Why don't we leave carrots out for the Easter Bunny?

[SparrowSally]

If Rudolph gets left some, surely The Easter Bunny should too? 😂

How do you all do eggs? Do you leave them out for the morning when dc come down or just give them to dc etc?
Dd is 5 and I just always did a hunt in the garden, this year it’s storm so it’s out of the question, I might do one in the house, but she now knows that’s me obviously and not the bunny 🤷🏻‍♀️
My plan now is to leave a couple of eggs out on the table and when she comes down say the bunny has been?!

Hmmm. Maybe you’re on to something OP. Christmas has now been invaded and blighted by Elf on the Shelf. So I propose the Easter equivalent, with an Australian twist: Bunny on the Dunny.

I have seen these in The Works

You’re kidding? Please tell me you’re kidding.

Hares make their homes in a hollow on the ground known as a form. Certain birds use the discarded forms as nests to lay their eggs in and folk thought the hares laid them hence the bunny. At least that's what I read!

Maybe the Easter Bunny doesn’t like them? My actual rabbit doesn’t eat carrots. She goes loopy for lettuce and any other kind of leaf. But carrots, she turns her nose up and ignores them!

The Easter bunny doesn't come at night and leave presents while you're sleeping.

Ta Dah!

I just put out an egg hunt leading to a mud kitchen with the main eggs in the cupboard. The Easter bunny is being generous this year.

Aaaaarrrghhh!

So can I not have the eggs there in the morning 😬😬😬

There is no Easter bunny....

I've seen that an Easter tree is a thing now too.

I've actually seen several photos on Facebook tonight of pink/white/blue easter trees (mini Christmas trees) with carrots for the Easter bunny left underneath. I can't be bothered but thought it was quite cute/fun to see. I like family traditions that celebrate the change in seasons, I don't think it is rampant capitalism.

EB does have a sleigh it's egg-shaped with lots of bunny helpers. Not to mention Carlos & phill and all the other chicks in the Easter factory. And of the pink Berets.

The Easter Bunny was a thing when I was a child and I'm 67!! Think that predates social media.

...and maybe a few handful.of currants around too.

To misquote The Incredibles, "when everything is special, nothing is".

DC picked their own in Tesco yesterday. While we are out at church DH will set up a hunt of small ones in the garden. Despite this, and that we've never said there is an Easter bunny or done anything other than give DH credit for the hunt DD(6) still just came in asking if the Easter Bunny has been.

Then she said last year that he left a note for DS saying he'd forgotten and would send one later. I had to remind her that was an episode of Bluey, not her actual memory.

Ooh, I planted seeds yesterday. Too soon?
New to this gardening lark!

We were always given the eggs by our parents (70s) and i did the same to our dc (now young adults).

Regarding Easter egg hunts, we always did a trail with clues leading to the next clue. If we hid eggs around the garden, our dc knew that us parents hid them. It was a game, nothing more, and no magical Easter bunny was involved.

Growing up, I think we associated chicks with Easter more than bunnies - certainly the cakes were decorated with chicks. Although bunnies were around, it was more of a general spring thing, rather than a magical, mystical creature.

Don't get me wrong, I'm pleased we don't. It's just the other 2 get stuff left, so wondered why.

I agree with that but the whole eggs coming by magic from a bunny is new?

I bet Easter pyjamas would go down well, too!

Whole family sets, mind - newborn to 6’ 4” dad.
With fluffy ducklings and bunnies all over them. 😂

I don't have a Christmas tree shaped Easter tree but I do hang up hand painted glass eggs in my home around Easter, or add the fluffy mini yellow chicks to any cut flower arrangement.

Easter wreaths on the other hand. I always do a double take as I think they've forgotten to take down their Xmas one.