gift — especially if your loved ones live too far away to get together.

Put some love and levity in the mail by choosing from Mixbook's Easter greeting cards and customizing them with a photo or a personal message. You can also dress up your child — or even your pug, tabby, or spouse — with a pair of rabbit ears to display a cute "Happy Easter Watercolor Eggs" collage.

If you choose a religious card like the Easter Cross greeting card, include a photograph of the whole family in your Sunday best clothing. Write a personalized message expressing love or thanks from your family on this holiday.

You can also send invitations to host a special event or meal — like an Easter Egg Hunt Party or Easter brunch.

2. Host a meal, showcasing your favorite family recipes

Are you hosting your family or friends this Easter? Inviting loved ones to an Easter meal is the perfect way to spend quality time together. In some families, cherished traditional recipes have made their way from generation to generation, preserving those flavors and important moments. Maybe you'd like to honor your mom or grandma by making their favorite recipes.

To ensure enough time with loved ones during their visit, serve a simple, seasonal menu that can be prepared in advance — especially if you'll be at church in the morning. Use fresh ingredients, such as asparagus or beets, that showcase spring's best flavors. Who wouldn't want an asparagus tart for brunch?

Whether you make a casserole or quiche, dozens of make-ahead brunch recipes are available. The same applies to Easter dinner. Take your pick of make-ahead recipes, ranging from a stuffed spiral ham to crab cakes.

If you want to give someone a meaningful gift, consider a family recipe book, Easter edition.

3. Throw an Easter-themed craft party

Do you and your friends love getting creative? Is your house the place where all your kid's friends come to make crafts?

If so, why not throw an Easter craft party?

Send out Mixbook's adorable Easter Bunny Party Invitation and invite guests for an afternoon of easy Easter crafts. It's a fun way to turn the attention toward bright paper and googly eyes (and away from jelly beans and chocolate eggs).

Pinterest is full of ideas for Easter-themed crafts, but some favorites include Easter bonnets, Easter wreaths, spoon bunnies, and abstract eggs. Choose an activity that makes sense for your guests based on their interests and age.

One entertaining activity, regardless of age, is dyeing eggs. Using homemade coloring can be an enlightening science project for kids and adults alike.

4. Plan an Easter- or nature-inspired scavenger hunt

Whether you're hosting one family or the entire neighborhood, everyone loves an egg hunt. Get everyone excited when you send out a card specifying an egg hunt. For some families, it wouldn't be Easter without one.

Food isn't required for a simple egg hunt, but parents will appreciate a table spread of bagels, coffee, fruit, and juice if the hunt begins in the morning. What if you're crafty? Put your talents to work and impress guests at the same time. It doesn't get much cuter than this bunny fruit tray.

If children of varying ages are attending your hunt, stagger start times by age and set up age-appropriate areas. Or, color-code the eggs. Big kids can hunt for hard-to-find green eggs, and little kids will hunt for easy-to-find pink eggs. Make sure you have a prize for the one-and-only golden egg!

In the days leading up to Easter, search for signs of spring with your kids. You can find downloadable checklists online for Easter scavenger hunts. To customize the hunt and make it unique, create your list based on what's available in your area — such as certain nuts, leaves, and flowers. You could also work color into the hunt, such as finding something yellow, blue, or pink.

Mixbook can help you be more creative this Easter

Check out what others are up to within the Mixbook community to see how you can make your Easter memories live on. Whether you want to make this Elegant Easter photo book or send spring greetings to loved ones, Mixbook has the tools and templates to make this process fun, creative, and seamless.

From us at Mixbook, have a happy and safe Easter!