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37 Magical Easter Games and Activities (That Kids Won’t Think are Lame)

Easter games are an essential part of this springtime holiday, and this fabulous list brings you a myriad of DIY games and activities for your little ones to enjoy. From egg and spoon racing with a twist, to glow in the dark egg hunts, those Easter breaks won’t be nearly long enough to fit them all in!

Wobbly Easter Egg Spoon Balancing Activitiy

Easter Slime Easter Sensory Play Plastic Eggs

Easter Slime Easter Sensory Play Plastic Eggs

Slime is something that never gets boring, even adults love it (although they won’t admit to it!) Check out all the information on Little Bins for Little Hands for a variety of different home-made slime recipes, as well as Easter Egg Slime and even a Fluffy Easter Chick Slime version!

Easter Bingo Game

Easter Bingo Game

Bingo goes down well with all ages, so eyes down for Easter 2018! This cute Easter bingo game comes with eight game cards, all decorated with spring-like illustrations, along with drawing cards for the caller, and best of all, it’s totally free, thanks to the downloadable files in this blog post. Just add candy markers.

Alphabet Easter Egg Hunt

Alphabet Easter Egg Hunt

Teach letter recognition and have fun at the same time with this inexpensive Easter game idea from School Time Snippets. Using plastic eggs and letter shapes, this blog shows you how to create the alphabet matching game that toddlers will really enjoy. It really is as simple as A B C.

Sponge Painted Easter Egg Basket

Sponge Painted Easter Egg Basket

Kids love sponge painting, so turn that love into a great activity for Easter, using paints, card, and of course, sponges. It’s easy to cut them into egg shapes, and this tutorial shows you how to use them to create sweet Easter basket cards or pictures that will take pride of place on the fridge door.

Mini Popsicle Stick Chicks

Mini Popsicle Stick Chicks

How cute are these Popsicle stick chicks? This simple craft activity will keep the kids amused, and make a great rainy day activity in the run up to the Easter Bunny’s arrival. Using only the sticks, card, paper, paint, and glue, your kids can create these chic chicks, and add googly eyes for even more character.

Diy Easter Treat Pouches

Diy Easter Treat Pouches

If you’re having a party for Easter 2018, or even if you have a big family with lots of little ones, this DIY makes a delightful change to the usual treat bags given out at parties. Shaped like Easter eggs, these gorgeous little pouches are made from felt, and are perfectly sized for googly-eyed lollipops.

Diy Egg Popper Tree

Diy Egg Popper Tree

Forget about hiding eggs in the washing machine, or inside someone’s shoe this year – hang them in full view and let the kids grab them, instead. Studio DIY shows you how to create these fab festive egg poppers filled with goodies, and hang them from a tree. Lots of fun, and they look great, too.

Glow in the Dark Easter Eggs Tutorial

Glow in the Dark Easter Eggs Tutorial

If you’re planning your Easter party after dark, don’t let the lack of light stop you having an Easter egg hunt. This superbly simple tutorial shows you how you can create the prettiest egg hunt in the neighborhood by using transparent plastic eggs and mini glow sticks; just add the treats and away you go.

Mason Jar Chocolate Easter Bunny Tutorial

Mason Jar Chocolate Easter Bunny Tutorial

For a fun and novel way of giving chocolate this year, check out this alternative packaging from Crafty Morning. Using a Mason jar, you can add green ‘grass’ a chocolate bunny, and some brightly colored candy such as M&Ms. Then just finish it off with twine or ribbon, and gift to someone special.

Best Peeps Playdough Recipe

Best Peeps Playdough Recipe

The internet is awash with recipes for home-made play dough, but this one is for the edible variety, and what’s more…it’s delicious! Using your favorite colored Peeps, you can add flour and Crisco to make a safe, pastel-hued dough to model with, without having to worry about yucky ingredients.

Painting with Plastic Easter Eggs

Painting with Plastic Easter Eggs

Finger painting is all well and good, but sometimes using shapes is even better! Make the most of the time of year by gathering up some of those plastic eggs, open them up, and dip them in paint to make different colored circles on your paper – one of those quiet-time Easter games toddlers will love.

Beautiful Easter Egg Doily Craft for Kids

Beautiful Easter Egg Doily Craft for Kids

This DIY idea is surprisingly effective for such a simple idea, and kids will love the effects they can produce. By using marker pens on paper doilies, and then ‘painting’ over the colors with water, beautiful watercolor designs can be produced for unique pieces of Easter art. Head over to the blog for details.

