Easter is of course one of those holidays with deep religious and spiritual significance. But just like Christmas, it tends to get overshadowed by a fairytale when you have kids. One that we accept and encourage so our kids can believe in magic. In order to give our kids an amazing childhood, we have to find ways to celebrate Easter with your kids. How do you do that?
My house has somehow become the default to host Easter. I don’t mind because I like to make a magical experience for the kids. I’m the creative mind to keep the spirit of the Easter bunny alive. I prep the egg hunt and buy the baskets.
Here’s my thought process to preparing for Easter.
Home Decor
For starters, I like to decorate the house with very simple Dollar Tree decor. Nothing too extravagant and most definitely not at Christmas level. Just some bunnies and colorful trees on mantles and table tops. I’m also the type of person who has a door wreath, dining room table cloth, and centerpiece for almost every season or holiday.
Easter Baskets
I always have a basket for each kid. If possible, personalize each basket for their age and interests. Dollar Tree and Dollar General are amazing for very cheap and general things. Walmart and Five Below are your go to place for licensed characters and good quality items.
For the most part this is what I look for when making the baskets:
- A book or coloring book
- A toy or teddy
- A game and/or bubbles
- Bunny ears or glasses
- A food item (chip, cookies, or mini muffins)
- Candy
Egg Hunt
I have a bin full of Easter goodies that I recycle year over year. Yup, you read that right. I RECYCLE EVERYTHING! No point in buying new eggs and baskets every year. That can get really expensive.
I’ve been using the same 100+ eggs for a few years now. They all go outside or search for hidden eggs if it’s an indoor hunt. They open them, get the candy or toy that’s inside and play for a while. After some time, I gather everything right back up. I don’t want those eggs rolling around my house for weeks on end and how many baskets to gather eggs do these kids really need? So after a while and the hype of hunting for eggs is over, everything goes back in the bin for next year. And if I’m lucky, the little toy that was inside the egg goes right back in too.
Now candy can be controversial. I give them a lollipop or chocolate. And if you must put candy in the eggs, then opt for individually wrapped candy instead of loose candy like jelly beans.
I actually prefer to include a toy, eraser, stamp, sticker or some other type of tchotchke in the eggs. The bags of pre-filled eggs are the best option because the work is already done for you. And the kids don’t eat chocolate for days.
Visit the Easter Bunny?
This is one of the activities that may not have the same meaning as it would for Christmas. The Easter bunny is definitely not Santa Claus. I’m not going to the mall to see the Easter bunny. However, I will attend a town event where there’s a kid in a costume.
I’ve also gone to children museum Easter events. You pay for a few hours of kid activities like crafts, scavenger hunts, while you take in the educational exhibitions they have available. If you’re lucky, the Easter bunny will be part of the entertainment.
If you live in an active town like I do, check out their activity calendar for this time of year. I’m sure you’ll find something fun!
Easter Crafts & Activities
The most popular Easter activity is painting or dying eggs. I’m not really a fan of wasting food for art so the foam dyeable eggs are the best option. However, they take a very long time to take the dye. No one, especially kids, have that kind of patience. So take the “dyeable” part in the product name with a grain of salt. But you can paint them instead. Buy a bunch of craft acrylic paint and let them have fun!!
Stores like Michaels and Dollar Tree have craft kits that bring everything you can possibly need in one package for you. It’s the most convenient, believe me. Keep in mind that the Dollar Tree craft sets that come with more than 1 are horrible. The quality is pretty bad and they don’t come with adhesive. You’ve been warned! But you can buy the individual paints sets.
The important part to all of this is to make precious moments with your kids – big and small. Seeing them run for eggs, recording the videos and taking pictures as you all paint eggs. It’s all for the memory books.
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