On Sunday, April 1, Carlsbad based artist Bryan Snyder hid 135 crafted plastic eggs in the Carlsbad Village for a surprise Easter morning scavenger hunt titled Craft an Egg 2018.
Each egg was crafted by the local community and contained a specific log number. Also included were directions encouraging the finder to visit www.carlsbadcrawl.com where they are asked to leave the egg description and number as a comment. When entered, a photo and location appeared on a map.
“It’s the perfect type of project because anyone can craft. No one is left out,” Snyder said. “When it’s time to hunt for the crafts, it brings everyone back into the Village, it promotes local businesses though urban exploration and it encourages friendship building.”
For those who did not hear about the project prior, they were informed by one of the many flyers dispersed throughout the Village.
“It gets people walking around,” Story Vallerio said. “I know I have walked around today thinking I have never eaten there, I will have to hit up that place, and I have been in Carlsbad for four years now—this project is little bit of an eye opener.”
Snyder began hiding the crafted eggs at 3am and finished just before 7am. The hidden eggs were spread out from Oak Avenue to Beach Avenue and from Carlsbad Boulevard to Madison Street.
Dozens of families explored the Village in search for their crafted eggs, enjoying early morning donuts and sharing their found eggs with other participants.
“I grew up here and have been here my whole life and I don’t normally walk the village,” Vanessa Nygaard said. Things have changed. There is a new coffee shop The Goods, I need to hit that new spot.”
Kids found eggs in trees, hidden deep in bushes and tucked behind rocks, often letting out shouts after each find. All eggs have been found and roughly 30 have been logged.
“I had fun collaborating with other kids at this event because there were people we don’t know,” Amanda Solie said. “It was fun to see them out hunting, that was cool.”
Even though Snyder was up most of the early morning hiding eggs, he remained in the Village meeting participants, learning about their event experiences and watching many lucky hunters find their eggs.
“It’s an amazing thing watching people interact with the Village in a whole new way,” Snyder said. “Their phones were in their pockets, their eyes were exploring every inch of their surroundings and they were discovering things they normally overlook—while making friendships along the way.”
Snyder’s craft projects began in 2008 and continued twice a year until 2012. Six years passed without one of his projects, but this Easter, Snyder brought back the local favorite project with a night of crafting on March 22 at The Foundry located at New Village Arts Theatre and concluding with the Village-wide scavenger hunt on Easter morning.
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