Making the most of our beautiful cottage and its grounds, screamed out for a legendary Easter egg hunt. I was quite proud of the final hunt, albeit it didn’t work out the way I had planned. I don’t suppose it will with a 7, 5, 4 & 2 year old! We had fun though and the kiddies enjoyed finding the eggs as much as I did hiding them. I think I am a natural at playing Easter bunny…
So it all began with the planning
I had hundreds of little chocolate eggs and a collection of plastic eggs to keep the foiled wrapped chocolate eggs safe. Once all the eggs were filled with yummy surprises I made a “route” around the grounds starting from the garage door. I put bunny paw prints, follow me and this way signs all around the garden. With every sign came a collection of 4 eggs.
Now I had to make sure at every stop there were 4 eggs so they all got the same amount. My kids would squabble endlessly if one had more chocolate than the other. So to avoid any disappointment, or the fact Noah is faster and could whoosh around to get all the eggs first, I made sure it was a fair Easter egg hunt.
It was fun as I could be creative, I hid them high and low:
1, 2, 3….. Go Go Go
The children loved it. They set off and one of them ran in the opposite direction to my route, one ran to collection number 3. My anxiety levels were getting higher and higher. Breathe Sonia. They are tiny humans. The kiddies were so excited that they didn’t care about a route, all they thought about was charge and find chocolate. They did get it in the end, with a little help from the grown ups. They soon grasped the concept that all the kiddies had equal amounts of chocolate & they all made sure they had an egg.
Here are some of my favourite photos from our Easter egg hunt, I am very glad we had such a nice garden to do it in. You can hire Clare Cottage from Norfolk Country Cottages.
An Easter egg hunt in photos
Briony
Sunday, April 8, 2018What A great cottage. Perfect for an egg hunt. Your in a lovely area to explore too, not to far from us!
MummyConstant
Sunday, April 8, 2018Ahhh cool where do you guys live? Hubby would live here if he had his way! š x
louisa
Sunday, April 8, 2018what a beautiful garden for your egg hunt! The children look like they are having so much fun. We have never had a hunt at home in case the dogs get to the chocolate before the children but it would be nice to try it elsewhere. #countrykids
MummyConstant
Sunday, April 8, 2018We have that same worry at home too, and our garden is quite small in comparison. This place was just inspiring. Perfect for Easter egg hunting!
Thank you for stopping by Louisa… š #CountryKids x
lucy mackcracken
Sunday, April 8, 2018your comment about them not collecting them in order, made me smile, I would definitely be the same. It looks like all the children had a great time and what a beautiful garden you have for the hunt #countrykids
MummyConstant
Monday, April 9, 2018Ha ha, my husband actually filmed the beginning because my reaction was quite amusing! It was a wonderful garden. I miss it! House goals š thank you for popping by x
jO
Monday, April 9, 2018Easter egg hunts are always fun. i PERSUADED MY CHILDREN TO DO ONE EVEN THOUGH THEY THINK THEY ARE TOO OLD! #cOUNTRYkIDS
MummyConstant
Monday, April 9, 2018Ah thatās awesome. I hope I will successfully do the same when mine are grown up. Thank you for stopping by x
Kids of the Wild
Monday, April 9, 2018What a great Easter egg hunt and a lovely photographic record. And daffodils! They are so late flowering near us. #CountryKids
MummyConstant
Monday, April 9, 2018Ah thank you Lucy. Its a shame I didnt get a video – but I was too busy biting my nails as the children ran off in all different directions haha š x
Helen - from Mummy to Mum
Tuesday, April 10, 2018That garden looks amazing. Definitely a great place for an Easter egg hunt!! #countrykids
MummyConstant
Tuesday, April 10, 2018It really was perfect xx
Fiona Cambouropoulos
Tuesday, April 10, 2018I know just how much planning goes into an Easter Egg Hunt. I love your little signs and the idea of 4 eggs at every station. It’s a lovely way to make sure everyone ends up with the same number of eggs. It must have been lovely watching them go round following your bunny print trail, certainly your beautiful photos suggest the kids had a brilliant time.
Thank you for sharing with me on #CountryKids
MummyConstant
Tuesday, April 10, 2018It was super fun. Slightly stressful at the beginning when the kids didnāt understand-there was a trail lol. They soon got it. xx
Margaret Clarkson
Tuesday, April 10, 2018Great article and fabulous photographs
MummyConstant
Tuesday, April 10, 2018Thank you Margaret xx
olivia kirby
Tuesday, April 10, 2018I love doing an egg hunt for my 3 children and my niece! My eldest is 16 and would never let me leave him out! I hid socks, chocolates and toothpaste for him haha!
MummyConstant
Tuesday, April 10, 2018Ahh thats a good idea… I will have to get more creative as the little man gets older so that will come in handy x
Mudpie Fridays
Wednesday, April 11, 2018We tried our own hunt at home too… they didnt collect in order and Monkey ended up grabbing all the eggs before the little ones got a chance! I learnt a lot this year on how we wont do it next year! xx #CountryKids
Malin - sensational learning with penguin
Thursday, April 12, 2018Lovely signs and it looks like great fun hiding the eggs! Maybe I’m an easter bunny too…x #CountryKids
Sarah Roberts
Saturday, April 28, 2018This sounds such great fun for litte ones and big kids!.