Social Distancing Easter Egg Hunt

Ok, so I am pretty sure I should have talked about this before Easter but I didn't. Hopefully, if anyone reads this it can help them come up with some ideas so do in their home town or with their kids. 

So if you read my last blog post you would know that I am currently staying with my parents in West Virginia tell all the shelter in place orders calm down. If you didn't well now you know! The nice thing about this state is they try to help each other out. A lot of patents are now stuck at home with kids who have a way to much energy, icky weather, and parents who are not used to spending this much time with their kids. So our local boys and girls club put on a social distancing Easter Egg Hunt.

They did this by printing out pictures of eggs and placed them all out the county that we live in. Then they gave so many hints to find the eggs. When you found an egg you had to take a picture (also known as a selfy) with the egg. There were 50 eggs in total hidden all over the place.

As for the social distancing part, and safety. The rule was you could not touch the egg when you found it. You Also could no search in a group larger than 5, and the group you searched with had to be people you lived with. (Cool thing about a small town is everyone knows who you live with so these rules were easy to enforce). They also recommended proper hand washing before and after searching, using hand sanitizer, and to remember not to touch your face. All egg we're hidden outside and spaced far enough from each other you did not have to worry about large groups of people gathering.

(photo of my daughter and my sister with one of the eggs)

They gave everyone in town a week to find them all. Adding more hints threw the week. Depending on where you live and the rules your area has at the moment this could be a really fun activity to do. (Even after this is over it might be a fun activity for your co-op.) You do not have to make it Easter themed either. To make this an all-around activity you could just use local landmarks. (And that would cover a history lesson or two). 

If you have any other ideas of how you could make this work for you, your community, co op, or club please leave me a comment. If it is a great idea it may be featured on our podcast (Retro Girl's Treehouse on Beanpod) in May!