Easter is a wonderful time for families to come together and enjoy fun, creative activities that celebrate the season. Whether you’re inside or outdoors, there are plenty of ways to make Easter memorable. Here are 20 Easter-themed fun family activities to enjoy with your loved ones:
- Easter Egg Hunt: A classic Easter tradition, you can hide coloured plastic or hard-boiled eggs around the yard or house. For extra fun, include clues or riddles for the kids to solve along the way.
- Egg Decorating: Set up a decorating station with dye, paint, stickers, and glitter. Kids can get creative and design their own Easter eggs.
- Bunny Hop Relay Race: Have a race where everyone hops like a bunny to the finish line. Add some challenge by turning it into a relay race!
- Easter Egg Roll: A fun outdoor activity where kids roll hard-boiled eggs down a hill or across the lawn. The one who rolls the farthest without breaking their egg wins!
- Easter Crafting: Get crafty with Easter-themed arts and crafts. Make bunny masks, colourful wreaths, or decorated Easter baskets. Use supplies like construction paper, felt, and googly eyes.
- Spring Scavenger Hunt: Create a list of spring-themed items to find, such as flowers, insects, or certain types of birds. Head outside for a scavenger hunt to enjoy nature while celebrating the season.
- Egg and Spoon Race: This is a fun, classic challenge where participants must balance an egg on a spoon while racing to the finish line. The trick is to keep the egg from falling!
- Bunny Ears Headbands: Craft bunny ears out of cardboard, felt, or construction paper and make your own bunny headbands. You can wear them for a fun photo session or while playing Easter games.
- Easter Egg Piñata: Create or buy an Easter-themed piñata shaped like an egg or bunny. Fill it with candies, toys, and confetti, and let the kids take turns hitting it!
- Easter Bunny Dance Party: Turn up the music and have a dance party. Everyone can hop, skip, and jump around like bunnies to festive tunes.
- Easter Themed Baking: Bake bunny-shaped cookies, cupcakes decorated with pastel-coloured icing, or even carrot cakes. Let the kids help with mixing and decorating.
- Easter Bunny Story Time: Gather the family for a cosy story time and read Easter-themed books. You can read classics like The Tale of Peter Rabbit or create your own imaginative stories.
- Egg Toss: In pairs, toss an egg (or a plastic egg) back and forth, taking a step back with each successful catch. The team that can toss the egg the farthest without breaking it wins!
- Easter Egg Bowling: Set up a bowling game using empty plastic bottles as pins and colourful plastic eggs as the bowling balls. See who can knock down the most pins with a roll of the egg!
- Easter Bunny Obstacle Course: Create a fun obstacle course in your backyard with challenges like hopping over pillows, crawling under tables, and jumping through hoops.
- Create Easter Cards: Gather art supplies and have the kids make their own Easter cards. They can write personal messages and decorate the cards with stickers, drawings, and glitter.
- Easter-themed Science Experiments: Do simple Easter science experiments like making an egg float in saltwater, or create fizzy “Easter egg” reactions using vinegar and baking soda.
- Make Easter Bunny Footprints: If you have young children, create “bunny footprints” with white paint or flour leading up to their Easter baskets. They’ll love following the trail!
- Easter Bunny Photoshoot: Set up a fun photo booth with Easter props like bunny ears, flowers, and pastel-coloured backdrops. Take some cute family photos to capture the memories.
- Easter Picnic: Pack a picnic basket with sandwiches, fruits, and Easter-themed snacks, and enjoy a meal outside. You can add some fun by using bunny-shaped sandwiches or carrot-shaped treats.
These activities not only bring the family together but also embrace the spirit of Easter by encouraging creativity, teamwork, and a love for the season. Whether you’re in the backyard, around the dinner table, or out on a nature walk, Easter is the perfect time to enjoy fun, family-friendly activities.