What makes a great Easter egg hunt? Share your tips and experiences with Cadbury and you could win a £200 Love2Shop voucher NOW CLOSED

[AngelieMumsnet]

With Easter falling early this year, we're already planning ahead, and Cadbury are looking to hear Mumsnetters’ experiences of Easter egg hunts.

What do you think makes a great Easter egg hunt? Does your family have any traditions - perhaps you base the event on memories from your own childhood Easters? Do you (or the Easter bunny) put together a treasure map or cryptic clues to help find the hidden eggs - and to make the hunt last more than five minutes! Will there be a star prize - or specific eggs to find, so everyone gets a fair share? How do you add to the eggsitement - and more importantly, how can you prevent any arguments or jealousy between the children?!

Whether you’re a fan of traditions or planning an all day eggstravaganza (sorry!), share your egg hunt tips - and your family's favourite Easter experiences - and you will be entered into a prize draw where one MNer will win a £200 Love2Shop voucher.

Please note your comments may be included on Cadbury's pages on MN, their social media channels, and possibly elsewhere, so please only post if you're comfortable with this.

Thanks and good luck,
MNHQ

[MAForster]

Lots of creme eggs.

[Spatula3]

Colour code the eggs you hide according to age so that means the younger children can hunt for blue eggs, while the older children go for purple. Or have the boys hunt for green and the girls hunt for yellow.

It means little children have an equal chance to find the eggs while also fostering a co-operative spirit amongst all the children who will try to help the others gather the eggs they aren't entitled to.

[TracyKNixon]

Assign each child their own color. This works great in a house with children of various ages. This way the younger children can get the same amount of eggs as the older children. An alternative is to write the children’s names on the Easter eggs. This takes a little time but works well. Let the children know they can only find the eggs with their name on them.

[cazzzie987]

Some sort of maze and a task sheet that gives you clues. Don't make it too easy either, it is nice to have a bit of a challenge. Also have several prizes, not just one big one.

[yourgrace]

Big event in Germany when I was a child,nan pointed a few out as I was only a tot

[rachelmi]

A great mix o children and ages and a sunny day

[amyhalliday1]

Good cryptic clues and brightly coloured eggs

[jonnysmith]

A map, lots of eggs and some great clues that are not too difficult.

[Lauzipop1]

We usually put together a hunt with rhyming clues and they lead to a mixture of chocolate eggs, sweets and easter related items like easter bracelets, hair accessories and snow globes (the Poundshop always has a good range). Last year we also drew rabbit foot prints on the floor with chalk, 3 year old was absolutely astounded. The kids love it.

[PigInMuck86]

We're Christian so incoperate the Easter Story into the egg hunt :-) We have a special prayer that involves running off to find eggs of one colour. On Easter Monday we go and do the treasure hunt at our local National Trust House which involveseven more chocolate

[TooMuchOfEverything]

Have a good weather plan, and a rainy plan!

I like making up riddles and leaving a paper trail around the house, with a pile of chocolate TO SHARE at the end.

[amanda08]

We do a massive inside treasure hunt with clues :) each clue leads to another egg and another clue. And when our son was too young to read, we just to print photos of bits of the house that he then has to find. He is 11 now but still loves our egg hunt on Easter morning :)

[ThemisA]

Lots of Easter egg and bunnies of various sizes, baskets for collecting them. I used to borrow a rabbit to pretend she had delivered them. Set the rules before hand such as anyone who finds loads more than others might be requested to share some of them. Ideally plenty of helpers to ensure each child gets a fair share. For really special celebrations I buy cuddly bunnies. If it is raining bring it indoors.

[andywedge]

Remember where you hid them yourself. Mught seem obvious, but, trust me, if you forget all hell can brake loose

[bobble5366]

I have one every year, my boys love it, I buy lots of Easter mini eggs and chocolate coins too, and hide them all around the house - in every room, the boys squeal with delight when they find them, there is always a 'grand prize' for the winners (they both always win) its a boxed chocolate egg which they put in pride of place on their bedroom shelf until Easter Sunday arrives. This teaches them self discipline to save the big prize, and pride in their 'treasure hunting skills'

[pgwynne]

If the weather has been awful we have hidden the eggs all around the home in every nook or crannie we could think of. My children absolutely love trying to find along with their cousins. Keeps them busy for quite a while.

[Ganne1]

Lots of little eggs hidden not too cleverly. Keep a watch in case the dear littlies start destroying all your neatness.

[wjanice121]

Plenty of colourful bunting. We make ours with the children the weekend before Easter.

[cheryl100]

I use clues so my son has to hunt around. Some are chicks, some are chocolates!

[rainbowvalley]

Raffle tickets placed on fluffy yellow chicks which correspond to the eggs they have found. Don't personally like to put eggs outside which could give a child germs!

[vixxx666]

funny clues!

[winterpark]

We create egg-shaped clue cards with fun riddles leading to each egg. This stops our boys from running around like headless chickens while upturning every pot in our garden to find the magic eggs, and also adds a puzzle element to the Easter egg hunt.

[funkyfish586]

Lots of cryptic clues with creme eggs as the end results. We use mini eggs in little £1 egg shells to find along the way.

[claireblaney123]

Make the eggs bigger each time you find one then they know that there is going to be something amazing at the end

[maryandbuzz1]

Excited children for a start! Plenty of eggs with a limit set for each child to stop after they have found their limit. We love the small all chocolate eggs and then a prize of a larger egg when the limits reached.