Easter Egg Hunt
 

I was surprised to learn that my kids still want an easter egg hunt this year. Being almost 11 and almost 12 I figured they'd be over it by now, but apparently not. It'll be fun anyway because we'll be at my dad's place, so there'll be heaps of good hiding spots to put the eggs.

Do you/did you do easter egg hunts for your kids?

This is the first year I am doing one.

Im thinking my two are too young for one with clues, so we will just do a scramble.

My friend and her family are coming for Easter breakie (thank FSM the new furniture arrived today), so we will do the hunt then do brunch.

Im panicking a bit that I dont have enough eggs.

My husband's family has this tradition where instead of hiding the eggs, they hide clues around the house that lead to the Easter baskets, which already have the eggs/candy/stuff in them. I suspect this was because they spent many years in various places with no yard to hide the eggs in.

Wow...I usually just do a scramble type thing for the kids too, but the clue thing sounds like heaps of fun.

If dad's party is boring i might do that instead.

Ive also heard of the clues thing, but havent done it. When the boys are older I reckon thats the way to go.

My mom always did clue hunts for me, with the clue wrapped in small candies, and the end of the hunt being my basket...she was crazy good with rhyming riddles that had me all over the house, out in the yard, and everywhere, it was a lot of fun and kept me occupied for hours.

I just made some clues up. I'm just thinking about how to hide them over night. I might have to get some little jars.

Here are the clues:

Clue One.
They say an apple a day keeps the doctor away, but if you don’t like these apples, you should see what the oranges have to say!
(fruit basket)
Clue Two.
Very good! Now that you’ve shown you’re clever no chump, how bout looking under the GREAT BIG STUMP?
(Orange Tree)
Clue Three.
So you’re crafty and funny and think you’re so smart. Go find the clue in the mechanical cart.
(big log)
Clue Four.
If you think the tractor was terribly easy, the next clue might make you all smelly and greasy.
(Tractor)
Clue Five.
Now that you’ve shown that you are no ham, how ‘bout a walk right around the dam?
(among dads grease and oil stuff)
Clue Six.
I hope you didn’t get muddy or damp. Your next clue might take you under a ramp.
(far side of the dam)
Clue Seven.
You’re getting closer to finding the stash. Maybe the chooks would like some mash?
(ramp)
Clue Eight.
The animals like living here on the farm, but where do you go if you’re bleeding from harm?
(chook food)
Clue Nine.
If you can run not slow or too late, the next clue might take you right up to the gate.
(first Aid kit)
Clue Ten.
Last but not least, you must stand facing east and look near the pumpkins to find your sweet treat!
(back gate)


They're pretty easy clues, but I think the kids will have fun with them.

Erm, your answers are out Ali.

yeah I know. That's the one I saved with the answers on it in case I forget. ;)

I printed the clues out two to a page in big letters. I'm going to put them in zip lock bags so they don't get wet from the morning dew.

I think I'm probably more excited about this easter egg hunt than the kids will be. lol

We also had our Easter baskets hidden inside when we were growing up. There was always snow on the ground outside. No fun looking for easter eggs in the snow.

We used to have an egg hunt at work. We stopped doing it when our department got too big. We had those little plastic eggs, filled with candy, and one of them had a little certificate for a paid day off. It was wildly popular.

My grand-dad used to put $50 bills in some of the eggs; typically these were hidden in the cactus garden or an equally treacherous location.

Flint makes so much more sense now.
:)


It's time to revisit a Jim Gaffigan sketch about christmas and easter.
http://funny4myspace.com/videos/top/23/view/QjJCIbC9sxA

I think she means they don't line up right. Like this:

I might do raku style eggs this year. That sounds fun. I found out that if you don't water down the coloring and it has an alcohol content, and if the egg is hot enough when you dye it, it turns a metallic color as if it has been fired in a kiln. Neat-o.

Someone tell case. If you see her.
:)

No, I meant to put the answers to where each clue should go under the clue to find the next clue. That's to remind me, but also so I don't have to do it in order (just in case the kids are watching somehow) and also, my sis in law might give me a hand too.

