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 ?

5 or 6 easter eggs is more than "a bit of chocolate"

1 egg and an egg hunt with some wrapped small eggs of some sort. That is absolutely plenty for us. And they'll get some eggs from family no doubt

My eldest (10) isn't very fond of chocolate, but my younger one (4) is. So I "make it fair" and get them each a couple, and then I eat most of hers. It's great.

I've done pyjamas at Easter when DS was younger as it's good timing for the change of seasons.

This year I’ve bought much more than previous years. 1 Easter egg for 5 yr old and chocolate bar for the toddler, some eggs for an Easter egg hunt for 5 yr old and DH to share, a couple of Easter themed booked and a small toy each - soft bunny for less then £2 from home bargains for the toddler and a Lego Easter bunny for the 5 year old.

Sometimes 1. Sometimes none. Sometimes normal chocolate because it's cheaper than an egg. We've never really done Easter as a thing though.

It's not really a fit of the vapours it just genuinely seems strange. I'm not upset by any amount of chocolate - what does it make a difference if they get 6 eggs in total from family (but only 1 from parents) vs 3/6 from the parents? None at all. But it just seems unusual - it's not my experience! (To me) It would be like getting your child multiple birthday cakes. Not wrong, just unusual.

I also had never heard of easter presents until hearing about it online.

I’ve only ever got mine one. They usually met multiple others from family/friends though.

One. I used to get a book or Easter craft activity but it’s not really something that we celebrate.

A family member once gave my dc an Easter tree which was a twig sprayed white with little Easter gifts (wooden eggs, chicks, toy lambs etc) hanging from it’s branches. It was beautiful and a really sweet but definitely a one off gift.

One medium egg. Ex will also get DS an egg, so two.

He generally doesn't eat the second one, just forgets about it, so I use it in a cake or pudding sometime in May.

I egg each and an egg hunt in the garden with mini eggs.

If they are lucky the get one from grandparents/other relatives too.

3 from parents is excessive IMO

I get her one. I've never heard of anyone buying a kid more than one boxed egg!

One Egg , then another little present.

Start as you mean to go on - don’t set yourself up to have to engage in ridiculous excessive consumption just for the sake of it.

Get her one reasonably sized egg for her age - not too big - maybe do a little egg hunt in the garden or round the house as well with some mini eggs, and do an Easter activity with her.

My girls always had one Easter egg, then when I and their father got divorced they used to get one each from him too. That’s all.

Mine have one decent sized egg each from us and an Easter egg hunt so lots of different mini-eggs. They usually get some chocolate from Grandparents as well, and when they were little from aunties and uncles. We do usually get them a small gift as well to avoid choc OD. When they were younger it was always a book. These days cash is more appreciated (although even the 15yo still wanted an egg hunt last year)

No wonder we have an obesity and diabetes problem in the UK, including in our children.

One large - not giant - egg each and a shared pack of wrapped little eggs for the family hunt. Perhaps something small to share like a Cadbury Creme Egg each or packet of Mini Eggs. We share hot cross buns, simnel cake and possibly chocolate nests over the Easter 2 week holidays. We like and celebrate Easter and chocolate but wouldn't buy more than one egg per DC each, (even without any extra gifts from extended family or friends).

It may be a cultural thing. I come from a large Catholic family and did very well at Easter as a child! Only chocolate though, not the other gifts. I see the Easter boxes now and think they look quite cute although I haven't got my own kids one. They usually have about 10 small eggs (mix of creme/ galaxy/ Lindt type and the cheap hollow ones) and some painted hard boiled eggs for a hunt in the park.

My ds doesn't have any Grandparents to buy for him - my parents are both dead, and in laws live the other side of the world and are not really in our lives anyway.

We buy ds two eggs.

Have confidence in your own decision making!

If you are strapped for cash the last thing you need to be doing is spending money on masses of packaging and unhealthy stuff, when your dd will already get plenty.

I never bought ore than 1 per child - never occurred to me to do so. And we have never done presents at Easter either.

You can do lots of lovely things instead - make Easter cakes with her - chocolate Krispy nests with a mini egg in each. Dye real eggs for breakfast. Plant bulbs. Make an Easter bonnet out of craft scraps.

You are in charge, you run your budget, and as a Mum you can make Easter special in different ways.

One big one and little ones from egg hunt in the garden. Keeps them going for weeks!

Bloody three? Why? Just one suffices in my word.

We're still working through Christmas chocolates so I've just bought some small eggs to do a hunt in the garden. Have also got some little chicks and bunnies to hide too and an Easter craft kit.

The Easter bunny leaves small eggs (cupcake cases with about 3 mini eggs, creme eggs etc) all over the garden and one medium egg per child. They search and find them all, then we sit and make sure they've all got a similar number. They don't get any others from us, though my mum and MIL normally bring one for each child round at some point.

Mine get loads! A big one each from grandma, a couple of big ones each from us, last year they were given one each from their childminder (but lockdown and redundancy means we don't use her any more), a medium sized one each from next door and a big pack of small, chicken egg sized ones from us for the egg hunt.

I don't limit how many they get, I don't send them back or give them away and I don't chelp on at people kind enough to spend their money on my dc and I don't ration them. My dc have 1 (or 2 small ones) a day and when they're gone, they're gone. They're really good at regulating their own intake now.

A small one and medium one each