Anatomy of an Egg Hunt

As Easter lasts for 40 50 days, we are actually doing our hunt this Friday evening. 

The way we used to do it: 

The most often used method was to count up the eggs and divide them by the number of kids present. Each child can find the assigned number of eggs. When a child has found their number of eggs, they move on to help those who did not move quite so fast (the big kids actually love helping the littles). I leave some wiggle room so a couple of lucky egg hunters will usually find an extra. 

A Few Rules: 

1. The kids all get their baskets and line up. 

2. The youngest children get a head start (10 seconds or so). We usually start with those who are five and under. 

3. The next older kids count to a given number and that group goes. 

4. The oldest group waits a few more seconds and then go. 

5. AND, anyone over a certain age is not allowed to pick up any eggs that are not hidden above waist level.

I know this sounds a bit intense, but my family (my kids and their cousins) has got some crazy enthusiastic egg hunters!!

The Grandkid Egg Hunt: 

To keep it super low key for the grandchildren (who are all 4 and under), I devised a different method last year. 

1. Each grandchild is assigned a color and that child's eggs are hidden in his/her own area. It overlaps a little, but when you have a 2 year old finding eggs, you can actually leave them right on the lawn and have them missed! This way it does not take too long to find all the eggs. 

2. Each child has 7 eggs to find this year (last was 6). 

3. Each little kid finds a big kid/uncle's hand to hold and the hunt begins! 

The eggs are filled with little toys, stickers, and wash off tattoos (dinosaurs for boys/butterflies for my girly girl granddaughter). Last year we had larger eggs to hold objects that are not choking hazards. This year the youngest hunters are well versed in small parts! :) 

Happy Egg Hunting!