Families spread love during COVID-19 pandemic with window Easter egg hunts

"It's nice to have something happy going on right now."

ByNicole Pelletiere via logo
April 10, 2020, 3:48 PM

Despite social distancing practices during the novel coronavirus pandemic, one neighborhood has come up with a creative way to keep its annual Easter egg hunt alive.

Brooke Peck, a mom of one from Atlanta, Georgia, launched a Facebook event for a spring egg hunt -- encouraging other parents and their children to decorate and hang paper eggs in their windows.

The scavenger hunt has now taken off, and 400 families have since taken part.

PHOTO: With social distancing being encouraged during the novel coronavirus pandemic, one neighborhood has come up with a creative way to keep its annual Easter egg hunt alive with a paper egg scavenger hunt.
With social distancing being encouraged during the novel coronavirus pandemic, one neighborhood has come up with a creative way to keep its annual Easter egg hunt alive. The scavenger hunt in and outside Atlanta, Georgia, has now taken off and 400 families have since taken part.
Brooke Peck

"We knew it'd be a loss," Peck told "Good Morning America," of the canceled egg hunts. "So doing the egg hunts on windows and doors helps us stay connected as a community even though we are all not together."

PHOTO: With social distancing being encouraged during the novel coronavirus pandemic, one neighborhood has come up with a creative way to keep its annual Easter egg hunt alive.
With social distancing being encouraged during the novel coronavirus pandemic, one neighborhood has come up with a creative way to keep its annual Easter egg hunt alive. The scavenger hunt in and outside Atlanta, Georgia, has now taken off and 400 families have since taken part.
Amy Myers
PHOTO: With social distancing being encouraged during the novel coronavirus pandemic, one Georgia neighborhood has come up with a creative way to keep its annual Easter egg hunt alive.
With social distancing being encouraged during the novel coronavirus pandemic, one Georgia neighborhood has come up with a creative way to keep its annual Easter egg hunt alive.
Terri Hope

The idea is to have kids walk around and count how many Easter eggs they're able to spot in town.

Peck said schools have been closed as a result of stay-at-home orders, and the egg hunts have been a fun activity since online learning was dismissed this week for spring recess.

PHOTO: With social distancing being encouraged during the novel coronavirus pandemic, one Georgia neighborhood has come up with a creative way to keep its annual Easter egg hunt alive.
With social distancing being encouraged during the novel coronavirus pandemic, one Georgia neighborhood has come up with a creative way to keep its annual Easter egg hunt alive.
Terri Hope

"[One mom]and her kids did 3 1/2 miles around the neighborhood and they counted 329 eggs," Peck said. "Those were eggs put up in windows and plastic eggs on lawns. It brings them joy."

PHOTO: Brooke Peck a mom of one from Atlanta, Georgia, launched the Facebook event for the Spring egg hunt, encouraging other parents and their children to decorate and hang paper eggs in their windows.
With social distancing being encouraged during the novel coronavirus pandemic, one neighborhood has come up with a creative way to keep its annual Easter egg hunt alive. Brooke Peck a mom of one from Atlanta, Georgia, launched the Facebook event for the Spring egg hunt, encouraging other parents and their children to decorate and hang paper eggs in their windows.
Tara Henning

"It's nice to have something happy going on right now."

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