Easter Activities and Easter Traditions

Every year we do a lot of Easter activities together as a family. I suppose it’s because whether it’s Easter or any other holiday, I like family traditions. Our Easter activities include coloring Easter eggs, making Easter decorations and hosting the neighborhood Easter egg hunt every year. What started off as me hiding a few Easter eggs for my first daughter when she was a toddler, has evolved into a neighborhood Easter tradition!

While another one of our Easter traditions is to go to the town Easter egg hunt, I decided to host an Easter egg hunt at our home when I saw that some children left the town egg hunt disappointed because in the mad dash of dozens of kids, they only found a few eggs or none at all. Easter activities are supposed to be fun for all kids, not just the fast ones!

So I decided to run my Easter egg hunt a little differently. Every child who comes to our egg hunt finds the same amount of eggs. How do I guarantee that? Do I become the Easter egg police? No. It just takes some organization and a lot of different kinds of plastic Easter eggs!

Here’s how I make sure the kids who come to our Easter egg hunt leave happy.

1. I buy ten eggs of various patterns, including polka dots, flowers, stripes, pastels, solids, metallic, speckled and even eggs that look like footballs and soccer balls.

(Since the number of kids who come to our Easter egg hunt keeps growing, I have created additional patterns on plastic eggs by buying solid colored eggs and using a permanent marker to add patterns like stars, asterisks, triangles, etc.)

2. I assign each egg pattern to a specific child and write it down.

(Now that my girls are older, they like to pick the egg pattern they want and then assign patterns for their friends.)

3. I buy small treats and toys and put one or two in each egg, including candy, stickers, bouncy balls, tattoos, rings, erasers, and whistles. I’ve also included quarters.

4. I buy Easter gift bags for each child and label them with their name. Then I draw on the bag an Easter egg with their pattern so they know which egg pattern they are to find.

5. Then of course I hide over a hundred plastic eggs around my yard! I wait to do this until about an hour before the hunt so the sun doesn’t melt the candy inside the Easter eggs.

6. When the kids arrive at our home, I hustle them in the door so they don’t look around the yard and spot eggs before the hunt begins.

7. I remind the kids that each of them gets to find 10 eggs and that they’re only to find the eggs with their pattern. I also tell the kids not to tell each other if they find someone else’s egg.

I know it sounds like a crazy control freak is running this hunt, and that may be true, but the kids absolutely love this Easter tradition! They not only know the rules already, but appreciate them because everyone gets to find the same number of Easter eggs at their own pace.

So if you’re looking for Easter activities and Easter traditions to do with your family and friends, I highly recommend an egg hunt where every child goes home happy!