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

[Anonymous]

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?

[Anonymous]

We get the kids little Easter-themed chocolates, spend the day together, and have a special meal that everyone takes part in preparing. It's a reserved step down from our old Easter egg hunting traditions, but it's nice and the kids recognize and appreciate the reflective holiday that it is. Hope this helps!

[Anonymous]

We still do the Easter basket and usually a family meal. I think her dad still leaves the bunny trail leading to the basket like he did when she was younger. It's adorable!

I mixed it up this year and bought the bunny-eared Pusheen to give along with the candy.

[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?

My kid liked hunting for eggs long after the rabbit was out of the bag, so to speak.

Then he became a teenager and the all you can eat brunch overtook the egg hunt as his favorite part of Easter.

[Anonymous]

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

[Anonymous]

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.

[Anonymous]

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

[Anonymous]

My kids are 16 and 13 and I still do baskets for them- you're never too old for chocolate and then I fill it with stuff like Nike socks for my son and nail polish for my daughter as opposed to the bubbles/chalk/etc. I did when they were little.

We do a nice brunch as well.

[Anonymous]

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?

[Anonymous]

My kids have never believed in the bunny. We do baskets and egg hunts, plus join in on whatever else is going on. It might be a group brunch with family, a neighborhood get together, etc.

[Anonymous]

The kids always enjoy the treasure hunt and the clues. When they don't any more, we'll stop. What's sweet is that our youngest still pretends the Easter Bunny is real, and her older siblings like to go along with that.

[Anonymous]

I send Easter baskets to my college kids and to my young adult kids.

[Anonymous]

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

Our family has a mix of religious and secular people, but we are united in our approval of brunch. Why would being religious prevent you from eating brunch? You might have to go a little late, but I've seen Easter brunch options as late as 3 p.m..

[Anonymous]

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.

[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?

Obviously I meant Christ.