Concerned about dye in your child’s foods?

Then consider dying your Easter Eggs naturally this year with foods. That’s right, move over PAAS Easter Egg dye. Cabbage, blackberries, beets and more can be used to dye egg shells.

The helpful (and healthful) Website The Whole Tulip offers instructions on how you can color your eggs additive-free using real food. Check it out here. Happy Dye-Free Egg Hunting.

FOR INFO ON LOCAL EASTER EGG HUNTS & EASTER EVENTS, CLICK HERE.

For the most comprehensive list of Easter Egg Hunts 2012 in Savannah & the Lowcountry, click here.

You’ll find Easter Egg Hunts in Savannah, Hilton Head Is., Bluffton as well details about a Savannah doggie Easter bonnet contest and egg hunt and you’ll get the 411 on the annual free chick hatchery at Savannah’s Oglethorpe Mall, where children can watch chicks and ducks hatch and hold them.

To have your Easter Egg Hunt included for free in this list, email the info to anne@southernmamas.com.

UPDATE: The winner is Maria Rogers! Congratulations Maria and thank you to everyone who entered!!!

We just returned for a fun and festive daytrip to The Great Egg Hunt at Holiday Farms, just an hour-long drive up I-95 in Ridgeland, S.C. and we can’t say enough about what a perfect place this sweet farm is for kids to enjoy a hayride to an Easter Egg Hunt, plus oodles of other outdoor activities. 

The adorable giant pastel Easter Eggs, flowers and bunnies made from haystacks (pictured here) decorate the entire farm – making ideal spring photo opportunities.

Which is why we’re thrilled that Holiday Farms is giving away a family four pack of tickets to The Great Egg Hunt this year!  The Holiday Farms Easter celebration runs through this Sat. April 23. So this giveaway is going to be a quick one, 24 hours to be exact.  Don’t delay entering to win, as we plan to pick the winner at 5 PM tomorrow Wed. April 20 so the winning family will have time to plan their trip to Holiday Farms either this Thursday, Friday or Saturday. 

To enter to win, “like” Holiday Farms on Facebook by clicking here. After liking the page, answer this question on the Holiday Farms wall: What’s your favorite Easter tradition (one you already do or one you want to start with your family)? Deadline to enter is 5 PM Wed. April 20 (tomorrow) We’ll announce the winner Wed. evening.

At Holiday Farms, kids can ride tryke bikes around the Haytona Speedway; jump their jumpies out in The Bounce House; see peacocks, donkeys, bunnies, pigs, goats and llamas in The Barnyard Zoo; and play many more outdoor games including duck races, steer roping, milking a faux cow and stick pony races. Everyone takes a hay-filled wagon ride to The Egg Patch where each child will get a dozen toy and candy filled eggs to take home. Don’t forget to bring an empty egg carton for every egg hunt participant. The Easter Bunny will be there EVERY DAY! Click here for more info.

Yes, Holiday Farms is the same place that puts on the amazing Great Pumpkin Patch every October, which SouthernMamas.com has raved about in the past.

The Easter festivities run through Sat. April 23.
Hours: Wed. April 20 and Thurs April 21 9 am – 2 pm
Fri. April 22 – Sat. April 23 9 am- dark, last hayride leaves at 6 pm.

PRICES:
$8.00 per person, includes all activities, wagon ride to the Easter Patch and 1 dozen toy and candy filled eggs for all children 17 and under
Each participant MUST bring an empty egg carton
Easter photos will be provided by Music & Memories and available for purchase on:
Saturday, April 23rd from 9 am – 12 pm.
Option to buy CD with all images (5-10 images) = $25.00 or
Print photo packages (2-3 weeks for delivery)= $15.00 – $40.00.
Cash, check or credit card accepted by Music and Memories
www.yourmusicandmemories.com

For directions, visit the Holiday Farms Website by clicking here.

Holiday Farms, 843 726 5527, 10884 Grays Hwy, Ridgeland, SC, United States, 29936, e-mail: holidayfarms@yahoo.com, www.holidayfarmssc.com/index.htm 

The public is invited to the New Covenant Church and Preschool Community Easter Carnival. Will include egg hunts, games, prizes, food, and more. FREE!

