How many Easter eggs do you get your children ??

[CocoLady]

I have a 5 year old and is an only child and she always does so well as we come from a large family so will receive Easter eggs from both grandparents, aunties uncles etc
So this year as a single parent and a bit strapped for cash I'm thinking of getting my dd just 3 Easter eggs I would normally do a lot more and maybe a soft toy or a small toy. I feel bad but I think it's a waste of money and over exaggerated !
Just wondering what other parents do/or how many eggs they get ?

We normally buy DS10 and DS13 lots of small ones for a hunt, and a big one plus gift for the end once they've worked out all the clues. But an egg in its own at the end would be totally fine.

Tiny foil wrapped eggs for an egg hunt, and 1 boxed egg. Shw will be 4

Most people I know get their kids several eggs Mine get three or four each plus some mini eggs/small choc bunnies. They also get some from both sets of grandparents. Don't see the issue , they don't eat them all in one sitting. The younger ones also get some books and a cuddly toy too

I agree they can so easily get too many from relatives and us so try to keep it down a bit. But yes I buy the cadbury easter egg hunt kit for the hunt and probably one big egg or bunny each on top of that and then they usually get one egg or bunny from each set of Grandparents.

I don’t know anyone who buys multiple eggs for their children. Mind you I don’t know many people with small children now, mine are in their 20’s and still get one each. Back when they were small I don’t remember anyone buying more than one. I have never thought of Easter as being a big celebration though, I’m not religious so really the only marker is the odd Easter egg. We don’t do anything else to mark it.

@Popcornbetty

"What's the point of six months worth of Easter eggs?"

When you don't keep sweets treats or chocolate in the house a ferel egg discovered in the back of the cupboard is such a welcomed treat to a movie night..."oh i forgot about that!"! Also so handy to use when baking, can be smashed up and used in cookies, melted down for cakes...the possibilities are endless! I think afew left over strays are awesome!

But you are keeping Easter eggs in the house for six months, how are they not 'sweets treats or chocolate' .

Is it that those who buy several Easter eggs and/or toys are religious? Is that the difference. We aren’t.

@ShipOfTheseus

Is it that those who buy several Easter eggs and/or toys are religious? Is that the difference. We aren’t.

I doubt it. Those who make it all about the chocolate are the least likely to recognise the religious significance.

I still remember the several years my mum decided I shouldn’t have dairy as it was bad for my skin (I think that was standard teenage-ness) so I got Easter socks while my brother got chocolate...
I tend to think if you’ve got so many Easter eggs that you’re still eating them over a week after Easter, or other people are ‘helping’ you eat them, that’s probably too many. However, you do you. Doesn’t affect anyone else.

I don’t know anyone who buys multiple eggs for their children. I don't either, as in boxed eggs or bunny or equivalent. We all seem to do one boxed egg per child and small eggs if doing a hunt. Then something from grandparents or other relatives they see around Easter.

When I was growing up (70s) our church had an easter egg donation as part of the Sunday morning service, so we were expected to take one of the eggs we'd just received to that. I think that would mean being left with two (eggs from grandparents were definitely a thing).

One year apparently (I don't remember this) one of the relatives had given small eggs - were creme eggs a novelty? I don't know why - and my father was quite impressed that his small daughters didn't even consider donating the little egg

We were all of the Eat It Now school of thought.

One year my dad had to rush out on Saturday evening to replace the egg he'd just eaten...

It never occurred to me to eat my children's easter and christmas chocolate. (I might have done what my dad did, but that's different.)

@kowari not 6 months in my case maybe 2 as we don't receive too many but great alternative as we dont keep sweets or choc in so not an overload!!

Oh and yes they are chocolate i was meaning if you dont keep other sweet treats in they can be welcome as per by example of finding one at the back of a cupboard!

One from us and one each from grandparents. Plenty imo

Our children don't generally get any from family, occasionally one set of grandparents would give them one, the other often gives them a bit of money (they are teenagers)

We usually buy them a couple of eggs, probably a large and small one and maybe a few smaller bits - mini eggs etc. When they were little I used to buy books instead of as much chocolate. Now they're older they just want the chocolate

To me buying a kid six easter eggs is a bit like buying them 30 christmas presents. Like, sure, I could do that. And I could come up with all sorts of reasons why it's no big deal, how great it is that they'd have toys to play with for six months or whatever, but actually, I don't buy them 30 christmas presents cos it's just unnecessary. They're happy with two or three.

Just like they're happy with one egg. There's really no incentive for me to spend more money on giving them more unhealthy food if they're totally happy and excited with one each.

I’m 41 and Easter was a big deal when I was at primary school two weeks off and chocolate! My family never went overboard couldn’t afford it.

However I still recall getting 2/3 eggs while friends often got many more. So it’s not just now Easter was a big thing it was then. 30+ years ago.

I don’t know anyone that gets a child one egg. But this is mumsnet so it’s all or nothing. But non chocolate items/activities are always good fun too. We are currently having a crappy time so why not let people do Easter how they see fit without judging because they give their kids more than one egg. you can buy them for £1. It’s hardly OTT Christmas spending.

@Ikeatears

This thread made me laugh. Only on Mumsnet is more than egg excessive Most people I know in RL get their children multiple eggs plus some get clothes/gifts. Mine probably end up with about 4, plus usually some sort of egg hunt and grandparents normally send a bit of cash for them. To each their own though🤷🏼‍♀️

This

We buy loads.
One of each of the luxury ones in Aldi and Lidl
Whatever dairy free nice ones we can find - these often end up cheaper that buying the free from bars and allergy dd loves bunny comb especially.

Once Easter is over we'll buy more when the drop the price.

It all ends up broken down in tubs and eaten after dinner over a month or two.

MN is stuffed with so much food and tech snobbery

one or two

Gosh wht would you buy loads? I didn't really see that as a thing!

Err 1 of course. Might buy a pack of chocolate bunnies from lidl as well. At age 5 it would be a little buttons egg too, nothing larger, whereas now they are big they have slightly nicer chocolate (single estate Peruvian this year from Lidl £3.99)

Oh but if dp's dd is here I might get an egg hunt pack - they are way too big but they will be amused (star prize would be gin rather than another egg though!)

@ShipOfTheseus

Is it that those who buy several Easter eggs and/or toys are religious? Is that the difference. We aren’t.

Doubt it. I think those who attach meaning to Easter are more likely to try and tone down the chocfest so as not to overshadow it, and to try and avoid religious event = consumerism/material goods. Ours are too little for Easter eggs but we're wondering whether, when we start, we might give them on Easter Monday instead - or whether that means they'll spend the whole of Sunday thinking about what they'll get on Monday!

This thread is making me want an choccy egg now! I used to love when you got a giant air bubble in the chocolate and it was really thick in that part
You just don't see that in the perfectly formed eggs these days!

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