Kids absolutely love the idea of a hunt for treasure. So while you may do the traditional egg-dyeing, you may want to have some other “loot” to include in the fun.
Here are some fresh, new ideas for this year’s Easter egg hunt:
Secret Message Hunt
Put short messages in each egg, asking kids to do silly things like quack like a duck or hop like a bunny. When they have found ten eggs and done all ten tasks, hand them another message containing the clue that leads them to a special basket filled with treats.
Team Hunt — good for large groups
Put a bunch of plastic eggs together so each has mismatched colors and place a number inside each one. This will indicate how many pieces of something small like jelly beans the finder will get. Divide the kids into two teams and give them a short time to find all the mismatched eggs. The team with the most mismatched eggs is the winner and earns an additional small treat for everyone.
Easter Bunny Track Hunt
For younger children, create “bunny pawprint tracks” out of pink paper and leave them where the little ones can follow to find a series of treats.
Golden Egg Hunt
Do your usual favorite hunt, but add an additional treasure. Paint or buy a large, gold egg and fill it with something special. It could contain a treasure for the finder only, or a treat for the whole family such as a trip to a favorite restaurant, park or tickets to a new movie.
Easter Egg Pinata
Buy or make an Easter piñata and provide masks and a stick to open it. You can make a piñata by using an inflated balloon and paper maché or simply decorate a white bag to simulate an egg. Kids enjoy the building anticipation as the piñata begins to break and shower them with candy.
Relay Hunt
With a larger group of children, divide into teams and have one person from each team hunt for a given amount of time, return to tag the next player and continue until all the kids have had a turn. Provide some sort of extra treat for the winning team. Be sure all the kids get a fair amount of treats after the hunt.
The More than Candy Hunt
Have some of the plastic eggs contain small toys or tickets to receive the toys after the hunt. Toys might include balls, tiny bunnies or chicks, finger puppets or anything else appropriate for the kids in your group.
Easter egg hunts are just another way to create healthy family fun. Make sure the younger members of the family get a fair chance to find the treasures. Older kids can pair up with younger ones to help make this happen.
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