Easter Eggs - What do YOU buy?

[Mum2Romone]

I went Easter egg shopping today and was suprised there wasnt much out there....

Last year we did our own easter egg hunt with the little solid eggs all around the house and DS got a big bunny and a few of the hollow cadbury eggs that were for Mum and Dad

This year i dont know what to buy, it might be pregnancy brain, but what do you think is appropraite for a two year old ( 2 1/2)

What is your family doing?

How elsedo you celebrate Easter in you house?

[Jennifer13]

We don't buy Nestle eggs, for one thing.

We do an Easter egg hunt, with the small chocolate eggs. Heavens knows we are usually given enough others to last the rest of the year! We go to our church Easter service too. But the Easter bunny is a definite fixture.

Apart from that, nothing really. Unless you count the Easter Show, which is not really on Easter Sunday here though. DD did get a few stuffed toys at Easter time when she was younger from other relatives, but nothing more from us.

[Shanti]

I think all those packaged easter eggs etc are soooo expensive! You pay for the packaging and once you open the box there isnt much in there thats actually edible!!

Mum has bought DD(2.2yrs) a small bag of cadbury creme mini eggs so weve decided thats all she needs. I think next year when she's three we will do an easter egg hunt

[boomba]

Mmm easter eggs! Its the only time I love chocolate

We do an easter egg hunt so we buy solid eggs and the bigger ones in the plastic carton. And then I usually buy the kids a bunny each...my fav is the crunchie bunny yummmo! they are expensive but its once a year....mmmm solid easter eggs *drool*

OT but I finally had a creme egg and to be honest it did not rock my boat...everyone goes on about them...but it did not live up to the hype

[Shanti]

Mmm easter eggs! Its the only time I love chocolate



OT but I finally had a creme
egg and to be honest it did not rock my boat...everyone goes on about them...but it did not live up to the hype

Really?? I think they are devine!!! Mmmmm!!!

[Tinks]

I always buy my kids a Red Tulip Elegant Rabbit and a Humpty Dumpty then we have an easter egg hunt and divvy up the eggs between the 3 of them.

[Shanti]

Another reason why im not buying those packaged easter treats this year (ones in boxes and hardly much inside!!) is the impact it has on our environment!! All that waste but each to their own. Im being more eco sustainable this year

[Tinks]

we use the boxes to light our fire.

[boomba]

Another reason why im not buying those packaged easter treats this year (ones in boxes and hardly much inside!!) is the impact it has on our environment!! All that waste but each to their own. Im being more eco sustainable this year

Good point...we are very conscious about the environment so we will be reusing all of our boxes etc for crafts Same with the wrappers

[mel_cur]

Last year I painted a bunch of hard-boiled eggs for DD to do the hunt and just gave her a lindt dark choc bunny. She didn't like it so DH got it lol.

This year I am thinking the same hunt-wise and tehn maybe a smartie egg as she loves smarties...

[Kazbah]

From Spotlight I bought an Easter Banner craft project for $2.50 which we'll work on over the next couple of weeks, one letter a day. We also do coloured hard-boiled eggs in a basket on the table and if can be bothered, I'll do an easter egg tree with egg shells. Easter morning is boiled eggs, I like to get him a chocolate bilby and an elegant rabbit (although can't find them this year?) and an egg-cup with egg-warmer. I did do an easter-egg hunt with paw prints last year which he loved, and "egg droppings" of the hard eggs. It's his birthday on the Easter Tuesday this year, which is a bit of a bummer.

[~Kim~]

We have a hunt, so we have two different patterned eggs so there's no fighting - they find what they can and the "Easter Bunny" makes them magically and evenly appear in the right bags.
They get a couple of the over commercialised egg packages cos I love them (this year they are getting metal lunch tins because they both love hoarding treasures, mugs with an egg, so they have their own tea cups) and then a couple of small pressies and a book.
DH and I spend $10 on each other.

[boomba]

Ooooh I forgot we always give a bilby too! And the Egg cup is always a winner

[misty]

My kids always get a bunny (usually one of those cheap 88c ones from Big W - because I don't eat that crappy chocolate and won't be tempted), and then we buy a packet of small solid eggs (cadbury - yummmy) and one small/medium sized hollow egg. All my kids get the exact same regardless of age, because the older ones notice if anything is different. But at such young ages, just because they get them, doesn't mean they are the ones to eat them. It is way too much chocolate - but mummy and daddy help them eat the smaller ones.

[~Kim~]

lol same here Misty....it's the excitement of the find and is soon forgotten but many policemen have been grateful over the years.

[Mum2Romone]

well I bought DS two bunnies.... one blue and one to match dads bunny , I bought dh a bunny and a cherry ripe medium /large egg and one for myself too

and a heap of cadbury creme eggs and caramello ones and i will buy a giant pack of solid eggs but $8 seemed a bit much to me lol

My bunnies were only $2 ea and are red tulip ( is that ok?) and my cherry ripe eggs were a bargain $1.80 each ! Oh and creme eggs 79c ( So i went nuts..half price ... drool....)

The problem now ive already eaten two creme eggs.... in ten minutes....

I dont know exactly how to do these dyed boiiled eggs but ill give that a go too and use them in the hunt as well as solid eggs
i might try finda easter book....
I bought ds a blue set of bunny ears too ( love my photos) and a new set of textas....

[~Jayne~]

We fly into Aus on Good Friday & are at a wedding all day long on the Saturday & then of course the Sunday is Easter so I just got my parents to go & buy 25 x Elegant rabbits. My kids will get one each & then the rest are for friends/family/MEEE!!. lol

I used to always buy my 2 a pair of pj's, slippers & some eggs for Easter when we lived in Aus. I just can't fathom them being so young & getting soooooooooooo much chocolate from everybody else, so I always went the pj's & slippers avenue. I might still do that this year, but will buy them here & take them to Aus for Easter Sunday.

My parents are very excited to have my girls wake up at their place on Easter morning, I'm pretty sure they have organise eggs for a treasure hunt.

[~ Zarava Flutterby ~]

Last year we did an easter egg hunt and then she got a couple of eggs and a book.

This year will be an easter egg hunt (also with dairy free for DD2), prob a bunny each and a couple of SMALL eggs, then we are thinking of getting her a cheapo kids digital camera so she stops stealing mine and also as a reward for giving up her dummy
DD2 will get PJ's or something of equal value.