A VERY surreal Easter! People decorate traditional treats to reflect the coronavirus pandemic, adding protective mask designs to eggs, cakes and chocolate bunnies
- Social media users have been sharing images of their decorated Easter treats
- However, many of them are painted or iced to reflect the coronavirus crisis
- Eggs, cakes and chocolate rabbits are being depicted wearing masks
- Author Margaret Atwood shared snap of eggs decorated as healthcare workers
- Learn more about how to help people impacted by COVID
People have been sharing how they’re adapting traditional Easter decorations to reflect the global coronavirus pandemic.
Photos of chocolate bunnies, eggs and cakes are being iced or painted with protective masks as Easter Sunday passes with much of the world in lock-down as governments look to social distancing to try and beat the disease.
Author Margaret Atwood shared an image from an unknown artist showing 15 eggs decorated with anxious faces wearing colourful facemasks to her 1.9million followers.
After The Handmaid’s Tale author shared the photo, other images poured forth showing how traditional decorative Easter skills have been used in a different way this year.
One family painted a cake with a face wearing an Easter mask, surrounded by eight cupcakes made to look like the Covid-19 virus.
Elsewhere, a group of dark chocolate Easter bunnies have all had white masks painted onto them. And a more simple offering shows an ordinary egg depicted with NHS, written with a blue sharpie felt-tip…
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Canadian author Margaret Atwood shared this image of eggs coloured with different protective masks and anxious expressions on their faces as people reflect the pandemic in traditional Easter treats
This creative baker chose an Easter design that showed someone wearing a mask, with eight cupcakes designed to look like the Covid-19 virus
In response to Atwood’s post, a fellow Twitter user posted this photo of traditional chocolate rabbits bbeing painted with masks on over their mouths
Keeping it simple: A Sharpie and three letters gave this egg new meaning
These two eggs reflect the current war between humanity and covid-19 in colourful fashion
This trio of eggs, decorated with felt-tips, would have made no sense a year ago
This artistic image, posted on Instagram by paperfolks, uses pencils and broken shells to create imagery about the pandemic
