My children--and in fact our whole family--tend toward the attitude of "Go big, or go home" when it comes to Easter egg hunts. The number of eggs stuffed and hidden for these events has been obscene at times. Last year, my dear husband donned an Easter bunny constume and probably nearly fainted from being in that thing, all to entertain our kids and their cousins (and because his sister made him--ha!). Typically, there is not just one egg hunt, either. We will re-hide and hunt eggs for days or even weeks after Easter. In fact, a few years ago we instituted a new family tradition of the Turkey Egg Hunt on Thanksgiving Day. I must credit this incarnation to my sister-in-law as well, and it is nothing short of brilliant. A way to keep the kiddos busy and entertained while preparing and waiting for Thanksgiving dinner, and the perfect way to use up leftover Halloween candy! We have even added the activity of decorating a paper bag for collecting your eggs (Thanksgiving stickers, turkey hand-prints and the like) prior to the Great Turkey Egg Hunt.
Of course, every proper egg hunt requires an elusive Golden Egg (or usually several in our case to assure more smiles than tears). I think we all remember the allure of the golden egg at an Easter egg hunt. My boys insisted yesterday that no golden eggs went into the stash for their class Easter egg hunts, lest they up the odds of them NOT taking home the golden egg for keeps. Wiley little devils, those two. I am again in charge of the egg hunt(s) for our family Easter celebrations this weekend, so I need your input! We have girls and boys, and ages of the "hunters" range from three to seven.
So here's a contest for you:
What's the best thing you ever found inside the Golden Egg as a child? What's the best thing you ever put inside for your children? What was the biggest hit? I am curious about your creativity and your children's interests, not so much extravagance. Of course, four first class round-trip tickets to Orlando is a pretty great egg-stuffer, but not in my budget these days. My biggest hit to date for Golden Egg stuffers was a few neon stretchy rubber lizards when my oldest son and nephew were around three and four.
I will choose up to three best answers, who will each receive a $10 credit to The Smockling!
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Best egg stuffers found, given, and enjoyed by all? Cash, cash, cash. I don't recall if it were a one or a five dollar bill but I remember thinking I struck gold. We have lots of little insect critters to put in eggs for our hunt tomorrow, stickers, and yes the occasional sweet treat. I may Even stick a couple $1s in there now that I'm thinking about it....
ReplyDeleteIn the past (and of COURSE, I didnt remember this for our own hunt until NOW), we have hidden one golden egg. the finder gets to pick first from the cashe of toys- all dollar store finds. E really likes the mermaids, MT the dinosaurs, and who knows about the baby. we find that this cuts down on tears. One other thing- head over to wonder works. they have a turtle that hatches out of an egg after you soak it in water. basically the egg falls apart in the water and gets broken up as the turtle grows- the longer it soaks, the bigger it grows. You could spray that one gold and just write on it to soak it for the surprise..........
ReplyDeleteCash was definitely it for us too! My family wasn't that creative with the prize egg but $1 was a big deal to us. I think one year my cousin even found a $5 egg!!! I believe that was when I began to hate her. I kid. Sort of. But today at our church hunt there was a boy prize egg (a Hot Wheels car) and a girl prize egg (Hello Kitty something) which went over really well. At my inlaws someone writes "prize" on a dyed egg with the invisible crayon that comes with the dye and the child that finds it turns it in for a prize, usually cash again. We're all about buying our children's love apparantly...
ReplyDeleteI know I am a little late but I work until about dinner time, anyways I thought a few gift certificates to places my kids enjoy locally such as Menchies $5.00 card, Cupcakes tokens for a free sugar filled cupcake, or sometimes Target. My kids love the dollar spot at Target. For the girls of all ages (maybe not one) but scented chapstick was always a hit all the way up until age 10. Also Hollipops on Coleman has great little nicknacky things like dinosaurs and tiny bells you can tie onto backpacks and go ole fashion toys. Not too expensive and fit nicely inside eggs. Cookie Jar Kids
ReplyDeleteI think the best one I have found contained a mini toothbrush and a tiny tube of toothpaste! That certainly made everyone smile :) (Laura Spencer)
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