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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Monday, April 05, 2004 - 2:09 pm
We will have 4 kids here (cousins/siblings). Two boys age 14 and 2 girls, 10 & 11. Along with the egg hunt, I want to have some kind of "competition" that the kids have to work TOGETHER as a team to get the prize. Any ideas?
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Hippyt
Member
09-10-2001
| Monday, April 05, 2004 - 2:59 pm
How about the race you do with raw eggs and spoons? Two teams,each has a dozen or so eggs,they have to pass from one bowl to another bowl a distance away. The team that finishes getting the most eggs in the bowl first wins! Caution,this is a definite outside game,watch out for breaking eggs! Coloring the eggs would also be fun. I'd say make it boy/girl teams,since the girls are a little younger to even things out.
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Marysafan
Member
08-07-2000
| Monday, April 05, 2004 - 3:15 pm
Not a race...and don't know where you live...but if want to do something really different...get everyone a kite...and fly kites. One Easter we had a young man staying with us who had a horrible home life. He never celebrated holidays. We decided to make this Easter special. The night before the teens colored the eggs for the traditional hunt. I went to Target and got everyone a different colored T-shirt, and we all went out to breakfast in them. When we came home we had the Easter egg hunt and then we went and flew kites. All ages had a great time. I laughed so hard that I had to sit down at one point. The little kids worked hard to get their kites flying and it was so funny to see how hard their parents worked in assisting them. The teenagers showed off using different positions...like standing on one leg, sitting, between the legs, laying down...and then competed to see who go the highest. I got mine stuck in a tree! ...which everyone thought was hilarious! That happened 10 years ago, and it is still the one and only Easter that everyone remembers.
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Justavice
Member
07-12-2003
| Monday, April 05, 2004 - 7:32 pm
If it rains, a good indoor activity at my house for many years was trying to get an egg to stand on one end. (The trick is putting a little salt on the table). My brother, sister and I would spend hours doing this, especially because we knew it could be done. Making balloon animals is also fun. Stores like Party City, WalMart, Target, etc. frequently carry kits that have the long, skinny balloons, blow-up pump and directions. Teenagers love doing this. Karaoke is always fun.... And one last activity I've done many times with kids 7-17 is who can build the tallest structure using only uncooked spaghetti noodles and marshmallows. I would give each team of two the same number of large marshmallows, a huge handful of small ones and unlimited dry spaghetti. There was usually a time limit set and the only rule was that the structure had to be free-standing without the assistance of a person or object. This activity is so much fun to watch and photograph and really needs teamwork and problem-solving skills. And there is always at least one person eating the supplies and not thinking ahead that they might need them.
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Tabbyking
Member
03-11-2002
| Monday, April 05, 2004 - 7:58 pm
you might do a treasure hunt. the clues are in plastic eggs. each clue leads to the site of the next egg. clues such as "i am in such a quandary, go to where one does the laundry", and have an egg in the dryer. then that egg can say, "rotten eggs have such a smell, fresh ones here should always dwell"...and the next egg would be in the fridge. then that note in the egg could say, "some eggs are blue while others are pink, where would someone get a drink?" and maybe have one sitting in the sink. every couple of eggs there might be a quarter in the egg along with the clue, or a little saran wrapped bundle of jelly beans or something. have the teams start with different clues and take different routes, but have the final place be the same and see who gets there first for the big prize... which might be a coupon for pizza and a video or a day at a ceramics place where the kids can make and paint something, or whatever. they will all get little things along the way. my kids are 18 and 16, and every year i still have to do the treasure hunt for their birthdays, with small gifts along the way and the biggie at the end. when my son was 17, he got really upset that his gifts were on the dining room table. he made me take the gifts and type and hide notes for him to do his hunt
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Monday, April 05, 2004 - 8:54 pm
These are all great ideas. I like the tower idea. We are having an Easter egg hunt, but that's sort of "every man for himself" and we are even having the girls in the front yard and the boys in the back to cut down on rivalry. I am wanting to do something that would make the four of them have to work together in order them to find a prize.
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Tuesday, April 06, 2004 - 6:22 am
I think I've got it..tell me how this sounds. Gonna tie the four of them together side by side at the ankle and the wrist. Gonna take a children's cheapie Easter puzzle and put the pieces in eggs and hide them in the yard. They have to, tied together, find the eggs, then still tied together, solve the puzzle to get the prize. What do you think???
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Tess
Member
04-13-2001
| Tuesday, April 06, 2004 - 3:09 pm
Sounds like you should get lots of pictures AND video because it's going to be hilarious!
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Tuesday, April 06, 2004 - 3:15 pm
I just hope they don't kill each other! LOL
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Hippyt
Member
09-10-2001
| Tuesday, April 06, 2004 - 3:16 pm
lol,I think that sounds like a great idea.
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Tuesday, April 06, 2004 - 3:20 pm
thanks! this will either be a hit or flop! I am picturing many rolled eyes, but I can bribe them with prizes! LOL
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