The Easter Bunny was kept active, hopping down the bunny trail in Mountain Lake today (Saturday morning, April 15), moving from one holiday event to the other.
The bunny’s first visit with children was during “Muffins With The Bunny,” a Mountain Lake Early Childhood Family Education (ECFE) family time held in the Mountain Lake Community Center. The free event was geared towards preschool children. Activities included an Easter Egg-hunting patch, craft projects, a mini-golf course, “butterfly”-catching and muffins and juice. Siblings were welcomed along with parents and their preschool children. In addition, the Mountain Lake Early Childhood Initiative (ECI) distributed a free book to each family.
Following that stop, the Easter Bunny headed on over to Mountain Lake City Park for his second visit, another free event, the annual Mountain Lake Area Chamber of Commerce Easter Egg Hunt. In addition to the hunt, a photo op with the special rabbit was available.
The egg and candy hunt was for children from 0-10 years of age. The park was divided into three sections – 0-to-4-years-old, 5-to-7-years-old and 8-to-10-years-old. The young participants were on the hunt for over 2,000 plastic, candy-filled eggs – along with plenty of extra candy scattered on the ground. Some the eggs contained special coupons from local businesses. The hunt’s business sponsors included Balzer, Inc.; Bargen, Inc.; Bolton & Menk; Care & Share/10,000 Villages; Country Pride True Value; Fulda Area Credit Union, Mountain Lake; Good Samartian Society of Mountain Lake; Hometown Sanitation; KDOM; Maynard’s Foods of Mountain Lake; Midway Farm Equipment; Mountain Lake Family Fitness; Observer/Advocate; Our Hometown Café; Peterson Thrifty White Drug & Gifts and United Praire Bank.
Following is a photo gallery from the Easter Bunny’s busy Saturday morning in Mountain Lake:
“Muffins With The Bunny”
Easter Bunny Visits Mountain Lake City Park For Annual Easter Egg Hunt