The Third Annual Easter Egg Hunt

What does Easter mean to a seven year old girl? Well, if that little girl is my niece Alina it means an Easter Egg Hunt!

Easter Egg Hunts in the Chih household started three years ago with the typical search for randomly placed plastic eggs which contained chocolates, candies, and small Kinder-Surprise-type toys. Last year Ang and I decided to do things a little differently and created something a bit more involved.

The Annual Chih Easter Egg Hunt

Easter Egg Hunt basket with clues, prizes and puzzle pieces

What You’ll Need

1. A set of large plastic eggs to hold small prizes – as many or as few as  you’d like
2. Small prizes – we’ve used everything from chocolates and candies to jewelry beads and temporary tattoos
3. Paper and pen to write clues
4. One large prize
5. Ribbon
6. A basket to hold the eggs
7. A large piece of cardboard and an exacto knife to cut out puzzle pieces

Instructions

1. Create a list of hiding places for your eggs.
2. Write a clue for each hiding place and number them (ex. “In this place you can bake every different kind of cake” – oven) – alternatively, you can take a macro picture of the hiding spot and have the child guess where it is (ex. We hid an egg behind the plastic snowman that sits on top of a pink flamingo in the hallway [don't ask] and took a picture where all you could see was the bottom half of the snowman and part of the pink of the flamingo).
3. Cut out an Easter shape (ex. egg, bunny) using the large piece of cardboard. It should measure at least 10″ x 10″.
4. On this cut-out, write out a final clue to where your large prize will be hidden.
5. Cut out puzzle pieces from this shape (one for each plastic egg).
6. Fill your plastic eggs with small prizes and insert one clue inside each egg.
7. Tie one puzzle piece to each egg using the ribbon.
8. Place your eggs in their respective hiding places so that each egg has a clue to the next egg (ex. Egg #1 should have a clue that leads to Egg #2 etc.). The last egg should contain a message that reads something like “Congratulations ____! You’ve found the last egg. Now put together your puzzle pieces to find out where I’ve hidden your Easter present! – EB”
9. Place your large prize in its hiding spot.
10. Give the basket and Egg #1 to your child to start the hunt.

Have a Happy Easter!