Easter has quickly become one of my favorite holidays. Growing up, my mom would make us Easter baskets with lots of fun treats and small gifts, and then my dad would hide them. We would wake up on Easter morning and follow a trail of plastic eggs around the house trying to locate our baskets, which my dad would place somewhere really high and out of reach just to tease us. It was always such a fun memory. Now that I have my own family, it’s been fun to create our own Easter traditions to start with your kids.
Easter is really the first big holiday we celebrate as a family after Christmas, so I love the idea of making it a big deal and starting some Easter traditions now that we’ll cherish as our family grows. Easter is always a fun excuse to get dressed up, eat a yummy brunch, and see family. We also love to get outside for Easter egg hunts, and decorate eggs with the kids. Even if it’s still a little cold, Easter always feels like the moment when we finally turn the corner and spring is here, so everyone just seems happy and ready to celebrate.
Of course, a few years ago, Covid really put a damper on our Easter. Three years ago, it was our first big holiday in quarantine and first Easter with Baby Charlotte, so we had to rethink our Easter traditions and plans. Even though it was hard not to celebrate in our usual way, I liked having the opportunity to think of how we would make Easter at home with just us feel special and it was a nice opportunity to start our own Easter traditions with the kids, which included lots of crafts, planting flowers, and cooking a big Easter brunch with a special french toast and bunny pancakes. Now that we’re able to celebrate again with extended family, I’m looking forward to some of our larger family traditions, like the Easter Egg hunt, family soccer and lacrosse post-meal, and of course, Easter lunch. But I also love holding onto some of the fun Easter traditions we created during quarantine.
If you’re thinking about what you’ll do for Easter this year, whether you’re stuck at home or going to be seeing family, here are some of our favorite Easter traditions to start with your kids.
- Easter baskets waiting for the kids in the morning
- Easter egg hunt
- Dyeing and decorating Easter eggs
- Church on Easter Sunday morning
- Cooking a big Easter brunch as a family with french toast and bunny pancakes
- Getting dressed up and taking family pics (sometimes traumatic but you’re always glad you did)
- Easter Easter lunch/dinner with extended family
- Planting flowers that we can watch grow all spring
- Easter afternoon walk/hike
- Making carrot cake (something we’ll be trying for first time this year)
- Reading Easter books with the kids
- Visiting with the Easter bunny
- Watching Easter movies like Hop and Peter Rabbit
- The Bunny Hop Easter brunch (our club does this but you could always recreate with some neighbors – have someone dress as the easter bunny, set up an egg hunt and some fun easter craft stations like egg painting and serve bagels, mimosas, coffee, etc.)
- Egg spoon race (a great way to keep the kids entertained while waiting for the meal to start)
Comment