3rd Annual Adult Easter Egg Hunt

Busy times at the household.  My 3rd Annual Adult Easter Egg Hunt is quickly approaching.

In years past, I've filled plastic eggs with silly things.  The first year was super basic.  Plastic eggs filled with samples and small toys and vouchers for booze.

The second year, I got a bit more intricate.  I scoured the internet and stores and found larger eggs and filled them with samples, toys, booze and vouchers for larger prizes which did not fit into the eggs.  It would have been fine, but I landed myself in the ER the night prior with  a busted ear drum and tinnitus and blood on my ear drum.  I was at the hospital until about 4:30 am and then proceeded on with the Easter egg hunt as scheduled.  -The only issue is that my "VOUCHERS" were notes that said silly things which were supposed to clue me in on what the prizes were.. but they weren't.  So I ended up hanging out whatever I thought people needed.

The 2nd Annual Easter Egg Hunt (abbreviated AEEH from here-on-out) was themed "EVERYBODY Gets a Butt Plug".  I had about 12 butt plugs stuffed into eggs, for no other reason than to make myself laugh.  When you watch a group of adults pull butt plugs out of eggs, the looks on their faces are PRICELESS.

There was one GIANT, blue egg filled with Adult Diapers, that my Dad ended up with.  It was quite hilarious to be honest.  At the end of the event, there were about 39 people that attended last year's AEEH.

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This year, the event has gone through a few more changes.

1. I have goats & chickens now.  My yard is a MESS with animal fecal matter everywhere.  It smells quite barn-like as well.  So we've had to scurry and find a new location.  At this moment, I'm planning on using the clubhouse at my parent's Mobile Home.  I just don't wanna pay the $125.  Blah.

2. The event is taking place on April 1st.  I want the theme to be "ROTTEN EGGS".  I want some eggs to have nothing in them and a few others to have gross things in them like fake bugs or fake poop.  What fun would it be if there weren't a few gag gifts?

3. The way the prizes are handled.  I've continued to fill eggs with small prizes, samples & toys.  I've even gone so far as to keep up the tradition of prize vouchers.... except this year, I'm using raffle tickets.  One side of the ticket goes into the egg and the corresponding side goes onto the prize.  That way I can pick up a prize and yell out the numbers and whoever has the other half of the ticket, wins the prize.

4. I'm also setting aside larger gifts that my guests can bid on.  I'm giving them 25 tickets once they RSVP.  25 once they show up at the event.  The guests can win tickets in Easter eggs and I play a series of games on the Facebook event invitation that allows guests to win more tickets.  I create silly polls where correct answers are worth 2 tickets and then I play more elaborate games, like "Guess which zoo animal I am thinking of" which are worth 20 points.  I also play games like "who can get the most comments in before I shut off the commenting for that specific thread.  Each comment is worth 1 ticket and whoever gets in the last comment is worth 30 tickets."  -I try to keep it interactive and keep the guests excited for the party.

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Here I am 6.5 weeks away from the 3rd Annual AEEH.  I have 263 eggs stuffed and 35 of those are larger prizes that required vouchers.  I have 18 items set aside for the bidding portion of the event.  I still have to buy a ton of booze and go through about 10 totes of stuff.  -See, when I was doing Amazon reviews, I was hoarding all the stuff I reviewed to use as prizes.  I'm not sure the AEEH will be a thing after 2018.  I am keeping a bit of stuff aside for next year, but but next year might be it.  I also buy things on clearance throughout the year, as I see fit and the bank account allows.

This is something I have enjoyed doing, but I can see it as being costly in the future.

So, here's to a fun 2017 AEEH!  I can't wait to see how this turns out.