We don't have those plastic easter egg things that you have in the US, so if it's raining on Sunday I'll have to at least change the last clue so the eggs can be hidden somewhere under cover.

we're ready. the foil topping was a big hit.....

mom used to hide easter egg candies ALL over the house and yard! I didn't do that so much (trying to get away from so much candy); and I have a thing about baskets. Fucking baskets always get in the way. So I usually did pseudo baskets; i.e., useful containers.

Mostly it's about gifts--things like clothes and shoes, and little eastery things. And some candy.

I'm bringing Bunny Juice (spiced carrot juice) and Green Eggs and Ham (deviled eggs) to the party. Except I forgot the green food coloring in the shopping cart, bummer!

Raku egg...first try this year! I had to eat it already:
Better example later.
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what is Raku about it? technique, or end result?

I just had a lady come through my line at work the other day with like 20 little white buckets. She said she has a pre-school class and they were going to glue bunny faces on the side of them...so the easter "baskets" were cheap ($1 each) and would be hand-made by the students....and if you really wanted to, you could probably peel the bunny face off and just have a handy little bucket once easter was over. I thought it was neat.

We always had a basket hunt in our house each easter. We always did that. My wife would write these elaborate riddles and the kids would all have to collaborate to figure out where the next note was hidden until the final note would lead them to the baskets. There would usually be about 5 or 6 notes. The riddles led them all over the house and the yard. I hated making the notes and all the crap she would give them but I know they will have fond memories of it. Of course I would never make the notes either, I made her do it.

the thing is, you can't throw away easter baskets, 'cause, you know, there a gift (from a supernatural power, no less); but they have an odd shape and height, don't store or stack well, and so (at least in my less-than-organized household) tend to get left out, stepped on, etc. Bah! Just a nuisance.

Kind of technique but mostly result. If you use the straight dye on a really hot brown egg and the dye has an alcohol content as with McCormicks, it fires as in a kiln creating a metallic unpredetermined finish as with Raku pottery. Hence a raku egg.

I hate the camera I have. Should have gotten the one with a better lens. In the photo the purple spot you see at the bottom is a metallic purple. Other lines on the egg had a metallic finish as well. The metallic finishes look just like the effect you get in raku pottery and just as sporadic and unplannable if that is a word!

Well...try it. It's fun. Make sure you use a really hot egg and the straight dye not watered down. The dye I have has a glycol component. I pour it right from the dropper on a hot egg right out of the pot. It looks fairly normal when you pour it at first. But as it dries you begin to see the metallic finishes in different areas. I noticed with that first egg that the more dye was there the more raku-y it got. I'm not sure if you have to use a brown egg or not. The first time I noticed this "mistake" it was with a brown egg, and I have been replicating it that way ever since.

Adult egg fun. :D Not for kids. It is too messy with straight dye and the egg is way too hot.

You end up with an egg that has diefferent colors and spots that look like the metallic colors in this photo.
http://www.ayamoconcepts.com/raku_ph...lery/index.htm

I better go do more eggs and hope for a better photo. (edible art is sad but oh so tasty) Mmmm. raku egg.

T’was the day before Easter…

T’was the day before Easter and all through the woods,
The bunnies were busy packing their goods.
The eggs were all colored so pretty and bright,
All things were “go” for the big, special night.

The baskets were waiting, all decorated with care,
In hopes that the Bunny soon would be there.
My little brother Sam was asleep in his bed,
While visions of Easter eggs rolled round his head.

And I in my pajamas with the cat on my lap,
I had just settled down for a quick little nap.
When outside the window I heard a great noise,
I sprang from my chair and jumped over some toys.

As quick as a flash to the window I flew,
I pulled up the shade and , OH, what a view.
The moon on the meadow cast a bright golden glow
And the wind blew the flowers to and then fro.

Then all of a sudden from out of nowhere,
Came some lively bunnies, hopping here, hopping there!
Leading the group with ears long and funny
Was a plump all-white rabbit…
That’s right…the EASTER BUNNY!

