Easter traditions for older kids?

[Anonymous]

Kids are 11 and 13. We still do egg hunts and baskets. We'll have a fancy dinner. We also have a weird tradition where we all go to separate rooms for 30 minutes and come up with something to share. It can be a drawing, a dance, a short story or poem. Anything. We reconvene, display our "thing" and discuss. I have no idea why we do this but I'm sure it was my idea at some point.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How do families celebrate Easter with tweens and teens? Once the easter bunny is over - and they have outgrown easter egg hunts -- how do families celebrate? We are more secular although we go to church occasionally. I don't think a church-focused celebration would be a great fit for a family but not sure how else to celebrate this holiday....

We still hide easter eggs, give easter baskets, and have brunch/lunch. And then enjoy a quiet day.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How do families celebrate Easter with tweens and teens? Once the easter bunny is over - and they have outgrown easter egg hunts -- how do families celebrate? We are more secular although we go to church occasionally. I don't think a church-focused celebration would be a great fit for a family but not sure how else to celebrate this holiday....

We still hide easter eggs, give easter baskets, and have brunch/lunch. And then enjoy a quiet day.

PP here. We also dye eggs the week or so leading up to Easter, as a family activity.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We still do an egg hunt with friends. Kids are 11. Aside from that we go to Church and have lunch with my in laws. If Church isn’t your thing I’m not sure why you are celebrating Easter.

Because Easter, like Christmas, has evolved into a cultural celebration. Not just a religious one.

And posts like yours are an example of why we are no longer practicing. Geez. That last comment was not necessary.

[Anonymous]

My mother still sends me and Easter "basket" (box these days) and I'm in my 30s. Dying eggs is still fun. Although tbf as a teen my primary involvement/celebration was Church-related; my string quartet often performed as part of one of the Holy Week services and/or I was helping my mother with flowers for the church and/or I was an usher or acolyte for one or more services. Easter is so closely linked to religion to me it's weird to think of a purely secular celebration.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Will be flying to visit my parents. My 17yo teen plans to create an egg hunt for her grandparents. Eggs will be the plastic ones & our plan is to put wildflower seed bombs or corny, Easter-themed jokes inside.

My mom is diabetic and has lots of mobility & diet issues, so chocolate/candy is out. My dad is always up for games. Teen asked to stop having Easter baskets herself two years ago, and doesn't have any younger relatives to organize this for. So, we thought this would be a fun way for her to engage with her grandparents and encourage them to move a bit when we visit.

We're also bringing brunch & flowers.

SO awesome!! And sweet.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Oh easter eggs just have different things in them. Everyone likes a treasure hunt, OP!

One year I hid hundreds of eggs, each with a handful of lego pieces in them. They had to find all the eggs and build Harry Potter's castle together.

One year each egg had a $1 in it. They were VERY motivated that year.

We don't celebrate religion. I see it as the equivalent of St. Patrick's Day or Valentine's Day. A few minutes of fun and then a normal day.

I'm loving the Lego idea and going to do it! 😊

[Anonymous]

We still dye eggs and hide chocolate eggs, same as when they were little. They love that tradition.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We still do an egg hunt with friends. Kids are 11. Aside from that we go to Church and have lunch with my in laws. If Church isn’t your thing I’m not sure why you are celebrating Easter.

Because Easter, like Christmas, has evolved into a cultural celebration. Not just a religious one.

And posts like yours are an example of why we are no longer practicing. Geez. That last comment was not necessary.

This.

[Anonymous]

We have two teen girls and do baskets and an egg hunt. A small price of jewelry church (we’re Christmas and Easter people) and a nice brunch

[Anonymous]

My kids as older kids still enjoyed finding eggs (that I filled with cash), and an Easter basket. My almost 16yr old DD would now like it to be filled with Lululemon. My son, in college, still gets an Easter basket from me, although it's a mailed shoe box filled with some candy, some other treats, and restaurant gift cards.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We still do an egg hunt with friends. Kids are 11. Aside from that we go to Church and have lunch with my in laws. If Church isn’t your thing I’m not sure why you are celebrating Easter.

Because Easter, like Christmas, has evolved into a cultural celebration. Not just a religious one.

And posts like yours are an example of why we are no longer practicing. Geez. That last comment was not necessary.

THIS! Grew up as part of a church and the church folk attitude. Dropped it fast when I became an adult.

[Anonymous]

I still give baskets (just candy) and we do an egg hunt for teen boys (which is a competitive speed competition fir the gold and silver eggs my mom puts $ in). It might be the last year for the hunt but the baskets - and care package basket when they are in college-/will continue on like my mom did for me.

[Anonymous]

Why is everyone making this about religion or no religion. History states this event as such. We are all here in this world together and we should love each other no matter our differences. I believe in Christ and still will respect everyone’s comments. Happy Easter everyone.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP, if you go to church occasionally, I can’t imagine why you wouldn’t pick Easter as one of those days? It is a religious holiday after all. Why celebrate at all at this point?

Shut up