Ultimate Easter Egg Hunt

1993, Age 11

At the respectable age of 11, a simple Easter Egg hunt was much too childish for us neighborhood kids. We devised a much more EXTREME version of the game, and I had more fun on the hiding end than the hunting end.

One other friend and I hid the plastic eggs throughout the woods, while the others set out for the hunt. In addition to just hiding the eggs, we could also pounce upon and attempt to steal eggs from the hunters. We then stashed stolen eggs in our hidden burrow (which turned out to be an actual animal burrow, ask me about that some time).

It added an EXTREME sense of adventure to a traditional game. As a further randomizing effect, some of the plastic eggs were stuffed with candy, but some were stuffed with Vienna sausages. We thought it might level the playing field. Turns out it was just gross. Anyway, this may have been my first experience as the facilitator of fun, rather than just the participant