7 Creative Takes On Easter Egg Hunts

By Bill Clark  –

For many, Easter egg hunts are a holiday tradition. Kids take to the yard to find colorfully painted eggs filled with sweets and other goodies.

This year, have a fun, new type of egg hunt. Need fresh ideas? Try one of these seven creative egg hunts:

Easter Egg Hunts Without the Sweets

Plan an egg hunt for the kids without all of the cavity-causing sweets. Instead of stuffing your plastic eggs with sugary treats, pack them with candy alternatives like stickers, sugar-free gum, money, temporary tattoos, small toys or movie tickets. It will be a sweet surprise without the sugar.

Color-Coordinated Egg Hunt

If you’re planning a neighborhood egg hunt or you’re entertaining all of your grandchildren this Easter, host a color-coordinated egg hunt. Make sure each child gets the same amount of eggs so nobody feels left out. Assign each child a specific color, then, send them all off to search for their special eggs. Create a little friendly competition and hide a special golden egg among the others. Whoever finds the special golden egg will win a prize.

Treasure Egg Hunt

A treasure map, an egg basket and a little wit and wonder are the only things that your egg hunters will need for this non-traditional egg search. Give the kids a handmade treasure map — make sure that each tree or bush in your yard is included on the map. Plot out the spots where the eggs are hidden and send the kiddos on their way. Include an extra special “treasure chest,” like a festive Easter basket filled with goodies, on the map. The egg hunter who finds the “treasure chest” first wins the title of “captain” and your second place winner who collects the most eggs can be the “first mate.”

Reverse Egg Hunt

Have the children do the hiding while the parents and grandparents do the searching. This playful idea is fun for everyone. Of course, the kids will probably want to have an egg hunt of their own at some point during the day, so plan to hide the eggs after you’ve found then for a second round of Easter egg hunting.

Math Egg Hunt

It’s true; Easter egg hunts can be equal parts fun and educational. Consider planning an Easter egg hunt that requires the egg hunters to do a little adding and subtracting at the end. Hide your eggs but limit the amount of eggs each child can find. For example, each child can only find five eggs. Place a math problem inside of each egg. At the finish, have the children open up their five eggs and total up all of the math problems. The child with the highest total wins.

Find Your Name Egg Hunt

Egg hunts are easy for older kids, so, make it a little bit harder by switching up the rules. Dye and hide your eggs like usual, but before you scatter them throughout the yard write the names of the kids’ on each egg. Tell the egg hunters that they have to find their name and their name only. Whoever brings back an egg with their name first is the winner.

Sunset Egg Hunt

Have a grand Easter finale by hosting a memorable sunset egg hunt. Hand out cheap flashlights to all of your egg hunters and send them off to find the hidden eggs at sunset. Kids of all ages will have fun searching for eggs in the dark. Get creative and use glow in the dark paint on your eggs for added fun.