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| Children Hop To It At Eggstravaganza | ||
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| By Kylea McMurray Moapa Valley Progress Submitted Mar. 26, 2008 Children from all over Moapa Valley gathered at the Moapa Park on Friday, March 21 for the annual Clark County Parks and Recreation Spring Eggstravaganza. This event was fun for all ages, and it featured crafts, games, a bounce house and a huge Easter egg hunt. The morning started at about 10:00, and those who didn’t arrive on time missed a few fun things. “We had about 140 Easter buckets,” said Gail Lindsey of Parks and Rec, “But they were gone in minutes, we just had so many people!” |
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However, there were also fun crafts. Children had fun making bunny pins for their shirts. Beaded necklaces with Easter beads were all the rage at the Eggstravaganza. Everyone also had a chance to color, or make a Balloon Bunny, an adorable balloon with huge feet and all kinds of unique faces. The highlight of the event was, of course, the big Easter Egg Hunt. Each age group from one to eleven had a different section in which to hunt for eggs. By 10:25 the young hunters were waiting eagerly in front of their respective sections of the park, practically begging for the hunt to begin. | ||
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“The Parks and Rec in Las Vegas take several hours to holdstheir Eggstravaganzas,” said Lindsey. “But in Moapa Valley, it’s all I can do to hold the Easter egg hunt until 10:30.”
However, hold she did, because many children were just arriving. “I don’t want anyone to miss the Easter Egg Hunt, but everyone needs to hurry to their age group!” said Lindsey. She waited patiently for the late-comers to run in. Meanwhile, there were several false starts on the hunt. Finally, it was time, the whistle was blown, and the children raced around the park searching for eggs. For the youngest children, the hunt was a stroll through the park, where they were | |
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pleasantly surprised by the colored Easter eggs their parents helped them find. For the three to six or seven year-olds, the hunt was a frantic race to see who could
collect the most eggs. The older hunters had a challenging hunt in the wash behind the park. “I hid the eggs for the older kids, and I made sure they were tough,” said Lindsey. The eggs were full of all kinds of fun things. Most of the eggs were filled with candy, but there were a few coveted “Prize Eggs” in each age group’s section of the hunt. The lucky children who found the Prize Eggs ran back to the Park Pavilion and redeemed their egg for a stuffed animal. Several children went home hugging a large bunny, or a fuzzy duck. | ||
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Soon after the hunt, the crowds began to thin. “We always invite people to stay and play games after the hunt, but most people are pretty busy on Saturday’s,” said Lindsey. However many of the children stayed to take advantage of the Bounce House, which was a “good addition,” to this year’s Eggstravaganza. “I was definitely happy with this year’s Eggstravaganza,” said Lindsey. “We had so many people, and everyone had lots of fun! For any who attended the Parks and Rec Eggstravaganza, they would appreciate any who would donate their eggs back to the Parks and | |
| Rec. “Many people take these eggs home, and then they end up throwing them away. We would love to have them back so that we can use them for future hunts,” said Lindsey. Eggs can be dropped off at the Parks and Rec offices in Logandale and Moapa. | ||
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