26/03/2024
EASTER EGG HUNT (Part 2) 🐰
Following on from post 1 on “The Benefits of Easter Egg Hunts”, here are more reasons to engage in this lovely tradition:
•BONDING
An egg hunt is a wonderful opportunity to connect as a family.
Young and old can benefit from quality time!
Tweens and Teens can be encouraged to participate and feel more included by being placed in charge of filling or hiding eggs for younger siblings and loved ones.
🐰 Top Tip
Older children can participate in a hunt for “coupons”-fill plastic eggs with slips of paper stating their reward, for example: “Two hours extra screen time”, “Family Movie night-you choose the movie and snacks”, “Date night out with Mom/Dad, “Giant Easter Egg is yours”, etc.
Older girls eggs could include mini beauty products or hair accessories too.
🐰 Tiny Top Tip
If you have a baby who’s not yet walking, they can still gain so much from an egg hunt too. Crawling on grass gives them a core workout and a significant sensory experience.
And if they’re not yet crawling, they can lay on a blanket, getting some tummy time while watching the bigger children hunting and experience the sensations, sounds and smells.
✝️Christian Top Tip
Incorporate the true meaning of the holiday into your Easter egg hunt by printing off and placing an Easter Bible verse into each egg. For younger children, you can use pictures to tell the story. Afterwards, put all verses/pictures in order and read them all together as a family after the hunt.
🤓From a Therapy Perspective:
No matter how you and yours celebrate holidays, the most important thing is that you connect!
Whether it’s 5 minutes chatting on the phone to a special friend who lives far away, a planned activity with the kiddies or Easter lunch at Granny’s house, make the time together INTENTIONAL.
