Design your own Easter

Egg hunt!

Easter is a joyous time, not only for the mountains of chocolate we get to devour, but also for the fun and excitement the celebrations bring.

Easter Egg hunting is almost a must for the April holiday, but why not think about creating your own and shaking up the tradition in a few creative ways?

Before we get into a few ideas, keep in mind the age group of the hunters, older children might prefer a bit of puzzling and clues, or even a riddle or two. The younger ones might enjoy more colour matching games, counting or finding letters that spell out their name, for example.

It doesn’t have to be chocolate –you can buy reusable plastic eggs and hide all sorts inside of them, little figurines, trinkets or even healthier snacks. A unique idea is to write coupons inside that can be exchanged – possibly ‘skip a chore’ or ‘extra half hour before bed’ for example. Another fun addition is adding ‘tasks’ into the eggs, such as hop like a bunny or moo like a cow.

Easter Egg tag –instead of hiding the eggs, you can attach eggs or prizes to a t-shirt - either with Velcro or strong double sided tape – and hide the person instead of the egg. It makes for an exciting game of tag where the chasers keep what they can get and the hider keeps the hidden treasures.

Easter Egg Relay Race –

this is another fun version of an Easter Egg hunt where you split the kids into teams. When you say go, the first kid from each team will go and search for an egg. Once they’ve found an egg, they return and tag the next teammate who has to go and find one, and so on until the first team wins.

Blind Folded Easter Egg Hunt –

Now this is an extremely enjoyable version of an Easter Egg hunt. Pair off into adult and kid teams of two, blindfold the adult or child and the other member of the team has to guide their blindfolded teammate to the Easter Eggs. Be careful not to guide anyone into bushes or any other obstacles.

Why not switch the roles?

It could be an interesting Easter if you allow the kids to hide the eggs and create coupons for chores for example or maybe choosing dinner or dessert, and allow the adults to have to find them.

These are just a few tips on ways to change up your traditional Easter Egg hunt but there are plenty more ideas out there if you want to go a step further. Enjoy your hunting!