Los Angeles County Easter Egg Hunts: Here They Are

LOS ANGELES COUNTY – Spring is here and as flowers slowly begin to bloom that can only mean one thing: Easter is right around the corner. And for kids — or, you know, youthful teens and adults — it’s never too early to start thinking about hunting for colorful, candy-stuffed eggs. Luckily the folks at Easter Egg Hunts and Easter Events have Los Angeles County covered.

Easter comes pretty late this year, falling on Sunday, April 21. (Last year it was on April 11 and the year before that it fell on April 16th.) As such, many egg hunts and other events across the country will be held either a day or a week before the holiday.

There will be several egg hunts available this year for Los Angeles County kiddos. Here’s a roundup of some of our favorites. Click here to see all the events and more details about them.

• Agoura Hills - Easter egg hunt, Breakfast with the bunny
  • Date: Saturday, April 13 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
  • Address: Reyes Adobe Historical Site, 30400 Rainbow Crest, Agoura Hills, CA 91301
• Arcadia Spring Eggstravaganza - Easter egg hunt
  
  • Date: Saturday, April 20 from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
  • Address: Arcadia County Park, 405 S. Santa Anita Avenue, Arcadia, California 91007
• Burbank Spring Egg-Stravaganza - Easter egg hunt
  
  • Date: Saturday, April 20 from 9 a.m. to noon
  • Address: McCambridge Park, 1515 N Glenoaks Blvd, Burbank, CA
• Catalina Island Annual Easter Egg Hunt - Easter Egg Hunt
  
  • Date: Saturday, April 20 from 9 a.m. to 9:30 a.m.
  • Address: Descanso Beach Club, Descanso Beach, Avalon CA 90704
• Cerritos Easter Egg Hunt - Easter egg hunt
  
  • Date: Saturday, April 20 from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
  • Address: Don Knabe Community Regional Park, 19800 Bloomfield Ave, Cerritos, CA
• Crenshaw Imperial Plaza Shopping Center - Easter egg hunt
  
  • Date: Saturday, April 20 from noon to 3 p.m.
  • Address: 2900 West Imperial Highway, Inglewood, CA 90303
• Claremont Memorial Park - Easter egg hunt
  
  • Date: Saturday, April 20 from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.
  • Address: Memorial Park, 840 N. Indian Hill Blvd, Claremont, CA
• Connection Point Church - Easter egg hunt
  
  • Date: Saturday, April 20, 2019, from 10 a.m. to noon
  • Address: Wilson Park, 2200 Crenshaw Boulevard, Torrance, CA 90501
• Diamond Bar Pantera Park in Easter Egg Hunt - Easter egg hunt, Pancake Breakfast
  
  • Date: Saturday, April 20 at 10 a.m.
  • Address: Pantera Park, 738 Pantera Drive, Diamond Bar, CA
• Egg Scramble and Egg-spedition Egg Hunt at The LA County Arboretum & Botanic Garden - An Easter egg hunt and crafts for kids of all ages.
  
  • Date: Saturday, April 20, 2019, from 9 a.m. to noon
  • Address: LA County Arboretum, 310 N. Baldwin Ave., Arcadia, CA 91007
• Glendora-Finkbiner Park - Easter egg hunt
  
  • Date: Saturday, April 20, 2019, from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.
  • Address: 160 N. Wabash Ave, Glendora, CA
• Huntington Beach Easter Egg Hunt - Easter egg hunt
  
  • Date: Saturday, April 20, 2019, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
  • Address: Central Park, Huntington Beach, CA
• Kidspace Children's Museum - Hundreds of candy-filled eggs will be hidden throughout the Kidspace Gardens just waiting to be found!
  
  • Date: Saturday, April 13 and Saturday, April 20 at 9:30 a.m.
  • Address: 480 N. Arroyo Blvd. Pasadena, CA 91103
• La Mirada Annual Easter Egg Hunt - Easter egg hunt
  
  • Date: Saturday, April 20, 2019, from 9 a.m. to noon
  • Address: La Mirada Regional Park, 13806 La Mirada Blvd, La Mirada, CA 90638
• Los Angeles Zoo's Big Bunny's Spring Fling - Easter egg hunt
  
  • Date: April 19-21 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
  • Address: 5333 Zoo Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90027
• New City Church 4th Annual Downtown Easter Fest - Easter egg hunt
  
  • Date: Sunday, April 21 from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m.
  • Address: Grand Hope Park, 9th and Hope Street, Los Angeles, CA
• Pomona Easter Egg Hunts - Easter egg hunt
  
  • Date: Saturday, April 13 at 9 a.m.
  • Address: Jaycee Park, 2000 N. San Antonio, Pomona, CA
• Santa Fe Springs Easter Annual Egg Hunt and Carnival - Easter egg hunt
  • Date: Saturday, April 20 at 9 a.m.
  • Address: Los Nietos Park, 11143 Charlesworth Rd, Santa Fe Springs, CA 90670
• St. Stephen Church - Easter egg hunts for children, Easter egg hunts for toddlers, FREE admission, Bring a basket to collect the eggs
  
  • Address: 20121 Devonshire Street, Chatsworth, CA 91326
• Two Harbors Easter in Two Harbors - Easter egg hunt
  
  • Date: Two Harbors Activities & Adventures, Catalina Isthmus, Two Harbors, CA 90704
  • Address: Sunday, April 21

While not technically a federal holiday, Americans love themselves some Easter. In fact, 84 percent of Americans planned to celebrate the holiday last year, according to Statista. The figures were based on a survey of more than 1,000 Americans between 18 and 64 years old.

The National Retail Federation puts that number at closer to 80 percent and says those people will drop on average $151 per person on goods such as clothing, candy, cards and flowers.

The most popular Easter traditions, according to Statista, include giving out candy-stuffed baskets (60 percent), hunting for eggs (57 percent), painting eggs (55 percent) and going to church (51 percent). Less popular activities included going to an Easter party — yes, that’s apparently a thing — attending a parade, egg rolling, and eating hot cross buns, which are just buns marked with a cross that contain dried fruit. They’re traditionally eaten during Lent.

The Statista survey also showed how diverse Americans really are. As you probably know, Easter is traditionally a Christian holiday celebrating the resurrection of Jesus Christ on the third day after his crucifixion. According to Encyclopedia Britannica, people started painting and decorating Easter eggs during the 13th century.

“The church prohibited the eating of eggs during Holy Week, but chickens continued to lay eggs during that week, and the notion of specially identifying those as ‘Holy Week’ eggs brought about their decoration,” the encyclopedia page states. “The egg itself became a symbol of the Resurrection.”

Patch national staffer Dan Hampton contributed to this report.