Caroline Shannon-Karasik tells Romper that she makes a trail of powder footprints on the floor . You can use a bunny paw template and sprinkle flour or baby powder around it to create Easter Bunny footprints around your home or yard. “My parents always did this for me and my three siblings,” adds Karasik, “so we have continued the tradition.”

This one it literally sweet and so easy. The day before Easter, “I plant jelly beans with the kids,” Elpida Halaris D'Itri tells Romper, “and the next morning, the kids find that lollipops have sprouted out of the garden.” She says that when the Easter Bunny visits, he makes the jelly beans grow into lollipops, and she even leaves bitten carrots in the yard to make it look like he had a snack.

Stacy, a mom of four, tells Romper that her for her older kids, she leaves a letter from the Easter Bunny in each child’s basket. “In each personalized letter, the Easter Bunny tells the kids how great they’ve been,” says Stacy, “and he mentions all the specific wonderful things they’ve been doing.” This “Easter Bunny was here” idea feels like a natural fit for families with kids that love Elf on a Shelf.

Azra, a mom of two, tells Romper that she uses cotton balls to leave a trail of “bunny fur” that her kids can follow to their Easter baskets. She pulls apart the cotton balls and scatters it on the floor near the baskets. “The kids get so excited when they see the bunny fur,” says Azra, “and sometimes they even end up fighting over who can keep it.”

My kids are older now, but when they were younger, I would ask my husband to keep them occupied while I’d go outside and hide plastic, treat-filled eggs around the yard, leaving one egg on a window sill. After a bit, I would casually ask my kids to look outside that specific window to see if it’s raining. When they would see the egg on the sill, they would assume the Easter Bunny had paid a visit, and they would run outside with their basket to hunt for eggs.

You can even play a little Easter Bunny switcheroo, like Romper editor Samantha Darby. “We have a basket we use every year, which we leave our dyed hard boiled eggs in,” Darby says. “The Easter Bunny takes the eggs and replaces them with candy and a little gift.”

Bineesh, a mom of twin toddlers, tell Romper that she plans on helping her kids hunt for eggs by leaving a trail of jelly beans (which will act as ‘bunny poop”) near the places she hid the eggs. Not only will this add to the magic of the Easter Bunny, she hopes that this also makes it easier for her toddlers to find the eggs without losing interest.

Much like the trail of bunny fur, convince your kids that the easter bunny was here by leaving some half-eaten carrots around the yard. Clear evidence of Easter Bunny activity (and so easy for parents to do).