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Local Easter Egg Hunts and Celebrations!

Spring is here!

By Jennifer Hill March 29, 2012
I’ve rounded up some local Easter Egg Hunts, Celebrations and Spring Activities for you! Check back again soon as I will add more as I find them. If you know of something we missed, please email me or comment below!
 

Annual Spring Egg Hunt Eggstravaganza 
Kennedy Community Center and Park, 1333 Decoto Road, Union City 
Saturday, April 7, 2012 
9:00 am to 11:30 am 
$10 presale tickets, $13 at the door 

Includes egg hunts separated by age, a mini carnival, a Scholastic Book Fair, a snack bar, great games and exciting raffle prizes. Each participant will receive a bag full of goodies and participate in an exciting egg hunt led by Mr. and Mrs. Bunny. 


See Union City Leisure Guide for more information. 


Bonnet Parade and Egg Hunt 
Kennedy Park, 19501 Hesperian Blvd., Hayward (510) 317-2302 
Saturday, April 7, 2012 
9:00 am 

This is a FREE annual event! The Easter Bonnet Parade is led by the Easter Bunny for children ages 0-6 years old who wear homemade bonnets. Prizes are given to those bonnets judged as the prettiest, most unusual and most colorful. The Easter Egg Hunt is for children between the ages of 3 and 9 years old. 


Egg Olympics at Mission Springs Community Church
 
48989 Milmont Dr., Fremont (510) 490-0446 
Saturday, April 7, 2012 
10:00 am to noon 

FREE
 Family Fun! Face painting, games, balloons, story telling, crafts, popcorn and slushies, jumpy house and Easter Egg Hunt! 


Little Lambs and Victorian Table Top Games at the Ardenwood Farm
 
34600 Ardenwood Blvd., Fremont (510) 544-2797 
Saturday, April 7, 2012
10:30 am to 11:30 am for Little Lambs 
Noon to 1:00 pm for Victorian Table Top Games Entry to Ardenwood Farms: $3/adults and seniors, $2/children 4-17 years, Under 4 - Free 

Little lambs are frolicking on the farm! Come see our babies play, feed their moms a snack and learn about their wonderful wool. 

Ready for some old-fashioned fun? Challenge your family and friends to a game of pick-up-sticks, tops or jacks as you delve into our box of games from days gone by. Meet at the Granary. 

Easter Fest hosted by Harbor Light Church
 
4760 Thornton Ave., Fremont (510) 744-2233 
Sunday, April 8, 2012 
10:30 am 

A family celebration service. FREE indoor/outdoor event for all ages! Morning service and special Kid’s Church service too! FREE Egg Hunt, raffle prizes, popcorn and cotton candy on and around the Athletic Field. 

Easter Eggstravaganza at Bay Area Baptist Church
38517 Birch Street, Newark (510) 797-8882
Sunday, April 8, 2012
Easter Celebration Services at 9:00 am and 11:00 am.
Eggstravaganza at 10:00 am and 12:00 pm.

Donuts and Starbucks coffee will be served before each service. Exciting and uplifting music. Fun and exciting children's service. Followed by Newark's largest egg hunt! And a bounce house and a big basket giveaway.

Rabbit Rendevous and Old-Fashioned Games at the Ardenwood Farm
 
34600 Ardenwood Blvd., Fremont (510) 544-2797 
Sunday, April 8, 2012 
12:30 pm to 1:30 pm for Rabbits 
2:00 pm to 3:00 pm for Old-Fashioned Games
Entry to Ardenwood Farms: $6/adults, $5/seniors, $4/children 4-17 years, Under 4 - Free 

Spring has sprung – flowers are blooming, insects are buzzing and the farm’s rabbits are hopping to meet you! Gather ‘round the hay circle and meet the farm’s four fuzzy bunnies! 

Old-Fashioned Games – What did children of the Victorian Era do for fun? Join us to skip, jump, catch and play games from the past that are just as amusing today. Meet at the Granary.