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Does the Easter Bunny bring toys to your children?

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Nolagerformethanks · 21/04/2019 20:25

I am married and have a lovely DSS, he was at our house until yesterday afternoon where the Easter Bunny came and brought his eggs early. He has phoned today asking where his presents are off the Easter Bunny at our house as he brought him a few things at his mum's & some eggs. Can't remember this happening last year but I'm pretty gobsmacked. AIBU to think he only brings eggs? Toys are for Christmas and birthdays!

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GrandmaSharksDentures · 21/04/2019 20:44

My son doesn't like chocolate Confused so we buy him a toy instead of an Easter egg. Works for us

fruitpastille · 21/04/2019 20:45

We all have a book as well as an egg. This is a tradition that I had as a child (before the Easter bunny nonsense got out of hand!) The kids don't believe in the Easter bunny although sometimes they pretend to! If grandparents want to give something that's up to them. This year grandma has given a book token as she knows there will be excessive chocolate already. Eggs are cheaper though!

Devaki · 21/04/2019 20:46

No toys.
An Easter egg each except Dd1 who doesn't like chocolate - she got a tub of pringles and a bag of fruit pastilles Grin

PatchworkElmer · 21/04/2019 20:46

DS got an egg from us, but tbh he’s not a fan of chocolate, so next year I might go for something else. We’ve had a lovely weekend of swimming, farm trips, etc, so I kind of think that’s his ‘present’.

I know that my Mum has got him a new outfit as an Easter gift, too.

BarryTheKestrel · 21/04/2019 20:47

Nope. My daughter isn't a huge fan of chocolate so we tend to do an Easter craft kit or this year a Easter themed game that I found in Aldi, never more than £5/what we would have spent on a decent egg. But we wouldn't do both, if she liked chocolate enough we'd just get her an egg - she gets an egg from grandparents and it lasts forever as she will only have the odd nibble (until I get fed up of seeing it and eat it myself).

Singleandproud · 21/04/2019 20:47

We aren’t religious, so Easter has always been about chocolate and egg hunts but in previous years DD has gotten large garden toys at Easter, trampoline / climbing frames etc not really intended as a gift from the Easter bunny it it always coincided with the Easter weekend to get them built and set up etc and so that she gets the most use of them over the Spring / Summer.

DD is used to her Dad and I having different methods of celebrating the big holidays and whenever she asked why we (or her friends families) did things differently we just said different families have different traditions. She almost 10 and I’m pretty sure she only plays along with the Easter Bunny/Santa now.

Biancadelrioisback · 21/04/2019 20:47

DS gets presents like books and clothes (and a stuffed toy) but these come from us. The easter bunny hides eggs

Fatted · 21/04/2019 20:48

Some family members get our kids cheap toys for Easter. Grandparents got them books this year. Frankly I'd rather they spent the fiver on a book than another load of chocolate they will never get round to eating because daddy scoffs it all

WindsweptEgret · 21/04/2019 20:49

Maybe just tell him that the Easter bunny normally just brings chocolate, that the presents must have been an exception this year and not to expect them?

Some children get summer pyjamas or small presents for Easter, sometimes instead of chocolate, but I don't think it's fair if parents say they are from a bunny. The children will then tell other children at school, who will then wonder why they didn't get these things.

Singleandproud · 21/04/2019 20:50

Also at the beginning of the Easter holiday the “Christmas Elf” would bring a basket of Easter related arts and crafts, baking themed things picked up somewhere like Wilko or Hobbycraft to do over the holiday. I guess it was seen as a gift whereas really it was just things to keep her busy over the 2 weeks.

steff13 · 21/04/2019 20:50

I'm in the US, and we do baskets here. Some candy and a couple small things usually. When I hear Easter egg, I think a hard-boiled, colored chicken egg. I don't think that's what you all mean? 🤷

Bluelonerose · 21/04/2019 20:52

Yanbu honestly I saw Facebook this morning and thought it must of been Christmas the amount of toys some people have brought their dc.
Mine have had 1 egg each off me (about 7 each from family) and that's it. I do take them out on a day trip at some point during the Easter holidays but I don't buy them toys.

mummysherlock · 21/04/2019 20:53

Easter Bunny brings chocolate only here. DC get enough toys for Christmas and birthdays.
IME the people I know who give their dc’s toys at Easter are the same parents that hover over their dc’s at birthday parties etc making sure they don’t put any crap food whatsoever on their plates.
I honestly can’t get wound up about my dc having chocolate one in a while.
How old is you DSS op? Does his DM know he phoned you? Surely she would be grateful that you got him some eggs and not expect more?

