Champaign County residents may have an Easter egg hunt or two scheduled on their calendar over the next month.
But residents don’t have to wait until the big day to find eggs. They could just visit any Champaign County Forest Preserve park.
In 2018, Lake of the Woods visitors were surprised to find concrete eggs along paths and between trees throughout the forest preserve.
Because of the response the CCFPD received, concrete eggs are now placed in every park throughout the district.
The idea came from Lake of the Woods Assistant Superintendent Michael Dale.
Dale, who has small children at home, came up with the idea to place eggs throughout the park during the mid-winter months. Originally, he was going to use large plastic eggs, but after thinking about how they might blow away or be stolen, he decided to pour concrete into the egg shells.
Once hardened, Lake of the Woods employees decorated the eggs with designs from the Minions Movie, Angry Birds, Emojis, Ninja Turtles and M&Ms, among others.
As visitors posted their egg sightings on social media the Champaign County Forest Preserve District’s (CCFPD) project gained attention, increasing visitors to the park.
CCFPD put the eggs back out for visitors earlier this week, but instead of just scattering them throughout Mahomet, at least one egg is located in every CCFPD Park throughout the county.
There are three painted eggs at the Homer Lake Forest Preserve.
Can you find them?
