There's nothing more exciting than a countertop covered in colorful eggs ready to be hidden by the Easter Bunny on Easter morning. That's just the beginning of an event bursting with color, which is (of course) ideal for a family video!

This year, preserve your holiday memories by combining your photos and videos into an Animoto video that you can share with your family and friends. You can even use your iPhone to make a video for free.

Here's one I created for Easter a few years ago:

With a little planning, you can capture every moment for making a great Easter video.

Here are a few shots to make sure to get:

• Decorating the eggs.

• Setting out the Easter baskets.

• Waking up for the hunt (in our family, the tradition is the kids have to find their baskets first).

• Hunting for eggs (this is great for video -make sure to get that shot of the egg that the kids are standing next to but still can't see!).

• Help from the family - my mom (gramma) is always on the prowl ready to help when things slow down. Honestly I think she loves the "getting warmer" game more than the kids do!

• And then getting ready for breakfast and hangin’ with the family!

However your family celebrates, use your phone or camera to take video and pictures, then, come to Animoto on your computer or iPhone and create the perfect video commemorating the occasion.

When you done, Pin your Animoto to Pinterest with the word Easter. We'll be looking for videos to Pin and we want to see yours!

Happy Easter from all of us at Animoto!