Planning an Easter Egg Hunt

When it comes to planning an Easter egg hunt, preparation is everything. It is important to decorate the home with colorful pastel colors, perfect for the spring season. Adding a lot of festive touches, such as helium colored balloons, colorful streamers and lots of decorations, is a great idea as well. The kids can get involved in the fun as well, carefully cutting out construction paper bunnies, ducks, eggs and other signs of the season.

While it is certainly possible to use hard boiled eggs for an Easter egg hunt, it is far more advisable to use plastic eggs instead. For one thing, hard boiled eggs should not be eaten if they are left out too long, and eating them could pose a health hazard for young children.

The other important reason for leaving the hard boiled eggs in the fridge involves what happens to those that are missed. If the kids miss out on finding any of those Easter morning treats, your nose will no doubt lead you to its location after a few days have passed.

The best course of action, therefore, is to use those snap apart plastic Easter eggs that are plentiful as the holiday approaches. These plastic eggs are cheap, and reusable, and they can be filled with all sorts of treats, including candy, toys and even money.

It is also a good idea to hide several special “prize” findings in unlikely locations around the inside and outside of the home. These special discoverings can be distinguished by their color (gold and silver work well), or by a special message written on a note and placed inside. These special prize findings can then be redeemed for larger prizes, like toys and stuffed animals.

After all of the eggs have been prepared, it is time to hide them in strategic locations around the inside and outside of the house. The local weather conditions will determine the extent to which the hunt can take place outdoors; in some parts of the country the Easter season can still be quite chilly. Even so, it is a good idea to try to hide at least some of the eggs outside. Not only does this provide a larger area in which to hide them, but kids love to play outdoors, no matter what the weather.

As the eggs are being hidden it is a good idea for mom and dad to keep a list of their locations. This will make it a lot easier for the parents to clean up any unfound egglings after the fun is over. This list will also make it easier for the adults to steer the smaller children toward easy to find them.

When it is time for the Easter hunt to begin, the kids should be sorted according to age, with the younger children getting first crack at the hidden treats. Parents may want to accompany their younger children and toddlers as they hunt for hidden eggs, and to help them stash their treasures in their Easter baskets.

After all of the children have had a chance to find them, it is time for those lucky kids to turn in their special prize eggs for their special treats. These special treats make their findings even more fun, and they should definitely be included in the festivity.