They didn't have plastic eggs when I was growing up.

We'd always have the hunts when I was a kid, and I had them for my girls too. Alicia would always wake up early, go find the eggs, go back into her room then when their dad and I would give the okay to go look she'd always end up with most of the eggs because she knew where to look. We finally caught on and told her SHE WAS NOT TO GO HUNT FOR THEM BEFORE HER SISTERS!

We dyed eggs the old-fashioned way. As a kid and with my girls. The only exception was I'd get crayons out for them if they wanted to decorate them before dipping them in the dye.