(Radio Iowa/KJAN) — Traditional Easter egg hunts in communities across Iowa are cancelled this year due to the coronavirus pandemic, but non-traditional Easter egg hunts are already underway. In fact an Easter Egg Hunt in the Atlantic area is underway now through April 12th. Residents who wish to participate should create an Easter Egg poster and hang or tape it to a window that’s easily visible from the street. Contact Carol at 712-304-5377 to be listed as a participant. From now through April 12th, talk a walk or drive through town to “hunt” for those Easter Eggs. The Atlantic Area Chamber of Commerce will have a list of participating addresses.

Easter Eggs at 111 Locust Street in Atlantic (from the Entertain the town Cass Co. Facebook page)

Katie Nola, spokeswoman for the Iowa Egg Council, the activity gets people out and about, and keeps them active with at the same time practicing “social distancing.” Not only does it get people outside, getting some fresh air and keeping them active, it’s still keeping the spirit of Easter alive for the little ones,” Nola says. “They can walk through their neighborhoods and point out, ‘Oh, there’s an Easter egg on that person’s window,’ and just have some fun.”

Families are encouraged to visit the Iowa Egg Council website to download and print an Easter egg coloring sheet to decorate. “It can just be a coloring contest, too,” Nola says. “If they just want to submit the Easter eggs that they’ve colored and share them on our social media, Facebook or Twitter or Instagram, and I will re-share them.”  Use the hashtag “#IowaEggHunt.” The deadline to enter the contest is April 12th. A statewide winner will be named April 17th who will get an “egg swag bag” which includes a tote bag, an Amazon gift card, a t-shirt, a coloring book, a stress egg and more.

More online at www.iowaegg.org