Families arrive to the outreach and our greeted by a volunteer (preferably the pastor). They sign-in with their children's names and ages. We use this information to mail them about other church events. They also mark how they heard about the event: school, a friend, church, newspaper, or other. This helps us know where they came from and how to best advertise.
Parents can have a homemade muffin and then proceed to the lesson room. (Muffins are donations made by moms and other women who can not volunteer the day of the event. We have several moms with multiple young children so this is a great way for them to contribute to the event.)
Waiting
So we haven't got it just right yet. Many people associate Easter events with egg hunts. For an egg hunt you have to be there exactly at the start of the event or your child doesn't get any eggs. Sometimes our families have to wait in line a little while (at most 10 minutes) before they go into the lesson room. Any suggestions on how to get people to come at different times would be great!
We have out tents and tunnels to keep the children occupied.
This year I drew a coloring page of this cartoon from After Eden.
My drawing:
The kids always seem to have fun!
This made ALL our volunteers laugh this year.
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