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 ?

Mine are 2.5 and 7. Last year they had to split a pack of those Malteasers Bunnies because I couldn't get anything else!

This year DM has bought them a small egg each, and I've bought them a pack of Malteasers Bunnies to share, and a small pack of foil covered chocolates each (maybe 10 or so). It's mainly so we've got a few bits to hide in the garden, last year they only had 5 things to find!

1 big one and sometimes a couple of littler ones, or when smaller a related book/soft toy.

She's an older teen now please she'll get an egg, as we dh.
I've already told dh I expect one 😂

I think people forget that it's a religious occasion (albeit superimposed on a pagan event) so I've being scouring the supermarkets for a chocolate 'Stations of the Cross'. No joy I'm afraid.

But I found a left over chocolate Santa in a corner shop and have removed the foil, moistened him and doused him in icing-sugar. I shall tell the kids he's the Pope.

@TwoLeftSocksWithHoles

I think people forget that it's a religious occasion (albeit superimposed on a pagan event) so I've being scouring the supermarkets for a chocolate 'Stations of the Cross'. No joy I'm afraid.

But I found a left over chocolate Santa in a corner shop and have removed the foil, moistened him and doused him in icing-sugar. I shall tell the kids he's the Pope.

No need to take the piss.

I never knew some people bought their kids clothes and toys as well as Easter eggs until I joined Mumsnet. I literally don’t know anyone in real life that does that.

Def still only buy mine one each all though they get a couple off others, but then we have chocolate in the house anyway normally as we don't have restricted foods as such , jUst moderation

@MissyB1

I never knew some people bought their kids clothes and toys as well as Easter eggs until I joined Mumsnet. I literally don’t know anyone in real life that does that.

I don't think I know anyone who does that, although to be fair, despite almost all of my friends and siblings having young kids, right now I don't think I've ever had a conversation with any of them about what they do for Easter.

Presumably this is a more recent trend though. Big companies are getting better and better at persuading people to buy more things, and if they can make Easter more like Christmas in terms of how much money people feel they need to spend, then of course they'll be trying to do that.

7/8 small £1 ones in a basket which usually consist of 1/2 hollow bunnies and a pack of mini smarties figures. Sometimes I also get her something else Easter related too. Oh and an Egg Hunt around the back garden. She's 6.

However we have no family or friends! So I admit I overcompensate quite a bit. She won't get anything else from anyone else though. Plus with her birthday being straight after Christmas, this is the very last time she will have more than the occasional little treat, until Christmas!

We were brought clothes at Easter as kids. I’m in my 50’s.

Grandparents thought eggs were a waste of money - which they are- more packaging than chocolate, which isn’t very environmentally friendly.

@BluebellsGreenbells

We were brought clothes at Easter as kids. I’m in my 50’s.

Grandparents thought eggs were a waste of money - which they are- more packaging than chocolate, which isn’t very environmentally friendly.

Not saying nobody's ever done it before. Just that I wouldn't be at all surprised if it's a growing trend.

1 egg from us and some small ones from a hunt around the house. They'll receive more form Gparents.

@MissyB1

I never knew some people bought their kids clothes and toys as well as Easter eggs until I joined Mumsnet. I literally don’t know anyone in real life that does that.

Not clothes but did do toys when smaller but did most holidays so they had something new to do and enjoy whilst off school. Life would be pretty boring if you only got a treat on two days a year, even more so if they are close together.

DS is 2.5. He’ll get a handful of smallish eggs for an egg hunt. He’ll get a bigger egg from MIL/FIL Not sure about my parents as they aren’t really fussed about Easter so what my mum bothers to do is a bit hit and miss - they spoil him year round though!

I thought the clothes was a very old tradition? A new “Sunday best” for the summer and to wear to church on Easter Sunday. I’ve certainly encountered it in historical fiction set in the early to mid 1900’s. I would guess it’s less of a “thing” now that clothes are relatively cheap and people are able to buy them whenever.

