Sick of the ole' scavenger egg hunt? Here are some super easy games to play with kids during the Easter holiday. These games are also great because you can do different versions of them at different holidays. I like to go a little crazy on the prizes. The dollar store has great items for kids, as well as the $1 bins at Target and many craft stores. It's fun to play these while wearing bunny ears. Hope you have fun!
What You'll Need:
4 Easter basket style buckets or baskets without handles
Toys or candies for each bucket
Plastic Easter eggs
Something to determine where they stand
Gift bag or basket for each kid
Place the buckets in a row.
Fill them with toys, candies, pencils, etc. I like to go in order of how cool it is. So maybe it's a small piece of candy or a pencil in the first bucket. Then the last bucket has a larger gift on the side for them to pick out like a big piece of candy or a $1 store item.
Give them a place to stand by putting down a piece of tape or something. I got creative with craft paper and stickers by making a carrot shaped marker. If you don't give them a marked off place to stand, the kids tend to move closer and closer to the buckets which isn't fair.
Hand out the bags or basket to each kid. Each kid takes a turn. They need to get an egg into each bucket in order 1,2,3,4. It's up to you on how you want to give out the prizes. From my experience, they want them right away. Have them fill up their bag with goodies. Rotate through each kid until everyone has had a turn. You'll want to play this at least 2-3 times depending on how many kids that you have. I like to do this game first in case I have extra prizes from the 4th bucket. Then you can use them in the following games.
Pin the Tail on the Bunny
This one requires a lot of creativity. I made my bunny free style, but am giving you step by step picture instructions on the pieces that I used. I also made mine with magnets so that I can hang it on the refrigerator. You can use tape, to hang it, but you may want to use blue painters tape so that your walls don't get ruined.
What You'll Need:
Craft paper - 2 brown thick card stock, 1 white thick card stock, 1 pink or printed pink (for ears and nose), multi colored for the tails
1 pack heavy duty magnets,
1 pack of flat magnets,
Bow (optional)
Googly eyes (optional, you could draw them in)
Glue
Scissors
Something to cover their eyes, like a Bandanna or a scarf
Bunny Body
Body, head, ears, feet, paws
White tummy, cheeks & teeth
Pink nose
Fold pink paper in half, cut insides of ears
Glue to the back of the head.
Weigh it down with books.
Arrange the face before gluing.
Draw whiskers.
Glue body together.
Add the paws and big bunny feet.
Add the flat magnets, googly eyes, and bow.
Glue the magnets to the tails.
Cover the kids eyes with a scarf. Spin them 2 times and let them try to put the "tail" where it's supposed to go. Each kid gets a different colored tail. Repeat with the next kid. Whoever is closest is the winner. Award prizes for each game or tally the games for 1 big prize.
Bunny BINGO
What You'll Need:
Lot's of multi colored card stock (depending on how many cards you have)
Easter Stickers (you may need to pick up multiple books of the same style. For this one, you'll need at least 16 of each type of sticker. You also need an extra set for reading the piece)
Rubber cement or scrap booking tape
Scissors
Container to hold game pieces
Lots of prizes!
Free style or work on excel to get 4 rows of 4 boxes each. Keep them on one sheet of paper or adhere them to a colorful card.
Cut out squares for game pieces to cover the cards after the matching sticker is called.
Also cut out squares and adhere one of each sticker to them. Put these in a container and use them to call the squares.
Stick the stickers in the boxes of the game cards randomly.
To Play:
Pull out the sticker squares to call a piece. Each kid then covers that sticker with a piece of paper. Whoever gets 4 in a row or diagonal wins a prize!
I hope that you have a
Happy Easter!
