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By Color - If you don't have too many people hunting for the Easter Eggs you can assign one color of egg to each person.
Make sure that you have the same number of eggs for each person.
You can put treats in the eggs accordingly.
For example, if little Tommy can't have dairy, you can make sure that there are only dairy-free treats inside all of the green eggs.
This is also a great way to teach younger kids colors and encourage cooperation among the participants.
2.
A Dozen for Each Participant - Give each participant an empty egg carton (the kind which holds a dozen eggs) and let them fill it up with Easter Eggs.
This will make sure that each person knows when to stop; when their carton won't hold any more eggs! This is great for little kids who aren't good about sharing, you can make sure the kids who finish first help the others get enough eggs to help the others out.
3.
Hidden Coupons - You can use this in connection with either of the above ideas.
Instead of candies, money or little trinkets, fill the Easter Eggs with homemade coupons for special treats or outings.
For little kids you might extend their bedtime by half an hour or let them chose a box of cereal to buy for breakfast.
Older kids would like coupons for releasing them from a chore or letting them have a friend over for the night.
4.
Clues to Find Easter Baskets - If you do the Easter Egg hunt before you hand out Easter baskets you might hide clues for where the baskets can be found.
This would work best in connection with the first idea so you could potentially have each basket hidden in a different place.
You can also set a timer to add a little bit of competition to the hunt.
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Story Time - For a completely different approach try taking a well-known story, perhaps the Easter story or a favorite bedtime tale, and type it out on paper making sure to put line breaks so that you can easily cut the paper apart.
Print if off and then cut into parts and place one part of the story in each egg.
Once the eggs are found let the kids arrange the parts of the story and then read it aloud.
A great way to sneak a bit of education into this fun activity! Just don't tell the kids.