Easter Egg Hunt (or anytime hunt really!)

My nephew (10) has asked for an Easter egg hunt this year, which is always fun (unless of course I make the clues to hard and they can't do them so give up and asked for the answer!), and I've been given the task of putting it together. I thought I'd share some of the clues that I'm planning on using and some ideas also, which I may or may not use. Not sure what the weather is going to be like on Sunday I am going to base it mainly inside but with, maybe, a few outside. I'm not so worried about the kids going outside in the rain it's me having to go outside in the rain and place all the clues and eggs!

I was hoping to finish it with a pinata but the only pinatas I've come across have been way too big and I don't want to have to spend a fortune on filling it! So I think at this stage it will just end with a basket/box/bowl of Easter goodies unless anyone has any easy ideas on how to do a diy pinata??

Some of the clues I have so far include:

• Let the fun begin, grab your sister and your brother and go hug your mother
• Hickory dickory dock the mouse ran up the ....... [clock]
• Santa Clause is coming to town, wait, what?? Did he drop in for a sneaky visit? [fireplace]
• Who sat on the wall and had a great fall? [humpty - egg cups]
• The clue will just have their house number (hoping they'll go to the letterbox!)
• For the next clue, think number 1's and number 2's :-) [toilet - ewwww]
• What goes up when the rain comes down [umbrella]
• Looking for the final prize, go to where you can look into your eyes [mirror]

plus I'm thinking of doing a few find a words (just use word or publisher - maybe 10-15 letters by 10-15. I just put in a few words ie their names and a few randoms and then one that is the actual clue), photo cut into pieces that they'll need to put together (like a jigsaw), text someone for the next clue (Can I get a clue from you?), use an insta #, word scrambles (with this one I thought of the place the next clue was going to be and then used the letters of that world for each of the scrambled words). ie If your next hiding spot is say in the 'bath' you would have 4 scramble words, one starting with b, one with a, one with t and one with h. Easy peasy but hopefully not too easy peasy for the kids!. Another one is 'matching lists' so you have two list of words that match ie list one has puppy, list 2 has dog, list 1 has easter, list 2 has egg and so on. Jumble them up so they are not next to each other and have one extra word that doesn't have a matching word - this will be the clue. I hope that makes sense?!

I don't want to get too elaborate or have too many clues but a nice mix of hints, riddles and puzzles to make it fun with a few Easter eggs thrown in for good measure!

There are so many ideas online just google 'easter egg hunt' or 'scavenger hunt' and you'll have enough ideas to get you through Easter, birthdays and Christmas! Education.com is a good resource, not just easter egg hunts but fun kids activities that you can personalise.

Have fun and be safe over Easter and, of course, eat lots of chocolate!

Jacqui ~ Rainbow Designs boss(y) lady and 'fun' activities co ordinator

A Couple of more books, Easter eggs and a Lizard

Another warm and humid day greeted me yesterday, this meant big hair (don't care) and time to do some washing! I have mentioned before how exciting life is for a small business owner haven't I?! I also made another trip to the library (I had an appointment at the council which is just next door to the library) and returned a couple of books I'd finished (Maeve and Ellen's book - both books I did enjoy to a certain extent but probably wouldn't recommend them. Maeve's book mainly because it's short stories and I'm not a fan of short stories, they're like the beginning of what could be a wonderful novel but then the author just seems to give up. Ellen's book was just short chapters of nothingness really, it does have some funny anecdotes but for the most part it's filled with nothing. I thought it was going to be an actual story of her life, it's not.) The two new books I borrowed, I've still got a couple to read from the other day, are 'The Hurricane Sisters by Dorothea Benton Frank' and 'A Mother's Story by Rosie Batty'. I did hesitate getting this book as it's obviously going to be a sad and tragic read but I know how strong and resilient Rosie is so I am hoping I will get to know more about her and how she has coped with the loss of her son at his fathers hands. Gulp.

Yesterday afternoon as I was faffing away on the computer I heard a noise and my front door rattle. I go and have a look and there's a water dragon clinging to it, thankfully on the outside! If it was inside you would have heard me screamed! Just the other day a much smaller baby water dragon was on there, I'm thinking this maybe his older bother or sister! There are often lizards wandering around the garden and a couple of times I've encountered them in the car park at the local shopping centre - didn't I move fast!!

An unexpected visitor!

