- March 15, 2025
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Palmetto 2-year-old Everleigh Flynn put her Easter basket down at Eggstravaganza March 23 at Waterside Place to concentrate on playing in the sand.
Photo by Jay HeaterHundreds of children and their parents came to Eggstravaganza at Waterside Park.
Photo by Jay HeaterBricks 4 Kidz provided plenty of entertainment for kids, and parents, at Eggstravaganza.
Photo by Jay HeaterWaterside 2-year-old Sawyer Favara gets behind the wheel of a Sarasota County Fire Department truck at Eggstravaganza.
Photo by Jay HeaterMaximioiano Escobar spins the Grove's wheel of fortunate at Eggstravaganza. The Grove was one of the event sponsors.
Photo by Jay HeaterChris McComas of MVP Sports and Social started the egg hunt with the help of the Easter Bunny, AKA Keith Pandeloglou.
Photo by Jay HeaterLakewood Ranch High's Zoe Dubendorf didn't have a basket, so she used her shirt to spread out eggs before Eggstravaganza. She is a National Honor Society member.
Photo by Jay HeaterMeredith Beck uses the kick method to spread out eggs for Eggstravaganza. She was getting volunteer hours as a National Honor Society member at Lakewood Ranch High.
Photo by Jay HeaterOlivia Escorcia, 7, and Marco Escorcia, 5, meet the Easter Bunny at Eggstravaganza.
Photo by Jay HeaterIt might be morning, but Lakewood Ranch 4-year-old Carter Coleman is enjoying a Kona Ice.
Photo by Jay HeaterThe scramble begins at Eggstravaganza for kids 3 and under.
Photo by Jay HeaterWaterside 18-month-old August Smith checks out the eggs he scooped up at Eggstravaganza.
Photo by Jay HeaterEast County's Isizabell Williams, 7, enjoys a basketball game while her mom mans the Kona Ice truck in the background.
Photo by Jay HeaterLakewood Ranch's Kaden Stalnaker, 2, and Savannah Stalnaker, 4, begin to open their eggs at Eggstravaganza.
Photo by Jay HeaterKids at Eggstravaganza had all kinds of activities to do before the egg hunt began.
Photo by Jay HeaterLakewood Ranch 3-year-old Oliver Tretolo and mom Stephanie Tretolo check out one of the plastic eggs at Eggstravaganza.
Photo by Jay HeaterLakewood Ranch's Enzo Cruz, 7 months old, enjoys his first Eggstravaganza with mom Brianna Cruz at Waterside Park March 23.
Photo by Jay HeaterAbby Zou watches as her son, 6-year-old Orson Li, makes his guess at the number of jelly beans in the jar in an East County Observer game at Eggstravaganza.
Photo by Jay HeaterKaitlyn Stock watches as her son, Lane Watters guesses the number of jelly beans in the jar in a game sponsored by the East County Observer at Eggstravaganza.
Photo by Jay Heater7-year-old Annelise, 5-year-old Evelyn and 3-year-old Isabel McLaughlin of Lakewood Ranch prepare for the start of Eggstravaganza.
Photo by Jay HeaterParrish 6-year-old Sofia Buccione stays still as Alison Smith concentrates on painting her face at Eggstravaganza.
Photo by Jay HeaterParrish's Sofia Buccione, 6, shows off the finished product of her face painting at Eggstravaganza.
Photo by Jay HeaterHoover vacuums have nothing on little kids.
Especially when it comes to Easter eggs.
When 569 children were unleashed March 23 at Waterside Park in Lakewood Ranch during Eggstravaganza, thousands of eggs were sucked into baskets within two to three minutes.
It took Lakewood Ranch Community Activities volunteers hours to put out all the plastic eggs containing goodies, and children less than an egg timer to pick them up.
It was a wild, fun scramble along Kingfisher Lake.
"This is such a great community," said Lakewood Ranch's Brianna Cruz, whose 7-month-old Enzo Cruz, who enjoying his first Eggstravaganza. "He was so excited. it was such a big day for him."
Lakewood Ranch's Stephanie Tretolo brought her 3-year-old Oliver to Eggstravaganza.
"It so nice to have something to go to this close to home, and something so much fun," she said.
