GOLDEN EASTER EGG HUNT
Have the kids decorate their own Easter baskets, each using a different color. They are then told that the eggs they are to look for must be the same color as their baskets (they aren’t to touch the other colors). This makes it easier for smaller children as the eggs can be out in plain view where the older the kids the harder they have to search for their Easter eggs. You can also hide one (or more) gold egg, which contains a special prize. The prize can be anything you’d like (place money inside the egg or they can redeem the golden egg for a special prize).

IN-THE-DARK EGG HUNT
Have each kid bring their own flashlight from home and hunt for the Easter eggs in the dark, inside or outside.

JELLY BEAN EASTER EGG HUNT
For younger children, put down different colored jellybeans or small eggs for them to follow. At the end would be an Easter basket filled with a bunch of Easter goodies.

NOSEY EGG ROLL
The kids roll the eggs using only their noses. The first one over the finish line wins a prize.

PASS THE EASTER EGG
Line up in teams. The first person places an Easter egg under his chin (depending on the age of the child this Easter egg can be plastic or a real Easter egg (whether hard boiled or raw would depend totally on the age group; a raw egg would be funny but messy); They must then pass the Easter egg to the next person in line. They must then try to grab the Easter egg using only their chins.

If the egg drops, they must start over at the beginning. If the person touches the egg with their hands, they would just put it back under their chin and continue. The first team to get the Easter egg all the way to the last person in line is the winner.

PIN THE TAIL ON THE EASTER BUNNY
The same idea as “pin the tail on the donkey.” Have the kids draw a picture of the Easter bunny on white construction paper; have them color the picture. Decide which child will go first and then blindfold him. Give him a cotton ball to be pinned onto the Easter bunny (for small children use tape instead of a pin). Spin him around three times and let him go at it.

Once he pins the cotton ball on the bunny, make a small circle in a special colored crayon to tell where about on the bunny his tail was pinned (a different color for each child). The next child then has a turn, etc. When the last child has had their turn that’s when the colored crayons will show who pinned the tail where.

The child who pinned his tail the closest to the Easter bunny’s real tail get’s a prize. You can also offer prizes to the one who pinned the tail closest to his nose, ears, paws, etc… that way, everyone’s a winner so there are no hard feelings.

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