How old should kids be when the Easter Bunny stops coming?

Ashley: How old should kids be when the Easter Bunny stops coming?
At our house, the Easter Bunny has always hidden baskets in the house with candy and some little gifts. When the kids wake up, they hunt for eggs with clues inside to lead them to the baskets. Then we go to church.

My kids are 13 and 15 now. They know there’s no Easter Bunny, but it’s become a tradition and they always look forward to it. But my husband thinks it’s stupid to keep pretending there’s an Easter Bunny. In fact, he’s totally against it. He thinks we should just hand them a piece of candy and say “Happy Easter.”

What do you think? Are our kids really too old, or is my husband just a big party-pooper?

Answers and Views:

Answer by upyoursdoc
Do they believe in Santa? If not then its time to stop, but keep the fun going without the pretence

Answer by Ashlarina
I think as long as they enjoy it then you should continue…Maybe you could ask them about it and see their opinion since they know there isn’t an easter bunny and all and i think they are mature enough for you to ask them how they feel about it and if they still want to have that or not.

Answer by shaz
they know there is no easter bunny. so its just family fun. carry on. just dont leave an egg out for hubby. that will teach him!

Answer by Marula
I still do it and I am 27. Why stop a nice tradition?

Of course there is no Easter Bunny, but can’t it be just a nice family thing?

Get him involved and say it’s not for the Easter Bunny, but to get the family together and enjoy chocs!

Answer by RanaBanana
He’s a PARTY POOPER!

My kids are 15 & 13 too and they of course know the truth, they have for about 5 years now but we still do the Easter Hunt. It’s tradition. My siblings and I all meet at my mothers house and all her Grands do the hunt together.

There are some years that we just don’t feel like it, or money is tight and we think it’d be really easy to call it off, or only do it for the little kids, but the little kids need to see the excitement on the older kids faces to have fun so we still do the whole thing like we always did.

The baby of the family is 4 and the oldest is 15 so we’ve been doing hunts for a long time, and still have at least 6 years to go before the baby starts getting tired of them. By then, there could be MORE babies…who knows.

Never stop the hunt. We’ll be doing them until we’re 80 at this rate. lol

Answer by bubblegum
No way! Don’t stop it. If your kids know there’s not an easter bunny & everyone is just in it for the fun family tradition then why not keep it going? It’s just another great way to have some family fun with your kids. My mom stopped doing the whole easter bunny egg hunt & easter basket thing when I was 13 & my brother was 11 but we still colored eggs every year after that. It was fun & every one enjoyed it. I’ve moved away from home now but I know that my family still colors easter eggs & I would definitely join in on the fun if I lived near by. Have fun & happy easter!

Answer by kellyvilleoutlaws
What a mega PARTY POOPER!!!! So not cool, lol. Maybe u should leave a basket out for good ol dad ; ) let me tell ya my son is 4 years old and the easter buny goes way over the baket full of candy and eggs thing onto bigger of course more expensive toys 🙁 but he loves it and it is so worth every minute!!

I personally got an easter basket until my son was born, even after i was married, my mom always made me one and called me and told me to come over, i acted surprised lol but i always expected it, i was a little dissapointed when she stopped giving me easter baskets and started giving them to my son, i know, selfish, but hey i was the youngest child and i loved my mom giving me easter baskets even if i was in my 20;s and married i say keep it up, if they like it thats all that matters, 20 years from now they will remember how their mom gave them baskets as a teenager and maybe pass that tradition on to their kids!!! i think its great!

Answer by ilovepixie25
if u ask me you are never too old to celebrate easter ! so what if they already know the truth , why spoil the fun ? Isnt that what holidays are about anyway!

Answer by ladedamom
You continue until they stop believing. It doesn’t mean you won’t have some traditions with holidays that will continue with your kids as they grow. Chocolate bunnies will always be an Easter thing at our house as will coloring eggs as a family.