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29 Easter Egg Hunt Ideas
for All Ages
Easter egg hunts are a joy for kids of all ages, but traditional hunts with candy and money can get repetitive year after year. Mix things up by choosing one of these 29 Easter egg hunt ideas that are perfect for big or small group gatherings.
As you’re planning your child’s hunt, be sure to stock up on the Easter essentials like eggs, candy, plush toys and more. Don’t forget a custom Easter basket with your child’s name that will be an Easter keepsake for years to come.
Whether you opt for a scavenger hunt or an Easter bingo hunt, your child will enjoy the added layer of fun to their Easter egg hunt tradition.
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.
10. Wading Pool Egg Hunt
With warmer weather around the corner, go ahead and break out the inflatable baby pool. Fill it with balloons and scatter Easter eggs at the bottom.
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.
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.
21. Exercise Hunt
Get in a little workout before the candy consumption with an exercise-themed Easter egg hunt. Fill plastic eggs with a mix of candy and challenges like “do 5 jumping jacks” or “hop like a bunny to the next egg.”
22. Blindfolded Hunt
If your egg hunt will take place in a small indoor space, make it a little harder for your child by blindfolding them. Give them clues as they wander the room by telling them they’re getting warmer, colder, or red hot.
23. Relay Race Hunt
Encourage teamwork with a relay race egg hunt. Best for larger groups, have the children team up in twos and line up at the starting line. The children will take turns finding an egg and then running back to the starting line to “tag” their teammate for them to go find an egg. Keep track of how many eggs have been found so you’ll know when the race is over. Award the winning team a special prize or toy.
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.
26. Egg Race
If there will be a few people participating in your Easter egg hunt, go for an egg race. Set a timer and see who finds the most eggs in an allotted time and award the winner a special trophy that can pass from winner to winner for many Easters to come.
27. Scavenger Hunt
This one will take a bit of prep work on your end, but is sure to be a crowd-pleaser. Fill eggs with clues that will lead them to the next egg. Be sure to begin the hunt with a starter egg and number and label the eggs with each child’s name so there isn’t any confusion. The last clue can lead them straight to their Easter basket.
28. Reverse the Roles
Switch things up and let your child hide the Easter eggs for you. Set a few parameters (maybe only include a few rooms if it’s an indoor hunt) and have your child write down where they hid the eggs so you can make sure they are all found. Your child can time you to see how fast you can find all the eggs or give you clues as you’re on the hunt.
29. Puzzle Piece Hunt
Make the hunt only part of the fun by hiding puzzle pieces inside plastic eggs. Once your teen has found all the eggs, you can work together to put together the puzzle. We suggest sticking with a 300-piece puzzle and including around 10 puzzle pieces inside each egg.
No matter which egg hunt idea you choose, your child is sure to appreciate the extra effort that the Easter bunny put into this year’s hunt. As you’re hiding eggs, keep track of where you hid them to ensure all eggs are accounted for at the end of the hunt. Don’t forget to find a custom Easter basket that your child can use for this Easter and many more to come.