Easter is not a huge deal in our house. I hear about some houses where Easter is almost like Christmas when it comes to gifts. In my house it is smaller scale. We do an egg hunt and then enjoy chocolate for the rest of that day. OK I lie, we usually get 1 gift. Last year he got a game for the kinect and the year before that he got sidewalk chalk.
One thing that is certain though is we always celebrate with Kinder Canada. I seriously LOVE Kinder and love how easy they make it to put together Easter egg hunts for my children.
Easter Basket I received from Kinder Canda as a #KinderMom
That basket right there would take care of our entire Easter egg hunt for Big Brother minus the giant Kinder Surprise egg that I always have waiting at the end of his hunt with whatever his gift is that year.
To make it all even more fun something I had not seen before but received in my basket is the egg painting kit. This I am super excited to get my hands on with the kids and try it out.
I need a little help from YOU my reader though. Two years ago when we started doing egg hunts we drew pictures telling Big Brother where to look to find his next treat. Last year we wrote out clues such as “This is where we keep the cereal” to send him to the cereal drawer. This year he is 5 and I would like to actually let him just find stuff. At the same time we have Little Brother who is 1 and will experience his first Easter egg hunt.
How can I do a hunt in my tiny home that is actually fun for Big Brother but easy for Little Brother? At the same time, what do you do to add some excitement to the egg hunt? I feel so lame just hiding things in cupboards and drawers around the house. Please remember it is still winter here so I can’t do any hiding outside.
Out of curiosity have you liked Kinder Canada on Facebook yet? If you haven’t now is the time to do it. Until March 31st Kinder is donating $1 to the Children’s Miracle Network for every new like they get.
Disclosure: I’m part of the Kinder® Mom program and I receive special perks as part of my affiliation with this group. The opinions on this blog are my own.
That is so cute! My dad used to put money in some! Like random change. I think I was 13 before I figured out the easter bunny didnt give out money.
trisha
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Oh money is a good idea. My oldest loves to count his money and save it up for a big purchase.
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Great post Nolie..We did an Egg Hunt in our home last year and probably will have to do it again for this year. My Son is also 5 and for him, it was just fun to have to run around and figure out where the eggs were hidden. Nothing fancy. And the prize inside made all the difference. I think in your case, maybe put something unique on each egg so that it determines who it is for. That way, the 5 year old can help the youngest also find eggs….*smile
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Oh he would like that too. He LOVES helping his little brother to do things.
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We just hide the eggs all over the house (or yard if it’s warm and we don’t have any snow on the ground) and let the kids have at it. We put some in easy places and some in some more difficult places to find.
Do you put lots out? Are you not worried of them not finding them all and you forgetting where you hid them.
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Our bunny likes to put them in funny places- not necessarily really hard to find, but funny when you discover them, and sometimes they make you wonder how on earth that bunny managed to get an egg there!
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Hmmm kind of like the trouble our elf in the shelf got into. Maybe I will put Tobei in charge this year. He is creative.
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When we were kids our parents our parents would put eggs up higher for my brother and the lower (easier) finds for me to make it fair
You could also make a bunny trail of eggs or candies that lead to something bigger (kinder basket?) 
Either way I’m sure your kids will have fun!
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That would work as long as my 5 year old understands hands off the low ones. I may try that.
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When we were kids our parents our parents would put eggs up higher for my brother and the lower (easier) finds for me to make it fair
You could also make a bunny trail of eggs or candies that lead to something bigger (kinder basket?) 
Either way I’m sure your kids will have fun!
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I know this could across as very limited but I never imagined you could get Kinder in Canada, i thought we just had it in Germany only!
Oh that basket it so so cute!! When my girls were little we just hid the eggs at different heights. It seemed to work out
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Thinking that may work at least for this year. As long as the dog doesn’t beat them to it. But we can keep her safe by having he stay in our room until the coast is clear that morning.
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I really enjoy christian holidays, seems Easter is similar to Xmas in terms of celebrations right? . Too bad am not a christian.
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I hide the treats inside plastic eggs. A few reasons for this– one is to ensure no chocolate eggs slip into the couch and melt. Haha. What about using plastic eggs and assigning each boy a colour? My guys are 3.5 years apart. They have enjoyed going on scavenger hunts where the eldest reads the clues and they jump, skip, hop together to each clue.
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We are considering doing the plastic egg thing. Also helps spread out the treats
Did that our first year we did a hunt for the oldest and put 2 candies in each egg.
Oh next year I could totally do the older reads and they go hunt together.
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Ours are just simple and we usually have dedicated coloured eggs for each kid. My son finds the blue or green eggs, and my daughter finds pink/purple, etc. Something like that so there’s no fighting over who gets what or how many
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That is the route I am thinking of taking. That way too if one finds the colour that isn’t theirs they can give it to the other and make sure everything stays even. And that the oldest doesn’t grab all the ones in obvious spots that are supposed to be his brothers.
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