Yesterday I took my boy for an Easter egg hunt in the woods. Having been looking religiously on weather sites to see what the weather would be like over Easter, it isn't looking as though the sun is going to be shining at all in the week up to Easter and on the day itself, so I decided to have an impromptu Easter egg hunt with my little one in the woods by my parents house.
I used to always go to these woods for a walk when I was a child and a teenager. There is something so peaceful about them and hardly anyone goes there, bar a few people who walk there dogs there. When Tyler Lee and I were there no one else was to be seen. It was lovely having the whole place to ourselves, it was peaceful, idyllic and the perfect place to take some Easter themed pictures and have a little Easter egg hunt.
Now that Tyler Lee is old enough to participate in things fully I thought it would be lovely to have a little Easter egg hunt with him. I was going to have it in our back garden but the photographer in me just wasn't feeling the backdrop for the pictures I wanted to take, it was then that I decided that the woods would be the perfect setting, it's safe there, quiet and there were lots of trees for us to hang our Easter decorations off.
I just hung some homemade bunting between the trees, put eggs on stakes in the ground and decorated the branches of trees with Easter eggs, my boy was a very willing helper with all of this. I then dotted some chocolate eggs and bunnies around the trees and gave him a basket to place his chocolate treasure in as he found them. Our little Easter egg hunt is proof that you don't need to spend a lot of money to make your child happy and give them great fun and memories that last.
When he found them all he begun to take everything out of the basket and back into the place where he found them - he's so funny. After he decided enough was enough and he couldn't resist the chocolate anymore he peeled open his Cadbury's Buttons egg and took a huge bite - he was so happy!
I love these little adventures and moments we have together, something so simple as a trip to the woods, some cheap decorations and some chocolate really made my boys day, he was so happy and really cute kissing his bunny and giving me lots of kisses and cuddles too.
I absolutely love the pictures I got during our woodland Easter egg hug. They kind of have an Alice in Wonderland-esque feel to them I think, Alistair in Wonderland in boys case though!
We'll have to do this every year at Easter, it was the perfect little adventure and escape from the house for some fresh air.
The pic where he's hugging his stuffed bunny is one of the most adorable I've seen in years...I did the eggs hunt too, when I was little, it was so much fun all the time. My dad used to hide the bigger chocolate egg in sight but very high on a tree and kept laughing when my and brothers were jumping to catch it!
ReplyDeleteAww thank you so much! That picture seems to be everyone's favourite, he really loves his bunny! Haha I'll have to remember to do that when Tyler Lee is older! :)
DeleteThat looks amazing! Very lucky little boy, who looks like he had great fun. Photos are fantastic, you're so lucky to have wood like that.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much Anna! He had a great time, we really are, there are two woods on our island but I love this one :)
DeleteI love the woods. It looks like in a movie.
ReplyDeleteThank you Janine! :)
DeleteLovely photos, looks beautiful! Looks like a wonderful time xx
ReplyDeleteThank you so much Catriona, we had a wonderful time together and lots of fun :) x
DeleteLove all the photos and the idea of having a hunt in the woods is so magical. Lucky li'l boy!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much Alina, it was quite magical!
DeleteLooks like you two spent a great day outside and had lots of fun! :) Love the photos, the woods look so peaceful and magical.
ReplyDeleteWe really did, it was so lovely! We must have more trips to the woods :)
DeleteThe photos are so lovely, seems both had a great time in woods :D
ReplyDeleteThank you so much, we had a great time! :)
DeleteLooks like he had a lovely time Fi, such a great idea. As always your photo's are stunning.
