- March 25, 2008
- 5 Comments
- General, My Spawn, Parenting/Family
An Eggselent Idea
I know Easter is long gone now, but I just have to pass on this great idea – for next year. You may already know about this great idea, but just in case…
Hunting for eggs is never fair when more than one child is involved. You got your “egg-hoarder”, the “confused child”, your “laid-back” kid, maybe one kid who is not so quick out of the gate, and there is always the poor kid who is just “SOL”. Sorry, I cursed. But it’s true!
I went to a MOPS meeting last week, and heard this suggestion: assign colors.
That’s what I’m talkin’ about! Genius! Pure genius!
Maybe I love this idea because it exemplifies perfection – complete adult control! Aaaaaaand it worked for us on Sunday!
Each kid got a color. Each kid looked high and low for assigned color. The faster-finders helped the slower-finders, and it was quite heart-warming to watch the kids actually HELP each other instead of donning their full-body-tackle-gear in their desperate attempt to find as many eggs as possible.
After each child found their assigned color – they noticed 2 extra colors lying around – and each kid got to then find one more egg of each color… and again, by the end, the experienced hunters were creatively helping the strugglers find their extra eggs.
Win AND Win.
5 Responses to “An Eggselent Idea”
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Well, thanks you could have told US THIS EARLIER! I have a hoarder and a struggler.
OOOOOoooo that is a great idea! I’ll have to suggest that at the next hunt.
What a fantastic idea!! (Ctrl+S) I am saving this idea for next year’s egg hunt!
Pretty cool idea – though it won’t work with my arteests. They’d be highly offended if I limited their egg decorating paraphernalia. Wow, I didn’t know paraphernalia was spelled like that…
What a great idea. I have two little ones who are left in the cold, so to speak, while my older child cleans up. Assigning colors would totally work for us.
At our Jaycee city wide egg hunt, my youngest leaped into the fray and immediately leaped back into my arms crying b/c of all the noise and confusion. Nuttin’ could have helped him on that day.