Easter is just around the corner (this year Easter Sunday is on 20th April 2025) and what better way to celebrate than by hosting a fun filled Easter Egg Hunt? Here are some creative ideas to make sure your kids have an egg-cellent time... Sorry!
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Tips to plan your own Easter Egg Hunt |
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How To Plan Your Easter Egg Hunt
When Should You Have Your Easter Egg Hunt?
While Easter Sunday (20th April 2025) is the traditional day for egg hunts you can have yours whenever you want. With many schools going back on 22nd you might want to have yours earlier than normal this year so there is more time to enjoy any treats.
Some families choose Good Friday for their egg hunt, especially if they're planning to travel over the Easter weekend. It's a bank holiday, so parents are usually off work, making it perfect for family activities.
Morning is generally the most popular time for an Easter Egg Hunt for the two main reasons that excited children aren't very good at waiting and it gives more time to enjoy the treats before bed. If you are busy in the day though how about a special twilight hunt with glow in the dark eggs for older children?
Indoor vs Outdoor Easter Egg Hunt Ideas
First it can be helpful to decide whether you want to host your Easter egg hunt inside or outside. This might end up being controlled by the weather, but both experiences are a lot of fun.
Outdoor Easter Egg Hunts
If the weather’s looking promising (we know how unpredictable the English weather can be) your garden or local park can be the perfect setting. Eggs can be hidden in trees, bushes, along fences, flower beds, anywhere really. Vary the heights to make it challenging for all and put some on the ground if you have little ones involved. Don't forget to count how many eggs you hide as you go to make sure the finders got them all. You could even mix things up by having an 'after dark Easter egg hunt'? These glow in the dark Easter eggs can be snapped open and filled with whatever you fancy and you could hang glow sticks from the trees for some extra decoration.
Indoor Easter Egg Hunts
If the weather isn't looking great or you would rather stay inside you can still transform your home into a fun Easter adventure. Hide eggs under cushions, behind furniture and in unexpected set ups with the children'a toys, like within the rooms of dolls' houses or on the carriages of train sets.
What Should You Hide On An Easter Egg Hunt?
Chocolate Eggs?
Ideas for Refillable Eggs
- Easter themed paint your own pottery sets from Hobbycraft
- These squishy squeezable eggs
- This pack of 6 animal keyrings come in gold eggs that can be reused each year.
- Or if you are really brave this pack of eggs come filled with coloured slime.
Alternatively for older kids/teens you could do a trivia challenge where clues or riddles are hidden within the eggs, complete the puzzles to win a prize.
Easter Hunt Basket Ideas
Children will need something to collect their eggs in and while it doesn't need to be anything fancy they are something you can use year after year so it's worth making an investment initially. These bunny baskets are really cute.
Alternatively you might want to consider decorating your own Easter basket with your children. You can normally pick up plain baskets from the supermarket, Home Bargains or B&M which you can decorate with ribbons, Easter foam stickers or paint.
Decorating Tips and Themes
Siblings or Groups
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What to do with the leftover eggs
In our house there is no such thing as 'left over eggs' however if you find yourself with a surplus of chocolate you could use it to make these well loved Easter treats, Chocolate nest cakes or Easter Bark.
Whether you choose to host your Easter egg hunt on Easter Sunday morning or opt for a twilight hunt with glow-in-the-dark eggs the evening before, the most important thing is creating memories with your family. If you're looking for more Easter activities, why not combine your hunt with a visit to one of the many Easter themed days out in Essex. And remember, chocolate eggs hidden in Essex gardens have been known to disappear rather quickly, whether that's down to excited children or our local wildlife remains a mystery.
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