How To Create The Best Easter Egg Hunt For Your Children In The Garden

So the Easter holidays are just around the corner, meaning you have to find activities for your children or grandchildren whilst they are off. The issue with this is that you have to keep them entertained for 7 days a week, which can be quite difficult as they are used to fun activities at school. If they live near their school friends, you can invite them over so they can play together but if you don’t want the extra chaos in your household, you should probably consider taking them out of the house. 

An easter egg hunt is something that a lot of parents resort to and it is perfect for those homes that have a large garden. The thing is, you can go all out when it comes to you customising it as well, keeping the children entertained for hours, as long as the weather is good that is. 

Creating An Easter Egg Hunt For Small Children

If your children are young, then the best thing that you can do is not make it too complicated. You need to make it fun and engaging as well as educational. Fun activities are always a great way to educate the younger ones but educate them with stuff that they can use in their lives. 

To create the perfect easter egg hunt for small children, you need to do the following.

• Buy fake eggs that you can hide around your home and in the backyard. Put them in areas where they can reach/see such as on top of a wardrobe or in a flower bed. 
• You also want to create a map, so print off the layout of your house and highlight areas where they can expect the eggs to be. This makes it a little easier for them. 
• Additionally, another way to make it easier would be to create easter bunny paw prints. 
• Try to get creative with the clues so the easter egg hunt isn’t too difficult to the point where they would become bored. 

Now that you have the basics of your easter egg hunt setup, the next step would be to ensure you are educating them along the way. Maybe leave little notes that they have to read, educating them about Easter itself. Maybe give them questions which they have to answer or just short facts that will help them in life. Along the way you can give them their favourite toys which you got from a baby shop. There are so many fun things that you can do so get creative and create a fun little adventure. 

Easter Egg Hunt For Older Children

Now, for the older children, this can be slightly more difficult because you need to make it far more advanced. For this one, try and really challenge their brains by giving them riddles which they have to solve. Once they have solved the riddle, they would have to find the next clue before reaching the end goal, which is a basket full of easter eggs. So how do you create the perfect easter egg hunt? 

• First, you need to gather 5+ riddles which they have to solve. It doesn’t just need to be riddles, either. It can be maths questions or questions that they have recently answered in their homework. 
• If you are generous, you can place an easter egg with each riddle; however, if you want to keep them enticed, we recommend creating a large basket of easter eggs instead that they can only get to at the end of the game. 
• All you need to do after that is give them the clue/riddle/question that they need to solve themselves and they are under way. 

To Conclude

As you can see, there are many wonderful things that you can do with an easter egg hunt in the backyard. We recommend that you really put some time into making it as fun and educational as possible. Remember, this has got to keep them entertained, so try to find things that they would be intrigued by. You don’t need to spend too much money on this either; just be creative with it, and we are sure that the kids will adore it.