Happy Friday everyone and for some of you, welcome to the first of 10 days off from school. I'll be sharing an April vacation mega-roundup this weekend, but meanwhile, enjoy the below roundup of 17 things to do this weekend. Also, if you're decorating eggs, be sure to check out these 10 easy Easter egg ideas (right now I'm trying to decide between #5, #7, #8, and #10!). And here are two guides for mixing vibrant dye colors. Enjoy!

1. A fun twist on an egg hunt. (Attleboro)

2. Opening weekend of The Homework Machine. (Boston)

3. Sense of smell day is scent-sational. (Boston)

4. Egg decorating at the museum. (Boston)

5. Opening weekend for the Swan Boats. (Boston)

6. Wonder how hard it is to be The Carrot Salesman. (Brookline)

7. The Cambridge Science Festival continues. (Cambridge)

8. An Easter egg hunt for the special needs community. (Chestnut Hill)

9. Kids concert with The Nields. (Chestnut Hill)

10. Get out your petticoats and search for Easter eggs Victorian style. (Hanover)

11. Walk where the dinosaurs roamed. (Holyoke)

12. On the hunt for Easter eggs. (Martha’s Vineyard)

13. Latin American Grammy Award winners Lucky Diaz and the Family Jam Band. (Natick)

14. Easter EggZOOberance. (New Bedford)

15. This is how these Easter eggs roll. (Stockbridge)

16. Hop on down the bunny trail to the Bunny Bonanzoo. (Stoneham)

17. National parks opening weekend with free admission. (Various locations)

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When it comes to holidays, I'm all about pretty and simple. I do admire the aesthetics of fancy egg decorating projects, but they're just not practical when you're trying to execute (and also have fun with!) craft projects with kids. As I was prowling for ideas to work on with the girls this coming weekend, I decided to share 10 easy Easter egg ideas where the steps are few and the results are beautiful. The hard part will be narrowing down which options to try!

1. Making melted crayon eggs is super easy: simply cook and scribble!

2. You can use shaving cream as a decorating tool -- who knew??

3. Mess-free washi tape eggs = major win.

4. Paper towels + food coloring = tie dye eggs.

5. Simply adding a rubber band makes traditional dying look super cool.

6. Multitask your Sharpies for this egg project.

7. Marbleized eggs, thanks to nail polish! Amazing.

8. Gorgeous leaf print eggs. I'm going to reserve some of my cilantro for this!

9. These painterly pastel eggs are so simple and pretty!

10. Remember how I mentioned Laurel is obsessed with ombre? We're probably going to end up making these ridiculously easy ombre eggs.

Image credits: all images via linked sources above.