Easter By a "Super Hero"

I am (besides a working mother, wife, and writer) a supreme super hero fighting the hype over “things” for kids. Often times less is more, holidays included. If you were to give a child a choice between the “ultimate” pre-packaged Easter Basket or making Easter Eggs with Mom and Dad, the time spent together would win hands down nine times out of ten. I don’t believe in keeping “basic necessities” from kids, but at the same time I refuse to go into hock so they can have a “nice time."

Keeping in mind my super secret identity, here are some ideas to make your Easter affordable and fun for the whole family (Dad included!). Many people, Christians in particular, are divided about whether or not it’s healthy to tell your kids there is such a thing as an Easter Bunny or Santa Claus. I think life becomes too hard too quickly to not allow your child to believe in wonder filled things, while at the same time teaching them the wonderful things about God. It’s a balance easily attained.

Activities:

If you are fortunate or unfortunate enough to have snow, you can make “bunny tracks” in your yard using a dish soap bottle or anything with a similar type “squirt” lid. Mix water and food coloring to the color of your choice. Orange or Yellow are not easily seen so they probably should be avoided. You can make the footprints as large or small as you like, but keep in mind the tracks of a seven foot rabbit will be hard to top the following year !

Easter Eggs - Who could live without the two dozen hard boiled eggs? Luckily, I like egg salad a good bit. However, it is not necessary to purchase expensive kits to make your Easter Eggs. Please find below some websites with recipes for making Easter egg dye the old fashioned way !

http://www.usacitylink.com/easter/dye.ht...

http://www.nwc.net.au/members/denyse/eas...

To candy or not to candy?

Shoot me and say I am no fun, but I could never see the sense in buying a tremendous amount of candy just because it was a holiday. I think it’s okay to say no to candy or yes to some candy. A staple in our house for Easter is the marshmallow peeps. We also buy jelly beans. Sometimes we do the chocolate bunnies or crosses but not every year.

A great substitute is to fill the plastic hollow eggs with “goodies” for kids and hide them. In our house, with four kids, we purchase two or three packs of eggs and assign each child one color. You can do this however you like, or

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