Take out those plastic eggs in your holiday storage boxes and get an awesome Easter egg hunt organized for your family, friends, neighborhood, church or community this year. Use these 9 tips and ideas to plan a egg hunt that is sure to become an Easter tradition.
Organizing Your Hunt
Specify the Hunting Area (preferably gated) – Obtain permission if the space is shared for an entire community such as a local park. Take into account that if you are using a public area for a private egg hunt, you may discover other uninvited children wanting to join or strangers getting too close. This is why it’s best to use an enclosed or fenced area.
Have a Plan B in case of bad weather – Depending on the forecast, look at booking a substitute site like a school or daycare facility. A daycare facility may be perfect as they should already have many areas that are child safe.
Offer Healthy Goodies – Before the hunt, ward off kids overindulging in candy, chocolate, and peeps by asking parents and guardians to bring a healthy snack like fresh fruit, pretzels, veggie chips, and nuts for non-allergic kids.
Determine How Many – The saddest thing is not having enough eggs for each kid who is attending. Promote the event on Facebook or your South Orange County groups social media channel. Prepare to have about eight to 10 eggs for each guest.
Separate Hunts by Age – Create egg hunting adventures for certain age groups Arrange kids based on their age; three to five, seven to ten, 11-14 and 15 to 18 . Give each group around 15 to 20 minutes per hunt.
Do No Allow Helpers – This rule needs to be clearly understood by attendees. Ask parents not to help children unless they are under three years old or have special needs. Ideally, there should be no pointing, hinting, or walking near where eggs are. It’s all in fun, not a sudden death sports event.
Puzzle Pieces – An imaginative way to get kids brain’s working collectively is to put puzzle pieces inside some of the plastic eggs and have kids put the puzzle together following the hunt.
Easter Eggs of Fortune – Besides the traditional hunt, make a card with letters or words and then put those on same color eggs that are well hidden at your hunt. Once all the eggs are found, assemble them into a phrase like the “Wheel of Fortune”. This is ideal for the older kids.
Organize a Potluck Brunch – If adults want to hang out once the hunt is over, ask them to bring a dish, and have older children play games such as running or hopping in a sack or an egg toss contest.