Bunny Crafts For Kids (the Cutest Ever) For Easter (2024)

FAQs

How do you answer is the Easter Bunny real? ›

You might tell your child: “Even though there's no actual Easter bunny, the magic of Easter is really about doing all the fun things together with our family and friends, and showing each other we love them by giving chocolate gifts.”

Between his own intellectual development and the presence of siblings, relatives and friends who might accidentally (or not-so-accidentally) spill the beans, he'll likely figure it out on his own by the time he's about 8 or 10 years old.

You will want to print out a copy (we recommend using sturdy cardstock). Next, use scissors to cut out the feet. Then, using either sifted flour or powder, lightly sprinkle the white powder over the template, leaving a set of bunny footprints and repeating until the footprints reach your desired location.

Remind kids it's supposed to be fun.

If some kids are on a mission to foil the bunny's plans, try to bring them back to the point of the season, whether it's to usher in spring, or to build family tradition. “You can explain to them that the Easter bunny isn't real, but it's something fun to believe in," Patel says.

And the first question after that, in the “People also ask” section, is: “Is Santa real or is it your parents?” The top response comes from the motherhood website Her View From Home. “The answer is no. We are not Santa. There is no one, single Santa.

Sometime in the 1600s, the Germans converted the pagan rabbit image into Oschter Haws, a rabbit that was believed to lay a nest of colored eggs as gifts for good children. Since males don't lay eggs, one would surmise the 'Easter Bunny' must then be female.

The Call Easter Bunny Voicemail app lets kids “call” anytime and hear a recorded greeting from the Easter Bunny prompting them to leave a message.

Wigal: When a kid is scared to death of you and the mother throws him on your lap, you're just trying to hold on because you don't want to drop the child. And you're trying to be politically correct. Wigal: Remember, a bunny doesn't talk.

Today, the Easter Bunny is usually depicted as a white rabbit with long ears, often wearing colorful human clothes.

Fill Easter eggs with candies or non-edible treats like small squishies and stickers and hide them around your house. On Easter morning, your kids can open them and enjoy their finds. A scavenger hunt is another Easter activity to try. Create Easter baskets for your kids and hide them somewhere around your house.

What does the Easter Bunny have to do with Jesus? ›

And what do they have to do with the resurrection of Jesus? Well, nothing. Bunnies, eggs, Easter gifts and fluffy, yellow chicks in gardening hats all stem from pagan roots. They were incorporated into the celebration of Easter separately from the Christian tradition of honoring the day Jesus Christ rose from the dead.

Coming-of-age tradition

You might tell your child: “Even though there's no actual Easter bunny, the magic of Easter is really about doing all the fun things together with our family and friends, and showing each other we love them by giving chocolate gifts.”

The idea of an egg-giving hare went to the U.S. in the 18th century. Protestant German immigrants in the Pennsylvania Dutch area told their children about the "Osterhase" (sometimes spelled "Oschter Haws"). Hase means "hare", not rabbit, and in Northwest European folklore the "Easter Bunny" indeed is a hare.

Kids can see exactly when the Easter Bunny is on the way using two Google Maps-enabled Easter Bunny trackers: Track Easter Bunny and track.easterbunny.cc. Track Easter Bunny is available to use online and via an Android and iOS app that parents can download from the Google Play Store and the App Store.

And what do they have to do with the resurrection of Jesus? Well, nothing. Bunnies, eggs, Easter gifts and fluffy, yellow chicks in gardening hats all stem from pagan roots. They were incorporated into the celebration of Easter separately from the Christian tradition of honoring the day Jesus Christ rose from the dead.