Easter egg hunt is a very interesting and fun filled tradition for children all ages. Easter egg hunt is an inexpensive party all kids can enjoy without having to worry about soiling their clothes or getting dirty. For eggs are laid out on the ground which means they touch, grab and even play with the mud and all of this to celebrate and enjoy. If you have seen the YouTube videos on an egg hunt and the goodies inside those eggs, you would want to jump at the first chance of hosting a community Easter egg hunt.
How to Plan and Organize a Community Easter Egg Hunt Successfully:
Easter egg hunt is a traditional festival with an exciting celebration including treats, bunny and egg hunt. Planning and organizing a community Easter egg hunt needs a little research and beginning timely, to not lose on space and other detailing. Some important tips on how to plan an Easter egg hunt for the church include:
1. Find a gated community space or backyard which has ample flat surface or park:
A local community garden or private backyard, anything which is gated and is in good shape. Since gated surroundings help in keeping up with the safety of the children, which is an important necessity. You may also use public properties like parks but you would need additional permissions from your parks and recreation groups or activity centers
2. Plan and assign duties respectively:
Plan everything from budget to volunteers and supplies which you would need. You would also need proper advertising and preparing the eggs with goodies inside. For using public spaces you would need legal permissions which again must be assigned to someone. Make a handy map where eggs must be hidden or laid out.
3. Pick a date and time:
Since you don’t want to promote your community event on the same day as the largest organization the county is doing. So pick any day before or after to help to get the most gathering. The weekend before Easter is the right time, and pick the time of early morning or evening. Also, check the weather before fixing up a day. The weather changes can delay or cause inclemency. So be sure to keep a check on this all the time
4. Make your rules for participants:
Rules and also the code of conduct. How the people gather, where they park and how the transition is progressed. For registration and sign up you need to have proper volunteer setups outside the egg hunt space. Do not delay the process too much as little kids are difficult to contain. Keep ample space for them to play too. And enclose the area where eggs are laid or hidden and don’t open until the egg hunt formally begins.
5. Be sure of keeping the space clean and eggs safe off allergies:
Easter is the time when most allergies would be at the peak. Also, the goodies in the eggs must have allergen signs marked. The kids must be informed not to pick eggs with those signs if they have specific allergies. Also, try and keep as many other things like toys or printable than candies as they won’t have any issues of allergies
6. Buy ample eggs:
Buy decent quality eggs and begin adding goodies in them. It may take a few days to organize and arrange all the eggs well. Have your volunteers from church or community centers assisting you all the way.
7. Be sure to decide whether you want to hide eggs beneath the ground or have an extravagant egg drop:
Eggs can be dropped as a part of the event or hidden underground or in the grass at the open space beforehand. So decide on how you want to proceed. If hiding eggs you would need plenty of time to do so. Keep an additional few hours just towards the event, a day or two ahead when you would hide them
8. Keep separate age groups by marking the grounds for them:
Ages 1-2 can be one group, 3-5 can be next, 6 through 9 can be the last group. The will keep competitiveness and fairness alive. Or you can have the kids go to the ground age-wise, but this may cause additional issues, in terms all eggs may get picked before the last group comes in. So have the eggs dropped again and again for each of the age groups.
9. Have stalls set up with baskets:
There may be a few parents who forgot to bring baskets, so set up stalls for buying or distribute baskets in case you have ample budget. This also helps in giving the same size of the basket to each one, thus no more drama on I just had this much to pick and why she had more
10. Easter Bunny, Inflatables and food trucks:
Plan and have the inflatables and food trucks too, for making it a complete family event. As egg hunt finishes off in a few minutes, and families look for more fun time. Also, have an Easter Bunny dressed up in costume for kids to click pictures.
11. Keep the extra eggs and baskets for next year:
All the additional supplies must be gathered and saved for the coming year. For your egg hunt event organized at your community center this year turned out a huge success and you must continue this further too
The above compilation on How to organize a community Easter egg hunt is to help you and your communities enjoy the Easter celebration in the most traditional ways. Easter brings families and communities together to celebrate the joy
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