Every Easter, our family has an Easter Egg Hunt for all the kids (upwards of 20 kids!). As the kids got older, I started leading a separate older kid scavenger hunt for some of the oldest kids (usually 6-8 of them) instead of the traditional "hide the eggs" hunt for the little ones. It was super fun to put together this hunt and I was bummed that last year, Easter was basically completely cancelled because of the newly developed pandemic. This year, there will be an in-person Easter gathering at the family compound, but not with a lot of the kids, so I decided to put together a virtual Easter Egg hunt for any kids who wanted to participate. I wrote two rounds of kid-themed Jeo-Party questions (like Disney princesses, names of cartoon animals, superheroes, etc), changed the points to eggs (instead of getting $200, you get 2 eggs, $600 = 6 eggs, etc), and invited everyone via zoom. I also put together gift bags with candy, bubbles, pencils, etc and mailed or dropped them off to each of the families.
My husband and I edited the Jeo-Party on Friday, and I was all set for Saturday night Easter Egg Hunt Jeo-Party! 10 kids showed up, I explained the rules, and we began. At first I was worried that the questions would be too easy for everyone, but it seemed like they were a good mix; at least one kid knew the answer to every question, but not every kid knew the answer to every question. We relied on many "assists" from teammates and even had a few steals. It was entertaining seeing the kids racking their brains trying to figure out the answer, and one of them even said "it's on the tip of my tongue!"
One of my favorite moments was stumping the oldest kid there (one of my oldest nieces, and probably my favorite even though I know I'm not supposed to have favorites). The question was "This noble, free-spirited Princess of the Powhatan tribe was the first Native American Disney Princess and the first to be based on a real historical figure. She was lovingly nicknamed “Little Mischief” by her father and accompanied by two animal sidekicks, Meeko the raccoon and Flit the hummingbird." and she could not think of her name! Her mom yelled from the other room that she wouldn't get dessert if she couldn't remember her name. hahaha. (This family is notoriously a Disney-obsessed family, so she really should have known the answer). Eventually her sister had to give her the assist (Pocahontas).
By the end of the two rounds, the "Chocolate Bunnies" team had 84 eggs and the "Marshmallow Peeps" team had 96 eggs. After I announced the totals, I said that everyone was a winner, and that everyone should have a gift bag waiting for them. The excitement of hearing that I had sent them all goodie bags in the mail full of prizes was absolutely delightful. They were all surprised that I had sent them prizes, and I was so happy that their parents had kept it a secret!
In the gift bags, I wrote a little card, and on the back, I added an Easter joke. I saw one of my youngest nieces start reading the card to herself, and then heard her giggling afterwards, which means she totally got the joke, which made me so happy. Hers was:
Q: What did one Easter Egg say to another?
A: Heard any good yolks today?
I had all the kids go around and read their jokes, and that is how we ended the evening. All in all, it was incredibly successful and super fun, and I hope to put together another fun family game via zoom in the future.
With delight,
♥Jamie
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