Pom Pom Easter Egg Painting Craft for Kids

Pom Pom Easter Egg Painting Craft for Kids

Make cards, collages, or other colorful creations with this simple DIY project from Crafty Morning. By using pompoms, your child can create a different kind of paint effect by dipping them into colors and then dabbing them onto their card egg, and because the pompoms are held on the end of a peg, there’s less mess!

Easter Egg Bath Bombs Tutorial

Easter Egg Bath Bombs Tutorial

Not everyone likes or wants chocolate, so make Easter 2018 a chocolate-free zone for those who don’t, or can’t eat it. These Easter egg bath bombs make a great alternative, and are easy to make and beautiful to give. Safe for even little ones’ skin, these non-edibles make eggcellent gifts.

Diy Sock Easter Bunny

Diy Sock Easter Bunny

If you’ve forgotten to buy Easter gifts this year, or you just prefer giving home-made, this tutorial is for you. These sock bunnies are adorable, and super simple to make, and, if you’re a crafter, the chances are you’ll have everything you need right there in the house already.

Glow in the Dark Easter Eggs

Glow in the Dark Easter Eggs

Check out this great tutorial for making a glow in the dark egg hunt, and the whole neighborhood will be wanting to join in the fun. Using medium to large plastic eggs, glow sticks, candy, and tape, you can make the fun glow even further for Easter 2018 – just head over to the blog for details.

Q-Tip Lamb Craft

Q-Tip Lamb Craft

These Q Tip lambs are so adorable, you’ll want to keep making more and more of them! Using just card and (lots of) Q Tips, (and a few other arty bits) you can create these lovely lambs as place markers, decorations, or even Happy Easter cards – just remember, the bigger they are, the more tips you’ll need!

Magic Jelly Bean Garden

Magic Jelly Bean Garden

This is a beautiful idea for putting a little magic into Easter for your little ones. Have the Easter Bunny ‘deliver’ some magic jelly beans. Ask the kids to plant them in the garden, and lo and behold – a few hours later there are some delicious Peeps flowers in their place!

Easter Egg Color Matching

Easter Egg Color Matching

Are you looking for Easter games to do with your tots this year, but don’t want to spend a fortune? Then this tutorial might be for you. Flexing those fine motor skills muscles, along with color sorting, this is a fun activity using plastic eggs, colored pompoms, and a pair of child-friendly chopsticks.

How to Make Fantasy Dragon Eggs

How to Make Fantasy Dragon Eggs

If your kids are more into dragons than chicks, this DIY idea will really make their day, or knight. Using aluminium foil as a base, these eggs are made from air dry clay, and embellished with the most vibrant beads and gems you can find, to make beautiful, decorative keepsakes for any time of year.

How to Make a Paper Bobble Head Bunny Craft

How to Make a Paper Bobble Head Bunny Craft

These bunnies might not be hopping, but they sure are bopping! Made from card stock, these rabbits can be made in any or every color you like, before decorating that cute little face with a pompom nose and googly eyes, and adding it onto an ‘accordion’ strip of card to make it bobble around.

Easter Suncatcher Template

Easter Suncatcher Template

For a simple crafting activity to do with the little ones, head over to Everyday Dishes for details on how to make these stunning sun catchers, just in time for Easter and the springtime sunshine. Simply print out the free template, and follow the steps before hanging these cheerful little danglies in the window.

Tin Foil Easter Egg Art

Tin Foil Easter Egg Art

Kids love trying new textures and materials, so why not introduce them to this Tin Foil Easter Egg Art activity? By covering a cardboard egg shape with aluminum foil, your little artists will have a completely different coloring experience, and you’ll end up with some gorgeous works of art to display.

Diy Daffodils

Diy Daffodils

This is one of the simplest DIY ideas you’ll see for Easter 2018, but it is one which is sure to delight. Mend and Make New has included a step by step guide, but once you see this gorgeous daffodil you’ll see just how easy it is to make without even looking at the guide!

Bunny Bookmark Design for Easter

Bunny Bookmark Design for Easter

After all the fun of the Easter games, and the sugar rush that is part and delicious parcel of the holiday, there’s nothing better than settling down with a good book to calm things down. Take a look at Red Ted Art for instructions on making these cute bunny bookmarks so no one loses their place.

