Shameless seasonal repost by reader request.
When
your children are small, Easter is easy. Chocolate bunnies, dyed eggs,
and plastic grass that keeps appearing under the couch for months
afterward has a classic charm that we all love and treasure, wrapped in
magic, myth, and the rebirth of the world. It's still a family holiday
with great traditions as your children get older, but it calms down as
the years pass.
Wanna keep your kids gleefully hunting for plastic eggs long after you've broken the truth about the
rabbit to them?
Copy/paste the Following list of fillers, give them a fancy font, print them out, and then cut them into
strips. Fill plastic eggs and hide them.
Once
all the eggs have been found, sit down and open them one at a time,
announcing what you have. Notice there's a few funny ones, as well as
"Swap" ones to keep it lively. Add or subtract as you wish, lower or
raise the monetary amounts, and come up with a few of your own.
We
howl with laughter doing this, and then the children tuck their prizes
in their wallets and produce them for redemption throughout the year.
It's been a good way for the Teen Minions to ask for private time with a
parent without having to explain why they need to talk too. Oddly, the
cat poop one has not been handed in.
An 18 year old who shyly asks, "So, we're still doing the egg hunt this year, right?"
Priceless.
Get out of one chore free, your choice
Get out of one chore free, your choice
Get out of one chore free, your choice
Get out of one chore free, your choice
$10 at Gamestop
$5 at Gamestop
1 hour on the computer
1 hour on the computer
1 hour on the computer
1 hour on the computer
1 hour on the computer
1 hour on the computer
$1
$1
$1
$1
$1
$5
$5
$5
$5
Trade one egg of your choice with a sibling
Trade one egg of your choice with a sibling
Trade one egg of your choice with a sibling
Trade one egg of your choice with a sibling
Trade one egg of your choice with a sibling
Trade one egg of your choice with a sibling
$5 at Target
$5 at Target
$5 at Target
$5 at Target
$5 at Target
$5 at Target
Date with Mom
Date with Mom
Date with Mom
Date with Mom
Date with Dad
Date with Dad
Date with Dad
Date with Dad
Smoothies!
You pick what dessert to make
Free T shirt of your choice!
You plan the day for the family (advanced notice required)
One Family Game Night, your choice
One Family Movie Night, your choice
Download 1 song
Download 1 song
Download 1 song
1 custom ring tone
1 custom ring tone
1 custom ring tone
$5 at Target
$5 at Target
$5 at Target
$5 at Target
$5 at Target
Trip to the Pediatrician!
One Ziploc Bag of Fresh Cat Poop
Strap a Used Sock to Your Face
Put Marbles in Your Underwear
Kiss the Dog on the Lips
Trade one egg of your choice with a sibling
Trade one egg of your choice with a sibling
Trade one egg of your choice with a sibling
Trade one egg of your choice with a sibling
Trade one egg of your choice with a sibling
Trade one egg of your choice with a sibling
Now have a little fun, and keep childhood alive.
4 comments:
I love eet. You are an amazingly creative parent. Love the "baby" pics of the kids (my first time reading this post).
That's so cool! Shoot, these would work well for my boys, and they're not even teens yet! (Of course, can't use it yet- we've still got at least one of 'em snowed...)Thanks!
You constantly make me wish I had grown up in your home!
I am going to have to do this this year! I have to teens myself, three teen nephews are coming over and three teen friends with families that don't celebrate Easter coming for dinner too.
I used to do egg hunts with the kids and their cousins when they were little after dinner, but kind of stopped when they hit middle school. Now with 8 high schoolers coming for dinner this year, going to surprise them all with an old-fashioned egg hunt this year.
These ideas will help fill in the ones just stuffed with candy and jelly beans. Thanks for the great idea! Going to have to do a blog posting about it now too. Will totally give you credit!!!
Thanks
Michelle @ www.grandmaagnesattic.blogspot.com
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