Eggs are a symbol of rebirth and life at Easter. Little children are given candy eggs from the Easter Bunny. Doves, cranes or bring children their Easter treats in other parts of the world. The Easter Bunny goes way back in history. The goddess had a rabbit as her sacred animal.
Rabbits have lots of babies and make good symbols of fertility.
The Early Christians used the egg as a symbol of Christ's rebirth. Many kids use special dyes to colour real eggs for Easter. You can decorate hard-boiled eggs, or you can carefully pierce two holes in either end of a raw egg and blow out the contents, then decorate the fragile shell. The most famous Easter eggs are the Ukrainian decorated eggs called pysanky. They are very special gifts.