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How does this Easter bunny thing work??

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SpanishFly · 15/04/2019 12:41

Ok so my 8yo DS2 has decided that this year he'd like the Easter bunny to come (usually it's us who give him and DS1 an egg each).
What do we do - do we leave something out for it, like with Santa? Do we leave the Easter egg at the end of the bed?
Any tips would be welcome!
Thanks 💕

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Samind · 15/04/2019 12:43

Easter egg hunt? The Easter bunny can leave colourful clue cards?

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SpanishFly · 15/04/2019 12:49

But how does the Easter egg hunt "appear"? When? Where? I've bought eggs and mini eggs today, so can do a hunt or whatever. But no idea how to make them arrive

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FiveLittlePigs · 15/04/2019 12:58

You get up early on the day (Easter Sunday) and lay a trail around your garden with easy clues of where the eggs may be hidden. Hope it's not raining.

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ATowelAndAPotato · 15/04/2019 13:06

I’m assuming the Easter bunny likes carrots and dandelions, so maybe you could leave some out the night before? I always sneak round the house/garden hiding the eggs for our hunt before the kids are up

CuppaSarah · 15/04/2019 13:08

The Easter bunny hides all his treats round the house. We get the little plastic eggs and put sweets, small toys and craft bits in them. This year he's outdone himself an got a jigsaw, one piece in each egg. Hoping it'll entertain the children most of the morning.

Samind · 15/04/2019 13:08

Yeah id get them to get a carrot and maybe some grass and put in an old container the night before. Explain that the Easter Bunny will arrive during the night and have something to eat before leaving the little eggs to be found in different places. You sound lovely BTW 😁

tantamountto · 15/04/2019 13:16

I once sneaked ahead of the children on a country walk and hid chocolate insects. A highlight of their childhood. After finding out about Father Christmas, they insisted the Easter Bunny MUST exist!

YetAnotherSpartacus · 15/04/2019 13:21

Start a new tradition. Bunny likes Gin.

eddiemairswife · 15/04/2019 13:22

I used to devise a treasure hunt for my grandchildren. Around the house and garden. The treasure was their Easter eggs, but I never put mini-eggs with each clue. When did this Easter bunny come into existence?

stucknoue · 15/04/2019 13:23

Tell him the Easter bunny lives in America ! They get Easter bunny gifts but not Easter eggs.

spanishwife · 15/04/2019 13:24

Tell him the Easter bunny doesn't exist and that's why he's never come before. I don't understand making up a story and having to keep it going for no reason whatsoever - you'll have to tell him at some point you were lying.

flissfloss65 · 15/04/2019 13:25

I hide the eggs in the garden, if weather ok. Leave the first clue by the door and leave the next clue with the subsequent egg, etc. Great fun

Pearpickinpenguin · 15/04/2019 13:33

Every year I swear there will be no bunny. Every year the fucker appears and manages to leave a small trail of small eggs like creme eggs etc around from their beds out to the landing where there is one big egg each. Wouldnt leave it out in the garden as my dogs would be dead from chocolate poisoning plus it could rain.

eddiemairswife · 15/04/2019 13:44

Briefly looked at Wikipedia; the Easter rabbit/hare originated in Germany, went to America with German immigrants, and recrossed the Atlantic to the UK.

BaronessBomburst · 15/04/2019 13:47

We have the Easter Hare where I live.
Not sure on the exact etiquette but I find it easier to hide the eggs and clues around the house the night before.
No getting up early then. Wink

AventaRizon · 15/04/2019 13:52

If you know the weather is going to be reasonable, then scatter a few in the garden the night before. Otherwise hide some round the house. Provide a little basket to each dc for collecting. Job done.

LazyFace · 15/04/2019 15:30

I keep changing: one year there were clues when they were little (ie: go to the laundry basket) and made a hunt in the house. When I run out of time the bunny just leaves stuff under/ at the end of their beds.

LazyFace · 15/04/2019 15:31

I can't hide anything in the garden due to foxes, unfortunately.

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SpanishFly · 15/04/2019 15:37

Thanks so much for all the lovely ideas. We have a small garden but have loads of cats and foxes coming in and out, so maybe wont risk doing a trail outdoors. I'll maybe try to come up with some indoor clues and leave a few foil wrapped eggs to find. My older DS is 14 but I know he'll enjoy this too.
To those posters who asked why lie to him etc, it's more a case of that they dont get "things" bought for them every weekend (unlike their friends), and we therefore make more of nice weekends like this, rather than them constantly getting whatever they ask for. He's questioning Santa, which is possibly what's prompted the interest in the Easter bunny all of a sudden. He knows deep down theres no Easter bunny but clearly wants the novelty of it all. And I'm happy to do it 💕

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happypotamus · 15/04/2019 15:39

I don't think your DC can just decide the Easter Bunny is coming. I wouldn't be up for that. Does he realise that it is a way to get more presents as there would be something from the Bunny as well as you still having to get him eggs?
In our house the Easter Bunny comes while DC and I are at church and leaves a map and clues for a treasure hunt to find chocolate eggs. That is DH's tradition that he invented when DC1 was little, and only works because I go to church but he doesn't. I give them a small not-chocolate gift that is from DH and I.

Annietheacrobat · 15/04/2019 15:52

After telling my DD1 (8) that the Easter bunny is as tall as a lamppost and buys his eggs in Sainsbury's she is beginning to doubt his existence.

thaegumathteth · 15/04/2019 15:57

We have never really done the Easter bunny thing but dd does talk about it so I presume it’s from TV etc?

anyways we do a hunt around the garden / house. Sometimes with clues if I can be bothered.

outpinked · 15/04/2019 16:11

We do an Easter egg hunt in the garden. I buy the egg hunt set from m&s and hide the eggs around the garden. The bunny also leaves gifts around our Easter tree a little bit like Santa I guess.

It’s not a full on tree like the Christmas one btw, I’m crazy but not quite that crazy Grin. It’s just a small one we decorate with hanging eggs and lights.

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SpanishFly · 15/04/2019 16:42

I love little Easter decorations, they're v cute.
I'm not suddenly going to buy him gifts and get him loads of chocolate etc. I've always bought him an egg plus some extra little chocolates so he knows he's not getting anything extra, and as I said earlier I think he's just wanting the fun of it. He says it's never been here because we haven't left anything out to let it know we wanted it to come. It's no biggie to start doing it this year, it just adds to the fun 🤷‍♀️

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PhillipeFellope · 15/04/2019 17:21

We will leave an Easter nest (crispy cake with mini eggs out) out the night before.

The Easter bunny will leave a basket in DS room and a trail of mini eggs, kinder eggs, lollipops and Aldi mini lindt style bunnies to his Easter present in the front room. Then I'll take a toddler smacked off his tits on chocolate to church to celebrate that Jesus is risen Grin

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