Easter egg hunt fun and some (wee little) science

On this easter weekend, how could we miss the egg hunt. Guadalupe river park had hosted Spring festival with some 40+ vendors. The usually quiet and lonely park was bustling with kids and adults. Out of the other egg hunt places I had picked this one as I wanted to combine some science activities along with the fun.


The egg hunt was in the historic orchard and the theme was eat healthy, as a result there were no candies or chocolates. Different colored eggs were hidden all around the orchard to symbolize various fruits, purple for plum, green for apple etc. The goal was to find eggs of all colors. In return they were to get a small goodie bag with nuts and dry fruits in it. The hunt actually got over within 10 minutes!

There were various kids friendly activities such as bouncers, face painting, bean bag throwing etc. There were stalls set up by Happy hollow zoo, Schmahl science and a few more, however we got to visit only 2 of them, the happy hollow and the tie-die one. Below is the python skin displayed by "Happy Hollow Zoo".


What mostly caught our attention was the tie-die booth as they used natural dies made from onion skin, walnut leaves etc. "A" used marbles to tie the silk handkerchief and then it was dipped and simmered in the dye for about 15 min. The kerchief was then allowed to air dry.


Although there was not much of science involved, kids had fun getting outdoors and enjoying nature to the heart's content!