A mother from Spruce Grove, Alta., had a simple idea to make Easter brighter for children during the coronavirus pandemic: a socially distant Easter egg hunt.
The idea is simple: decorate your home with Easter eggs — on doors, in windows and on sidewalks — and invite families in your neighbourhood to count them when they head out for walks.
Spruce Grove mother Charlotte Pardely said the idea stemmed from a Facebook post she saw on St. Patrick’s Day, asking people to put hand-drawn shamrocks in their windows. “I started thinking, ‘Well, what if we did Easter eggs?'” she said. “We have lots of time.
The kids are out of school. “We need activities to get them outside and keep them busy. They need their physical activity too.” So Pardely