(By Jelina) Easter always included an Easter egg hunt - every child had so many plastic eggs with their names on them - so it was always equal and you had to only find your eggs and leave everyone else’s. Inside the eggs were clues to were gifts were hidden in the house. You had to had to figure out the clues in order to find your gifts. Gifts were typically things we needed for the upcoming summer like new sandals, a summer outfit, and new ball or outdoor play item, and a little Easter candy. I’ve continued this with my kids and even as teens they insist on the Easter egg hunt.
(Wyne Family)
This is one our family LOVES! If church starts at 9:00 we will do this the night before, otherwise we do it Easter morning. We pick out a few families beforehand and then get a ton of plastic Easter eggs. We fill them with treats/candy and in addition we put little notes that are specific to each family. In the notes we tell them why we love them. After we've had smiles talking about how much we love each family we take those eggs and... "EGG" their houses. We throw the eggs all over their lawn and leave a note on their door that says, "You've been EGGED". It's fun for my kids to think about others qualities and be sneaky on Easter. This year we were unable to do this tradition and my kids really missed it. I would recommend this to anyone! Happy Egging!
(By Sheri)
For Easter the silly Easter Bunny hides the Easter baskets and the kids have a piece of yarn that comes from their door all over the house. They follow their string to find their basket.
(Wyne Family)
This is one our family LOVES! If church starts at 9:00 we will do this the night before, otherwise we do it Easter morning. We pick out a few families beforehand and then get a ton of plastic Easter eggs. We fill them with treats/candy and in addition we put little notes that are specific to each family. In the notes we tell them why we love them. After we've had smiles talking about how much we love each family we take those eggs and... "EGG" their houses. We throw the eggs all over their lawn and leave a note on their door that says, "You've been EGGED". It's fun for my kids to think about others qualities and be sneaky on Easter. This year we were unable to do this tradition and my kids really missed it. I would recommend this to anyone! Happy Egging!
(By Sheri)
For Easter the silly Easter Bunny hides the Easter baskets and the kids have a piece of yarn that comes from their door all over the house. They follow their string to find their basket.
(By Lisa) Each Easter, we invite a few families over for a huge Easter Egg hunt. Each family brings about 12 filled eggs for each child in their family and either an appetizer or dessert to share. We mix all the eggs up and then the Dad's go hide the eggs while the mom's talk and keep the children busy in the front yard playing games like red light/ green light. Then we line up the children on the stairs, youngest to oldest, take a few photos and give the youngest ones a head start of about 45 seconds before we release everyone else. It is so much fun to watch! Then we all eat the food that everyone brought!
(By Ally)
Another favorite is on Easter. It started several years ago as a fun joke for one of my friends and turned into a tradition. Each year we pick a family... Or a few... And we "egg" their house. We fill plastic Easter eggs with candy and then we fill other eggs with reasons why we love that family or person. Then before church we go and throw them all over their lawn, leave a sign on the door that says, "You've been egged," ring the doorbell, and run. One year the recipients loved it so much they went and did it to someone else. And then that family repeated the act. It ended up hitting at least four families. It was really fun to see the reactions of our neighborhood.
