Easter Egg Hunt-On a Budget

donna1987

I there everyone, I apologise if anything similar has already been posted- i did a search for easter but thousands of unrelated stuff came up lol:o

Thing is, I've got my niece and nephew coming to stay the week before easter and my niece has asked if we can do an easter egg hunt- there will be 7 kids coming in total- ages 2(three of them), 3, 6, 10 and 11.
im totally stuck for ideas of what to get on a budget-i dont just want chocolate cos the little ones will be sick everywhere.:eek:

so any ideas on little gifties and where to get them would be brilliant. we're on a strict budget as my partner has had to give up work to care for me and our little one.

also where can we get the cheapest easter eggs??? im not really bothered about them being in posh boxes or being brand-names as they're just gonna be spread all around the garden anyway! most of the supermarkets are spread out in my area so id like to know where to go first cos they're all so far to go(im out in the country) we dont have an asda within 40 miles so the eggs for £1 are out unfortunately! does anyone know what they've got at aldi or lidl at the moment???

thanks in advance for any help and ideas!

Peakma

Aldi and lidl always have some cheap little eggs,there chocolate is usually pretty good too.
If you have a home bargains near you ,they always seem to have rabbit shaped quality lindt chocolate,really cheap.
Maybe you could boil them all an egg(or blow them if you can be bothered) and have a little competion for decorating,a few paints and sequins etc.and get the winner a bigger egg.or if this wouldn't be fair,bet one big egg for all to share and little mini ones to find.
My mum made us all some sweet little bunny finger puppets,which were very effective and virtually free.You/they could also make some little bags,baskets.
And the pound shops sell boxes of those little fluffy chicks.

simate

A few choccy bits from Tesco.



Tesco Sugar Coated Mini Eggs 100g £0.69



Cadburys Mini Egg Bag 100g 3 for £2.00 SAVE 55p - valid from 28/02/2007 until 08/04/2007



Swizzels Matlow Lots Of Lollies 260g Buy 1 Get 1 FREE £1.49



Cadburys Creme Eggs 8 Pack 2 for £4.50 SAVE 68p - valid from 28/02/2007 until 08/04/2007



T Easter Friendsmilk Chocolate Figures 100g £0.99



Tesco Milk Chocolate Mini Eggs 100g £0.99



Tesco Hollow Milk Choceaster Eggs 125g £0.89



Tesco Hollow Milk Choceaster Eggs 440g £2.99

goggins1977

You could always get a try a cheap real eggs hard boil them or blow them and decorate them....then hide them in the garden and give them all 1 easter egg when they have all been found ....

Chris25

Poundland usually do small plastic eggs that you can hide - or you could draw some on paper and the children exchange their 'tokens' at the end or you could hide those little chicks that Poundland sell - so cheeeapp!!!

Enterprise_1701C

Lidl is great - they've got some great little eggs and they even have some little chocolate cars - about 69p for what looks like around 8 of them (100g).

vixarooni

Egg painting is the best, i loved doing that! All you need to do it get little tiny metalic eggs, hide them as hard as you can and make them find them, Then they get to eat the little eggs, and the winner can have a small bunny or something?

Could make a easter cake or buns?

oliveoyl

you could try tracking these guys down

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/west_midlands/6469489.stm

simate

oliveoyl wrote: »

you could try tracking these guys down

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/west_midlands/6469489.stm

:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

donna1987

thanks for all the suggestions people! will definately do some egg decorating and will be heading to lidl n tescos to get the eggs!! my mum is bringing some craft kits to make easter baskets so the kids should have fun. thanks again everyone

amanda40

I bought a few different packs from Lidl last year, then gave my 2 DS a card with drawings and the amount of each shape. I had cars, mini rabbits, a large rabbit each and small eggs. Think I spent about £5 in total and they had great fun trying to find all the ones on their lists. I didn't want to do an all out hunt to save fights -so they just went down their lists. We didn't get them an egg, just the hunt, so saved a bit there.