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Can we talk about the Easter Bunny yet?

Do you "do" the Easter Bunny in your house? I am all for Santa Clause, but i can't wrap my mind about doing the Easter Bunny. I remember believing when i was kid and setting traps to try and catch it. Petty sure i am just being lazy not doing it. Lol.
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Re: Can we talk about the Easter Bunny yet?

  • kristen714kristen714 member
    edited March 2014
    I was actually wondering what the logic is behind the Easter Bunny. How do you explain that a rabbit is going to come into your house, hide eggs, and leave you a basket of stuff? My parents always had the Easter Bunny come and we will to, but I just don't understand it. I tried looking for a book to help explain it to DD but I didn't really see much. Eta: autocorrect fail
  • Of course we do it. It is a magical part of childhood to me and I can't imagine not doing it. How will you explain to your child why he doesn't come to your house?
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  • cjcouple said:

    Yup, I don't go crazy and leave footprints and traps but he comes, hides the eggs and leaves a basket.


      
    This is what we do also.
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  • Of course we do it. It is a magical part of childhood to me and I can't imagine not doing it. How will you explain to your child why he doesn't come to your house?

    How did you explain why he comes?


  • Of course we do it. It is a magical part of childhood to me and I can't imagine not doing it. How will you explain to your child why he doesn't come to your house?




    How did you explain why he comes?

    I was thinking the same this. Lol

    I don't understand the Easter Bunny? Why a bunny? Where does he live the rest of he year? Why does a rabbit deliver eggs?

    Also, do you and Dh get baskets or just the kids?
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  • Of course we do it. It is a magical part of childhood to me and I can't imagine not doing it. How will you explain to your child why he doesn't come to your house?

    How did you explain why he comes?

    We'll we start it so young my kids never really asked why, it just is what it is.
  • We have a neighborhood egg roll so we will do that this year. My mom always explained it as the bunny comes to bring 'the gift of spring' it was enough of an explanation for us.
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  • My kids didn't seem to need much explanation.  I don't know why.  I agree with AG that I would have to explain more if the easter bunny didn't come. 

    This is the book we used to talk about Easter.  We also do an egg hunt at church and read some other books about hiding eggs and easter bunnies. 

  • We do the Easter Bunny thing too.  The kids really don't ask many questions about it yet but they just love the baskets and looking for eggs.
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    Of course we do it. It is a magical part of childhood to me and I can't imagine not doing it. How will you explain to your child why he doesn't come to your house?




    How did you explain why he comes?

    It's really not all that complicated.  they don't ask or even care WHY he comes.  lol

    Ds asks 100 questions about Santa. I am still answering questions a few times a week. Where is he, what is he doing? Etc

    I am sure the Easter Bunny will be the same and I don't know the answers. Lol


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  • Of course we do it. It is a magical part of childhood to me and I can't imagine not doing it. How will you explain to your child why he doesn't come to your house?

    How did you explain why he comes?
    I haven't been able to connect the "real" reason for Easter that DD knows and the bunny...so the baskets come from us. Now Santa is totally believable and we have no problem with that. Don't ask me why. 
  • Oh and the baskets came from the Bunny until she told me the Bunny was just a guy dressed up in a {smelly} suit. That was around 4 or 5.
  • Yes we have every year since ds was one. The Easter bunny brings baskets and hides Easter eggs for the kids to find. We have never had the kids question the logistics of why though they were only 3 and 2 last easter.
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  • Heck yes! I can't wait to hide eggs for Z!
  • AKB090609 said:

    We have a neighborhood egg roll so we will do that this year. My mom always explained it as the bunny comes to bring 'the gift of spring' it was enough of an explanation for us.

    The gift of spring reasoning is cute! I might have to steal that!
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  • Okay i figured i wa but being lazy. I will committee to the bunny.

    We never had egg hunts... What is so amazing about them?
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  • Okay i figured i wa but being lazy. I will committee to the bunny. We never had egg hunts... What is so amazing about them?

