Ideas for Toddlers

Your toddler might still be figuring out what an Easter egg hunt is all about, and that’s perfectly okay. There are plenty of ways to introduce the tradition to your child, while designing a hunt that’s easy for them to follow. 

1. Eggs in Bloom

Incorporate spring into your egg hunt by wrapping plastic eggs with a green pipe cleaner “stem” and sticking them into the grass to resemble flowers. Your toddler will enjoy picking the flowers in the yard and the eggs will be easy for them to spot. 

2. Easter Bunny Trail

If Easter falls on a sunny day, decorate your sidewalk with chalk arrows and bunny footprints. Place Easter eggs along the path in plain sight so your toddler has an easy time finding eggs. 

3. Floating Eggs

Eggs can be tough for toddlers to find in a big yard. Make it easier for them by tying balloons around each egg. Your toddler will have fun collecting the balloons (and you can easily keep track of them!). 

4. Picture Clues

Before your toddler starts their hunt, give them a stack of picture clues such as a tree or play house. If you’re inside, you can customize your picture clues to household items like the pantry or the bathtub.

5. Alphabet Hunt

Why not practice the ABCs while your child hunts for eggs? Fill each plastic egg with a letter (or write on the outside of the egg with a Sharpie) and let your child organize the letters from A-Z after they’ve found them all. 

6. Snacktime Hunt

Make snack time more fun with a food-themed egg hunt. Inside each plastic egg, include small treats. Some ideas for what to fill your eggs with include bite-sized pieces of grapes, crackers, dry cereal and veggies. 

7. Toy Hunt

Incorporate some of your child’s favorite toys inside their Easter eggs. Some ideas include small figurines of their favorite characters or toy blocks that your child can build after they’ve finished the hunt. 

8. Rainbow Hunt

Tie in a color lesson with a rainbow-themed Easter egg hunt. Dye or find eggs colored with every rainbow hue and hide them around the house. Afterward, let your child lay out their treasures in the correct rainbow order. You could also create a rainbow drawing together and place the eggs on the corresponding color. 

9. Confetti Eggs

Add an unexpected touch to your eggs with confetti. Best for outdoor egg hunts, confetti eggs will be a surprising treat for your child to discover. You can find eco-friendly biodegradable confetti that you won’t have to worry about cleaning up.  

Ideas for Kids

As your child grows up, Easter egg hunts become even more fun — for both you and them. Take this year’s hunt to the next level with a creative spin on the traditional egg hunt.

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11. Egg Hunt Checklist

Create a checklist for your child’s egg hunt. Include specific colored eggs they need to find and the general areas they should check. You could also add in a few extra items on their checklist like “found bunny tracks” or “hopped like a bunny” to make the egg hunt last a little longer. 

12. Privilege Card Egg Hunt

Add more than just candy inside your Easter eggs with a few privilege cards for your child to use in the coming weeks. A couple of ideas include “30 minute of screen time” or “play one game of your choice.” 

13. Golden Egg Hunt

Make the hunt extra special by creating a golden egg for your child to find. Try to place this egg in the hardest spot and fill it with a special prize like their favorite candy, money, or a coupon to their favorite place. 

14. Indoor Egg Hunt

If you’re set on an indoor hunt, be sure to utilize a few rooms in the house to make it a little more difficult for your child. Think about hiding eggs in less obvious places like in their bathrobe pocket or on the dog’s bed. If you’re worried your child will have a hard time spotting all the eggs, you can always create clues or signs that lead them in the right direction. 

15. Treasure Map Hunt

This one will require a bit of creativity on your end. Sketch out a map of your backyard and pick a starting place that your child will follow, finding eggs along the way as they work their way to the treasure. Place their Easter basket or an extra-special egg at the X.

16. Rhyming Riddle Egg Hunt

Add a level of difficulty to your egg hunt with rhyming riddles that reveal where eggs are hidden around the house or in the yard. 

17. Redeemable Coupon Egg Hunt

Along with candy, hide notes with coupons for fun activities inside a few of the eggs. Some ideas include “going to the park” or “taking the dog for a walk” that they can redeem in the weeks to come. 

18. Scrambled Clues Egg Hunt

Print out clues that tell your child where eggs are hiding, but scramble the letters of each hiding place so that your child has to work out exactly where they are. This added element will make the hunt last a little longer and put your child’s decoding skills to the test.  

19. Color-Coded Egg Hunt

If you’ll have multiple kids participating in an egg hunt and want to make sure that the hunt is fair and each kid finds the same amount of eggs, you can assign each child a different color to find. 

20. Kids’ Easter Table Hunt

If you’re hosting an Easter brunch or lunch, incorporate an egg hunt activity at the kids’ table. You can do this a number of ways, but one idea is to add faux grass or greenery to your centerpiece and hide small chocolate eggs inside. If there’s enough room where the kids table is set up, you can hide a few eggs around the room as well.

Ideas for Teens

Put some of the magic back into Easter egg hunts by adding in new elements that any teen will enjoy.

24. Glow-in-the-Dark Hunt

Best at nighttime or in a room without windows, paint your plastic Easter eggs with glow-in-the-dark paint or fill them with glow sticks and hide them around the house. If you want to confine your hunt to a certain area, mark off the space with glow-in-the-dark tape. 

25. Easter Egg Bingo 

Design your own Easter bingo cards to go along with your egg hunt. You can fill the card with specific colored eggs that are included in the hunt or fill the card with different types of candy that your children will find inside the eggs.