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About the event

This year's Bunny Hop was hosted by staff of Kitsap Regional Library and the Manchester Library branch, in a joint venture with the Manchester Community Association. Approximately 50 kids joined us at the library for games, snacks, crafts and egg hunts. Despite very exciting weather conditions, which included a wind storm and downpour, we had a fantastic time!

Fun with the MCA

The MCA offered free snacks to everyone who attended the event, and sponsored popular activities including the egg grab game, a tossing game, and (of course) the Egg Hunt!

The MCA Bunny Hop Egg Hunt was held in a decorated tent in the parking lot outside the library. Bales of straw spread on top of a tarp inside the tent helped to conceal plastic eggs containing candy, stickers, and toys, as well as plastic carrots filled with treats and other fun prizes. Some prizes were "hidden" in plain sight, and these were often the most difficult to find for even the seasoned egg hunters in the 7 to 12 year old age group!

We conducted a total of eight rounds of egg hunting throughout the afternoon, giving away over 700 eggs and eight grand prize toys--one to the lucky hunter in each round who found the confetti-filled grand prize egg. While racing to find the eggs was exciting in and of itself, the biggest challenge was sometimes keeping the Egg Hunt tent and its occupants from being blown away in the wind! Like true Washingtonians, all the participants in the Hunt faced the rain and wind with brave smiles and enthusiasm. Way to go, everyone.

Fun with the library

The library sponsored several popular activities related to their event theme: The Tortoise and the Hare. Among these were a really exciting table-top race track, which pitted wind-up tortoises, hares, and chickens against one another; a puppet stage where kids could put on their own tortoise and hare puppet shows, and a very popular craft table. Thanks to Eric Cisney, a live rabbit named Juniper and box turtle named Nikki were even on hand all afternoon to meet kids and parents alike.

Thanks to all of the great participants, volunteers and donors who made this year's Bunny Hop possible!