The First Easter Egg Hunt

Chances are, your baby went through one Easter unaware or uninvolved of all the fun. However their second Easter is when all the fun begins, and you may have already had some ideas... or questions... about what to do and what not to do for your toddler's first Easter Egg hunt.

I am but a mother myself, preparing to experience Easter 'for the first time' all over again. It's probably more exciting for me than it is for my son... so far... but I want to make sure that, if he is able to maintain this memory... his first Easter egg hunt will be unforgettable for both of us. With an older stepdaughter, I have already decided that the first thing I will do is have two separate Easter egg hunts.

Older children, regardless of age, need to be humored as long as possible. In the case of my stepdaughter, it was apparent she stopped believing in the Easter bunny 3 years ago... so that year we didn't put out any eggs for her thinking she might have outgrown that as well. We were wrong. Although she received the same amount of gifts, only this time all were in her Easter basket... we were quickly reminded that the egg hunt is the 'funnest part'. My point is that your child, whether they are 18 months, 8 years, or 18 years old... all deserve an Easter egg hunt on Easter morning.

However, when you are celebrating Easter with children of separate ages, it is the ages that really make all the difference in how you go about. The first most important thing to consider is do your older children still believe in the Easter bunny?

If they are old enough, they are old enough to understand the need for two separate egg hunts. This makes things easier, as they can both hunt for eggs at the same time (the toddler will quickly copy an older sibling) and older siblings will know which eggs are not theirs to find (the ones in plain sight.) This gives you the chance to think of very creative, challenging places to hide Easter eggs... which can be almost as much fun as finding them!

Multiple children can make a toddlers first Easter egg hunt even more memorable!

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