While my Spring holiday is Passover, Brandon celebrates Easter which gives me another excuse to spoil my man.
The traditional egg hunt & basket ordeal has been done way too many times in my opinion. I needed to think of a new way of combining the two customs while adding a witty twist.
"The Gift Hunt"
Most Americans have partaken in an amusing scavenger hunt in their day. I wanted to combine the fun of a scavenger hunt with the typical Easter Egg Hunt in order to create a special experience for Brandon.
First and foremost, I knew I wanted to get him a large gift while adding in smaller presents to make it more comical. I chose to get him Amazing Spiderman Comic Book No. 121 which is a very famous and expensive issue. The smaller gifts included: an Itunes giftcard, homemade coupon for video game playing time, homemade coupon for batting practice at the batting cages, tour of Dodger Stadium, and Baseball cards.
Brandon's Easter Basket
For each item purchased, make the hints for the scavenger hunt in the corresponding theme as the ultimate prize. For instance, the Spiderman Comic Book gift clues were hidden in graphic novels, Comic Con paraphernalia, Clone Wars painting, etc. Another example, the Itunes gift card clues were title of songs with a hint to make it a little easier ("Beat it!" Hint: Best video game ever!). Of course he knew my favorite video game is Wii Michael Jackson!! To make it even more fun, the look of the hints can also be themed. The tour of Dodger Stadium hints had the Dodger Logo (LA) in the background while the batting cage hints were supplies needed to go play baseball such as a bat, helmet and uniform.
His first clue for the Video Game Coupon
In the Michael Jackson Wii case
Another clue in our 2 year anniversary scrapbook (It was for the ITunes gift card - Hint: "Love Story by Taylor Swift"
He is so happy..he found the ITunes giftcard (it was hidden behind my IHome)
Baseball cage hint (The other side is a batting helmet)
The location was in onion (It's a really good topping on Dodger Dogs)
Spiderman Prize Hint..was in Comic Con Scrapbook page (Do you see the golden egg)
Another hint in Watchmen
The egg was hidden in the white box on the left (It was placed in a Spiderman Easter Egg)
The first clue I put in a plastic egg in his easter basket. Some plastic eggs had candy while others had clues. I told him he had to open each egg one at a time. He grunted a little :)
This hunt requires a lot of planning. You can always make it more simple by not going with themes but it makes the person hunting per determined to find the prize.
I suggest when planning this hunt to write down the following:
- What is the prize?
- Where will it ultimately be hidden?
- Theme or no theme?
- What are the hiding places for the clues?
- Themed clues or just hints on where the next clue is?
While this may take some work and thought it is a lot of fun. Brandon really enjoyed himself which was so nice to see. If you have any questions about this project, please leave a comment.
Look at the mess we made :)