Easter Egg Hunt For Nature Lovers

Easter in Scandinavia is a big celebration involving get togethers and marking the start of Spring. Enjoying family time and feasts. With the warmer weather it's also a good time to take a sunrise hike up a mountain and enjoy the fantastic views. 

The egg is a symbol of Easter in Norway and the traditional decorated chicken eggs have now been replaced with those filled with sweet treats. A big Easter Sunday breakfast is usually followed by an egg hunt outside. 

I managed to pick up these beautiful Scandinavian metal painted eggs by Maileg. I love that these are re-fillable and also add a whimsical storytelling twist for the celebration. They can be filled with sweet treats for a fun easter egg hunt. 

We also like to set up Easter Egg hunts with less sugary treats inside too! I thought you might like to see my list of ideas for the Wanderlust Child;

19 non-sugar ideas for filling an Easter Egg:

• Rubber Stampers
• Stickers
• Magnifying Glass
• Finger Paints
• Shells
• Rocks
• Little notebooks
• Packet of seeds
• Wooden small world characters (Rabbits, Frogs, Minibeasts)
• Finger Puppets
• Grapat Loose Parts
• Bark colouring pencils
• Ambrosius figures
• Oekonorm bunny crayons
• Felt woodland animals
• Rabbit shaped biscuit cutter 
• Hanging decoration for Spring
• Animal magnet
• Spinning top

Depending on the age and stage of the children you might decide to add a level of challenge. Perhaps leaving clues for the children to discover like ' Find the hole in the moss wall and peep through.' or even create a map for them to use!

I would love to see if you try any of these ideas. Why not share with me using #hyggeintheearlyyears