@MissyB1

I never knew some people bought their kids clothes and toys as well as Easter eggs until I joined Mumsnet. I literally don’t know anyone in real life that does that.

How would you know they were buying clothes? I often got DS pyjamas at Easter as it was at the change of season. They were what he would have needed anyway, nothing extra.

@GreyhoundG1rl

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

Actually, feasting and the 'carnivalesque' has been an intrinsic part of religious life for centuries. It's never been all austerity (unless you're a Puritan or something, who were all about self-deprivation and shutting down the theatres!) And, crucially, don't forget that Easter is preceded by Lent - and Lent is a penitential preparation for Easter. There may be a few more eggs in our house than many of the houses mentioned here, but we certainly understand the significance of Easter.

Just saying.

1 egg
It's supposed to be symbolic
Why does everything have to be ott?

We don’t follow any of the religious stuff at Easter as it isn’t something we believe in. My DC’s grew up with Easter Sunday being known as the chocolate day. One of the few occasions when their chocolate intake isn’t monitored.

The significance of Easter, this below? It's yet another festival which Christians stole just like Christmas I'm afraid. Early Christians were phenomenally unoriginal when it came to event planning.

All the fun things about Easter are pagan. Bunnies are a leftover from the pagan festival of Eostre, a great northern goddess whose symbol was a rabbit or hare. Exchange of eggs is an ancient custom, celebrated by many cultures. Hot cross buns are very ancient too. In the Old Testament we see the Israelites baking sweet buns for an idol, and religious leaders trying to put a stop to it.

Mine get off my parents and grandparents, from various egg hunts, from neighbours, and in normal times from school and clubs plus off their dad too (also a single parent) so I dont get them any. They don't finish the ones they do get so i don't waste the money. I don't see why kids need presents for Easter either.

[quote SheikahSlate]@GreyhoundG1rl

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

Actually, feasting and the 'carnivalesque' has been an intrinsic part of religious life for centuries. It's never been all austerity (unless you're a Puritan or something, who were all about self-deprivation and shutting down the theatres!) And, crucially, don't forget that Easter is preceded by Lent - and Lent is a penitential preparation for Easter. There may be a few more eggs in our house than many of the houses mentioned here, but we certainly understand the significance of Easter.

Just saying. [/quote]
You know, this is very true but there's something about modern Easter egg culture that rubs me the wrong way. It's all me me me: how many eggs did I get, my personal pile of chocolate, I want want want. It's more about getting stuff than feasting together . So we have lots of yummy food and delicious desserts (wondering if I can persuade Mr Green to go for a "Simnel cake" that's actually a chocolate fudge cake covered in mini eggs ) and do lots of feasting, but that's all gorged indecently on eaten as a family and (usually!) with friends. To me, that strikes a different tone to the heap o' stuff where someone's asking if it's OK to buy their children only three Easter eggs in addition to the heap from elsewhere.

@PerspicaciousGreen

Definitely see what you're saying there. The 'feasting together' thing, like you say, is so crucial.

I'm not your standard "children get too much these days" MNetter. I am firmly in the "probably too many christmas presents" part of society.

However, even I think loads of eggs is weird at easter. DS is only small, but when he's older I'll probably do an egg hunt with small foil eggs and then something bigger as the main prize. He'll get an egg from both sets of grandparents and maybe an aunt. That seems like more than enough. I don't get this turning easter into christmas thing.

@Toottootdrivers

In an ideal 'Christian' world (not that I'm advocating one) Easter would be more important than Christmas, if anything, not less. We, (as in our household) definitely talk more about Jesus at Easter than we do on Christmas Day. Funnily enough I see Christmas Day as being more eclipsed my modern emptiness than Easter, if anything.

One small/medium egg, a bag of sweets and some kind of arts & crafts thing to keep them busy. They usually get an Easter egg from each grandparents too.

My parents only ever gave us one egg each so that’s just normal to me.