Moonlight/Flashlight Easter Egg Hunt 2011

I just noticed that I never published this post from last year's Moonlight Flashlight Easter Egg Hunt, which works out well because there's still time to plan your own and now this post can serve as your reminder.

We hold an annual moonlight/flashlight Easter Egg hunt just for the adults.  Last year Kersten and Tai were the big winners

But I think everyone had fun.

You can read more about how we do things here.

Planning a surprise this Easter?

My friend Lisa always has some wonderful surprise up her sleeve so I love doing the same for her. Last year, her birthday fell around Easter. As I was brainstorming, I kept turning to these hollow chocolate eggs that I had on my mantel.  When I saw them at Costco, I knew we could do something fun with them (Costco has them again this year).

We ended up using them to make a treasure hunt for Lisa, leading to her birthday gifts.  Larry and I made up the clues on the spot so we could look for clever hiding places in her apartment (like behind a hollow clock hanging on a wall, buried in the sandbox, inside a box of food in the freezer, hidden in the pocket of some jeans in a stack of pants in the closet, and under the hollow base of a globe). We were giggling maniacally the whole time we were putting the hunt together.

 We left a note just inside of her front door after we carefully poked holes in the bottom of the eggs and slipped clues into them and hid them. I was worried about the eggs falling apart when we poked holes in them, but we didn't ruin a single one and they looked perfect once we wrapped them back up.

 Thanks to Larry, some of the clues were crazy hard, but we knew Lisa and her husband Tyler love a good challenge and by the end of the night, they found her gifts.

I think this would be so fun to do with older kids to lead them to their Easter baskets or any Easter surprises that are too big for their baskets.  Sheesh, why doesn't Creed just grow up already!

Scenes From Our Easter

 As Creed checked out his Easter basket, Ollie got right to work finding his eggs and eating the pretzels and Easter Marshmallows that he found in them.

 The Easter bunny was good to me too

 But the best part of any holiday is always watching these three.

 We feel so blessed and grateful to our Savior.  It's nice to have holidays like Easter and Christmas to remind us of what life is really all about.

Some Fun Easter Printables

I love these Easter Printables.  They make fun, quick projects to do with kids and most of these are free.

 Bunny finger puppets.  I just printed out a set to go in our church bag to keep Creed busy during our meetings on Easter Sunday.

 Tumble bunnies.  I need to get some marbles so we can try this one.

 The Bunny Crew and Yolk Folk from Mibo studios.  These ones are $3.90 per download.  I used them last year and Creed's Easter Bunny birthday party.  They take a while to put together, but I think older kids really might enjoy doing it themselves.  It would be fun to have printed copies in their Easter baskets.

And to spend the Easter Cheer, it would be fun to surprise another family with an Easter egg hunt (Cat Surprised me one year and I was giddy).  This sign is ready and waiting for you to leave on the door.

A few More Fun Easter Ideas

As promised, here are a few more fun Easter ideas I've seen online this year.

Cake filled eggs.  I'm not a fan of hard-boiled eggs.  I'd much rather search for these.

 Surprise Crepe Paper Carrots.

 Sparkly Dot Easter Eggs.  We made these at enrichment and they are really easy, but they work better if your eggs aren't cold.

 I'm not sure about an original source on this one, but I love the idea of decorating things around the house so make them Easter-ish.

 A jelly bean monogram.

 Chocolate Bar Bunnies.

 A streamer egg hunt.  I might try this one with Creed this year, only maybe I would still hide the eggs and have the streamer lead to his basket.

 Crystal Egg Geodes.  Creed and I made crystal snowflakes not long ago and he thought they were magical.  I'm sure he'd love making these too.

 Plain wooden Easter eggs.  This makes me want to order a bunch to replace our plastic set.  I love them plain, but they would be really pretty died with rit dye too.  Maybe I need to plan a DIY night with friends?

Little egg pinatas or paper mache eggs.  Another brilliant idea from Not Martha.

Are there any fun projects that you're attempting this Easter?  I'd love to hear about it!

Easter ideas

I just came across a bunch of bookmarks I saved last Easter to share with you so here are a few that I would love to try (and you actually still have plenty of time left before Easter to try them!).

 Reusable carrot candy pouches.

 Easter Candy on Parade

Easter eggshell crafts.  You should click through to see the others.  They are so funny/cute.

Egg cozies.  These are no longer available, but you can find a tutorial for similar ones here.

 Sweet and simple lamb pillows.

 Grow your own wheatgrass.

 Bunny finger puppets.  I made some last year and they are so fun to work on.

 Felted egg pocket.

 Easter surprise eggs.

 Surprise chocolate eggs.

Easter Eggs with notes inside.  I really wanted to do this, but it's been so popular on blogs this year that I was afraid it wouldn't really surprise anyone.  I would still love to get one in the mail though, wouldn't you?

Hopefully I'll stay motivated and I'll post some of my favorite ideas from this year soon.