We applaud these egg hunt ideas that make Easter a little more magical
On Easter morning, will your kids follow a trail of foil wrapped eggs from their bed to an Easter basket filled with festive confections in the living room? Most parents create some sort of Easter egg hunt on Easter morning, whether they scatter a few treats around the house and make the kids hop like a bunny from egg to egg, or create a yard full of wacky obstacles for them to overcome. We hope these egg hunts taking place this year across the world will inspire your hunt planning strategies.
And how to determine what sort of hunt you should have
Like that other major Christian holiday, some of the symbols we associate with Easter derive from pagan traditions. We get it: Easter celebrates Jesus’ new life having risen from the dead. Easter is all about new life, what with birds laying eggs and bunnies having millions of baby bunnies. So the egg is a sign of fertility and new life. One theory as to the origin of the Easter egg hunt goes that pagan farmers would bury an egg on their property to ensure a fruitful harvest. During the crusades, the Christian soldiers would reward kids who found the hidden eggs, as that allowed them to identify the pagans. Nowadays, egg hunts are considerably less dark and have much more delicious consequences.
The basic set-up of an Easter egg hunt is: Read more...
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