As Easter approached this year my 11 year old started talking about how I would just give them a block of chocolate because they know about the Easter Bunny (and apparently has known ever since he "saw" Dad hiding them one year, which is funny because I don't think Dallas has EVER hidden the Easter Eggs). Anyway, I went looking for some ideas to have fun with them instead of just handing them chocolate. All of the ideas were just variations on the regular Easter egg hunt. So I came up with this.
Let me just say in advance that I mean no disrespect to the Australian Cricket Team :) We just happened to have enough of their KFC toys that they made a great gang of criminals for the purposes of our game. I'm pretty sure they are not roaming the countryside stealing chocolate from small children.
I also know that I have used most of the characters in ways that are not true to their actual stories. I actually have no clue how Pokeballs are used. It's all in good fun.
Lastly I ALSO know that Easter egg hunts are usually Sunday morning. Since this was just for fun and absolutely nothing to do with the real meaning of Easter I decided to do it on Saturday. Also church is at 9 on Sunday and I think my son's teacher will appreciate it if he doesn't have chocolate for breakfast before coming.
Getting Started
The kids rooms face each other so I strung this across the hallway outside their bedrooms. That way whoever saw it first could wake up the other one. Turned out the 14 year old (Megan) was up first and dragged her brother out of bed. The rolled up paper is the first clue, and the bags are to collect eggs and gang members in. The clues are styled to look like my 11 year old's favourite books - Geronimo Stilton.
After a quick trip to the amenities they read the first clue. At this point Reid was saying "can't I just go play X-box" but Megan was excited.
Clue 1 led them upstairs to our collection of He-man toys.
Next clue:
From here they were led downstairs to the Smurf Village located opposite the land of XBoxia, behind the couches. By now Reid was starting to get into it but I think he was still half asleep.
That's Fergamel up there on the blue house :)
Clue 3 led them back upstairs to my en-suite bathroom where every Pokemon toy that we own was hanging out in our bath. Megan had to point out that one of the red eggs was actually pink.
Next stop was outside to the trampoline. I was really hoping it wouldn't rain because it usually rains here on Easter weekend when everyone is camping.
If I could be bothered I could have made both the Smurf Village and the Shrek castle a bit more creative. I really couldn't be bothered.
By now Reid was totally into it. They thought this one was pretty fun. One of the eggs rolled off across the trampoline and so Far Far Away was destroyed by an earthquake.
The next clue sent them upstairs to the "Sparebedroomeda Galaxy", where this was waiting in the wardrobe.
This is one of my favourites. Reid has a big poster that a friend gave him that was perfect for a background.
The next clue came about because Reid has been enjoying DC Legends of Tomorrow which has a character called Rip Hunter.
Back downstairs again to our back room, where a dinosaur has barfed all over the floor after eating chocolate. They thought that was pretty funny.
This one sent them outside to the banana tree. There was only one pair of thongs outside and they were too excited to come back in to get another pair so they took one each and hopped over to the tree.
The last clue sent them back upstairs (got to work off those Easter Eggs in advance) to my bedroom where the Sparkling Caverns was my jewellery box/mirror. This one is my favourite, partly because of the minions but I also thought the Siddler was pretty funny. Megan thought it was hilarious that I drew on his face to make him look like the Joker.
The note here sent them back downstairs to find "The Elusive Trashcan", which is in the laundry.
They found the Knights of the Elusive Trashcan and the Jail, where I left a few final eggs. The Pakistani cricket team is ready to torment the Aussies.
Final verdict - great fun for them and fun for me to watch them. I'm not sure how I am going to beat this next year though...
Let me just say in advance that I mean no disrespect to the Australian Cricket Team :) We just happened to have enough of their KFC toys that they made a great gang of criminals for the purposes of our game. I'm pretty sure they are not roaming the countryside stealing chocolate from small children.
I also know that I have used most of the characters in ways that are not true to their actual stories. I actually have no clue how Pokeballs are used. It's all in good fun.
Lastly I ALSO know that Easter egg hunts are usually Sunday morning. Since this was just for fun and absolutely nothing to do with the real meaning of Easter I decided to do it on Saturday. Also church is at 9 on Sunday and I think my son's teacher will appreciate it if he doesn't have chocolate for breakfast before coming.
Getting Started
The kids rooms face each other so I strung this across the hallway outside their bedrooms. That way whoever saw it first could wake up the other one. Turned out the 14 year old (Megan) was up first and dragged her brother out of bed. The rolled up paper is the first clue, and the bags are to collect eggs and gang members in. The clues are styled to look like my 11 year old's favourite books - Geronimo Stilton.
After a quick trip to the amenities they read the first clue. At this point Reid was saying "can't I just go play X-box" but Megan was excited.
Clue 1 led them upstairs to our collection of He-man toys.
Next clue:
From here they were led downstairs to the Smurf Village located opposite the land of XBoxia, behind the couches. By now Reid was starting to get into it but I think he was still half asleep.
That's Fergamel up there on the blue house :)
Clue 3 led them back upstairs to my en-suite bathroom where every Pokemon toy that we own was hanging out in our bath. Megan had to point out that one of the red eggs was actually pink.
Next stop was outside to the trampoline. I was really hoping it wouldn't rain because it usually rains here on Easter weekend when everyone is camping.
If I could be bothered I could have made both the Smurf Village and the Shrek castle a bit more creative. I really couldn't be bothered.
By now Reid was totally into it. They thought this one was pretty fun. One of the eggs rolled off across the trampoline and so Far Far Away was destroyed by an earthquake.
The next clue sent them upstairs to the "Sparebedroomeda Galaxy", where this was waiting in the wardrobe.
This is one of my favourites. Reid has a big poster that a friend gave him that was perfect for a background.
The next clue came about because Reid has been enjoying DC Legends of Tomorrow which has a character called Rip Hunter.
Back downstairs again to our back room, where a dinosaur has barfed all over the floor after eating chocolate. They thought that was pretty funny.
This one sent them outside to the banana tree. There was only one pair of thongs outside and they were too excited to come back in to get another pair so they took one each and hopped over to the tree.
The last clue sent them back upstairs (got to work off those Easter Eggs in advance) to my bedroom where the Sparkling Caverns was my jewellery box/mirror. This one is my favourite, partly because of the minions but I also thought the Siddler was pretty funny. Megan thought it was hilarious that I drew on his face to make him look like the Joker.
The note here sent them back downstairs to find "The Elusive Trashcan", which is in the laundry.
They found the Knights of the Elusive Trashcan and the Jail, where I left a few final eggs. The Pakistani cricket team is ready to torment the Aussies.
Final verdict - great fun for them and fun for me to watch them. I'm not sure how I am going to beat this next year though...
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