Kendall County, Area Easter Egg Hunts: Find Them Here

KENDALL COUNTY, IL — 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 and local sources have Kendall 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 and Easter events available this year for kiddos across Kendall County and local towns. Here’s a roundup of some of our favorites. Click here to see all the events and more details about them.

The first? Bunny Brunch! The event takes place from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, March 30, at Chapel on the Green in Yorkville (105 W. Center Street), so buy your tickets and "hop" into Beecher Center to enjoy pancakes, scrambled eggs, bacon and more. There will be Easter egg hunts at 11 a.m. and 12 p.m., a chance to pet bunnies and goats, cooking and egg decorating, face painting, ham and turkey raffles and much more. Sign your family up online to bring your own reusable utensils (cups, plates, forks, knives, spoons, glasses, coffee cup), and your family will receive one month of free Yoga at Sense of Samadhi in Yorkville and a $5 gift certificate to Foxy's Ice Cream in Yorkville.

More Kendall County Easter events and egg hunts:

• Montgomery Park Easter Egg Hunt — Easter egg hunt
  • Date: 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. Saturday, April 13
  • Montgomery Park, 301 N. River Street
  • Price: Free
• Adult Flashlight Egg Hunt (21 and older) — Easter egg hunt
  • Date: 6:30 p.m. to 11 p.m. Saturday, April 13
  • Kendall County Fairgrounds
  • Price: $25
• Bloody Mary Social and Adult Egg Hunt (21 and older)— Easter egg hunt
  • Date: 12 p.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, April 6
  • Prairie Point Park, 313 East Washington Street, Oswego
  • Price: $20 resident and $30 NR if registered by April 1; $40 day of
• Bunny Brunch — Easter egg hunt
  • Date: 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday, April 10
  • Civic Center, 5 Ashlawn Avenue, Montgomery
  • Price: $20 resident, $25 NR; Registration ends April 3

• Flashlight Egg Hunt — Easter egg hunt
  • Date: 7:30 p.m. to 8:15 p.m. Thursday, April 18
  • Wormley Heritage Park, 331 Century Drive, Oswego
  • Price: The first 50 to register will receive a special rate of $6; Registration ends April 11.

This list will continue to be updated. Send information on local Easter events and egg hunts to rebecca.bream@patch.com.

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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.