What’s Easter without an egg hunt?
My five year old twins look forward to their annual Easter Egg Hunt. Hubby and I like to hide a mixture of decorated hard-boiled eggs, chocolate eggs and other Easter novelties around our back garden. However, living in Scotland, we have once had to resort to Plan B and hide the eggs around the house instead, because it was a wet and windy Easter Sunday.
The girls believe it is the Easter Bunny who leaves their treats for them. He also leaves treats for our own pet bunnies, Chip and Dale.
Are you looking to have an Easter egg hunt for your children? With a little creativity, you can make the experience enjoyable for children of all ages.
Pre-school children
For pre-school children, hiding real eggs can be a rite of passage at Easter. You should limit the number of eggs that you hide, as young children don’t eat as many of them. It’s important to store your decorated Easter eggs in the fridge until just before the egg hunt begins. In spite of the eggs being hard-boiled, they could spoil if left at room temperature for too long, especially as they will be hidden outdoors in the sunshine. (Although, sunshine cannot be guaranteed, particularly in rainy Scotland!) Keep the egg cartons aside for after the egg hunt. Assign each child an ample section of the egg carton to hold the eggs that they have found. If there are lots of children involved in the hunt, you might want to award prizes to the top egg finder or perhaps even the top three finders. In the excitement to find all the eggs, it’s likely that some eggs might get damaged. This is, of course, absolutely fine, as it’s all in the name of fun.
Primary School Children
Older children probably won’t be as interested in a traditional Easter egg hunt. For them, you need something slightly more challenging. Hide plastic eggs instead of real ones. Plastic eggs can be filled with coins, sweets, small toys, and stickers. The hiding needs to be a lot more difficult since more is at stake. Older Primary School children will find this particular kindof egg hunt good fun without being too babyish.
High School Children
Turn the egg hunt into a scavenger hunt for high school age children . This idea requires thorough planning from start to finish. You can place handwritten clues inside each plastic egg. If you are planning an Easter egg hunt for lots of children in this age group, divide the children into teams, and give each team the same clue to start. Solving one clue, will lead them to another egg, containing another clue. The winning team shares the prize.
Happy hunting!
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1Great post…thank you for all the age appropriate egg hunting tips. What fun! The look on those girls faces says it all!! I have boy/girl twins myself that are ten now. What great memories you are making.
Chris
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2Thanks for the great ideas! I think I’m going to hide plastic ones this year with some goodies inside. I always hide real eggs. Love the pictures!
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