One of the most loved holidays, Easter brings together friends and families to celebrate the idea of rebirth, good defeating evil and light breaking through the darkness, as well as end the Lent season with delicious meals.
But Easter celebrations are also very colourful, providing fun for children and adults alike. There are plenty of Easter games and activities and there’s no better way to engage everyone in the fun than a classic egg hunt with lots of witty clues, sweet treats, and surprise prizes.
Here are our ideas for a fantastic Easter egg hunt in the garden!
Before you organise your Easter egg hunt, make sure your garden and house are properly decorated so that everyone takes delight. There’s a myriad of colourful egg decorations, happy bunnies, beautiful baskets and flower arrangements available in stores and online but you can also try your hand at some DIY. There are plenty of places online where you can find inspiration and tutorials like Pinterest.
If you have children of different ages participating in the hunt, make sure everyone gets an equal chance by defining different parts of the garden for separate hunts or use eggs of different colours for each age group.
You can also designate a particular colour for each child. If there will be more children taking part in the hunt, you can mismatch plastic eggs of different colours, so that children will work in teams to find a certain amount of eggs and put them back together in matching colours.
Make it easier for the smaller children by leaving eggs where they can easily spot them, such as low branches and in open places, but engage the older ones with hard-to-find places, such as under leaves, in rain pipes, or in the mailbox.
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