lynn Posted March 30, 2013 Share Posted March 30, 2013 It's hard to find creative hiding places when the kids get older. I thought I hid my son's good last year by hiding his favorite Easter candy in a yahtzee box. He just happened to look in there in his systematic search of the family room and found it in 10min. this year I am hiding it in plain sight in his own bookshelf. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thescrappyhomeschooler Posted March 30, 2013 Share Posted March 30, 2013 I don't hide them until after the kids go to bed. Gotta remember not to hide one where a heat vent is! My poor ds2 had a basket full of melted chocolate a couple of years ago, and never lets us forget it. :laugh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted March 30, 2013 Share Posted March 30, 2013 I'm not making Easter baskets for the kids. Between both sides of the family and church...... Just too much. But I did get the eggs filled for dh's family lunch tomorrow. And I am so proud of myself.... No jelly beans this year. The kids are getting $ (the older ones) and whole wheat chocolate animal cookies. I am tired of the over abundance of sugar at Easter. So, I quit. My sil also said she was putting crackers in the eggs she was bringing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKL Posted March 30, 2013 Share Posted March 30, 2013 This year my kids are on to the Easter Bunny, so I am getting them involved. My current plan is to have each girl hide her sister's basket. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elinor Everywhere Posted March 30, 2013 Share Posted March 30, 2013 We don't hide baskets, so their Easter booty is in plain sight. But I did get the candy bought today, and I'm done and ready which is nice. We go to my mom's and she hides goodies for the kids to find. And by kids, I include my 22yo niece in that count. ;-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarbecueMom Posted March 30, 2013 Share Posted March 30, 2013 My mom does their baskets so we don't have to hide them. Good thing too, because we got hit with a nasty virus, and the egg coloring, hunting, and family dinner have all been canceled. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ameena Posted March 30, 2013 Share Posted March 30, 2013 don't even have the basket made. Discovered that it's impossible with my little one and being a single parent, to shop for holiday items. So tonight I'll scavenge the house looking for stuff lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenny in Florida Posted March 30, 2013 Share Posted March 30, 2013 My kids are teens, and we never "did" the Easter bunny except in a wink-wink, nudge-nudge kind of way, meaning baskets don't get hidden. Our usual tradition is that one of the parents hangs behind a bit on the way out the door to church and sets out the baskets on the dining table or coffee table or some place in which they are easily visible when we walk back through the door later. However, this year my daughter is working on Easter morning. And I've more or less quit going to church, anyway. So, I'm unsure what we'll do. My daughter isn't off work until 4:30. And my son is having a friend or two over after church, because they haven't had a chance to just hang out in a few weeks. But he needs to get his basket before I leave to collect his sister at work, because his big item is a pair of tickets to a comedy magic show tomorrow evening, and the show starts at 6:00. I have an assortment of edibles for the two of them and the tickets for him. My husband and I are still trying to come up with a gift-y item for our daughter. If all else fails, we'll fall back on an iTunes card, but I'm still hoping for more inspiration. In any case, I'll assemble baskets this evening once everyone is out of the way,. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wabi Sabi Posted March 30, 2013 Share Posted March 30, 2013 I've never heard of people hiding Easter baskets! We'll hide eggs in the yard for the kids to find, yes, but hiding the actual basket? That's a new one for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom in High Heels Posted March 30, 2013 Share Posted March 30, 2013 We don't "hide" the basket, but do put it somewhere in the house and make a jelly bean trail to it. My parents did it for me and Indy loves it. Mostly because he eats the jelly bean trail a he goes. I did too as a kid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmmetler Posted March 30, 2013 Share Posted March 30, 2013 DD's eggs have legos in them, and her basket has books, goldfish crackers, and fruit. Good thing, too-we went to a hunt today that normally sees several thousand kids-and had maybe 200. DD came home with 153 eggs-and probably could have had more except her bag was getting heavy (she was using one of my grocery bags-she's learned that her basket tends to tip when you run and the eggs fall out). