Easter Pressies/Eggs

[*Ashley*]

What do you give and recieve at easter.

I have been given £10, a necklace and some little galaxy eggs from my grandma and grandad.

Get £20 to spend on a pressie to myself from my mum and dad

Got an easter egg from the litte lad I babysit for

As for giving, my mum gives to my grandmas and grandads from all of us. I am in the process of making somethin for my 4 closest friends. I thought it would figure out cheaper and nicer than buying but urm it seems to have got more expensive since I started seeing as I keep going wrong. Will post a piccy soon.

I just think that easter is such a nothing holiday. I mean surely it only has a meaning and significance if you are religious. Suppose that is the same for christmas though. When we were little my mum used to hide eggs all over the house downstairs and when we woke up me and my sister used to think the easter bunny had been and we used to have a massive easter egg hunt. Was well good I also remember getting a furby for easter when I stopped believing in the easter bunny. Now we just sit down for a nice family boring sunday type dinner on easter Sunday. Other than that, it is pretty normal for us.

What do you give and recieve at easter and how do you celebrate it?

[silverhalo]

When I was younger we used to have Easter Egg hunts and get Easter Eggs from relatives and so on and there are always events held at local parks where they have massive Treasure hunts and so on.

However, now we do nothing and maybe Easter is celebrated more in England but we never have a special dinner or anything like that. The only reason I've got an egg this year is because my family has gone on holiday and I'm stuck here with the prospect of exams They felt sorry for me I guess! We aren't religious at all either so that plays a part obviously.

[Glittery]

I buy my niece, nephew, sister and best friend an egg. That's it.

I was out shopping yesterday and overheard a girl of about 15 having a strop cos her Mum ONLY promised her "new trainers and a dress" for Easter and her brother was getting more than her :/

Seems an excuse for people to get presents nowadays.

[silverhalo]

I must have been a deprived child! We never gave/got presents at Easter...more than happy with chocolate! (still am)

[littlemissdirect]

I didn't know people got presents for Easter. A bit strange.

I have got a big Mini Eggs egg from my bf/thing. Wasn't that impressed. Could have made more of an effort and got me a Thortons one or something more special. I am aware that makes me sound spoiled and ungrateful. Oh well!

I don't really buy anyone anything! My sister is making a chocolate Easter cake. Yum Yum!

[Bri-namite]

Originally Posted by Glittery

Seems an excuse for people to get presents nowadays.

It's just a long weekend for me. If I was home I'd probably get an egg of my Mam but other than that it's just a long weekend to get pissed and for Morrisons to shut early.

I've never heard anything so ridiculous as an Easter present anyway (an egg or two is fine), pretty soon people going to start giving each other presents because it's the weekend or because it's sunny outside.

[*Ashley*]

My gifts for friends



The photos are a bit rubbish but it has features in icing and my friends name on the back of the rabbit. Have made 2 white choc and 2 milk choc ones.

They look cute really! Honest

[Glittery]

Originally Posted by *Ashlee*

My gifts for friends



The photos are a bit rubbish but it has features in icing and my friends name on the back of the rabbit. Have made 2 white choc and 2 milk choc ones.

They look cute really! Honest

Did you make the bunnies yourself?!

[*Ashley*]

Originally Posted by Glittery

Did you make the bunnies yourself?!

Yep I did

[clementine_the_tangerine]

wow how??

i still need to buy eggs for people

Might just give them a proper chicken egg if i cant be bothered to go to tesco

[Glittery]

Originally Posted by *Ashlee*

Yep I did

Wowie they look really good, did you have a special bunny mould? Are they solid or hollow? Can you tell Im bored?

[*Ashley*]

It was a kit in Tesco which basically had the bunny mould you need. One set makes 2 eggs (although they don't give you enough chocolate) and they were on 2 sets for 3 pound.
You just melt the chocolate and add it layer by layer allowing time to set inbetween. 3 layers and then give it a good couple of hours to set at last. Then put the two half together by melting the rims of the bunnies and just holding together so the melted chocolate can bond. Then just decorate. Came with little bags and ties too which makes em look dead nice.

oh and they are solid glittery!

Look at pics below, thats a milk chocolate one in working progress!

[kangoo]

Wow ashlee you made them? What a legend! I bought the manface a lindt egg and a box of 8 creme eggs because I actually wanted to buy him a big creme egg egg but they were sold out

The tesco egg aisle was madness yesterday! God knows what it'll be like today and tomorrow, with mothers everywhere fighting over the last remaining eggs! I nearly had a fight with a man in the egg aisle as he rammed his trolly into my arse FIVE TIMES even though I couldn't move anywhere because the woman in front was blocking the whole aisle while she appeared to be stockpiling eggs for many easters to come. I'd already had a quiet word with the man (something along the lines of barking "DO YOU MIND??" and waving my fist) but he kept bashing me with the trolley, I turned around to go NUTS but the tescoman was watching me and not looking amused. I thought it best not to say anything for fear of being ejected, eggless, from tesco as tescoman was putting his foot down and engaging in a spot of crowd control. Several people got asked to MOOOOVEE ALOONNNG and one women with trolly got removed from the aisle (was rather amusing), meanwhile I swooped in and secured the last remaining lindt egg while arse trolly man had only managed to find some crappy kit kat egg. Result!

[Glittery]

That's really good Ashlee, obviously I'll have to taste one before I can officially give my approval though

I got a fat ass Galaxy one thats about the same height as me (okay slight exaggeration), and apart from the fat egg it has a bag of minstrels, ripple, galaxy caramel crunch, galaxy caramel and a hazelnut thang.

I ate half of it and threw the rest in the bin Sorry mum.