Easter invitations
Three quite different events share one word, and an invitation that does not specify which gets guests arriving at the wrong time in the wrong clothes.
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Easter covers a family brunch, a children's egg hunt and a church service with something after it, and people frequently host two of the three on the same day. The invitation has to be specific about which it is, because the assumptions differ completely. Brunch is adults and a set table. An egg hunt is children, outdoors, at a start time that cannot slip. A church gathering has a service attached that some guests will want to attend and others will not.
For egg hunts, the start time is the whole design problem. A hunt does not work as a drop-in, so the invitation has to communicate that arriving at eleven for an eleven o'clock hunt means arriving after it. Saying "hunt starts at 11 sharp, please arrive by 10.45" is worth more than any decorative choice on the card.
Age ranges are the other thing to state. A hunt built for three-year-olds is boring for eight-year-olds and a hunt for eight-year-olds leaves toddlers with nothing. If you are splitting the hunt by age, say so, and parents will bring the right children with the right expectations.
What changes for this one
Spring palette without the plastic-egg register: think garden rather than supermarket aisle. For hunts, the start time is set as prominently as the date. For a brunch, the card can be as considered as any dinner party invitation, since it is one.
When to send
Two to three weeks out. Easter moves in the calendar and lands differently each year, so people plan later than they do for fixed holidays, and an early invitation genuinely helps.
Colours that work
Soft green, butter yellow, and cream, or a sharper palette of grass green and white. Pastel is expected here and works, as long as it looks mixed rather than bought.
Questions people ask about easter invitations
What has to be on an egg hunt invitation?
The hunt start time, an arrival time before it, the age range, whether children bring a basket, and the rain plan. A hunt cannot be a drop-in event.
Should we split the hunt by age?
If the age range is wide, yes, and say so on the invitation. It is the difference between every child having a good time and half of them being bored or trampled.
Is Easter brunch a different card?
It should be. Brunch is adults, a set table and a fixed sitting; a hunt is children and outdoors. One card trying to be both leaves guests guessing what to wear.
Can it be digital?
Yes, and for a hunt it is better, because a digital invitation can carry a change of time if the weather turns.
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US searches a month for easter invitations, measured rather than guessed. Nearly every page here targets a term almost nobody is defending properly.
- brunch invitation — 1,000/mo
- mothers day invitation — 590/mo
How to have this made
Digital and paperless invitations
Designed to be texted, emailed or posted. Not an Evite template.
From $225
Custom invitation design
Designed from nothing for one event. No template underneath.
From $285
Party printables and extras
Favour tags, envelope liners, stickers, banners, water bottle labels.
From $75
Start with a First Look
$45 for one finished concept designed for your event, back in three days. It comes off whatever you book, and if you do not love it you keep the file and owe nothing.