Easter Bunny - yes or no?
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I do it for my son my partner doesn’t at all he is really boring like that he hates christmas but it’s my favourite time of the year I love seeing my sons face light up when he sees ho ho (Father Christmas) I love the magic and the excitement they are only this small once
We tell our son that the Easter bunny is coming but we only get him 1 egg and 1 toy because I do feel like people go overboard with it all. No harm if you don’t celebrate it though. Each to their own
We look for any Easter egg hunt activities in our area there’s always a huge one held somewhere and we take them on that day. Today he played mini golf, patted the lizards and bunnies, went into a butterfly house, we ate, had some potato’s sticks, and he played on the playground and did a egg hunt w 4 of his friends - 4 of my mum friends came, the kids has a blast. We were there from 12-3.30 as there was a group before and after us at mini golf and we had to wait and take turns so we stood around chatting while we waited for the group in front to finish, all 18 holes lol. Great memories for the kids, great socialising for them and us, a good all day round. And all by the beach too so had nice water views.
I'd agree that people do go overboard, especially like big gifts and stuff but each to their own. We do easter just not the bunny if that makes sense? We get them a couple of little eggs and have always done things like Easter crafts/tuff trays/egg hunts etc but have never said its the "Easter bunny" who brings the eggs, we always tell them who they are from but we were both brought up without the Easter bunny so was just never something that even crossed our minds. It just wasn't until I was listening to other mums talk at the hairdressers the other day that I realised it wasn't something I'd even considered. Which then lead me on to worrying if they are gonna feel like they are missing out? Or are they gonna accidentally ruin it for other kids? If this all makes sense. I guess I'm just wondering what everyone else does these days and I'm probably just overthinking it. I appreciate everyone's comments and sharing what they do x
My little girl was like, look what the Easter Bunny brought and I was like 🤨 Erm he’s not real, they’re from me and daddy 😂🙈🤷🏻♀️ I don’t want them thinking the Easter bunny is real (we never did that growing up), but they get chocolate from us and family. Easter isn’t a big deal for me, it’s mainly for the chocolate 😂😂
We don’t do the Easter bunny or Santa but we celebrate both holidays with family. Ignore what other people do, you do what you want and the way you want to raise your kids. I wouldn’t worry about them ruining it for others either. If other parents choose to lie to their kids, that’s on them. They can’t assume others will lie too and it won’t get ruined at some point. We just try to limit it by reminding our daughter that everyone has different beliefs and celebrates different holidays in different ways
@Isobel it’s not lying though 😂😂 just having a bit of fun.
We ask our daughter if she believes in things and go off that. She doesn’t believe in Santa but does believe the Easter bunny
My Father was genetically part Jewish and my mother was black and native American and spent her childhood in Iran and they both became messianic Christians (Jews that believe in Jesus) anyway there was no bunny or Santa or any of that for me growing up so I don't really tell my kids about it either I still let them go egg hunting and I just tell them it's a Ukrainian spring tradition cuz that's where the egg painting seems to stem from I'm a lot more into history and science than Easter bunnies I don't let my older one steal other kids joy but he knows the Easter bunny is just a fairy tale
Then don’t do it. Parents can do what they want with their kids. Just please make sure your kids don’t ruin it for others as that seriously isn’t fair!