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Easter bunny ideas

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Hungrycaterpillarsmummy · 04/04/2026 22:13

I've done a hunt but it's not very big and I think I need to have some proof the bunny's been in and had a bit of mischief about him.

Any ideas? I'm not doing flour footprints.
The kids left out lettuce and a carrot and some water so I'll make sure those have been tampered with.

Anyone have any fun ideas please?!

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WarmHare · 04/04/2026 22:37

Do you have any cotton wool?, maybe wrap a bit around a door handle or leave some near the door… a bit of bunny fluff left behind.
Chocolate buttons/raisins for rabbit droppings - I have a 4 year old boy so poo humour is a big hit in our house.

JimJamJelly · 04/04/2026 22:44

I do giant chalk bunny footprints on our path / patio (our egg hunt is always in the garden, but getting much harder to hide them without being seen! Had one disastrous year 3 years ago of setting them all out the night before and come morning all of it having been eaten by a fox/cat/other creature... Massive fail!)

Hungrycaterpillarsmummy · 04/04/2026 23:04

Oh gosh @JimJamJelly how did you save that Easter?!

I don't have balls of cotton wool unfortunately but what I have done is written a funny note and left it at the top of the stairs, I scattered some small pieces of the lettuce around and trailed a few pieces down the stairs. I have taken some more carrot, chewed it up and then thrown in around the house in the vicinity of where the eggs are hidden 😂😂😂
Robovac will be busy tomorrow! I'm sure that'll be ok. But next yr it's not Gona wash too much when my eldest will then be 7.

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Steelworks · 04/04/2026 23:20

I’ve just read on another thread about The Easter bunny being ‘a thing’. Totally new to me. Can I ask how old your kids, and how long has the Easter bunny been a pseudo Santa Claus? And not spring with chicks etc. in fact, growing up, I think there were more Easter chicks around, then rabbits. And of course, the Christian origins.

Talipesmum · 05/04/2026 00:09

Steelworks · 04/04/2026 23:20

I’ve just read on another thread about The Easter bunny being ‘a thing’. Totally new to me. Can I ask how old your kids, and how long has the Easter bunny been a pseudo Santa Claus? And not spring with chicks etc. in fact, growing up, I think there were more Easter chicks around, then rabbits. And of course, the Christian origins.

The Easter bunny was a “thing” in the early 1980s for us as kids. But, nowhere near as serious as father Xmas or the tooth fairy :-) - we always knew it was parents hiding the eggs for us but the game was to pretend it was the Easter bunny hiding them and we all played along.

teaandtoastwithmarmite · 05/04/2026 00:31

JimJamJelly · 04/04/2026 22:44

I do giant chalk bunny footprints on our path / patio (our egg hunt is always in the garden, but getting much harder to hide them without being seen! Had one disastrous year 3 years ago of setting them all out the night before and come morning all of it having been eaten by a fox/cat/other creature... Massive fail!)

I had this once. Left them out night before and they were either melted or eaten by a fox. TBH we have never done Easter bunny in this house. I didn’t know it was really a thing.

Hungrycaterpillarsmummy · 05/04/2026 08:31

Steelworks · 04/04/2026 23:20

I’ve just read on another thread about The Easter bunny being ‘a thing’. Totally new to me. Can I ask how old your kids, and how long has the Easter bunny been a pseudo Santa Claus? And not spring with chicks etc. in fact, growing up, I think there were more Easter chicks around, then rabbits. And of course, the Christian origins.

I'm 49 this year and The Easter Bunny was a thing for me growing up.

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Hungrycaterpillarsmummy · 05/04/2026 08:36

Anyway, my boys had a great time looking for the eggs. They loved the note and the bits of carrot/lettuce.

Lots of fun!

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dementedpixie · 05/04/2026 08:41

We've never done the Easter bunny and only did an indoor egg hunt a couple of times. This year i decided it was cheaper to buy bars of chocolate than an overpriced egg so that's what we've done

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