CheshireChat · 21/04/2019 20:55

It's also a bit annoying to see how sneery some posters are about those of us who do give gifts.

And of course my kid is going to say he's got them from the Easter bunny as that's what he believes Hmm

ZippyBungleandGeorge · 21/04/2019 20:55

DS is not quite five months so no egg, we did get him a small new bath toy though (about £5) , I got my nieces an egg shaped bath bomb from lush each as I know SIL thinks they get too much chocolate from other family members, DM got them a book each, so we do do presents but just something small and instead of an egg not as well as, simply to limit the amount of chocolate

ZippyBungleandGeorge · 21/04/2019 20:56

Oh and they're clearly from the givers, the bunny only brings eggs

Devaki · 21/04/2019 20:56

Steff13 - Easter eggs - usually prepackaged large hollow chocolate eggs and chocolate bars/chocolates with them. Not chicken eggs.

moaningitsabingthing · 21/04/2019 21:02

Steff Easter eggs are hollow chocolate eggs unless they’re mini eggs in which case they’re solid. About a billionty varieties, is it not a thing in the US?

We don’t do the Easter Bunny but I did hide some eggs around the house and garden along with a book telling the Easter story, a colouring book and an Easter craft kit. Me and DH are Christians so it’s our way of showing our kids what we believe. No other toys as such though.

ImNotHappyaboutitPauline · 21/04/2019 21:03

O god no! I absolutely refuse to let every bloody holiday/event turn into a gift giving extravaganza. It's Easter, giving chocolate eggs to children is a tradition and I'm fine with that. Otherwise it's just a nice long weekend or school holiday to enjoy, it doesn't need to be turned into a Christmas style consumer fest Hmm.

Why must people continually increase expectations? I know each to their own blah blah but honestly, it seems like every tradition has to be improved upon by spending more money, buying more crap and generally putting more pressure on people to make everything so much more magical. It's exhausting!

WindsweptEgret · 21/04/2019 21:05

And of course my kid is going to say he's got them from the Easter bunny as that's what he believes What he's been told or led to believe? Some parents will have struggled to buy their children a small boxed egg this Easter. I don't think it's kind to other children to give a child too much from the Easter bunny, an egg or equivalent small gift is enough in my opinion.

RageAgainstTheVendingMachine · 21/04/2019 21:07

Easter Bunny bought 2 x bubbles you blow, 2 x egg-shaped bath bombs, 2 x chicken shaped wax crayons, 2 x mini hatchimal eggs (the ones you rub the heart off or bite the head off if you're my son), 2 x mini lego figures, a small lindt bunny each and 2 enchantimals she got in the sale (Bree Bunny and Lorna Lamb).

79 + 1.99 + 1.35 + 1.99 + 1.99 + 2.49 + 6.99
17.59 per kid.

That's a lot I know but I needed to cut out the chocolate this year but still give them an Easter Egg hunt.

Some people go to town at Xmas or Halloween, I make a big thing of Easter. Whether others do or not is up to them. Kudos to the mahoosive hare we saw randomly at the park last year though - DD still thinks she saw the EB after they'd made their rounds.

Iputthescrewinthetuna · 21/04/2019 21:09

At our house Easter bunny brings a few little chocolates, an egg and creative activities. We then spend a lot of Easter day creating, making, sticking and colouring...whilst eating chocolates!
My mum did this for us when we were little, we were never huge chocolate eaters so she went for a less wasteful option.

RageAgainstTheVendingMachine · 21/04/2019 21:11

I don't think it's kind to other children to give a child too much from the Easter bunny

Term time and I might agree - Nikolaus does my head in.
But it's holidays and my kids won't compare notes so the only witnesses to the crazy were my neighbours who might actually think I'm not such a Rabenmutter after all.

WindsweptEgret · 21/04/2019 21:14

Term time and I might agree DS is back to school on Tuesday, I agree if they are off for another week then it may all be forgotten.

oobedobe · 21/04/2019 21:22

I brought my kids some small gifts; pop heads and books, my MIL sends them enough choc so I didn't need to buy them any and these are things they asked for back in January and I said they could wait until Easter to get them.

They are not wrapped or anything just put in a small basket/crate thing with a few choc eggs. I don't spoil them or buy them what they ask for regularly so it is nice to include a few surprises.