Family Tradition: The Easter Spider

Moving 2/3 of the way across the country away from all of our family has given us the opportunity to establish our own family traditions. We have a few that have become special, but one of the favorites occurs Easter morning.

The spiritual significance of the day is given and we spend a good deal of time discussing what the entire weekend means to us individually and as a family, but we have a lot of fun with Easter baskets as well. Not so much Easter eggs or even the candy, but Marcy puts a lot of energy into making themed "baskets" each year and I put my energy towards hiding them.



The tradition we've started has involved us hiding the Easter baskets somewhere in the house and then tying yarn to the basket. We then wind that yarn all over the house creating somewhat of a web look throughout our house and eventually finishing at the top of the stairs. When the kids wake up they find their color of yarn and wind it up, eventually leading them to their Easter baskets. The web of yarn has caused the kids to refer to this as the work of the "Easter Spider." It sounds a little more scary to me than bunny, but it works for them.