#DIY Light Up Your Easter Egg Hunt With Positive Messages, Memories and HERSHEY’S Treats #HersheysEaster

Light Up Your Easter Egg Hunt 
With Positive Messages, Memories 
and HERSHEY’S Treats
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Every year when Easter rolls around I cannot help but get a twinge of excitement 
 deep within my soul. Being a mom of three children of all ages, I have been 
snapping on the bunny tail and floppy bunny ears for years and years. I find the 
fascination of a child who believes in the magic of the Easter Bunny to be one
 of the most amazing experiences of my life. Along the path of parenting I have come up
with numerous traditions to create family memories. One of my favorite has to
 be the tradition of our Bunny egg hunt that takes place after dinner on Easter Sunday when
the sun goes down. Our official Easter Bunny(me) came up with this idea a
few years ago and it has been a big hit ever since.
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It’s quite simple and really amazes the kids every time. Who can resist anything that lights up?

We start with a Memory Jar (we always have a memory jar on the counter) which has a
 constant flow of funny memories or something special that a family member did
 during the year. I look through the strips and use them as the bunny’s inspiration to write
Bunny notes to fill the eggs with.
Example: #1
The Easter Bunny loved when you made a card for you friend that was in the hospital.
Example #2
The Easter Bunny always hops higher when you read a book at bedtime!
Example #3
The Easter Bunny chuckled when Adam had on two different sneakers.
Example #4
Remember to eat your carrots and other vegetables just like the Easter Bunny!
Example #5 
The Easter Bunny wants to remind Dad not to leave his coffee on top of the van!
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You can personalize the Bunny Notes to anything you would like. 
My older children love this, too. They are good sports and play along but honestly
I think they do enjoy some of the funny notes the Easter Bunny leaves inside the eggs.
Now, for the light up part of the egg- I get the light-stick bracelets at the dollar store.
They are packed as 18 in a pack so for $2.00 I have enough for 36 eggs!
Makes for an awesome light show. 
Final step is to add a delicious HERSHEY’S treat or two to the light up egg.
In our family by the time Easter dinner is over everyone is just hanging around. As soon as the 
sun goes down hubby or I sneak out to the yard and place the eggs all over.
Then we direct everyone to the yard and fun begins. I will miss the magic when
 I don’t have a bunny believer in the house any more, but I have a feeling this tradition
will carry on for years to come.
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Disclosure: Special thanks to HERSHEY’S. This is a repost from a previous post. I thought it was such a cute idea, I had to share it again. Diane Sullivan/3decades3kids provides honest opinions. No compensation was given for this post. 
Thank you for including us on the HERSHEY’S Bunny Trail.
All opinions are that of Diane Sullivan.
Email me at Diane@3decades3kids.net

#Giveaway Peeps & Company® and Easter Go Perfect Together! #PEEPSEASTER @PeepsBrand

Peeps & Company® and Easter Go Perfect Together -We Have a Giveaway Just For You!

peepseasterbasketcloseupEaster is a wonderful time in our house and for our family. We love spring and we love to celebrate the holidays with our family and friends. We spend Easter time baking and spending time with the family. When the bunny visits our house, he always leaves PEEPS®! It brings me right back to my childhood- remembering waking up Easter morning to running to see if the Easter Bunny left me some of those delicious little yellow chickies. Back then there was not a big variety of Peeps available. Now a days my children feast on Chocolate covered PEEPS® , flavored PEEPS®, Bunnies, and even Peeps plush! Below I listed everything that we included in our incredible PEEPS® Easter basket. Did I mention that we love MIKE AND IKE® jellybeans?…and HOT TAMALES® jellybeans? This Easter is going to have the best bunny basket ever.

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PeepsEasterjellybeansHere’s what we put inside of our Easter Basket this year.

