Easter eggs

How much do you spend on them & how many do you do per child?

Last yr we were out shopping & DH asked the kids which one they wanted so they could pick there own...cost heaps $$ & then I had to get some for an egg hunt.

This yr DS3 has said he wants a torch from the Easter bunny, I can always get him one for his b'day. I was thinking of mugs as they always come in handy & we did it one yr but not sure they would be excited by that now...There are so many to chooses from & don't want to spend too much or go over board, but there were some cool ones out.

Was thinking 1 egg each & a few to hide. They don't get eggs from anyone else now, the MIL now & then if they come up but not often.

So what are you doing?

Edited by jazzy

We aren't doing easter with DD yet. However Mum always did hunts for us as kids. We had a trail each to follow made from little egges (cuties, marshmellow etc) then at the end we would find a hollow egg. Usually one of the small button ones. We probably got 8-10 little eggs each but that could be me thinking my stash was bigger than it was! I'm guessing now days it would cost her about $15 for each of us.

ETA we will probably spend more but only because DD is dairy intollerent and dairy free chocolate is expensive! If she was able to have normal chocolate I'd have a $10 limit.

Edited by EsmesMum

That's what, five-odd kgs of chocolate, Bowie? Because if I remember right, Max was a big boy! Go you

No chocolate for Jakey, of course. I'll buy myself something in the sales as usual, and we've already had marshmellow eggs last night

ha ha bowie

last yr the eggs cost $30 each child so $90 & they were not big just had toys with them & then the egg hunt eggs as well. So don't want to spend that much this yr.

Does anyone give eggs to teachers at school or kindy?

We haven't got the kids yet but they will get one each. Both sets of grandparents get them one each.

Last year we had an easter egg hunt and had lots of little eggs but in the end most of them got wasted. So this year we are still going to do a hunt but have a few little presents like balls or stickers then the egg at the end.

AandCsmum wrote: I plan on making my own creme eggs this year as well.

mmmm cream eggs...drool

We do a little easter egg hunt where they may get 3-4 small eggs each and then they get 1 bigger hollow egg from DH & I. We spend around $10 per child. They also get eggs/bunnies from other family members so we try not to get too much for them and then we ration all of the chocolate they get over the following weeks!

At some point in history, people combined Easter with a pagan celebration celebrating spring, Bowie (since over the other side of the world it's spring at that time of year). The eggs and bunnies are spring / fertility symbols that are leftover from that. Not that I have any issue with them, although I'm Christian - they don't *mean* anything to me, but I like eating the chocolate versions

7kg of chocolate sounds good Great idea for a photo. I'm not sure what Jacob is now, but I think it's too much for me

I think ours will be a $10 limit. DS is leaving his current school at the end of the term so might get some small easter eggs to give out to his classmates, teacher and teacher aide since he will never see them again.

i sometimes buy the kids one - but this year i am going to make eggs. the urge to make easter eggs came over me the other week and they had some moulds in spotlight.