Diy Salt Dough Eggs

Diy Salt Dough Eggs

Liven up an Easter tree with these cheerful hanging Easter egg decorations, and you won’t want to take them back down again. Using salt dough (recipe included), paint, and clear sealer, you can create a myriad of magical ornaments, and even add some glitter or a few gems for springtime sparkle.

Egg Easter Countdown & Free Printables

Egg Easter Countdown & Free Printables

This beautiful idea from Happy Organized Life brings the true spirit of Easter back to the holiday. Working on the same principle as an Advent calendar, one egg is opened every day of Lent, revealing the name of a person or thing you would like to pray for. Not religious? Make them wishes, instead.

Wobbly Easter Egg Ramp Races

Wobbly Easter Egg Ramp Races

Once you know how to make Wobbly Eggs, there’s no end of fun to be had! And Next Comes L’s blog post shows you not only how to set up race tracks for Wobbly Eggs, but also contains a link for how to make the eggs in the first place. Simple fun – the best kind.

Diy Easter Bunny Bean Bag Toss

Diy Easter Bunny Bean Bag Toss

This delightful DIY bean bag toss is the perfect Easter game, and simple enough for even the most inexperienced DIYer to make. Using a stiff cardboard for the bunny, carefully cut out his mouth as a target, and then toss in the home made felt carrot bean bags also featured in this superb blog.

Peeps S'mores for Easter

Peeps S'mores for Easter

What’s more delicious than a S’more? A S’more with a Peep peeping out, perhaps? Follow Eclectic Recipes’ fun blog post, and add a little Easter into those melty morsels by using Peeps instead of marshmallows for gloriously technicolored treats for all the family. Pack up the ingredients for a great idea for Easter baskets, too.

Lolly Pop Bunnies

Lolly Pop Bunnies

Who would have thought about turning a Tootsie Pop upside down, and using it as the body of a bunny? Debbie over at One Little Project, that’s who! Follow her instructions to make these fabulous sweet treats, ideal for Easter baskets or party favors, using some crafty bits and bobs you probably already have lying around.

Easter Egg Craft for Kids Yarn Eggs

Easter Egg Craft for Kids Yarn Eggs

These colorful yarn eggs make brilliant decorations for hanging on a tree, or for slipping into an Easter basket to add a bit of color, and they make eggcellent quiet-time activities for little ones who might be over-excited about the Easter Bunny’s arrival! Super simple, there’s no wrong way to wrap, and they look gorgeous.

How to Paint Wooden Easter Eggs

How to Paint Wooden Easter Eggs

Most craft shops sell wooden blanks, and at Easter time you are bound to find some of these plain eggs for sale. My Poppet Makes has some detailed instructions on how to take these eggs from bland to beautiful, with a little paint and some inspiration; the perfect keepsake for Easter 2018 and beyond.

Paper Plate Easter Bunny Craft

Paper Plate Easter Bunny Craft

Tiny tots can’t get to grips with the more detailed craft projects that their older siblings can do, but that doesn’t mean they should miss out. These paper plate bunnies are achingly cute, with their pompom noses and pipe cleaner whiskers, and will pull on the heartstrings of anyone lucky enough to receive one.

Plastic Easter Egg Towers STEM Challenge

Plastic Easter Egg Towers STEM Challenge

STEM learning toys don’t have to be expensive, store bought items, as demonstrated by The Resourceful Mama in this excellent blog post. Using simple plastic eggs (which are in abundance at Easter) your kids can combine several facets of learning while having fun building these colorful towers.

Easter Peeps Science Experiment

Easter Peeps Science Experiment

Peeps are everywhere at this time of year, so put them to good use (not that eating them isn’t good!) by using them in a science experiment. Kids of a slightly ghoulish disposition will particularly enjoy watching these cute bunnies meet their frothy demise as they lay in a watery (or vinegary) grave!

Wobbly Easter Egg Spoon Balancing Activitiy

Wobbly Easter Egg Spoon Balancing Activitiy

Check out the link on And Next Comes L’s blog post to find out how to make these fab Wobbly Easter Eggs, before reading through the instructions for this take on a classic egg and spoon race. With variations to make it more challenging for older kids, this makes a great activity for the Easter break.
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