Strollerderby : Easter Bunny

What's In Your Easter Basket?

editors — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 13:00:00 GMT

If you will be playing the role of Easter bunny this year, you have no doubt already scored the requisite jellybeans and chocolate eggs. However, if you’re interested in filling up those baskets without putting your children into a sugar-induced mania, check out these ideas for cute, creative (and just plain weird) basket-stuffers. — Lindsay Armstrong

Most Cuddly
Oh my goodness! This is one cute, snuggly little bunny. He reminds me a bit of the Velveteen Rabbit. If bunnies aren’t your thing, don’t worry. They also have a lamb, a duck, a frog, and a pig, all perfect for spring.

Best for Babies
This sweet burp cloth is great for even the littlest Easter baskets! Again, available in a wide range of cute baby animal designs.

Most Useful
After getting kids all wired up on sugar, it’s good to give them a fun, outdoor activity to do. That’s where these come in handy. Cute Easter themed bubble bottles and egg-shaped sidewalk chalk are not too small for little hands.

Most Disturbing
Remember Make-a-Scene stickers? All of the stickers share a common theme and you can build a little picture with them. They’re so fun and cute and not emotionally scarring…except when the sticker theme is “crucifixion and entombment.”

Best Non-Egg Treasure Hunt
Get all of the fun of searching for treasures without the pain of hiding them with this adorable, duck-shaped, I-Spy bag. There is also an easier version for younger children.

Most Blatant Attempt at Making a Non-Easter Item Holiday Friendly
Maybe it’s just me, but I feel like the words “bunny” and “missile” don’t belong together in a single product description. Besides, plastering a smiley face on a Nerf-like football does not a bunny make.

Grossest/Coolest
Ok, ok, so maybe exploding frogs have nothing to do with Easter, but these soaps are just plain fun and guaranteed to get you candy-sticky kid into the tub.

Best Bang for Your Buck
These beautiful, egg-shaped crayons are made from recycled materials, easy for small hands to grasp, and are really works of art in and of themselves. This is one egg that will last you long past Easter.

Best Eggs for Huntin'
These adorable, nature inspired eggs are perfect for an outdoor hunt.

Happy Easter, everyone!

Babble Talk: The Easter Bunny Can House Santa

JeanneSager — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 21:31:00 GMT

Poor Santa. For about four weeks, he gets to play bad cop - so we don't have to. For a month, every time they even think of being the slightest bit naughty, there's that warning "Santa's watching."

Is it any wonder they stop believing?

The little girl in my favorite edition thus far of Kids Say the Cutest Things here on Babble might be switching up her favorite holiday. Let me lay out the evidence:

Mom- you have to eat your peas. Girl- I don't want to. Mom- If you don't eat your peas then Santa won't come. Girl (mutters under her breath)- The easter bunny would never make me do this.

Poor guy's going to get a complex . . . or lose the battle. His cookie fix is starting to make more sense all the time.

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14 Lies Parents Need to Stop Telling Their Kids (Part 1)

Cole Gamble — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 17:00:00 GMT

You have the eat vegetables because big kids eat their vegetables.

If you've ever told your kid they couldn't leave the table until they finish their carrots while you ate ice cream straight from the carton, don't worry. You are not a hypocrite; you're just every other mom or dad in the world.

You are the prettiest girl/most handsome boy in the world

Can't be true. The law of averages makes it mathematically impossible. Are they very handsome and pretty? Sure, why not. But yours can't be the most handsome or pretty. Mine are.

Go to bed or I'll call the police

No wonder kids grow up to become adults with big problems with authority. Personally I never had the cops take me away as a kid (because I went to bed). But when it came time for me to call the cops on my kids, guess what? They didn’t come. CPS did though.

The cat “ran away”

No cat ever runs away, unless you mean running away to kitty heaven. This is a lie you can almost justify in your head because it sounds so close to the truth. “Ran away”…“ran over,” almost the same thing.

Santa, the Easter Bunny and Tooth Fairy

The big three. The Legion of Doom. Yes, these on the face are sweet pillars of youth and magic, but take a moment to examine what you are really telling your child when you pass on their legends:

Santa

Breaks into your house, eats all your food and maybe leaves you some tainted toys from China. And that's if he deems you as “good.” If not he leaves you coal (which with today's fuel prices might not be the worst gift). And how does he know whether you are good or not? He's been watching you. He's always got his eyes on you. You know who else watches you all the time and decides whether you are good or not? Buffalo Bill. If you get a stocking full of skin lotion, I’d move.

