The Easter Bunny was here!

[Tiger]

My husband and I did a real fun thing last year that my 4yr old son still talks about.
We made a large stencil of what looked like an Easter bunny's foot. We filled the stencil with babypowder (you can use carpet deorderizer also) and made a path from the door to his easter basket. When he came down that morning and saw the footprints the look on his face was worth a million! That's all he talked about all day.
He told me this year he's going to put a note on the door telling the easter bunny to wipe his feet!
I know people get upset when we have non-food ideas but I figured I could slip this one in. I mean the bunny will be hoping towards candy and Easter is a celebration that involves food!
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[Peggy]

Tiger,

What a hoot!!!! Unfortunately, my daughter doesn't "believe" any more but I am having several nieces and nephews over for Easter and you can be sure Auntie Peggy will be outside at midnight with her baby powder! http://www.cookinglight.com/bbs/biggrin.gif Thanks so much for the cute idea!!! I have a friend that does a similar thing with Santa Claus. She puts large boots in ashes and then leaves foot prints on her carpet. I have never been willing to sacrifice my carpets for the effect but the grass is another story!

Peggy

[Tiger]

Peggy- Actually I do put it on the carpet. But babypowder or carpet deo. vacumm up easily and leave a fresh smell behind! Of coarse the vacumming doesn't happen uptil we take pictures ect.! Tiger

[LGBurns]

My parents did this one year when I was a kid--I still remember it! And when I was a kid I thought it really was the Easter Bunny's prints. Great idea.

[Beth]

Thanks. I may have to try this. My 4 yr old was so taken by the lucky fairy dust left behind at his preschool by the leprechauns while the kids were out at recess! http://www.cookinglight.com/bbs/wink.gif

[BosunsWife]

I don't have carpeted floors. I have yucky tile (live in military housing). Do you think it (powder) would still work, or just blow around - we always have our ceiling fans going.

DD would just love it - she's almost two and loves all the bunnies that she sees this time of year.

[ama47369]

Way too cute! What a great idea! I don't have little ones, yet. But, someday! I'll have to email this idea to my friends with children! http://www.cookinglight.com/bbs/smile.gif

[jazzyjas]

I just had to share this story -- when I was growing up my father was an airline pilot and often kept very unconventional hours (gone for three days returning at 2 am kind of unconventional). Well one Easter he returned late Saturday night (or likely more accurately the wee hours of Sunday morning). he poured himself a gin on the rocks to relax after a taxing trip and next thing he knows a bunny hops across the living room (and we lived outside of DC no country environs to explain the presence of rabbits in the house). Figuring he had had enough gin he went to bed.
Well it turns out my mother had gotten my sister and me a pet rabbit for Easter and it had escaped the hutch she had constructed. We laughed for years about the Easter dad saw the Easter bunny.

jas

[Terrytx]

Oh jazzyjas...that is just too funny! Thanks for the laugh.

[S]

Jazzyjas, for a minute I thought you must have been my sister. My dad was also an airline pilot who would unwind after a long trip with a gin on the rocks. He never saw the Easter bunny though. What a hilarious story!

[Tiger]

I wanted to bring this back to the top as to remind everyone to do it Sat. night. Have fun and let me know how it turns out! Happy Easter everyone!

[schuh]

Cute! Count me among those who are not bothered at all by posts that are not food-related.

[JJeannette]

Oh, how I envy all of you with small children! This is perhaps the most FUN holiday for kids----. I can't wait to hear how the "bunny trails" turn out!
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[crazycook]

We would also leave out a special treat for the Easter Bunny--his favourite snack--carrots. After the kids are asleep, be sure to gnaw away some of the carrot to look like the Easter Bunny helped himself to some. Hey, Santa would always get brownies and a note, so it was only fair that the Easter Bunny got a special treat as well. http://www.cookinglight.com/bbs/smile.gif Happy Easter All!

[Tiger]

Jeanette- Very creative bunny!
Crazycook- We do the carrot thing too! I hate raw carrots, but I did bite into it. Anything for kids!
Hope everyone had a happy Easter with lots of good food!