Comments | tamago23: Easter egg re-use

tamago23

Easter egg re-use

Apr 12, 2009 13:20

Having finished the Easter egg hunt in the backyard, I am left with eighteen plastic easter eggs. I can't keep them around because they're choking risks for Connor, for rather than throw them in the trash, I'm going to write a happy message and put it into each one (just small stuff - things like "It's good to be alive!" and "Be happy!") and then ( Read more... )

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50_ft_queenie April 12 2009, 18:48:03 UTC

That's a lovely idea. Next year, M and I are going to plan Easter egg hunts for each other cause really, we're still 5 years old. ;)

tamago23 April 13 2009, 04:12:34 UTC

Man, I'd love to still do Easter egg hunts! Looking for things and getting chocolate never gets old. <4

50_ft_queenie April 13 2009, 13:58:10 UTC

M and I also make stocking for each other every Christmas.

tamago23 April 13 2009, 14:55:16 UTC

It wouldn't even have occurred to me not to do stockings for Frolic and I, LOL! Stockings are as much a part of Christmas as the presents are, for me. All our pets also each have their own stockings.

jackierhoffman April 12 2009, 19:37:34 UTC

Wonderful idea! :)

tamago23 April 13 2009, 04:12:49 UTC

Shame I can't have hidden cameras, LOL!

xshardsx April 13 2009, 00:00:42 UTC

Love the idea, but be careful about how you word them. People are still coming out of their winter depressions, and a cheery enough phrase like 'It's good to be alive!' could serve to make a person only more bitter and cynical.
Not that you necessarily need to cater to those people, though.

tamago23 April 13 2009, 03:58:47 UTC

Unless they're suicidal, getting a cheery message in an Easter egg is likely to provoke nothing more than an eye roll. And if they are suicidal, well, they've got much bigger problems than a message in a plastic egg. (I personally spent seven years in a serious depression and then three more years in a depression so severe I was barely testing on the charts, and was actively suicidal a number of times. BTDT and hope to never be there again.)

xshardsx April 13 2009, 13:22:12 UTC

BTDT?

tamago23 April 13 2009, 14:54:10 UTC

Been There, Done That. :)

misslynx April 13 2009, 03:22:26 UTC

Very cool idea! You might want to write "open me!" on the outside or something just to be sure they get opened, though.

At a Thousand Cats meeting a few years ago, we did something similar to that - made all kinds of strange little art objects with messages in them, for the purpose of leaving in public places. One of my favourites was one that the_moogie made - a little purse made out of paper, very girly-looking, and inside was the message "You're too good for him." :-)

tamago23 April 13 2009, 03:55:48 UTC

That's awesome! I love the_moogie's concept. :)