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Surprise Your Kids With These 7 Easter Bunny Shenanigans

Planting jellybeans, bunny poop, pickles hidden in eggs, and much more!

By Charlotte Linde, Macaroni KID Cedar Rapids publisher | Co-edited by Courtney Jennings, MacaroniKID Acadia publisher March 28, 2022

Who are my holiday friends? You probably have your holiday friends too — in the form of a leprechaun, Santa, Frosty, the elf, Cupid, and the Easter Bunny!

Holiday fun is magical for the littles and you can bet they will love these fun holiday shenanigans – every time – with smiles on their faces. 

Here are some very bunny shenanigans you can try this Easter with your little – or big – kids this year. 

1. Plant jelly beans

The night before Easter, plant jelly beans outside and come morning, with a little bunny magic, lollipops have grown in their place! You can get fancy ones like these Easter themed lollipops, or just use what you have on hand. One year we even had the neighborhood kids plant their own and the next morning it was fun to see them stop by and "pick" their lollipops. 


Charlotte Linde

2. Hide the baskets

More than just hunting for eggs, you can hide their Easter baskets to send them on a hunt come Easter morning! This is actually a great idea if, like me, you have that one kid that is a very early riser before everyone else and they like to get into their goodies early before mom even has a chance to snap a photo of their smiling faces with their basket of goodies.

3. Their old favorites 

You know the stuffed animals and kid books you have stored away and you just can't seem to get rid of? Somehow that bunny finds them. He places them all over the living room in little scenes, making it easy to read and hang out.

It's heartwarming to see how they remember their old pals.

4. Bunny mess

That messy bunny always leaves a trail of Easter grass as evidence of everywhere it hopped while hiding the baskets and eggs. And of course it leaves some on the bedroom doorknobs and in the kids rooms when he looks in to make sure they are sleeping and their rooms are clean. (See what we did there?) Don't be surprised if you find a piece of that grass in December – I kid you not, you will probably find some when you bust out the tinsel! 

(**Also worth noting- this may not be a suitable option if you have indoor pets! Especially cats, as the grass can pose a risk to them for choking and bowel obstruction among other possible issues)


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5. Special Easter surprise

Every holiday our kitchen table is decorated and themed out. On Easter each kiddo has their very own ceramic decorative covered dish where they find their favorite candy inside – and it's not usually anything Easter related. A candy so special that they won't find it in their baskets.

6. Easter egg hunt

Every year that bunny hides those eggs in the backyard – but he can get a little silly. Some have jelly beans, loose change, and maybe a few bills to get the big kids running. But you might even find some with a cherry tomato, baby carrot, or even a baby pickle – anything goes. There is much giggling watching them open their eggs. When they get even older, they may find other fun things around the house – it really is a fun activity that you can make hilarious.

7. Bunny poop!

You may also find a few piles of Easter grass with a small mound of black jelly bean poop. Cause you know, when a bunny's gotta go ... a bunny's gotta go and kids get a kick out of anything 'poop' related. 



Charlotte Linde

And that's a wrap on our Easter Bunny shenanigans... it's time for this bunny to put up her paws and enjoy. 

Wishing you and yours a wonderful and blessed Easter – and here's to not finding a piece of Easter grass this Christmas.

Charlotte Linde is the Managing Editor of Macaroni KID EATS and publisher of Macaroni KID Cedar Rapids, Iowa.