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To risk putting eggs out in storm??

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Anotherwine · 04/04/2026 20:58

Our kids are too old to be distracted in the morning but young enough to want to hunt in the garden/ weather looks stormy and 90% chance of rain at midnight ! As I have been up since 6am don’t really want to hide eggs out at 3am - advice pls!

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VividDeer · 04/04/2026 21:34

A magpie once got to ours within 30 minutes

Brewtiful · 04/04/2026 21:33

I'm genuinely amazed anyone would leave Easter eggs outside overnight and then encourage their children to eat the eggs!

Forget the storm leaving them outside even in calm weather overnight is bonkers.

dillwithit · 04/04/2026 21:32

pimplebum · 04/04/2026 21:03

are you American? Are you pretending the Easter bunny hides eggs?

if in the uk just tell the kids its wet and windy and you will hide them in the morning

I wasn’t aware this was an American thing. My grandma always used to hide eggs in the garden as the Easter Bunny and I’m in my 40s.

Luckyingame · 04/04/2026 21:32

😂
Sure, go for it.
More adventure.

mommybear1 · 04/04/2026 21:32

We keep all the curtains closed and when the kids are getting ready in the morning we nip out and put the eggs out and then usher the kids out quickly to stop the squirrels/ slugs etc getting them 😂

KilkennyCats · 04/04/2026 21:31

RoyalPenguin · 04/04/2026 21:03

I once put them out the night before and they got nibbled by rodents!

Of course they did. And probably peed on by cats/foxes.
Why would anyone leave chocolate to be eaten by children in the garden overnight?!

dillwithit · 04/04/2026 21:31

I’ve always hidden eggs outside (in little plastic casings). Always did it the night before until 2 years ago when I came down to half as many eggs. A mystery as to where they went. I’ll be going out in the morning and hoping DC lies in! 😬😬

FettleOfKish · 04/04/2026 21:31

catface24 · 04/04/2026 21:13

Putting them in the garden overnight is gross, nothing to do with the storm. Mice/rats will nibble them, slugs will slide over them, foxes or cats might wee on them!! I can’t believe anyone actually does this

This. We did an egg hunt for our toddler this afternoon since I’m working all day tomorrow. Chocolate coins in plastic eggs, they were only out for about half an hour and ants had found their way into one!

Vodka1 · 04/04/2026 21:30

15, 7, 6 - I distract them with a big egg whilst I hide all the small ones just before they go looking.

Granted I keep the curtains closed and use plastic eggs in the garden filled with sweets.

Leaving them out, soggy boxes would be the least of my problems, kids would understand that. Insects however, no thank you

PumpkinSoupIsBetterThanYouThink · 04/04/2026 21:29

I put them out early once and a squirrel got them.

catipuss · 04/04/2026 21:29

Seal them in plastic bags?

Hotandpointy · 04/04/2026 21:28

I’ve been wondering the same thing. DS isn’t keen on chocolate but absolutely loves doing an egg hunt. I have some plastic eggs that I use every year (the same ones, not single use plastic) and fill them with little packs of haribo or little toys he likes to collect that I picked up from a charity shop.
It’s just a bit of fun but listening to things blowing around outside, I’m thinking it might not be possible this year. I hide them around the house too but the garden is his favourite place to hunt.
Contemplating if I’m insane enough to get up at 4:30am and hope the wind has died down! 🫣

Jessiesjammy · 04/04/2026 21:26

I’ve been wondering the same thing - looking like it might just be indoors…

Notmyreality · 04/04/2026 21:21

NerrSnerr · 04/04/2026 21:17

If they are and they have a bit of fun on Easter morning finding some eggs then great!

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OP is posting because her kids are “too old to be distracted..” in the morning while she puts them out which would be the sensible thing. This implies they “still believe” (I don’t think my kids ever believed in the Easter Bunny?).
If they still believe at 13 and 15 then I’d worry

TofuTuesday · 04/04/2026 21:20

Notmyreality · 04/04/2026 21:16

Waiting for OP to tell us the kids are 13 and 15…

Mine are in their twenties … 😂

NamelessNancy · 04/04/2026 21:20

I've always hid them around the house (indoors). Have I been Easter bunnying wrongly all these years?

NerrSnerr · 04/04/2026 21:17

Notmyreality · 04/04/2026 21:16

Waiting for OP to tell us the kids are 13 and 15…

If they are and they have a bit of fun on Easter morning finding some eggs then great!

Notmyreality · 04/04/2026 21:16

Waiting for OP to tell us the kids are 13 and 15…

NerrSnerr · 04/04/2026 21:16

pimplebum · 04/04/2026 21:03

are you American? Are you pretending the Easter bunny hides eggs?

if in the uk just tell the kids its wet and windy and you will hide them in the morning

Even Vicar of Dibley had an Easter bunny hiding eggs in the 1990s. It’s not a new concept in the UK.

smallglassbottle · 04/04/2026 21:15

Chocolate can be toxic to some animals so it might poison the wildlife.

Aquarius91 · 04/04/2026 21:13

Hide in the house definitely, an outdoor egg hunt in this weather is insane

catface24 · 04/04/2026 21:13

Putting them in the garden overnight is gross, nothing to do with the storm. Mice/rats will nibble them, slugs will slide over them, foxes or cats might wee on them!! I can’t believe anyone actually does this

Gonnagetgoingreturnsagain · 04/04/2026 21:11

Hide in the house.

ChoosingMyOwnRandomUsername · 04/04/2026 21:09

pimplebum · 04/04/2026 21:03

are you American? Are you pretending the Easter bunny hides eggs?

if in the uk just tell the kids its wet and windy and you will hide them in the morning

The EB is only for Americans? 🤔

Octaviathethird · 04/04/2026 21:05

We do a hunt in the house with age appropriate clues, I'll put the eggs and clues out once DD is asleep tonight.

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