Parents Hide Easter Eggs—and Their Sanity—in Increasingly Impossible Places

Across the UK this Easter, an emerging trend has turned the traditional Easter egg hunt into a full-blown military-grade operation. Parents, long at the end of their chocolate-smeared ropes, are reportedly hiding eggs in places so obscure that even MI6 would struggle to recover them.

“Last year I hid one behind the boiler,” admitted Sarah, a mum of three from Milton Keynes. “They didn’t find it until October. Best six months of peace I’ve had in years.”

What was once a light-hearted hunt in the garden has become an extreme sport involving GPS coordinates, cryptic riddles, and in one instance, a decoy trail ending in a shed filled with stale mini eggs and a note that read, “Better luck next year.”

Experts believe the shift is a reaction to the sugar-fuelled chaos that traditionally follows the discovery of said eggs. “If they don’t find them,” said one exhausted father of twins, “they can’t eat them. If they can’t eat them, they don’t transform into hyperactive gremlins. It’s basic survival.”

Social media is flooded with proud parents sharing photos of their “Easter Fort Knox” hiding spots. One viral TikTok shows a dad encasing a Creme Egg in concrete, burying it under the patio, and casually sipping tea as his children attempt to dig it up with a plastic spade.

Religious leaders have gently reminded families that Easter is about resurrection and renewal, not psychological warfare. But for many parents, a few quiet hours without sugar-induced screaming is the true miracle of the season.