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EGGStravaganza Spring Festival

 

Mother and child collecting eggs at EGGstravangza

Saturday, April 7, 2012
10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Poinsettia Park
6600 Hidden Valley Road

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Activity Cards are on sale now.
Save time and avoid lines by purchase Activity Cards in advance.

As a courtesy, $5 activity cards and $5 Unlimited Fun Zone wristbands will be available for purchase in advance starting March 19 through April 6 only at the following locations during regular business hours:

Advance activity card sales must be made in-person; no phone or online sales.  All sales are final; absolutely no refunds.  Activity cards purchased in advance that are lost or not brought to the event will not be replaced.

 

Special thanks to our sponsors:

Home DepotAmerican Wireless   Sprint

Sponsorship, donations and vendor opportunities

Please contact Stephen Miller, 760-602-7512, stephen.miller@carlsbadca.gov.

View photos from past Eggstravaganza events. 

Come celebrate spring with music, fun games, arts and crafts and a Fun Zone with bounce houses, a giant slide, obstacle courses and  a chance to "soak the bunny." Collect eggs in the ongoing “Egg Scramble” activity between 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Children race to collect assorted eggs on the baseball fields.  This activity sends groups of approximately 20 children of similar age into the out field to collect as many eggs as they can.

There will also be samplings from the Parks & Recreation Summer Camps program.  Instructors will be onsite to perform demonstrations and answer questions about their programs.      

Activity card ($5) must be purchased to participate in “Egg Scramble,” crafts, Fun Zone or Bunny Balloon Soak. Unlimited Fun Zone wristbands are also available for $5. 

Food, beverages, and merchandise will be available for an additional cost.

 

 

Schedule of Activities:

 10 a.m.   Event Begins 

Summer Camp demonstrations
Crafts
Edible Easter Treat
Photos with the bunny
Fun Zone
Face painting 
Family scavenger hunt
Spin wheel
Vendors
Food and drinks for sale 
(pizza, hot dogs, nachos, coffee drinks, and more)  

10:15 a.m.

Stage Performances: 
        10:10 a.m.          Mysteries of Magic
        10:45 a.m.          Take the Challenge
        1
1:15 a.m.          Happy Feet
        11
:30 p.m.          Balloon Show
        12:15 p.m.          Wonders! Science  

10:30 a.m.   Egg Scramble activity (baseball fields) 
12:30 p.m.  Egg Scramble ends
1 p.m.   Event ends

  
Activities cards and Unlimited Fun Zone Wristbands

$5 Activity Card – Can be shared with multiple children

Card includes 6 squares used for the following items:
The activity card is good for April 7, 2012 only and is non-refundable.

Activities

Egg Scramble 1 square
Scavenger Hunt  1 square
Edible Easter Treat 1 squares
Face Painting 3 squares
Photos with the bunny 3 squares

Fun Zone

Bunny Balloon Soak   1 square 
Bounce House   1 square
Giant Slide   2 squares
Thunderforce Obstacle Course  2 squares
Extreme Obstacle Course 2 squares
Double Dare Maze 2 squares

 

$5 Unlimited Fun Zone Wristband - nontransferable

Good for unlimited times on the following items:
(Bunny balloon soak is not included)

Bounce House  
Giant Slide  
Thunderforce Obstacle Course
Extreme Obstacle Course
Double Dare Maze

$3 photo with the Bunny
(Easter themed photo jacket included)     

$1 spin wheel
(This is not part of the activity card)


****All crafts are free**** 

Home Depot

 

Egg Scramble

10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. – While supplies last.

 

The egg hunt is ongoing from 10:30 to 12:30pm.  It does require an activity card to participate and is one square per hunt.  Groups of approximately 20 - 30 kids will be launched to collect all the eggs on the field until they’re gone.  The field will be reset with more eggs for the next group. 

 

Field #1 – 6 and older

This field is similar to a traditional egg hunt but with groups of 20 - 30 children at one time.  

 

Filed #2 – 5 and younger

This filed is spilt into a competitive section and non-competitive section.

Two thirds of the field is a traditional hunt where small groups of children will be launched to collect as many eggs as they can until they are gone.

One third of the field is for younger children, children with special needs, new walkers, and babies.  In this section, piles of 5 eggs are spread out for each child.  Your child can collect from only one pile and is guaranteed 5 eggs.  You can take as much time as you need and this is a great place to get photos.  Parents can join their children on the field in this section.

 

Egg Scramble sponsor:

 American Wireless


 

The City of Carlsbad Parks & Recreation Department has an extensive variety of enrichment classes and day camp programs.  The EGGstravaganza Spring Festival event will host a preview with interactive demonstrations and performances from the enrichment and family services programs.  Be sure and stop by the information tent for a list and schedule of all available programs.  Staff will be onsite to answer questions.  Click here to view all of our summer camp programs.

 

Be sure and check out these demonstrations while at the event:

Camp Category Company Activity at event
Art Abrakadoodle Easel Painting
Adventure Arimaw Productions Fort Building
Cooking Arimaw Productions Kid versus Food
Dance Arimaw Productions Hip Hop
Health & Beauty Arimaw Productions Spa-tasitic Camp for GIRLS
Performing Arts Arimaw Productions Magic
Preschool Programming City of Carlsbad Carnival Game
Science & Technology Arimaw Productions Go GREEN
Science & Technology Comp U Kids  Interactive Computer Technology
Science & Technology Play Well Teknologies LEGO Engineering
Science & Technology Wonder! Science Science Experiments
Sport & Fitness City of Carlsbad Sports Activities
Sports & Fitness The Crossings Golf
Sports & Fitness Linda Wilkerson Dance
Sports & Fitness Fliptime Gymnastics and Cheer
Sports & Fitness Mark Keefer Tennis
Sports & Fitness Super Moverz Physical Challenges & Obstacles
Swim Lessons City of Carlsbad Fishing Game
Traditional All Day Camp City of Carlsbad Carnival Game

Stage Performances

10:15 a.m. Take the Challenge: Arimaw Kid Versus Food
11 a.m. Mysteries of Magic: Arimaw Magic Show
11:45 a.m. Hip Hop Family Fun: Arimaw Let's Move it, Move it
12:15 p.m. Happy Feet:Linda Wilkerson Dance Demo
12:45 p.m. Wonders! Science Explosive Science Demo

 

There are about 300 parking space at Poinsettia Park and plenty of street parking around the park. On April 7 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., the public will be allowed to park on both sides of Hidden Valley Road just south of Plum Tree Street.  We will have the permanent “no parking” signs covered during the event.  Do not park in the “no parking” zones north of Plum Tree Street because you may be ticketed. 

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