For many kids, an Easter egg hunt is the activity they are looking forward to all year.
In the times of pandemic, all public activities and church services are cancelled. But nobody can cancel Easter and Estevan resident Shannon Belanger believes there is a way for local kids to have fun this Sunday while keeping distance and staying safe.
“You basically put an Easter egg or a bunny or a basket in the window, and kids will be able to count it, and parents can decide, ‘OK, you found five eggs, here is your Easter egg basket.’ Instead of you collecting the eggs in the backyard you get a prize at the end of that,” explained Belanger.
She has seen similar ideas on a number of Facebook groups, where people were suggesting to one way or the other organize a virtual egg hunt. So she went forward and also posted a suggestion to put Easter eggs in windows around the Estevan community to allow families to create their own scavenger hunt routes, while spending quality time together and staying safe in their vehicles. Sherry Horrocks supported the idea and helped Belanger improve it.
“For it to be fun for families in Estevan, the whole community has to participate,” noted Belanger.
She said that for her, an Easter egg hunt was a big deal when she was a child, so she didn’t want anybody to miss out on the fun just because schools and other organizations are now closed and parents might be overwhelmed and limited in time to organize something.
“When I was in school, we had an Easter egg hunt throughout the school for elementary school, for the kids to find the eggs so they would get a basket at the end of the day,” recalled Belanger. “So I thought it would be a great idea for the community to provide that for families that don’t have time or are tired.”
Belanger noted that many essential service workers are currently working long and exhausting days and might not have time to plan a scavenger hunt in the yard. So the option to go for a nice spring drive, looking for eggs and enjoying time together with their little ones may become a great solution for them.
The idea was also inspired by Belanger’s fiancé’s 10-year-old sister, for whom she wanted to have a fun Easter egg hunt.
While anyone in the community is able to contribute by putting an egg on the window, supplying kids with Easter baskets should remain the parents’ responsibility to ensure kids aren’t eager to get out of the vehicles.
No registration is needed to become a part of the activity. Individuals and local businesses can just put eggs or other Easter attributes on the windows. Even if the eggs are not immediately noticeable, they still will do the job, making the egg hunt even more exciting. And when Easter day comes, parents should just take their kids, get into their vehicles and enjoy the community-wide Easter egg hunt.
