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n. An Easter festival, where young children "hunt" for Easter eggs.
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An egg hunt is a game during which decorated eggs or Easter eggs are hidden for children to find. Real hard-boiled eggs, which are typically dyed or painted, artificial eggs made of plastic filled with or chocolate candies, or foil-wrapped egg-shaped chocolates of various sizes are hidden in various places. The game is often played outdoors, but it can also be played indoors. The children typically collect the eggs in a basket. When the hunt is over, prizes may be given out for various achievements, such as the largest number of eggs collected, for the largest or smallest egg, for the most eggs of a specific color, consolation prizes, booby prizes, etc. Real eggs may further be used in egg tapping contests. If eggs filled with confetti left from Mardi Gras ( cascarones) are used, then an egg fight may follow. Eggs are placed with varying degree of concealment, to accommodate children of varying ages and development levels. In South German folk traditions it was customary to add extra obstacles to the game by placing them into hard-to reach places among nettles or thorns.
Egg hunt is a game of collecting hidden eggs. The term may also refer to:
- Egg Hunt, a one-off post-hardcore experiment of Ian MacKaye and Jeff Nelson, former members of the American hardcore punk band Minor Threat.
- "Egg Hunt", an episode of Dora the Explorer TV series.
Usage examples of "egg hunt".
But finally not even the Lion could hold another bite of anything, and since the moon was already halfway up the sky, Ozma rose at last and announced re- gretfully that she and Dorothy and the Lion must say goodbye, if they were to be in the Emerald City in time for the Easter Egg Hunt next day.
Back aboard Better Luck, she checked on the progress of the cockroach egg hunt.
To his surprise he found himself holding the basket, so he shrugged and joined the Easter egg hunt.
Instead he felt like a kid on an Easter egg hunt, closing in on the big chocolate bunny.
Maybe it'd cool some yet, bring down the usual shower on the egg hunt.
And the soldiers scurried about the town in another Easter egg hunt, but they were not so good at it as the children were.