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Ultimate Easter Hunts

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Are you feeling exasperated with all the sugar that surrounds Easter?  It's hard enough to make a vegan Easter, but to make it a healthier event is, no pun intended, "the icing on the cake".  

My favorite part of Easter has always been the egg hunt.  I grew up battling it out with my sister to no avail. There was a serious competition.  Well, at least, I THOUGHT there was a competition.  Out of all the years we hunted eggs, I won only once.  And I completely cheated.  I would follow my big sister around the house and watch her find the egg.  I would then push her out of the way and run to snag the egg.  And I still lost. It's as if my sister trained all year to win.  When in reality, I was the smack talker and cheater and egg hunting just simply came naturally to her.   I'm not a hugely competitive person, but I was ready to stop at nothing to see more eggs in my basket then her.  Can you tell I'm still wanting to win?  

Ok, lesson I learned.  Cheating doesn't work, so it's really not worth the karma.  I love the idea though of carrying on the tradition of a fun egg hunt for my children.  Now as a parent, I truly relish in seeing my kids joy as they find an egg. Even more fun now is seeing them help each other find eggs and show each other their prizes as the break open each plastic egg.  It's like one great big "show and tell".  I can learn a thing or two about compassion from my children!  

Instead of dying chicken eggs (which, by the way, why does a bunny bring chicken eggs??),  we buy extra large plastic eggs and fill with fun prizes. Thank you dollar store and fill it with no sugar and fun toys. If you are looking to mix it up this year and hold an ultimate Easter egg hunt, look no further.  I've compiled an awesome list of fun and different egg hunts for the young toddler that includes toy cars theme, to a Minecraft themed hunt for older kids,  to teens can do a glow in the dark hunt at night!
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Enjoy an Easter that is kid friendly, low sugar, and vegan? Yes, it’s possible!

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Enjoy an Easter that is kid friendly, low-sugar, and vegan? Yes, it’s possible!  We do an egg hunt with plastic eggs and we fill them with non-candy items.  Some of their favorites in the past have been tattoos, stickers, glow in the dark bracelets, money, fun erasers, finger puppets, etc.  The easiest way to find inexpensive items are to check out your local dollar store or Target $1 bins!  We love to celebrate Easter with fun crafts also – anything spring related!  My favorite with the kids is to paint their feet and stamp them into cute bunny ears.  However, this is not as easy as it sounds.  For easy, I’d stick with making fun bunny ear hats with construction paper.   We love to cook a large brunch with pancakes always topping the kids list of favs.  An easy way to cut down on sugar?  Puree berries as a dipping sauce for the waffles instead of butter and syrup.  It’s always a hit!  Happy Easter everyone! Don't forget to follow me on Pinterest for more fun boards!
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    Hi, I'm Erika- Creator of Fresh Start Families, Ask Erika and Mommy of three taste testers!
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