Easter Bunny

So there is this bunny. No, not a normal sized bunny. A seven foot tall bunny. A bunny who could dunk on Shaq. Anyway, this is an anthropomorphized bunny. He can talk and stuff, although all he wants to talk about is marshmallow. Not that you'll be able to pay attention to what he's saying, you'll be fixated on those six inch incisors and asking yourself, “what exactly does a giant bunny you have to do with this holiday?”

Tooth Fairy

Oh how these three love breaking and entering. This time a tweaked-out lady wants your teeth. Why does she want your teeth? What is she doing with all those teeth? Making human jewelry? Here's another thing to consider, what happens if TF shows up to a kid's house to find there is no tooth and she made a mistake? She doesn't just toddle off. This lady has gotten a jonesin' for teeth and she needs a fix. That's why she carries around a set of brass knuckles. Sweet dreams, kids.

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Easter: Bunny or Jesus?

Rachael Brownell (Redsy) — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 19:31:00 GMT

Little Easter bonnets and dresses seem overkill for the neighborhood egg hunt, so the thought that maybe we should go to church has flitted across my mind. Not wanting to be a fairweather churchgoer, hitting church for only the big holidays seems a little shallow.

And it shortcuts the bigger question. What do I tell my kids about Easter? Some people (like grandma and grandpa and your Mormon relatives) believe Jesus rose from the dead on this day?

What do you tell yours?

Do you just let the Easter Bunny do all the talking?

10 Easter Basket Ideas for Your Kids

Cole Gamble — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 19:00:00 GMT

Oh how I remember my own sweet childhood Easters. The night before my head was giddy with the anticipation of the sweet riches the next day would bring. Also, I was little lightheaded from the Paws dye fumes. The next day, I tore through that basket engulfing every foil wrapped delight. I'd get so strung out on the sugar that I ran around slapping people's backs and giggling at nothing like my uncle on Christmas after a few Maker's Mark and Sevens.

This is the glory of Easter for a child: the one day a year you can act like a little drunk. Or maybe you should go easy on the sugar this year. Here are 10 great ideas for your kid's Easter Basket...

The full list of items can be found here. All of them can be found at common stores like Target and Joann Fabrics. Lots of good easter stuff, like easter-themed books and even an easter sudoku for that toddler who is so over the New York Times crossword. Think of all the easter-candy-rationing fights you'll avoid with your child. Personally, I wish my parents had maybe reigned in the candy on my Easter binges. Maybe I'd still be able to feel my teeth.

School Terror Drill Irks Christian Parents

Mike Adamick (Cry It Out!) — Mon, 09 Apr 2007 13:33:00 GMT

A rag tag group of right-wing religious fundamentalists stormed a New Jersey school with guns because a girl was expelled for praying before class. At least that's the script of a police drill that is driving Christians crazy in this sacred time of recognizing the Easter Bunny as the holiest of holies.

In a drill designed to improve responses to school hostages crises, police decided to write a script that involves the "New Crusaders" storming the school to seek revenge for the made-up prayer expulsion. Though the word "Christian" wasn't used in the script, some Christians are nonethless put out, arguing the drill amounts of religious intolerance.

My favorite part of the story was this quote from one outraged person:

"This is an unreal scenario, like I said. No child can be expelled for praying in a school since it's legal; therefore, the parents wouldn't have gotten mad, they wouldn't have used guns. If a school district had expelled a girl for praying in class, the parents would have shown up with attorneys, not with pistols."

Forget turning the other cheek. Real Christian parents sue.

Do You Lie to Your Children? (Santa, The Tooth Fairy etc.)

Sarah, Goon Squad Sarah — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 21:40:00 GMT

Okay, maybe asking if you lie to your kids makes it seem a little harsh, but isn't that how it feels when you are telling them about The Tooth Fairy? I felt like such a jerk talking to my two year old twins about Santa Claus this December. In a way I know that I wouldn't have wanted to miss out on believing in Santa Claus or the Easter Bunny, but at the same time once you realize that your parents have lied to you about one thing, what is to stop you from questioning everything they say.

Or is that a good thing?

Why am I worried about that right now? I was over reading Cynical Dad, and Chag wanted to know if we tell our children the truth about Santa and the others? Or just wait until some jerk schoolmate crushes their souls one day? I don't know the right answer. I didn't even know how to answer him in the comments. Maybe I'll just tell my kids from the get go and let them be the jackasses on the bus that ruin it for everybody else.

What do you guys do?