hunt. You may choose to have the kids
find a certain number of glowing eggs to
“buy” their basket.
Hunt for Your Easter
Brunch Hunt
This one takes some work. Fill
larger size plastic eggs with tiny bits
of brunch items: fruit pieces, tiny muf-
fins, snack crackers, cheese cubes, hard-
boiled eggs, cereal and the like. Add
some hot cocoa and enjoy.
A Puzzling Hunt
Buy a blank puzzle at your local
craft store. Draw a Happy Easter mes-
sage for your kids, giving them the in-
formation they need to find their basket.
Place puzzle pieces in plastic eggs and
let the fun begin. When the puzzle is
assembled they follow the clue to their
Easter goodies.
Make It A Relay Hunt
With a larger group of children,
divide into teams and have one person
from each team hunt for a given amount
of time, return to tag the next player and
continue until all the kids have had a
turn. Provide some sort of extra treat for
the winning team. (Be sure all the kids
get a fair amount of treats after the hunt).
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More Than Candy Hunt
Have some of the plastic eggs con-
tain small toys or tickets to receive the
toys after the hunt. Toys might include
balls, tiny bunnies or chicks, finger pup-
pets or anything else appropriate for the
kids in your group.
Easter egg hunts are just another
way to create healthy family fun. Make
sure the younger members of the fam-
ily get a fair chance to find the treasures.
Older kids can pair up with younger
ones to help make this happen. Which-
ever hunt you choose will be a highlight
of your Easter celebration. Enjoy!
Jan Pierce, M.Ed. is a retired teacher
and the author of “Homegrown Read-
ers” and “Homegrown Family Fun.”
Find Jan at www.janpierce.net.
April 2019 WNY Family 17