This Easter Egg Hunt was put on by the Easter Seals especially for kids with disabilities... more specifically, Autism. We saw kids of all different abilities, and all of them were having a great time. There was a boy, who appeared to have Downs, who was helping out the volunteers. It was a great reminder to me that even people with differing abilities have the understanding of volunteerism.
This Easter Bunny was awesome! We decided that it was a female bunny, and she was so into it. I don't remember the last time I saw a poor person stuck in a character suit who was so believable. At first Ava was very weary of her, but she warmed up real soon!
The hunt had to be held indoors as the monsoon moved in outside. The children were each allowed to "find" 10 plastic eggs. Then they traded in their eggs for a goodie bag full of fun. There were also a ton of activities to keep them busy while they waited for their turn to hunt. The kids colored easter themed pictures, guessed how many jelly beans, did a photo hunt, dug for eggs in a two different sensory buckets, and frosted (ehem, ate) egg shaped cut out cookies. If that wasn't enough, they also had some other sweet treats including cupcakes, jello jigglers, rice crispy treats, hard boiled eggs, jelly beans and more.
So even though the event was rained in, it was still a lot of fun. Its always nice to have a place to take the kids where they don't get the stares from people who simply can't understand.
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