What did you do for Easter after your kids stopped believing in the Easter Bunny?

[Anonymous]

I don't see why anything has to stop once kid doesn't believe? We still do easter baskets, easter egg hunts and pics with santa.

[Anonymous]

I am 40. My mom and dad still send me a "basket." My kids don't believe in the Easter bunny but we still dye eggs, do an egg hunt, and they get a basket.

Not that hard

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm religious, but if I were secular, I'd go to a really nice brunch!

I'm religious and we always do a nice brunch on Easter! No need to choose one or the other.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My youngest no longer believes in the Easter Bunny so we won't have an egg hunt this year. We don't do church, so I'm wondering what else there is to make it special? What do other families do?

Easter celebrates the resurrection of Christ. You don't observe Easter and "don't do church."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And that is one of the reasons my kids never believed in Easter Bunny. Hence no problem. We celebrate the rebirth of Chris.

Which Chris?

That really made me laugh!

[Anonymous]

I still do baskets (and Santa for that matter). Only my youngest and I go to church, DH and the older stay home and go to brunch with us.

[Anonymous]

I ask my teens every year if they believe the Easter bunny will bring them candy again, and they sincerely answer yes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:you could get them a nice spring outfit (other than easter outfit), book ( we got a stuffed animal each year, bunnies and lambs ),or little things for the outdoors that they can use as the weather gets nicer, like a soccer ball, butterfly net, jump rope, etc.

Afterthoughts on some other things I got at easter: hair ribbons, head bands, baretts, earrings, slippers, spring pajamas or robe.

For a boy: baseball cap, sport jersey, water gun, outdoor /backyard game (check at sporting goods store, maybe darts or something).

I'm the PP^. I guess you have to explain everything in this forum or risk getting attacked.

We always got the traditional Easter basket which included a huge chocolate egg from a fancy chocolatier, drugstore candy, a stuffed animal usually Easter related, (lamb, bunny, little chick, and sometimes a doll) small toy, or spring clothing item. While we always loved candy, you could only have so much and my grandparents also gave us Easter baskets. Other little items were thrown in under the fake grass in the basket or just placed beside the basket. It was so much fun finding these other little gifts when we got older. We knew what the meaning of Easter was but, it also was when we saw the first sign of warm weather which meant we got to play outside in the yard more for the first time in awhile. The outdoor type toys like sidewalk chalk, bubbles, hoola hoop, baton, butterfly nets, etc. were such a hit and seemed like a big deal after being crammed in the house all winter. New hair ribbons and earrings to go with my Easter outfit made the day more special. Of course I already had slippers but it was a good time of year to get new spring ones with a cute matching nightgown for the warmer weather, or a really nice new flowery robe. For older kids of course the gifts are different, but who wouldn't still like to receive a homemade basket with delicious chocolate, even the drugstore braND. My mother still thought of my grandparents for Easter, while they didn't get an Easter basket, they got flowers or outdoor plants and even got a tree for their yard one year. You are never too old to receive for Easter. I'm sure everyone wants and appreciates being remembered.

I appreciated these little extra things that when along with the Easter basket. One year my mother surprised us with a card, stickers, and stuffed animal for St. Patrick's Day. I took it to school to show all my friends. I was the only kid in my class whose parents got them anything for St. Patrick's Day. My mother's not even Irish and we were estranged from my half Irish father, so I guess this was my Mother's way of making us feel special and it sure worked!

Happy Easter to all those who celebrate!

[Anonymous]

I didn't realize that the Easter Bunny was on par with Santa as a secret. Too funny. My child gets an Easter basket and will participate in egg hunts until she's determined she's "too old". I don't think I never didn't know that it was mom and dad who hid the eggs.

[Anonymous]

Another suggestion, if the kids think the bunny is silly revise the Easter celebration a bit. get them a card, basket without the handle and a nice box of fancy chocolates, a book or other small gift and tell them that you did not want them to think you they were forgotten at Easter. Do something as a family.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Another suggestion, if the kids think the bunny is silly revise the Easter celebration a bit. get them a card, basket without the handle and a nice box of fancy chocolates, a book or other small gift and tell them that you did not want them to think you they were forgotten at Easter. Do something as a family.

I forget, instead of coloring eggs have deviled eggs on Easter.

[Anonymous]

We don't do Easter bunny. We color and decorate eggs and do egg hunts.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I ask my teens every year if they believe the Easter bunny will bring them candy again, and they sincerely answer yes.

CUTE!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I did Easter egg hunts into my late teens but my mom put money into the eggs instead of candy.
It doesn't matter to me if my kids believe in the Easter bunny or not. We'll continue to do the hunts for as long as we can.

This. My kids loved the hunts well into their teens. Money, nail polish (all girls) in the eggs and some still had the Jelly Beans. One special egg for each girl so I assigned them each a color and if you found the egg not your color you weren't allowed to share where it was, i.e., DD1 was blue but DD2 found the blue egg. She was not allowed to acknowledge so it was fun for all of them collecting eggs and searching for their special one. Their friends even wanted to join in.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And that is one of the reasons my kids never believed in Easter Bunny. Hence no problem. We celebrate the rebirth of Chris.

Which Chris?

Chris Chringle