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Read MoreI don't know about your kids, but after Valentine's Day, Christmas and Halloween, mine are beginning to think they get candy every single day. (We try to ration it out. And then it lasts forever.)
So, here we are, staring at Easter already and …. more candy. I am on a mission to hunt down alternatives which I can suggest to the Easter bunny this year.
I still feel the need to have a chocolate bunny and some jelly beans for the kids. I am a fan of everything in moderation. I don't want to keep it all from my kids because I think they should learn some self-restraint. How can you learn that if you never have the opportunity to practice? They also can figure out some basic budgeting skills (and bartering) with their little stash of goodies.
Be careful considering the options that your Bunny provides, some items may be more trouble than they are worth.
Hopefully, this Bunny will get creative and hide the eggs with some type of scavenger-hunt-type theme. Or maybe they could concoct some type of obstacle the kids could have to overcome to get to those eggs—maybe make them do something active in order to earn the prize. It may happen. If that ole Bunny gets organized.
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Original post date: April 2014. Revised January 2023.
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