ReplyDeleteNicola
He had a great time Nicola. Thank you so much :) x
DeleteUtterly gorgeous photos, hes so photogenic and I love the one of him munching into his egg! xx
ReplyDeleteThank you so much, you're too kind. Haha yes, he couldn't get enough of that egg! :) x
DeleteHi. This place looks truly magical, no doubt your little boy really enjoyed himself! Great pictures
ReplyDeleteIt did have quite a magical vibe to it. Yes he loved his little egg hunt :)
DeleteBeautiful photos of a magical time. I can smell the pine trees & moss! I used to do this with my niece when she was little but my sister & I never did as children. I never liked chocolate when I was little so my sister got a chocolate egg & I got a jar of those big brown pickled onions & still do every Christmas & Easter!
ReplyDeleteOh how lovely Kate! I hope to do this with my boy every year. Pickled onions?! Can't say I'd prefer that over a big chocolate egg! :D
DeleteYou always have the most gorgeous photos, what a great idea. You set up his own personal little fun house!!! Gorgeous job!!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much Dana, you're too kind :)
DeleteHow beautiful and magical looking! I bet it was a ton of fun and full of enjoyment!
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We really did have a lot of fun Kaitlyn, I want to do it again :)
DeleteAwww bless he looks so happy and looks like he enjoyed that cadbury egg big time. This is a very nice way of spending time with your son, everytime I see his pictures makes me smile. Love his curly hair
ReplyDeleteThat boy and his curls....he is SO CUTE. And what fun it looks like he had hunting Easter eggs! Happy Easter :)
ReplyDeleteThis is such a better idea than having an Easter Egg hunt right out in the open. So many cool places to hide the eggs.
ReplyDeleteOMgosh - so beautiful! What a lovely setting for a family egg hunt and the cadbury egg was a huge hit! Love! Happy Easter.
ReplyDeleteThat is awesome! It's like Easter in a fairy tale. That is so cool!
ReplyDeleteOh my goodness, these pictures are absolutely beautiful! What an awesome way to create memories (and get some incredible pictures) despite the weather not cooperating for Easter. Absolutely love this!
ReplyDeleteAlright this is basically perfect and something straight from the movies, so whimsical! Look at the bunting and all of the little eggs for your boy to go hunting for. The second last picture of him eating the chocoalte with his bunny next to him?!! Sooo cute. Happy almost Easter! I can't wait to make my ham and scalloped potatoes hehe.
ReplyDeleteI was thinking the exact same thing about Alice in Wonderland. What beautiful woods to have an egg hunt! Your son is absolutely adorable! His hair is awesome!
ReplyDeleteAwww your little guy is so cute. That location for the egg hunt looks really fun and amazing. We still have snow on our ground and wished it would clear before Easter. =(
ReplyDeleteWOW it looks so mystical and delicious. I love the way everything is set out. I love how people are becoming more and more inspired during easter and creating such beautiful things. The best picture was the egg eating nom nom nom nom. I might have to hop over to where you are and indulge.
ReplyDeleteWow looks so magical/fairy tale like . Love the bright colored eggs against the woods. How cute is your son with his curly locks! Great photos thanks for sharing you egg hunt photos
ReplyDeleteWhat a stunning egg hunt location. We just went on a hunt at our favorite local ice cream shop--I the sleet-and it was quite fun but so incredibly cold. I love all of these photos...it is the most magical egg hunt I have ever seen. What a lucky little kid to experience this!
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I love this. It's very fairy tale-esque and whimsical. I wish more Easter egg hunts around here had that quality. They're just neon plastic eggs and kids running all over each other to get them.
ReplyDeleteThat is so cute that he started to put them all back after he'd collected them. The whole setting has such a magical, fairy tale quality to it!
ReplyDeleteHe is so adorable!! He looks so focused on that chocolate egg I am glad he didn’t have to wait long to dig into it!! You got some amazing photos during your Easter egg hunt!
ReplyDeleteAmazing post.there are many post around blogs about easter.i love the colors of eggs and boy with curly hairs.i think you guys had really fun (brook)
ReplyDeleteAs always, he looks adorable! I love his coat too! It looks snuggly and comfortable!
ReplyDeleteHow beautiful! The pictures make it look very fairy-tale like. And, your son is so adorable!
