Appropriate age groups for this Easter celebration or activity:
Preschool and Younger
Elementary School
Middle School
High School & Beyond

Description of Easter celebration or activity:
I have 5 children and a Husband who like it when we're a team. So I invented a game/ritual that they could do together while I prepared the rest of Easter. They all wake up with an Easter egg by their toothbrush (in bed they might lose it) which contains a little bunny note (written shaky, as if the bunny did it). I start with clue #1. The kids under 5 have 3 clues and older they get the more clues and harder they are. On each egg I write the name and clue # for that person (all of the egg clues for each person are the same color). After they find clue #1, they come down and put on their shoes and head outside. Next to their shoes I leave health-friendly snacks in ziploc or brown lunch bags, this way they have somewhere to store their found eggs and their bellies get enough until dinner so they keep an appetite. They take almost 3 to 4 hours and I get time to prepare the rest of the day. When I do this I have music (of your choice) start blaring as soon as the sun comes up on the Saturday before and when they find their baskets, they have little trinkets...maybe a new Bible...little gifts, and then on Sunday morning they wake up to their candyless basket full of candy. We do this for pure family time and so we can still make it to Sunday morning service. Our family is closer for these events.

Setting up and preparing for this celebration or activity:
You need 1 color egg per person to each clue, so if you are doing 5 clues for your teen you need 5 green eggs, paper(any) scissors, pen and an imagination. Write out 5 clues that lead up to their basket. Clue #1 should have egg marked clue #1 with their name, clue #2 etc. Having done this for my Husband's brother and his family, wife and 3 children, I have really gotten good. My children woke up on Saturday with no eggs - confused, they came down and Dad and I just acted like it's any other day. Even though everything is set up, they don't know and it bugs them, but they won't say anything. We played family games and waited for the guests (who were kept secret) to arrive. Once inside, we visited and I eventually had to go out and set a basket in our driveway with all 14 Clue #1 eggs in them. I had an older child (like 13) sneak out back, thump on the windows, run back around and sneak back in. I opened the door and asked my guests if they forgot a basket outside or not. They were like, HUH? I stepped out, grabbed it, brought it in and read the bunny letter that was inside (fake - just scribbles) saying a brief summary to have fun teamwork etc. Our children seemed to enjoy this more than our regular tradition.

Other suggestions or comments:
The key to success is keeping clues age appropriate.
EXAMPLE: Tots should have a Blues Clues paw with a picture drawn of where their next egg is.
Older (like your Husband) - here's my favorite- one year I did all songs: #1. On the road again, just can't wait to get on the road again...clue #2 was in his truck. Last clue #5. Up on the rooftop click, click, click, down through the rooftop, etc. his basket was on the roof.