For ages infant to 10 years old. Various hunts done by ages groups. FREE and open to the public! Sponsored by the American Legion. For more info, call Gene Kindrick 912.657.4767. The Easter Egg Hunt starts promptly at 1 PM Sat. April 23.

Hunt starts at 10 AM Sat. April 23. Prize eggs. Puppet show with Yostie. Free photos with the Easter Bunny.
11 AM: pet biscuit hunt starting at tailwaggers

www.colignyplaza.com

FREE! The Easter Bunny will be at the festivities, too.
Easter Bunny Photos will be available immediately following the hunt, which starts at 11 AM Sun. April 24.
(843) 842 1979

For the most comprehensive list of Easter Egg Hunts 2011 in Savannah & the Lowcountry, click here. Please click on each individual post for event details including times, dates and links to Google Maps for directions.

You’ll find Easter Egg Hunts in Savannah, Hilton Head Is., Bluffton as well details about a Savannah doggie Easter bonnet contest and egg hunt and you’ll get the 411 on  the annual free chick hatchery at the Oglethorpe Mall, where children can watch chicks and ducks hatch and hold them.

To have your Easter Egg Hunt included for free in this list, email the info to anne@southernmamas.com.

Chick Hatchery located indoors at Macy’s Court at Oglethorpe Mall in Savannah
Wed April 20-Fri. April 22
10 AM-8 PM
Free
A favorite Savanah Easter tradition. Kids of all ages can watch the chicks and ducks emerge from their eggs and hold a newly hatched chick.
For more than two decades, Chatham County Cooperative Extension has run the hands-on display hatchery during the Easter season.
(912) 629-2824.

Saturday breakfast and Sunday Brunch with Bunny at the Westin’s Aqua Star. Includes an Easter Egg Hunt for families. Please call in advance for reservations. (912) 201-2085/(912) 201-2000
Parking: FREE. Be sure to get your ticket validated for free parking
Sun. April 24: 10 AM – 3 PM

http://www.westinsavannah.com/

Bring your Easter basket to the GA State Railroad Museum (Roundhouse Railroad Museum) at 10 AM Sat. April 23 for springtime children’s crafts, a morning Easter egg hut, and of course, a train ride on the springtime story train! RSVPs required to attend. Open to toddlers to 10-year-olds. $10 per child with regular adult admission. For more information, or to RSVP call 912.651.6823 x3 or email childrensevents@chsgeorgia.org or info@chsgeorgia.org   

www.chsgeorgia.org

At Holiday Farms, you can spend time at Haytona Speedway, The Bounce House, The Barnyard Zoo, and playing many games. Everyone will take a hay-filled wagon ride to The Egg Patch where each child will get a dozen toy and candy filled eggs to take home. The Easter Bunny will be here EVERY DAY! Click here for more info.
HOURS:
April 14 – April 23
Monday – Thursday 9:00 am – 2:00 pm
Friday – Saturday 9:00 am- dark, last hayride leaves at 6 pm
Closed on Sundays

E-mail: holidayfarms@yahoo.com

PRICES:
$8.00 per person, includes all activities, wagon ride to the Easter Patch and 1 dozen toy and candy filled eggs for all children 17 and under
Each participant MUST bring an empty egg carton
Easter photos will be provided by Music & Memories and available for purchase on:
Saturday, April 16th from 9 am – 1 pm
Saturday, April 23rd from 9 am – 12 pm.
Option to buy CD with all images (5-10 images) = $25.00 or
Print photo packages (2-3 weeks for delivery)= $15.00 – $40.00.
Cash, check or credit card accepted by Music and Memories
www.yourmusicandmemories.com

Kids of all ages are invited to search for easter Eggs hidden throughout South Beach Village at 10 AM Sat. April 23. Children’s Entertainment and special appearances from Jake the Salty Dog.

Bring the whole family for hoppy hayrides, an egg hunt that starts at 1 p.m. Sat. April 23, and other fun games and crafts. $5 parking. 912-598-2300. http://gastateparks.org/skidawayisland