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Wednesday, May 21, 2014

Easter Egg-Cellence!

This year with everything going on I thought it would be nice (and fun of course!) to set up an Easter egg hunt for David. I did it a few years ago and he really enjoyed it, and since it'll be the last solo Easter (hello baby S!) we would have I went ahead with the idea. However, we unexpectedly ended up in town visiting family Easter weekend, so we had to wait a day to be able to celebrate at home together. Once home I got it all set up after David left for work and when he came home I sprang the surprise on him (yes, he had no idea. I think anyways). Since I think it's waaaaay more fun to do it treasure hunt style, I of course started out with a letter and a map to start David out on his hunt.

How cute is this envelope? Thank you Pinterest!

Since we're gearing up for a baby and a big move, I definitely wasn't going to go buy plastic Easter eggs to put clues in. What is an Easter egg hunt without eggs, you ask? Well, I got creative with my card making supplies and was able to create some fun, and different, eggs for the hunt :D

 Uh oh! A pearl fell off!
 Bedazzling can be fun, especially for something playful like this :)
The golden egg! Too bad it's not real gold haha. Now THAT would be a prize!

Thank you Cuttlebug, fake gems and pearls, and metallic markers! With the help of these aids these eggs were 'born'. With these 10 eggs and many fun prizes (Sharkleberry Fin Koolaid anyone?) David went on his treat filled journey towards the grand prize. He found prizes along the way with each hidden egg, including Chips Ahoy, Oreos, Koolaid, toffee candy, caramels, caramel chocolate eggs, Cracker Jacks, and peanut butter chocolate cups. Of course I was SUPER cheesy in my clues, using phrases like "Welcome to the Egg-stravaganza!", "You're egg-cellent", "You're one of my favorite peeps!", and "You're egg-straordinary" hehe. See? I told you. Cheesy. hehe :P 
He had to search all over like in the dishwasher, our medicine cabinet, in the desk, our mailbox! haha which our mail had just come before he got up there so it was all pushed to the back. I had one clue hidden in the baby's hamper, our freezer (Brrrr!), my car trunk hehe, and the freezer. 

The last clue led him to the hidden Easter basket hidden behind the TV that was filled with more goodies and BOY did he have a smile on his face!  Even though it wasn't on the actual day of Easter, it was still a really nice experience to enjoy together. It makes me unbelievably happy to be able to throw something as simple as this for David and make him so happy : D
I hope to keep this up as a tradition with our now growing family. Just think of the hilarious photos in the future with little kids running after eggs and then David too picking up clues of his own! Hahaha yes, I will have to continue this as a tradition...