Easter Activities and Crafts for Kids
Introduction
Easter is a joyful holiday filled with fun, creativity, and quality family time. It’s the perfect opportunity to engage children in exciting activities that spark their imagination and keep them entertained.
Whether you’re looking for Easter crafts, games, or educational projects, this guide offers plenty of ideas to make the holiday extra special. Let’s hop into some fantastic Easter activities and crafts for kids!
Classic Easter Egg Activities
Easter Egg Hunt
A traditional Easter egg hunt is always a hit! Here are some tips to make it extra fun:
- Use different colored eggs for different age groups.
- Hide eggs in safe and accessible locations.
- Add small surprises like stickers or toys inside plastic eggs.
- Consider a glow-in-the-dark egg hunt using LED-filled eggs for an evening twist!
Easter Scavenger Hunt
Create extra challenge into an easter egg hunt by making it a clue-led scavenger hunt, the perfect game for Easter Sunday, a kids Easter party or church event!
Our done-for-you Indoor Easter Scavenger Hunt and Outdoor Easter Scavenger Hunts come with 16 clues describing common hiding places.
The outdoor set features garden / yard hiding places such as a driveway, fence, tree or hedge, flowerbed, whereas the indoor scavenger hunt uses places such as a coat pocket and under a chair making it easily audible to most environments.
Full setup instructions and riddle solutions are also included. You can hide Easter eggs or other treats along with each clue with the last clue leading to the final prize.
A blank template is also included in each set if you would like to write your own clues or amend any locations.
Egg Decorating
Get creative with egg decoration techniques:
- Dyeing Eggs: Use food coloring, vinegar, and water to create vibrant designs.
- Sticker and Glitter Eggs: Add stickers, washi tape, or glitter for a fun, mess-free option.
- Marbleized Eggs: Mix shaving cream and food coloring for a swirly effect.
DIY Easter Crafts and Games for Kids
Paper Plate Bunny
We love this simple Paper Plate bunny craft from Simple Today Life.
Materials: Paper plates, cotton balls, glue, and markers.
- Cut out bunny ears and attach them to the plate.
- Glue on cotton balls for a fluffy bunny face.
- Draw eyes and a nose with markers.
Easter Cootie Catcher
Remember those paper folding games you used to play as a kid? They are so simple to make with just a sheet of paper, or grab our done for you Easter Fortune Teller bundle. With 2 different designs included, as well as print friendly versions and blank templates, this is a fun game for all the family!
Instructions and 2 blank templates – one of each design – are also included so you can add in your own fortunes or activities.
Also makes a great party favor or fun Easter place setting decoration!
Activities included:
- Easter jokes cootie catcher – color version
- Easter jokes cootie catcher – Print friendly black & white version
- Easter fortune teller cootie catcher – color version
- Easter fortune teller cootie catcher – Print friendly version
- 2 blank color templates to add your own personalized fortunes
- 1 instruction sheet of how to cut out and fold your cootie catcher.
Handprint Chick Cards
This is a super cute craft from The Best Ideas For Kids
Materials: Yellow paint, cardstock, googly eyes, and orange paper.
- Dip hands in yellow paint and press onto the cardstock.
- Once dry, cut out the handprint, then add eyes and an orange beak.
- Write a sweet Easter message inside.
Easter Games Bundle
Our Easter Games Bundle contains 15 Family games and will be fun for all the family this Easter! Great for an Easter party, classroom activity, homeschool activity or children’s activity at home.
What’s included:
- One page Scavenger Hunt (find the objects)
- Word Scramble
- Joke Match
- I Spy
- Wordsearch – easier
- Wordsearch – harder
- Candy Dice
- Easter Maze
- Scattergories
- Alphabet race
- Would You Rather
- Family Trivia – 12 multiple choice questions
- Easter True or False quiz
- Make a Word game
- Easter Riddles
- All answers included
- Black and white print friendly version
- Color version
- US Letter and A4 sizes
Fun for all the family this Easter!
Popsicle Stick Easter Basket
This craft from In The Bag Kids Crafts is ideal for older kids as it is a bit trickier but produces an impressive result.
Materials: Popsicle sticks, glue, paint, and small decorations.
- Glue sticks together to create a small basket shape.
- Paint and decorate as desired.
Easter Baking and Cooking Activities
Bunny-Shaped Sugar Cookies
This super cute recipe from A Mummy Too makes adorable rabbit shaped sugar cookies.
Bake sugar cookies in bunny shapes using a bunny shaped cookie cutter and let kids decorate with icing and sprinkles.
Easter Cupcake Decorating
- Provide cupcakes, frosting, and toppings like chocolate eggs and Easter sprinkles so kids create their own delicious Easter treats.
DIY Chocolate Easter Eggs
- Melt chocolate and pour it into Chocolate Easter egg molds.
- Add fillings like caramel or peanut butter.
- Let them cool and enjoy!
Outdoor Easter Games and Activities
Bunny Hop Sack Race
- Grab a sack race kit like this and have kids hop like bunnies to the finish line.
Bunny ear Hoopla
- A fun twist on the classic ring toss game, this bunny ear version will be fun for all the family!
Easter Egg And Spoon Relay Race
- Kids balance eggs on spoons while racing to the finish line!
For all Easter games, decor and craft supplies featured in this post, check out our Easter Amazon Ideas list.
What’s Your Favorite Easter Game or Activity?
Easter is the perfect time to bond with kids through engaging activities and creative crafts. Whether you’re organizing a thrilling egg hunt, making DIY Easter decorations, or baking festive treats, these ideas will ensure a joyful and memorable holiday. Happy Easter!
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About The Author
Melissa is an Educational Consultant in the UK with over 25 years teaching experience. Through her expertise in creating educational resources for children she opened her Etsy shop, Gin&Gemini, in 2022 and quickly expanded her offering into the party planning niche, offering a range of physical and digital products for children’s parties, family celebrations, holidays and the bachelorette / hen party niche. She lives on a farm with her husband, young daughter and cats.