A few Easter orders came in over the weekend which is great but I do hope (fingers tightly crossed) that a few more come in. It's always so hard to gauge how many Easter Eggs to order, here's hoping we got it right this year! There's only really a couple of more weeks for Easter gift sending but I know from previous years people tend to leave ordering to the last minute so am anticipating a very busy Easter week. 

Just Chocs with added Easter Eggs! - $33 delivered.

Time to pop the kettle on, make sure the flycreen door's securely closed and then head out to a couple of meetings I have in town.

Jacqui ~ Rainbow Designs boss(y) lady who's not a fan of unexpected visitors (especially if they don't have any chocolate)

And the new gifts keep coming, this time Easter!

I've been busy as a bunny bee working away on adding our Easter range for this year! I am so eggcited for these hampers and think they'll do well (fingers and toes hot crossed buns). As always I have tried to keep the prices low with them starting at an eggstraordinary $33 including the delivery. I think that's eggcellent value really!

We are using the eggsquisite Chocolatier Easter Eggs and Easter Bunnies - yum. The chocolate is just so smooth and creamy, I love it! It's an eggsperience like no other. (too far?)

I 'Easterfied' 5 of our fabulous every day hampers as well as adding Easter eggs to our Just Chocolates and Big Chocolate Boxes plus we have half kilo and kilo gift boxes just of Easter eggs and bunnies! YAY!!

Half Kilo - Easter Egg Overload, $35 delivered

Good Friday is April 14 and we have a cut off date of April 7 (you've got a month!) to ensure all deliveries are made before this date. You can order later and we will send them out but we cannot ensure they'll arrive on time. Your best bet would be to either order early or upgrade to eggpress post, all of our gifts have this option.

Of course you can also send one of our eggstra fabulous everyday gift hampers as not everyone likes chocolate (gasp, is this true??)

Jacqui ~ Rainbow Designs boss(y) lady and easter punoholic!

Last Orders For Easter

Well Easter is fast approaching and you have until 2.30pm Tuesday 15 April to get your Easter gift orders in so they arrive on time.  We don't want the Easter bunny to be blamed for any late deliveries unnecessarily. 

Not surprising (as they are so cute), there are only a few of our Bunny Boxes left (available in pink and mauve) - sorry guys the blue was our most popular colour and they have already sold out.

Our Rocky Road Hamper is popular at all times of the year; there is just something so decadent about the Australian made Freckleberry Rocky Road (milk chocolate, dark chocolate, white chocolate and fun mix blends). 

And I personally love the Double Blend - our beautiful Russian egg tins with a variety of plain and centred mini eggs for your enjoyment.  I am hoping there is one of these still in stock once Easter is over.

And who doesn't love chocolate freckles and chocolate buds?  For the die-hard fans we have a Choc Freckles and Friends noodle box - a half kilo box in fact.

I am looking forward to Easter - a long weekend and a time to recharge before the Mother's Day rush arrives.  But in reality there is always something to do here at Rainbow Designs as our gifts are popular all year round.  And if I am not sending out gifts then there is always the stock ordering and taste testing to do.  This is definitely one of my favourite parts.  We take our stock quality very seriously around here!

From the Rainbow Designs family to yours - we hope you enjoy a relaxed and chocolate filled Easter.

We Have Been Busy

You may not realise it, but in between the taste testing and the product ordering, we actually do some real work around here.  In fact we have been as busy as a bunny in preparation for the Easter Bunny’s arrival next month.  If we left it to the Easter Bunny to do the work for us, we might be in a spot of bother so we take it upon ourselves to restock the shelves with suitable gifts in which the ‘big bunny’ himself would approve.

I have a special sweet spot for those delicately filled Easter Eggs (especially those Turkish Delight eggs) and I particularly love the range of Easter gifts we have this year.  We welcome back old favourites and have introduced a few new treats to see in the Easter celebrations.

Is it a busy time for you in your business?  We had our brief reprieve over the Christmas and New Year period but ever since we have returned to work in 2014, it has been foot on the throttle and go-go-go!  Not that I am complaining, mind you!  I enjoy being busy especially as we enter our 10th year in business – and what a year it has been so far.

We welcomed new customers and many old ones and have sought to give each one that extra special VIP customer care that we are known for.

“Excellent communication - I was kept up to date with the entire order and delivery progress the whole way. Super quick delivery. Faultless! Will definitely use again!” – Christina B

So browse our range, and have a look at the goodies we have available.  We like to keep you on your toes and always have something new up our sleeve to surprise you with.  You are thinking Easter and I have Mother’s Day in my head – it pays to keep one step ahead.