Not even rain can spoil Easter for many youngsters. Floppy-eared bunnies will be hiding eggs all over Kirkland this weekend and here are just some of the fun events for kids and families.

One of the largest and longest-running egg hunts in Kirkland will be held at Peter Kirk Park in downtown Kirkland on Sunday. The 36th Annual Easter Egg Hunt, sponsored by the Kirkland Kiwanis, begins at 1:30 p.m. The event is free to the public and features three age categories.

“We have always done the Easter Egg Hunt,” said Kiwanis member Don Ross. “But this is the first year we are the sole sponsor.”

The Kiwanis used to sponsor the event in conjunction with the City of Kirkland, but has taken over the event.

The event has become a popular tradition for many families over the decades. Kiwanis members will put out approximately 12,000 eggs.

“It starts around 1:30 p.m. and all of the eggs are gone by about 1:35,” said Ross. “It’s like a street sweeper has gone through that area.”

The event for ages 1-4 will be staged by the playground area, ages 5-7 in the outfield of the baseball field and 8-12 by the west side of QFC.

“It is not exactly age specific so if there are two siblings they can do it together,” said Kiwanis member John Hurney.

Ross said the event will bring out close to a dozen volunteers from Kiwanis and local high school Key Club students will don the borrowed city-owned bunny costumes for the event. Three bunnies and two ducks will also be on hand prior to the start of the egg hunt courtesy of the Kirkland Builder’s Club.

“It is a lot of fun to do,” said Ross. “We do it for the kids because we love kids in the Kiwanis.”

One of the new Easter egg hunts in Kirkland comes courtesy of the new Pleasant Bay Church, which recently moved to Kirkland from Bothell’s Cedarpark Church, and Northwest University. The Houghton Neighborhood Egg Hunt will take place at 10 a.m. Saturday at the Northwest University campus, 11160 N.E. 53rd St.

Pleasant Bay Church associate pastor Laurie Neary came up with the idea of the egg hunt, which will be held on the center greens. Pleasant Bay Church currently meets at Northwest University’s Butterfield Chapel.

“We just moved to Kirkland and there are a lot of people in the neighborhood and we just want to get to know our neighbors,” said Neary.

The egg hunt is open to the public and is for toddlers all the way up to sixth grade. Pleasant Bay Church representatives will hide 2,500 eggs in its first annual event.

“I hope people come out or we will have an awful lot of candy to eat,” said Neary.

Pleasant Bay will also have Easter services on Sunday from 10:30 a.m. until noon with children’s events planned.

Another new event, the Woodmark Hotel’s Easter Egg Scramble, is already at capacity this year.

“So far the response has been overwhelming,” said Woodmark Hotel’s promotions manager Jenny Metz, who plans to expand the event next year. “I kept an eye on the RSVPs and when we hit 150 we had to cap it.”

The event also hosts a free Bloody Mary bar for adults and free hot cocoa. Little ones will enjoy hunting for Easter treats, face painting, and arts and crafts.

“We thought it would be fun to get people down here to Carillon Point,” said Metz. “It is a cool and fun activity for the family.”

The event is co-sponsored by Points Living Magazine.

“We will have 2,000 plastic eggs and they’re all in the back of my car,” said Metz.

Other churches in the area will also feature public Easter events, including Lake Washington United Methodist Church that will host an Easter Egg Hunt on from 10:30 a.m. until noon on Saturday.

The Kirkland Congregational Church will host a youth-led sunrise service at 8 a.m. at Marina Park to be followed by an Easter Egg Hunt at 10:30 a.m. on Sunday with a mini bazaar.

The Northlake Unitarian Universalist Church will hold an Easter celebration with the Easter story set to New Orleans Jazz style music at 10:30 a.m. on Sunday. Rev. Marian Stewart will produce the event, along with a brass band.

The Lake Washington Christian Church will have an Easter Egg Hunt on Sunday following a 9 a.m. breakfast. Service will follow the egg hunt at 10:30 a.m.