  • 5-inch PEEPS® Plush: Spread the joy of PEEPS® when you give this plush PEEPS® chick as a gift to those of any age (assortment of colors).
  • PEEPS® earbuds: If you need a sweet bit of time to yourself, let your favorite yellow PEEPS Chick take you away with your favorite music through these PEEPS earbuds. Get a dose of stress relief, in stereo, every time you put them on and crank up the tunes!
  • PEEPS® luggage tag: From candy to cute accessory, these PEEPS® luggage tags add a pop of color and whimsy to your gear (assortment of colors).
  • PEEPS® Orange Delight Flavored Marshmallow Dipped in Orange Fudge: These three Chicks are orange delight flavored and dipped in orange fudge to enhance the flavor. Share them with your friends or keep them for yourself!
  • PEEPS® Marshmallow Chicks: The five and 15 count packages of the iconic PEEPS® Chicks are available in classic Easter colors including yellow, pink, blue, lavender, green, and orange Chicks! The 10 count package of Chicks is available in all of the classic Easter colors as well as white.
  • PEEPS® Marshmallow Bunnies: The four count bunnies come in classic yellow, pink and blue colors. The 12 count bunnies come in classic colors as well as lavender, white, green and orange. The 16 count are packaged in classic colors plus lavender and green.
  • PEEPS® Decorated Eggs: Nine white eggs iced with pastel colors in 3 unique designs, these eggs are great for recipes, crafts and immediate consumption.
  • PEEPS® Party Cake Flavored Marshmallow Chicks: Ten delicious vanilla cake flavored marshmallow chicks sprinkled with fun rainbow confetti.
  • PEEPS® Sour Watermelon Flavored Marshmallow Chicks: Sweet and sour flavors collide to create a burst of watermelon in these ten green chicks with a blush pink center.
  • PEEPS® Chocolate Dipped Mousse Flavored Marshmallow Chicks: Three delectable chocolate mousse-flavored Chicks dipped in either creamy milk or dark chocolate.
  • PEEPS® Chocolate Covered Marshmallow Chicks: Individually wrapped marshmallow chicks covered in either milk or dark chocolate.
  • PEEPS® Rainbow Pop: Four chicks in colors yellow, green, pink and blue marshmallow on a stick- it’s like a colorful PEEPS® lollipop.
  • MIKE AND IKE® Easter Treats: Bring chewy, fruity goodness this Easter season with a 10 oz. gift bag of MIKE AND IKE® Easter Treats flavors. Filled with grape, pineapple-banana, strawberry, lemon-lime, and cherry-flavored MIKE AND IKE® candies – and all made with real fruit juice – this gift will put a spring in anybody’s step as the bright new season gets underway.
  • MIKE AND IKE® Jellybeans: The Assorted Fruits MIKE AND IKE® JELLY BEANS are a fan favorite.
  • HOT TAMALES® Jellybeans:  Celebrate Easter with our cinnamon-flavored jelly beans (14 oz. package)

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peepseastercupcakesIn addition to bunny basket making, our family loves to create baked treats with our Peeps®. Every holiday we use them in a way that makes everyone happy that tests them out. This year we baked cupcake baskets and nests and adorned them with yellow Peeps® chicks. They are just regular yellow boxed cupcakes. We frosted them, put on some green sprinkles, added a few chocolate eggs and topped them off with chicks! The baskets we used some marshmallow twine. What do you think? I absolutely love the way they turned out. I also love that our family is making memories in the kitchen baking together and keeping Peeps® as part of our holiday tradition. That brings me back to my mom and I baking together and the cherished memories I have of those precious days. Hoping from the bottom of my heart that my children continue those same traditions with their own children some day. We love you Peeps®. Happy Easter! Check out all things Peeps® here: http://www.peepsandcompany.com/

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We have a special code just for 3decades3kids readers so you can load up on Peeps® and make your own special memories this Spring. This discount code is valid for 20% his/her next purchase. The best part is there is no minimum required, from now through April 15, 2016 you can use this discount code: EASTERTREATS Go buy Peeps®! lol.

Giveaway: One lucky 3decades3kids reader will have the chance to fill their own bunny basket with a bunch of Peeps® treats. Is it you? Enter on the Rafflecopter below. Giveaway ends on March 24th at 9pm. Winner will be contacted immediately and needs to respond by 10am so that their information can be passed on to Peeps® and your prize pack can be sent out asap! Follow the convo on Twitter with hashtag #PEEPSEASTER @peepsbrand @3decades3kids. Giveaway does not include basket. The prize is a variety of Peeps® treats. I’m sure you will love it! (18+/USA only).

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3decades3kidslogoDisclosure: Diane Sullivan/3decades3kids is a PEEPS & COMPANY® partner blog. No compensation was given for this post. “The PEEPS & COMPANY® products, information, and additional gift pack have been provided by PEEPS & COMPANY®.” They also provided the discount code extended to our readers. All opinions are my own and honest. They do not reflect or were influenced by the brand. Contact me at Diane@3decades3kids.net or @3decades3kids across the social media networks. 3decades3kids.net

#Giveaway Warner Bros Midnight Special (10 Winners)

Midnight Special In Theaters Now- Giveaway( 10 winners)

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Release: March 18, 2016- In Theaters Now!

Rating: PG-13

You are not going to want to miss this one. Here’s a quick rundown. The government and a group of religious extremists pursue a man (Michael Shannon) and his son (Jaeden Lieberher), a young boy who possesses special powers. Check out all about the movie here: http://www.midnightspecialmovie.com/

We currently have following prizes up for grabs:

(7) free sound track downloads and Hollywood Movie Money

(2) t-shirt, hat and free sound track downloads and Hollywood Movie Money

(1) GRAND prize that includes a light-up hoodie, hat, t-shirt, free sound track and Hollywood Movie Money !

The movie will opened on  March 18th. The Hollywood Movie Money only works at Regal E-Walk Theaters. 

