Comments on: Eco Friendly Easter

By: Nadene

Nadene — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 02:59:23 +0000

I don’t know, my point was just that some parents are a little TOO paranoid, that’s all.

By: Tiffany

Tiffany — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 23:22:11 +0000

Any studies on exactly how miserable kids are if we don’t give them candy with petro chemicals, articifial flavors, and tons of sugar? Or is this your persona,l opinion? I don’t any kids miserable on natural, healthy sugars…honey, agave, fruit, etc.

By: Nadene

Nadene — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 20:14:00 +0000

Kind of reminds me of the candy-deprived Willy Wonka. (Remember his horrible father?) The resemblance is uncanny…

By: Nadene

Nadene — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 20:12:18 +0000

I’m all about being natural and all, but some people take it too far. Come on! No candy on Easter? So many kids with parents like these end up miserable in their childhood because their all-natural, all-organic, paranoid moms feed them the vegetable-granola crap instead of a chocolate bunny. And although that’s a wise choice, it’s no fun. I’m glad I got candy on Easter when I was little. That was the highlight of the day. People just need to come down and let their kids live a little, instead of creating all these lame alternatives.

By: Greta

Greta — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 16:19:06 +0000

Here it is Easter, already, but I wanted to add a tip! We filled a real egg shell with organic jelly beans for our daughter to crack open– using a needle, I poked a hole in the bottom of an uncooked egg, and slowly picked at the opening until it was big enough for a jelly bean, then let the egg drain out after “scrambling” it with a wooden skewer. I but the empty shell in simmering water for about 10 minutes and then let it dry completely inside. I stuffed in the jelly beans and covered the opening with a sticker. My daughter sure had fun cracking into the egg, and was definitely surprised when jelly beans fell out! God Bless you all this beautiful Easter day!

By: simplifiedmom

simplifiedmom — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 13:02:55 +0000

Great article…real eye-opener! We try so hard to be green and I am sort-of a newbie at it…I never even gave it a second thought on Easter! YIKES! I am thankful to read such great ideas here. We have an especially difficult time with “candy holidays” because our 4 yr old has always had severe food allergies and could not handle sugars of any kind (natural or synthetic). Thankfully God has healed him through a special kids probiotic we found and we do not have to worry so much about ingredients for the purpose of Eczema prevention. However, that said, we have changed our ways as a family because of this…we read all kinds of labels now and work really hard to eat healthy whole foods snacks and meals. BTW our kids LOVE the smooshed fruit/fruit-a-boo snacks….yummy, healthy and convenient for lunch boxes! Thanks for the ideas! Caroline *mom of 2 (one with a missing front tooth…and the other healed from Eczema – yay for Zorbee!)

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By: Connie

Connie — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 01:32:18 +0000

Instead of toys that get broken we buy our girls Easter books that we can read every year. They love books and I love reading them. Now my oldest is reading so I know she will enjoy reading them to all of us for a change. Once the girls outgrow the books, we can hand them down to younger family members or friends with young ones. However, these books should be good for many more years and explain the reason we celebrate Easter. For candy, I chose Organic Dark Chocolate candy bars which my girls absolutely LOVE!

By: Madeleine

Madeleine — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 15:35:30 +0000

Thanks for all the suggestions! I can’t stand all the cheap toys, and all the candy (that doesn’t even taste good!!) Me and my girls are going to try to color some eggs this easter, and maybe make some candy on our own.

By: Half Assed Kitchen

Half Assed Kitchen — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 00:18:11 +0000

Fabulous ideas. Thank you!