ReplyDeleteWhat an awesome egg hunt for little cutipie! Your son looks like he had an awesome time with this setting!
ReplyDeleteOh how fun! What great photos. I miss doing Easter egg hunts. It's pretty cold here to go outside and do them anymore!
ReplyDeleteThese pictures are so gorgeous! I love that you took him out into the woods! Great photo shoot and experience for him!
ReplyDeleteThat is a really cute photo shoot. It puts me in the mind of something out of "Alice in Wonderland" or "Once Upon a Time." These pictures will be so great to look at over the years.
ReplyDeleteOMgoodness, what adorable photos! That is such a magical way to hide eggs…in the great outdoors. I think I would have flipped if I had experienced this as a child. It also looks like Tyler Lee really liked the bunny rabbit.
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful set up! We just had my son's Easter egg hunt at school today and we're hoping for nice weather outside, if not it will be in the house.
ReplyDeleteOh that looks like so much fun! Our backyard isn't very big so we don't have too much space to do an Easter egg hunt.
ReplyDeleteHow beautiful, Fiona - for such a cutie and all little ones - I would never have thought to do this in our own woods - loved the photos - Awesome looking time for all!
ReplyDeleteAww, adorable pictures!! What a fun time for your little cutie!
ReplyDeleteThis is a beautiful site for photos too! I am loving how fun and colorful this event is.
ReplyDeleteOh my gosh those blond curls, he's such a cutie! Having an egg hunt like this looks like it was a lot of fun and so memorable for the both of you!
ReplyDeleteOh beautiful! I love this idea. I would love to do an Easter Egg hunt in our backyard this weekend!
ReplyDeleteI love your egg hunt setup! It is really adorable! Thanks for sharing. We'll be doing one this upcoming weekend with the littles.
ReplyDeleteI think it's very sweet of you to have made Easter come early for your little one. You did a great job in the set up and decors for the Easter Egg Hunt. You took lovely photos, too.
ReplyDeleteThis is such a cute idea, I love it. I think instead of gong to crowded egg hunts moms can do their own hung like those.
ReplyDeleteTyler Lee is so handsome! What a cutie. I love the woods and how to decorated it. I keep waiting to see a flock of little fairies flying about!
ReplyDeleteAn easter hunt - now this is just plain awesome. kids would love this.
ReplyDeleteThis is a fun idea. We do everything we can to keep our kids outside and encourage a love of nature. Unique things like this really help a child build memories.
ReplyDeleteHe is totally so cute indeed. I love the set up of the hunt and the placement of the eggs. This would be so awesome for the kids indeed. Thanks so much for sharing.
ReplyDeleteOh my gosh just look at those curls! These are fantastic pictures. What a beautiful spot for an Easter egg hunt! We used to run a formal Easter egg hunt here in London Ontario for a support group of families that I work with and it was so much fun every year
ReplyDeleteThat is simply magical! I wish I had woods on my property, we'd totally do our hunt like this!
ReplyDeleteThat is definitely the nicest location that I've seen so far for egg hunting. Makes me think of fairies and all.
ReplyDeleteOmg just loving all the photos!!!! Your little boy is too adorable!!! Wish I had awesome woods near by to do this with my princess :)
ReplyDeleteEaster egg hunts are so fun for the kids. I love the pictures you have here.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great way to hunt eggs. I love all of these pictures.
ReplyDeleteAwww, thats the cutest easter egg hunt I've ever seen. I an in LOVE with these pictures!
ReplyDeleteThis looks magical!!!! As a full adult woman, I'd want to go on this Easter egg hunt.
ReplyDeleteBy the way, your son is just cute! Every.single.picture.
This is such a fun set up. I now need to decorate like this for Easter its just too much fun.
ReplyDeleteThat has got to be one of the coolest Easter Egg Hunts I have ever seen! The photographs are stunning! :)
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