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giraffe Posted March 30, 2013 Share Posted March 30, 2013 Made, hid. But I will put it out in the morning front and center. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LucyStoner Posted March 30, 2013 Share Posted March 30, 2013 Made and hid? I need to get over to the store and buy candy still. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TravelingChris Posted March 30, 2013 Share Posted March 30, 2013 WE never hid the basket since it had nothing in it. It was used to find the Easter Eggs, which did have stuff in them. Not doing that anymore but I did just buy some candy for my youngest this afternoon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clear Creek Posted March 30, 2013 Share Posted March 30, 2013 I sent my husband to the store to buy Easter candy for the kids' Easter baskets. He brought back Snickers. No chocolate bunnies, no cadbury eggs, nothing like that...just a bag of fun size snickers. So I guess we aren't doing baskets this year! :tongue_smilie: Makes me wonder if something is actually going on with him, because Easter baskets are his tradition, and he usually goes all-out for the kids. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickenpatty Posted March 30, 2013 Share Posted March 30, 2013 My older girls and I have made a photo scavenger hunt for the younger kids. Each clue leads to one word of John 3:16. When they've found all the words and unscramble them to figure out the verse, they get to divy up a basket of candy. (I'm doing this instead of an egg hunt - hoping it will be more of a team effort.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MomtoCandJ Posted March 31, 2013 Share Posted March 31, 2013 Basket and most of the eggs done, waiting to see the weather to decide where to hide Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MomtoCandJ Posted March 31, 2013 Share Posted March 31, 2013 Basket and most of the eggs done, waiting to see the weather to decide where to hide Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GSOchristie Posted March 31, 2013 Share Posted March 31, 2013 We did a new thing this year where we collected rocks to represent the stoney state of our sinful hearts and put the rocks in the basket. They covered the baskets with red cloth tonight to represent Jesus blood. So now I have to go dump out the rocks and replace them with gifts, which I did go buy today :). My mil, who always goes overboard on everything, sent them huge baskets already wrapped in cellophane. So they will get two baskets in the morning. I still have to put the stuff in the eggs and hide them in the yard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giraffe Posted March 31, 2013 Share Posted March 31, 2013 Basket (two cute Spring-themed fabric pouches, actually) out on a chair, glass egg shaped ornaments hid throughout the living room. Sometimes you just do what you can: high rise apartment, Muslim country, no egg dyeing kits or plastic eggs. I was ecstatic to find the egg ornaments! And a stuffed bunny (she gets a bunny every year). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wabi Sabi Posted March 31, 2013 Share Posted March 31, 2013 Basket (two cute Spring-themed fabric pouches, actually) out on a chair, glass egg shaped ornaments hid throughout the living room. Sometimes you just do what you can: high rise apartment, Muslim country, no egg dyeing kits or plastic eggs. I was ecstatic to find the egg ornaments! And a stuffed bunny (she gets a bunny every year). FWIW, if it helps at all, you don't need an egg dying kit. I've always just used hot water, vinegar and regular food coloring. Works great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remudamom Posted March 31, 2013 Share Posted March 31, 2013 I bought mine at home big chocolate bunnies. I'll just put them on their pillows tonight or tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sewingmama Posted March 31, 2013 Share Posted March 31, 2013 Baskets done and kids have already got them LOL. It's already Easter morning here. Now I'm sitting in church reading the WTM forums on the iPad. Yeah I know I'm naughty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnTheBrink Posted March 31, 2013 Share Posted March 31, 2013 My dc are 15 and 25. We don't do baskets anymore. I did get each a bag of candy. Dd wheedled hers out of me tonight, and DS will get his tomorrow when he comes over for dinner. Part of me is sad that they're past the age to enjoy baskets and dying eggs, but part of me is glad I don't have to deal with the mess! