Austin families may not be able to attend some of our favorite Easter egg hunts this year, but with a little help from our local communities, we can go on an Easter egg hunt while still practicing social distancing. Similar to the ‘bear hunts’ and ‘chalk walks’ we’ve seen popping up in neighborhoods all over America, our egg hunt works best with community support and participation.
Help us spread the word in your local neighborhood for an Egg Hunt!
How It Works::
- Download and print the Easter egg coloring page to prepare for your Egg Hunt
- Decorate your favorite egg.
- Display your egg(s) in your windows by Wednesday, April 8th.
Egg Hunt April 9th – 12th::
Go on an Easter egg hunt with your loves ones to see how many eggs you can find! *Don’t forget* to take a picture of the beautiful eggs you find and share to the AustinMoms Facebook thread and tag @austinmoms on social media! Let’s see how many neighborhoods get represented!
Here are some easter basket ideas too!
- All about books basket. Use an actual basket or a backpack. Get some new books and maybe a stuffed character out of the books to go with them. Stick a few fun filled eggs in there with it for good measure.
- Little gardener basket. I am actually doing this one this year. Grab a cute little mini plastic wagon. Fill it with a watering can, gloves, a little shovel and some seed packets. I am going to fill a few eggs with some plastic bugs and marshmallows.
- Beach-combing basket. Grab a beach pail and stick some sand toys in there. You can find sets of this stuff at most stores this time of year.
- Movie basket. Get a popcorn bucket and fill it with movie snacks and a their favorite movie to watch at home with the family! This one is great for younger and older kids.
- Outside play basket. Grab some bubbles, chalk, hula hoop, jump rope, basketball, football, an outside game like horseshoes and then put in some filler candy. This is actually one of the Easter baskets I received that I loved and still remember vividly. I’m old, I shouldn’t still remember that. It was that awesome.
- Dress up basket. Pick your littles favorite Princess or Superhero and get some dress up props that pertain to them. Stick them in that basket and voila!
- Make-up basket. Ok, so this could pertain to little or older girls. Nail polish, pretend or real make up items, chapstick, a cute little pocket mirror, perfume, and a little makeup bag. You know you have an old Clinique free gift bag under your sink. Do it.
- Bath fun basket. Bath fizzies, bath chalk, bath paint, those little capsules with the tiny sponges in them and a new fun soap. As much as this sounds like a girl basket, I know darn well my boy would be thrilled with this one too.
- Art basket. New coloring books, crayons, markers, paint and colored pencils. Plus, they are making some pretty awesome adult coloring books these days. Pair that with a new set of markers and this works for the older kiddos.
- Character basket. What is the one cartoon your kid loves? or character? Mickey, Ninja Turtles, Minecraft, My Little Ponies, Shopkins, Paw Patrol. Base a basket on that character.
