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Photos: Youngsters hunt for eggs at Welles Park

The youngsters also got to do a craft, get their face painted and pose with the Bunny.

By  Pat Nabong
   
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Mia Hazan, 3, wears egg-shaped glasses before an Easter egg hunt at Welles (Gideon) Park in the Lincoln Square neighborhood, Wednesday, March 29, 2023.

Mia Hazan, 3, wears egg-shaped glasses before an Easter egg hunt on Wednesday at Welles Park in the Lincoln Square neighborhood.

Pat Nabong/Sun-Times

Dozen of young children hunted for colorful eggs Wednesday at Welles Park. The children, aged 1 to 5, also got to do a craft, get their face painted and pose with the Bunny.

Owen Duffy, 3, wears a paper headband that is shaped like bunny ears before an Easter egg hunt on Wedneday at Welles Park.
Owen Duffy, 3, wears a paper headband that is shaped like bunny ears before an Easter egg hunt on Wedneday at Welles Park. | Pat Nabong/Sun-Times
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Kids make crafts before an Easter egg hunt at Welles (Gideon) Park in the Lincoln Square neighborhood, Wednesday, March 29, 2023.
Kids make crafts Wednesday before an Easter egg hunt at Welles Park in the Lincoln Square neighborhood. | Pat Nabong/Sun-Times
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Mia Hazan, 3, wears egg-shaped glasses before an Easter egg hunt at Welles (Gideon) Park in the Lincoln Square neighborhood, Wednesday, March 29, 2023.
Mia Hazan, 3, wears egg-shaped glasses before an Easter egg hunt on Wednesday at Welles Park in the Lincoln Square neighborhood. | Pat Nabong/Sun-Times
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A person dressed as the Easter Bunny offers a high-five to a kid before an Easter egg hunt at Welles (Gideon) Park in the Lincoln Square neighborhood, Wednesday, March 29, 2023.
A person dressed as the Easter Bunny offers a high-five to a kid before an Easter egg hunt on Wednesday at Welles Park in the Lincoln Square neighborhood. | Pat Nabong/Sun-Times
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Hanae Makino, who is 18 months old, holds half of a plastic egg during an Easter egg hunt at Welles (Gideon) Park in the Lincoln Square neighborhood, Wednesday, March 29, 2023.
Hanae Makino, 18 months old, holds half of a plastic egg during an Easter egg hunt Wednesday at Welles Park. | Pat Nabong/Sun-Times
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Luciana Fernandez (left), 3, reaches for a toy egg hanging from a branch during an Easter egg hunt at Welles (Gideon) Park in the Lincoln Square neighborhood, Wednesday, March 29, 2023.
Luciana Fernandez (left), 3, reaches for a toy egg hanging from a branch during an Easter egg hunt Wednesday at Welles Park. | Pat Nabong/Sun-Times
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Kids picks up plastic eggs during an Easter egg hunt at Welles (Gideon) Park in the Lincoln Square neighborhood, Wednesday, March 29, 2023. | Pat Nabong/Sun-Times
Children pick up plastic eggs during an Easter egg hunt Wednesday at Welles Park. | Pat Nabong/Sun-Times
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Vivian Bolton (right), 3, jumps while Allison Leon, 3, who is wearing bunny ears, holds a basket of plastic eggs during an Easter egg hunt at Welles (Gideon) Park in the Lincoln Square neighborhood, Wednesday, March 29, 2023.
Vivian Bolton (right), 3, and Allison Leon, 3, who is wearing bunny ears, look for plastic eggs during an Easter egg hunt Wednesday at Welles Park. | Pat Nabong/Sun-Times
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Jessa Gomez (left), 5, Gustavo D (center), 5, and Sofia D, 4, play with toy eggs hanging from a tree after an Easter egg hunt at Welles (Gideon) Park in the Lincoln Square neighborhood, Wednesday, March 29, 2023.
Jessa Gomez (left), 5, Gustavo D (center), 5, and Sofia D, 4, play with toy eggs hanging from a tree after an Easter egg hunt Wednesday at Welles Park. | Pat Nabong/Sun-Times
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Owen Duffy, 3, wears a paper headband that is shaped like bunny ears before an Easter egg hunt on Wedneday at Welles Park.
Kids make crafts before an Easter egg hunt at Welles (Gideon) Park in the Lincoln Square neighborhood, Wednesday, March 29, 2023.
Mia Hazan, 3, wears egg-shaped glasses before an Easter egg hunt at Welles (Gideon) Park in the Lincoln Square neighborhood, Wednesday, March 29, 2023.
A person dressed as the Easter Bunny offers a high-five to a kid before an Easter egg hunt at Welles (Gideon) Park in the Lincoln Square neighborhood, Wednesday, March 29, 2023.
Hanae Makino, who is 18 months old, holds half of a plastic egg during an Easter egg hunt at Welles (Gideon) Park in the Lincoln Square neighborhood, Wednesday, March 29, 2023.
Luciana Fernandez (left), 3, reaches for a toy egg hanging from a branch during an Easter egg hunt at Welles (Gideon) Park in the Lincoln Square neighborhood, Wednesday, March 29, 2023.
Kids picks up plastic eggs during an Easter egg hunt at Welles (Gideon) Park in the Lincoln Square neighborhood, Wednesday, March 29, 2023. | Pat Nabong/Sun-Times
Vivian Bolton (right), 3, jumps while Allison Leon, 3, who is wearing bunny ears, holds a basket of plastic eggs during an Easter egg hunt at Welles (Gideon) Park in the Lincoln Square neighborhood, Wednesday, March 29, 2023.
Jessa Gomez (left), 5, Gustavo D (center), 5, and Sofia D, 4, play with toy eggs hanging from a tree after an Easter egg hunt at Welles (Gideon) Park in the Lincoln Square neighborhood, Wednesday, March 29, 2023.

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