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmeblue Posted March 31, 2013 Share Posted March 31, 2013 Our tradition is that the kids each have a basket with special goodies (something edible plus a small gift), just on the table in plain sight. And then the eggs that got dyed are hidden in a separate basket that they work together to find. Except this year, I just had knee surgery, so there are no dyed eggs, but I think DH is going to hide the basket with some plastic ones. Everything has been purchased, but it's not yet assembled - he'll do that in a bit once they're in bed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flowing Brook Posted March 31, 2013 Share Posted March 31, 2013 Baskets done and kids have already got them LOL. It's already Easter morning here. Now I'm sitting in church reading the WTM forums on the iPad. Yeah I know I'm naughty. :ohmy: reading the wtm forum while in church!! That's got to be a first. Naughty naughty :sneaky2: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twoxcell Posted March 31, 2013 Share Posted March 31, 2013 My dh and I will fill the baskets tonight when they are in bed. We haven't ever hid them before. Maybe we should. :cool: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4kidlets4me Posted March 31, 2013 Share Posted March 31, 2013 I bought the candy. Then left it in the car and it got warm today. So we'll see if I have a melted mess when I pull it out tonight. We hide the eggs not the basket. One year we tied string to each kids bed and wove it around the house. The kids spent hours unwinding the string to get to their basket. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mom2scouts Posted March 31, 2013 Share Posted March 31, 2013 We don't hide the baskets. We just leave them sitting out and the Easter Bunny fills them with candy and hides eggs around the house. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris in VA Posted March 31, 2013 Share Posted March 31, 2013 Only one for Easter this year--I sent the boys dollar store, handle-less baskets full of candy thru the mail. I'm terrible at hiding the basket! It's just behind the door of the dining room--can anyone think of a good place? I need a clue, too, to give, as she only has a few minutes to look. Dh comes home from the earliest service for 15 minutes at 7am so the kid(s) can get their baskets before church. He's at the church at 4:30am to receive the Pascal light from the cathedral. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tex-bex Posted March 31, 2013 Share Posted March 31, 2013 Plastic eggs filled with Lego bricks hidden, and baskets assembled and just on the floor. I've never heard of hiding the baskets! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catz Posted March 31, 2013 Share Posted March 31, 2013 Ugh, done! Finally. ANd I have to get up in 6 hours to bake bread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jilly Posted March 31, 2013 Share Posted March 31, 2013 Baskets are ready, but I still have to hide them. The kids expect a challenge, so I have to think of where to hide them. If it is too easy they get upset. I think their favorite part of Easter is the challenge of finding their basket. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MomtoCandJ Posted March 31, 2013 Share Posted March 31, 2013 Baskets (yes she has two, one with spring/summer toys and one with candy) are hid and the plastic eggs. The hard boiled will be put out when we get up. Dd got a stuffed bunny from dh's aunt in the mail a few days ago so I made the bunny look like it was hiding eggs then time was up so the bunny turned back into a toy with an egg in its hand :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKL Posted March 31, 2013 Share Posted March 31, 2013 Well, planning is everything. This is the first year I let the kids help with the baskets. Together we picked out the candy and loaded the baskets and then each kid hid the other's basket just before bed. We also colored the eggs together like we do every year. Problem is, I bought a "surprise" to drop into the baskets. And one of my kids hid her sister's basket in their bedroom closet. So I'm not sure how I'll work it with the surprise or the name eggs. Hmm. I also need to get up early to hide the other eggs around the house. I would rather sleep in! We were all up way past midnight so I don't know when the girls will wake up. I will probably just hide the eggs after church. Bah! I don't feel like I did Easter well this year at all. I have been so sick that it was hard to get into it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaffodilDreams Posted March 31, 2013 Share Posted March 31, 2013 We don't hide baskets. They're treated somewhat like Christmas stockings. We leave them out ready to be filled. I just snuck back upstairs from filling them. I tag team with dh. I stay up late to fill baskets. He wakes up early to hide eggs. I imagine holiday eves won't be as exhausting once dd figures things out? Happy Easter! : ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom in High Heels Posted March 31, 2013 Share Posted March 31, 2013 It's already morning here and the jelly bean trail to the baskets has been long eaten. I'm afraid more jelly beans went in my mouth though than in the plastic eggs or the trail. Blah. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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