The bunnies hopped past, one, two , three, four,
The rabbit called out and then there were more.
“Come Peter! Come, Flopsy! Come, Benny! Come, Joe!
Now hop along! Hop along! Hop along! GO!”

So up on each doorstep the bunnies did hop,
With baskets of eggs. (Let’s hope they don’t drop)!
Just at that moment, on the porch down below,
Came the stomping of feet ‘Twas the rabbit I know!

As I stepped from my window I heard a loud sound.
Through the door came the rabbit with a leap and a bound.
He was furry and soft from his head to his feet.
To see him so close was really quite neat.

He was surrounded by eggs that had been carefully dyed.
Easter eggs galore he soon would hide.
His eyes were all twinkles, His nose was so pink,
And I can’t be too sure but I think he did wink.

He had a kind face and a big fluffy tail
That bobbed up and down like a boat with a sail.
A twitch of his nose and a flick of his ear
Was his way of saying “You’ve nothing to fear”

He uttered no sound as he hopped all about,
Hiding the eggs and leaving no doubt,
That the Easter Bunny had come like he does every year…
Bringing baskets of happiness to children so dear

Alright. Once again I am at odds with my camera...but here are more Raku style eggs. Hopefully from the photos you'll get the idea, but I wouldn't place any bets on it. I liked my husbands the best because you can see the multichromatic results better becaue of the brown portion of the egg contrast. They are not pretty, but still fun to make...oooh shiny egg...ooh ahhh...
I had eggciting results. I am eggstatic!:headshake
I hope this doesn't make me an egg alchemist.
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Do you not re-use the same baskets every year?

Last one::D Thank you for your patience have a nice Easter!;)
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raku style eggs! egg..celent!

( my sister is a potter)

the colored eggs y'all posted are terrific!

no, reusing the baskets would be cheating

I got to hang out with granddaughter cuties and teach them how to jump rope. Not that I did all that much actual jumping, you understand, but still . . . :)

The photos are posted right behind you. Show her those.:D I need a pro to tell me if they do in fact, look like raku but eggs.
:D

So... to avoid both cheating and a cluttered house, you substitute non-basket containers instead? You still end up with a tidier house; sounds like cheating to me. ;) Do you get new Christmas stockings for everyone every year too?

The kids had a great time with their egg hunt yesterday. They were surprised when they realized it was out in the yard rather than in the house, but that just made it more fun in the end. A couple of the clues tricked them up a bit, but they all worked together and cracked it finally.

I think I'll do clues again next year. It was well worth the effort watching them giggling and running around having fun.

@ Cicero, those eggs are too nice to eat. I wonder if blown egg shells could be gotten hot enough to use that process?

well first of all I thought you were making 'real clay eggs' :P


Without bothering her. I say YES! :thumb:

but I am no artist of any kind but I think they are beautiful. LJs childrens eggs are too btw.

cheat, cheat, cheat!

I mean, cheep, cheep, cheep!

Christmas stockings are easily foldable and storable, though.

Thank goodness I am no longer Santa OR the Easter Bunny!

ETA: BTW, the green eggs and ham and Bunny Juice were a HIT!

Verry cool looking Cic!!!!

Heh. Thanks zip. I'm just glad I haven't pissed anyone off for all the photos in this thread..but still...I didn't think anyone else out there had discovered the raku egg, adult fun so...gotta share.
:)
I don't have kids and I'm not christian..so..well...I have to do something on Easter...

xoxoxo is right. I bet if I hollowed out some of those eggs and apllied the same process with a torch or saudering iron..the same thing would happen. I'm into it. Let's try it.

Whatever.

wow!

YUM bruce!

good looking eggs, cic.

cool idea, thar, bruce.

i was trying to talk monster into putting actual peeled hard boiled eggs inside the plastic eggs for her easter egg hunt as a gag, but she woulndt do it.

the dried macaroni went down a treat. But thor's fave was the wine corks! :lol: (over and above the candy and the dice -which he adores)