Try an Egg-cellent Easter Activity
23.05.12
Spring is in the air and kids everywhere are giddy with the anticipated arrival of the Easter Bunny. With Easter nearly upon us, it's time to thoughtfully prepare for the ever popular Easter egg hunt.
The egg has long since been a simple of renewal. The origin of the Easter egg dates back to the Middle Ages. Upon noticing the fertility of bunnies, the early Europeans would encourage their children to make nests for the bunnies in hope that they would leave eggs for them on Easter morning.
The earliest version of these eggs show them hand decorated and painted, some of them quite intricately, with more modern versions arriving in chocolate or brightly colored egg-shaped polymer capsules containing jelly beans and other small treats.
The Victorians took the Easter nest to a whole new level by putting it in a basket and bringing it indoors, hence, the birth of the Easter basket. And of course, modern Americans have gone completely over the edge by creating baskets that contain nary an egg but are filled to the brim with basketballs, video games and hula hoops, clearly something no bunny could ever "lay."
Source: Patch.com