People of all ages will hunt eggs illuminated by daylight, flashlight and glow light Friday and Saturday for the Easter holiday.

The Charleston Parks and Recreation Department is offering egg hunts for the whole family on March 22 and 23.

Besides the usual children’s egg hunt, the department is hosting an egg hunt for older kids, aged 11 to 17 and an adult hunt for people 18 years old and up.

The Easter egg hunt for children ages one to 10 is scheduled for 9 a.m. on Saturday at East Morton Park, 1215 Division St.

Diane Ratliff, the tourism and special events supervisor, said the kids will hunt for eggs in 10-minute waves.

The egg hunt for 11-to-17-year-olds will be at 8 p.m. on March 22 at the Morton Park West Pavilion.

Ratliff said the older kids will have more of a challenge because they will have to find glow-in-the-dark eggs at night.

The adult egg hunt will include regular Easter eggs but will also be hosted in the dark.

The hunt is scheduled for 8 p.m. on March 23 at Morton Park.

Ratliff said they wanted to include adults as well children in the Easter holiday.

“You usually think of Easter egg hunts as the kids having fun but there’s no reason the adults can’t have fun as well,” she said.

Ratliff said they hide about 300 eggs around the park, and they usually have about 30 to 50 people participate in the adult hunt.

“By having it in the evening and in the dark, it makes it a lot more challenging than just the regular Easter egg hunt,” she said.

Ratliff said they see people of all ages come and enjoy the adult egg hunt.

“We would have anywhere from (people age) 18 and up to some in their mid-50s that come out,” she said.

Ratliff said she enjoys watching adults searching for eggs.

“It’s actually pretty entertaining from my side watching the adults act more like kids when they go out and hunt for their eggs,” she said.

Ratliff said in all three hunts, the eggs are filled with candy and prizes.

Prizes include food and gift certificates from local merchants and vendors, she said.

“What we do is we actually put slips of paper in there to represent a prize and then (participants) bring that slip of paper up to cash in (their) prize,” Ratliff said.

The cost for egg hunt for the youngest children is free.

The egg hunts for adults and older children costs $6.

Ratliff said anyone participating needs to be registered before the event starts.

Registration is also available on the Charleston Parks and Recreation Department website.

Amanda Wilkinson can be reached at 581-2812 or [email protected].