    It's a pretty easy holiday. We usually get stuff at the dollar store so it's like $25 to fill the baskets and do the eggs. In the eggs last year we did stickers and hippie gummy candies. lol. It takes like five minutes to put out the baskets/hide the eggs.
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  • We do it, but it's not a big deal.  It wasn't growing up either for me; the Easter bunny would hide baskets for us...and that was about it.  I think we probably did the mall ones once or twice but I'm sure it was because we were already there and my sister and I asked to go say hi.  But yea, it was just never a huge thing; we never asked where he came from or wondered anything about him really...  I remember some friends would get big gifts and things for Easter, but we just got candy.

    Last year for DS we got him a basket and I think I put some crackers or something (he was JUST one so I don't think I did any candy), and some cute socks....um....maybe a little toy or two, I don't really remember.  But we'll do the same this year - small stuff.  Oh and the plastic eggs.  OOOOH the eggs!!  I bought a bunch last year for him to play with and he still pulls the box out at least once a week.  He loves taking them apart, putting them back together, and hiding things in them.  It's the little things....haha.
  • The Easter bunny hides eggs and hides their baskets. We also do our town's hunt and our church also puts one on. Here is the book we use to incorporate the bunny.
  • I told Reese yesterday that the Easter Bunny is going to skip our house this year! (Seriously, she already thinks that every day is her birthday, Christmas and Hanukkah!) Even though DH is in charge of the basket, usually I give some hints of what she needs/likes. I have no clue what to even tell him to pick up. I am scared for her birthday in May. There is not one thing I could even think about that could go in the basket for her.
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  • Thanks CJ! Sometimes i need someone to be forceful. :)
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  • Yeah, we'll do the Easter bunny, but the same way we do Santa - with the understanding that it's pretend and just for fun. When she's old enough to start wondering and asking questions we'll explain the truth, but continue with it for fun. 

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  • Hav that is so cute!!
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  • my Easter basket was never hidden. They were always on the table when I woke up on easter sunday.

    It will continue on for my son, Adults don't get one

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  • cjcouple said:
    I told Reese yesterday that the Easter Bunny is going to skip our house this year! (Seriously, she already thinks that every day is her birthday, Christmas and Hanukkah!) Even though DH is in charge of the basket, usually I give some hints of what she needs/likes. I have no clue what to even tell him to pick up. I am scared for her birthday in May. There is not one thing I could even think about that could go in the basket for her.
    What about favorite snacks, travel chalkboard with chalk and an eraser, the Color wonder markers and pages, swirly straws, non slip socks, chapstick. You may ave all of this and you can just tell me to shut-up. But just in case :-)
    We have no lie, seriously enough crayons, markers, etc to open a crayola store/factory. Chapstick though I could definitely pick up. I think I will send DH looking for something. When I told Reese that she has no clue about the Easter Bunny and she goes: "okay mommy." :) 
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  • cjcouple said:



    I told Reese yesterday that the Easter Bunny is going to skip our house this year! (Seriously, she already thinks that every day is her birthday, Christmas and Hanukkah!) Even though DH is in charge of the basket, usually I give some hints of what she needs/likes. I have no clue what to even tell him to pick up. I am scared for her birthday in May. There is not one thing I could even think about that could go in the basket for her.

    What about favorite snacks, travel chalkboard with chalk and an eraser, the Color wonder markers and pages, swirly straws, non slip socks, chapstick. You may ave all of this and you can just tell me to shut-up. But just in case :-)

    We have no lie, seriously enough crayons, markers, etc to open a crayola store/factory. Chapstick though I could definitely pick up. I think I will send DH looking for something. When I told Reese that she has no clue about the Easter Bunny and she goes: "okay mommy." :) 

    What about a chocolate Easter bunny, chapstick, a new shirt and bubbles?

    We always got chocolate and clothes from the Easter bunny. Nothing to big or expensive.
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  • a new swimsuit/shirt and sandles
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