Easter Eggs

redneckmomma25

Two questions:

1. Are you putting anything in them to hide for your S12er?

2. Are you dying eggs with your s12er? If so, is there an easy not so messy way?

redneckmomma25

I've seen dying eggs using shaving cream. More or less messy?

AlinnJo

We are not putting candy in her eggs. She will have a blast just finding them.I like the idea of putting some change in them though. She is obsessed with putting change in her piggy bank!

 It never occurred to me to dye eggs with her. I have never dyed eggs but maybe it would be something fun to start with LO. I will be checking to see what the best way is to do them!

AKB090609

1)I'm putting cheddar bunnies jelly beans and dog treats in the eggs (DD loves telling the dogs to 'it' so she can give them treats)

2) we only have brown eggs right now so we will not be coloring eggs this year.

watercolor5

Not dying eggs.  I'm filling them w yogurt covered raisins, annie's bunnies, goldfish, pretzels... basically each one will have a handful of toddler snack food so they are each different.

CdnFarmGirl08

I'm going to hide some with some change, some goldfish and some fruit snacks.

I wanted to dye eggs but was too lazy so we didn't. Next year 

tyrannasaurusjess

I filled them with goldfish, change, and two have 4 m&ms each in them. I got a few bigger ones and put new socks and a couple pacifiers in those -- judge away.

I think we are going to attempt to dye eggs, but in going to look into using kool-aid in hopes that it will be a little less messy.

kjskjs

1. Yes, although she'll definitely just be more excited about the "ball" (the egg...anything with that shape she calls a ball)

2. Not this year. I think we'll wait until next year to try and let her dye eggs. I'm going to have her color some egg coloring pages though

Flamingemu

1. Change and goldfish & cheerios in different eggs. She loves putting money in her piggy bank and goldfish are crappy enough, I don't want to give her candy as well (not judging others - do I need a disclaimer)

2. Maybe. I have to go buy white eggs, so if I make it to the store we will. 

bosha711

We are going to a hunt on Saturday & we also hide some eggs in our backyard for Sunday morning. They'll be a few in their baskets, too. I stuff them with stickers, snacks, jelly beans & I got these mini Lindt foil-wrapped Easter chocolates to put inside, too.

We aren't dying eggs. Mainly b/c I've never hard boiled eggs by myself before! LMAO Maybe next year.

MommaP12

Since DS is 5, all the eggs are getting little pieces of candy in them hidden around the house and yard.  I don't think DD will care what's inside if she even finds any.

We are coloring eggs tonight with the good old Paas kits and some newspaper on the table with DD strapped in her booster.    I'm sure I'll IG some of this mess!!

Flamingemu

Sahara78 said:

1. We'll probably put goldfish or cheerios in her eggs. We might hide some hard boiled eggs, too.

2. No, I think she would cry to drink the dye or eat the eggs. I don't think she'd enjoy it!

L will totally try to eat the eggs. I like the shaving cream idea to prevent trying to drink the vinegar & dye, but think that might cause even more to get into her mouth. Seriously? When do they stop trying to eat everything?

redneckmomma25

I bought some snacks and stuff for her eggs. I don't think we will do a hunt at home since Easter is pretty jam packed.

I think I may dye the eggs and let her draw on them or try stickers. I also may make some sugar cookies and let her do sprinkles or something.

LyndseylovesHugh

I'm a boring mom and I am not doing eggs at all. I did a fun basket, but no eggs. I was going to take her to an egg hunt tomorrow but it's supposed to rain so if it is we will not go.

Mom2Mack1

I'll probably put jelly beans, and quarters in their eggs.

 We're planning on coloring eggs. A tip I saw on pinterest or Facebook years ago is to put the egg in a whisk. Then let LO dip the egg into the color. Does that make sense??

It worked well when DD was little.

enjoylife

We are putting change in the eggs for the boys to find.

I bought a no-spill kit last year for the boys and it worked well in keeping them clean. I bought an egg spinner/dyer today from walmart to give them a tiedyed effect this year.

IForgotMyLogIn

He dyed eggs and had 2 hunts already with his nursery school class so we probably won't do anything. We don't really celebrate at home yet.

DianeD1

Yes to both. In the eggs I'm going to put change, animal crackers and a few will have little chocolate eggs(got the small pack for him). I'm excited to dye eggs with him. We did it last year (well, I did, he watched) and he was interested in it. I also saw the whisk idea on Pinterest and was going to try that this year.

Hyaline

1) No.  Easter egg hunts were never big with my family, and though I can see myself getting into it with DD later, I don't think she'd be that interested now.  

2) Hells yes!  I love dyeing Easter eggs.  I'm going to try the whisk trick--egg in a big whisk--for DD to try dyeing a couple.  She's not an "everything in the mouth" kid, though, so that probably factors into the decision.

hmp1

No. Last year I put change in James eggs because he got a piggy bank for Easter. This year they will be empty and we will just keep rehiding as much as they want to play.

If we have time tomorrow, we might paint eggs.

MeatballEsq

This is really late sorry but if you guys haven't dyed eggs with your kids I definitely recommend giving it a try! Connor loved it, and he's not easily impressed. We did it outside in old clothes so we didn't care if he got messy. I just used food coloring, water and a splash of vinegar. He did dip the egg then put it in his mouth, and repeated that several times. That didn't bother me though. None of those ingredients are going to hurt him. He also smashed a couple eggs from dipping them so hard (they were hard boiled but still). I just threw the eggs out after because they were pretty cracked and messed up. No biggie.

I did try the whisk trick (putting the egg in a whisk instead of using his hands). He liked dipping it better.

It was a lot of fun. I'll probably make this a regular activity especially if I have some eggs going bad.

Flamingemu

Opposite of @meatballesq, we did not have a good time dying eggs. L only wanted to smash them and pull the peal off to eat them. She ate 3 hardboiled eggs before they could even get dyed - ha!

I didn't care about the mess, but it was still no fun. I just gave her some plastic eggs and a marker to draw on them instead. That was much more fun for all of us.