Photo gallery: Flagler Beach gives away thousands of candies at its 25th-annual Easter Egg Hunt

Some of the hunters gathered eggs and then went swimming.

By Jeff Dawsey
| 4:15 p.m. April 15, 2017

Each egg hunt lasted no more than a minute. The kids quickly cleaned the beach of eggs. Photo by Jeff Dawsey

After the final egg hunt, Amiya Correira went back and scraped through the sand and found a couple buried eggs. Photo by Jeff Dawsey

One of the benefits of egg hunts on the beach is going swimming, according to Makenna and Emily Morgart, Gabrielle and Anastasia Plott, Emily and Trey Higgins and Sophia Nuñez. Photo by Jeff Dawsey

The Easter bunny stopped by the beach to bring eggs and take pictures. Photo by Jeff Dawsey

Elleona Nebeker was dressed in the Easter spirit with her bunny ears. Photo by Jeff Dawsey

Lilly Conley and Sierra Darrell were positioned and prepared to grab the most eggs possible. Photo by Jeff Dawsey

Luke Mauro broke his basket during the hunting process. Photo by Jeff Dawsey

During the hunt, only excitement screams were heard. No one talked with each other. Photo by Jeff Dawsey

Ryan Rookstool came out with a basket full in the 2-4-year-old age group. Photo by Jeff Dawsey

Volunteers made sure to scatter all the eggs in the hunting space. Photo by Jeff Dawsey

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The Easter bunny visited, and hundreds of kids left the beach area with plastic eggs filled with candy at the 25th-annual Flagler Beach Easter Egg Hunt, hosted by Joseph Pozzuoli Architect, on Saturday, April 15.

While most of the kids grabbed as many eggs as possible and then went on their merry way, several others used their egg-hunting methods to maximize their egg count.

Luke Mauro, who participated in the 9- to 12-year-old hunt, said he went "straight for the jackpot by first running as fast as I can. Then, I just scooped up everything while moving around, but I think I got too much sand."

Amiya Correia waited for everyone to leave and then she returned to the egg area and slid her fingers through the sand for any hiding eggs. She found two with her extra effort.

Many others contributed to make the event a success, including JPA employees, Sheryl Pozzuoli, the Flagler Palm Coast High School Honor Society and many Flagler Beach businesses.