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Disclosure: Diane Sullivan/3decades3kids is a Warner Bros- Midnight Special movie partner blog. All opinions are that of my own and honest. No compensation was given for this post. We love to keep our readers in touch with all of the latest movies and bring them great movie giveaways. Please contact me at diane@3decades3kids.net or @3decades3kids across the social media networks. See you at the movies! 3decades3kids.net 

New York International Auto Show– Spotlight on Nissan and Ticket Giveaway! #GNONYIAS16 #GNONYIASNissan

As a mom of three, I find myself constantly behind the wheel of our car– whether it’s dropping the kids off at school in the morning, picking them up in the afternoon, going grocery shopping, or covering whatever life throws at us, I feel like I spend more time driving than I do at home! And with the New York International Auto Show right around the corner (it’s just two weeks away!) there’s no better time  to highlight two of the cars that fit my “driving mom” lifestyle the most, the Nissan Sentra and Nissan Altima. We’ve also got a giveaway for two tickets to the New York International Auto Show– read on for more about the Sentra and Altima, and details about how to win!

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The 2016 Nissan Sentra continues the brand’s “class above” style, and combines premium design and appearance with a roomy interior, advanced connectivity tools, and safety technology you can trust. The car features such exterior perks as a new front fascia, grille, fenders, hood and signature boomerang-shaped headlights, as well as chrome door handles and chrome window accents and available heated outside mirrors with integrated turn signals. On the interior side of things, the Sentra boasts a brand new style of steering wheel (similar to the Nissan 370Z design), one of the largest interiors in its class (meaning ample legroom and a great trunk capacity– both major perks in my book!) and a beautiful new TFT-type (Thin Film Transistor) LCD flat panel display with higher resolution than previous LCD screens. Finally, as far as safety, the 2016 Nissan Sentra offers some of the best technology available, including Forward Emergency Braking (FEB), Intelligent Cruise Control (ICC), Blind Spot Warning (BSW) and Rear Cross Traffic Alert (RCTA), all of which are available on the Sentra this year for the first time ever.

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2016 Nissan Altima

The 2016 Nissan Altima builds on five consecutive years of sales growth with an extensive redesign for this year’s model– including a new design, new driving feel. improved fuel economy, and a wide array of enhanced technology, connectivity, and safety features. The new Altima bears a brand new look that designers call “energetic flow,” with the front and rear sections featuring totally new designs and sheet metal, redesigned headlights, a new lowered muscular front fascia, a new rear fascia and bumper, and a new grille and bumper. The 2016 Nissan Altima a host of safety features like radar-based Blind Spot Warning (BSW), Forward Emergency Braking (FEB), Intelligent Cruise Control (ICC) and Rear Cross Traffic Alert (RCTA), and the class-exclusive Predictive Forward Collision Warning (PFCW).

Both the 2016 Nissan Sentra and the 2016 Nissan Altima will be on display at the New York International Auto Show, which runs from March 25- April 3, 2016, and I am beyond excited to see these two car models there in person! I also hope I’ll see you there– make sure to click the following link and enter the Rafflecopter giveaway through SheBuysCars for your chance to win 2 tickets to the New York International Auto Show and a $150 Gift Card! Good luck!

Disclosure Diane Sullivan/3decades3kids is a New York International Auto Show Ambassador.This is a sponsored post in conjunction with the ambassadorship and She Buys Cars. All opinions are honest and my own. Contact me at Diane@3decades3kids.net or @3decades3kids across the social media platforms.

#Giveaway Barbie Spy Squad- Available Now! #Barbie


Barbie Spy Squad- Available Now! Giveaway-We Have One Just For You!

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It’s all about Girl Power in this house lately. With a little girl in the house we have a million Barbies around and a million different ways to play with them. It looks like Barbie Spy Squad will soon be added to the mix of both watch and then act out with some doll fun. If you are a Barbie fan you will definitely enjoy this new movie where Barbie™ and her best friends Teresa™ and Renee™ transform from hard-working gymnasts to undercover secret agents in this exciting, action-packed adventure! You can find out all about when their amazing gymnastics skills catch the eye of a top-secret spy agency. Soon after the girls begin following clues to a gem-stealing cat burglar who has escaped everyone on the case. With their high-tech gadgets, glam disguises, can they prove that smarts and teamwork can get the mission accomplished? It’s girl power to the rescue! Did I mention there are robo pets? 

Barbie Spy Squad is available now! Check out the details here.

GIVEAWAY: I am beyond thrilled to partner with Barbie Spy Squad and be able to offer 3decades3kids readers a Barbie Spy Squad Prize Pack that includes both the bluray/dvd and Barbie Doll! We will have MANY winners! Please enter on the rafflecopter below. You will not want to miss out on this one! Win it for yourself or your family/friends! (USA/18+only please). Giveaway ends 11:59pm on Saturday, March 12, 2016. Please watch for your email Sunday morning. I need ALL names/addresses to be handed in Monday at 11am, so please know that I will need a quick turn around of response. If you would like to submit your name and address ahead of time so I can instantly confirm your win please email me at Diane@3decades3kids.net with BarbieSuperSpy in the subject line! If I do not hear from the winners by 8pm on Sunday night, I will be choosing back up winners from the emails submitted. The email entries must have entered via rafflecopter as well. Good Luck! 
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Disclosure: Diane Sullivan/3decades3kids is a Barbie Spy Squad Partner Blog. All opinions are my own and honest. No compensation was given for this post. A sample prize pack was provided. Please contact me at Diane@3decades3kids.net and everywhere else as @3decades3kids