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What about bulbs? My godmother has been giving us bulbs since we were kids, the are also cheap and symbolise new life. She never had time to help us plant them, but for my nieces and nephews, I would give them the bulbs and arrange to be able to plant them right away, and then you get quality time together, and later in the year they get a gorgeous blossoming of daffs, or hyacinths, or whatever.
This is what MIL does for DD and our nieces and nephews. Great when they are too little to eat chocolate. When older she also adds a small chocolate egg etc.:
Oh I like the bulb idea! So far we've done the egg cup with an egg and soft toy, make and decorate your own egg, chocolate in the shape of something they like, with a toy version, and one year a mixture of painted eggs and chocolate ones.
So really, it's not like we give them heaps anyway. I guess I'm more annoyed that at every holiday MIL seems to try and direct what we'll do/get everyone. I might chat to SIL and see what her thoughts are.
I think what we might do though is a mug, some small eggs in there and bulbs underneath the eggs.
I also feel that Easter eggs should be what kids get for Easter. It's not a present time in my opinion. Last year we were asked by SIL to get presents for their kids (7 and 9), every other year we've given an egg. We ended up going to one of those cheap bookshops and getting them books each that were about the same price as an Easter egg (around $5 each). This year I'll offer to do the same, or an egg. I'm not buying expensive gifts for Easter. I'm happy for DD1 to get chocolate. I don't mind if DD2 doesn't get anything, she'll only be 2 months old.
I think it's silly how Easter seems to hade been turned into another Christmas as far as I'm concerned one egg from a family member is enough or a little rabbit or chick teddy for younger or ones with allergy
We celebrate it as Christians and that is the real reason not to create another reason for businesses to take advantage of us
You know now that I think of it, we only ever did an Easter egg hunt with mum and dad. We'd see all of the family, but we didn't get them anything and they didn't get us anything. Maybe we should go back to that!
Easter = chocolate! (Or those sugar eggs if preferred).
The only people I won't give chocolate to are babies (usually they get one of those stuffed animals with the single egg, which I assume the parents will eat anyway).
I also get my kids a new pair of pjs to go with their eggs.
My mum always gives my kids pj's which I really like as they get overloaded with chocolate from MIL.
Maybe your MIL is saying it so that you look silly not buying chocolate and she looks awesome in the grandkids eyes!
Just a thought...
I'd get them one of those packs with a gift and chocolate egg in it!
But I'm spiteful sometimes...
we actually rather no one else (not even family) get anything for the girls for easter, like a few have mentioned, it is easter not christmas or a birthday. Plus we don't want them loaded up with toooooo much chocolate (although i will prob eat most of them hehehehe)
This year I have got them both a easter book, and a bunny egg and they will also have an easter egg hunt, all of this is from the "Easter Bunny" not mummy and daddy as i feel if mummy and daddy buy them stuff than it takes away the easter bunny a bit and you can tend to go overboard then if that makes sense?!
We are also doing alot of easter craft leading up to it.
I get winter pj and egg:
And I give summer pj and book at xmas
We give and receive chickens ... From the TEAR Catalogue :D
So it's a donation for someone in a developing nation to be gifted three chickens for eggs and breeding, as a sustainable business. It's about $15 and it's the best thing ever.
You can pay by creditcard and print out the "voucher" or if you order in advance, you can get a beautiful colour card detailing the gift. It's just ACE.
:)
My mil does winter pjs for our ds. I really like it.
I remember as a kid someone bought me and my brother ceramic egg cups. His was noddy and mine was big ears. We loved them, so I like that idea too.
What about dyed boiled eggs. My Oma used to give us them. They are still giving eggs but its actually more traditional.
I wouldn't be doing Easter gifts for extended family - to me that's going overboard birthdays and Christmas is enough I think. But if I were going to, it would be eggs only - and something small.
I agree ausgirl, Easter goes a bit far. I spoke to DH again and he said MIL just wants everyone to do gifts. I don't like it. Fine if she wants to, we don't have to do the same.
We do the pj's/slippers/dressing gown thing for our own children only. I usually buy my mum and DH a specific egg I know they love, every year too, and that's it. Plus the kids have an egg hunt on easter day with the mini eggs, and one small bunny egg each. That's it. We have lunch together, but noone gets anyone else anything other than our own immediate families/children.
Yeah the Winter PJ's from Target are a good idea.