Easy and Fun Filler Easter Egg Hunt Ideas For Kids

By Charlene DeLoach, Chief Play Officer, Playroom Chronicles

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If you love having Easter Egg Hunts for the kids but need inspiration, you’ve come to the right place. These are some different easter egg hunt ideas. Plus, if you need something other than candy to fill the plastic balls, here are some no-candy Easter Egg Filler ideas, too!

Glow in the Dark

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Have a nighttime hunt by placing glow-in-the-dark sticks or flashing rings in the eggs. Activate each stick or ring and place it in the egg. Close the egg up and hide the sticks. Then you have a fun-themed Easter egg hunt in the twilight or in the house at night, and then they have fun glow sticks to play with the rest of the night!

Puzzle Pieces

Instead of candy inside the egg, place a puzzle piece. On the back of each puzzle piece is a number. The kids must find all the eggs (and thus all the pieces) to create the puzzle and find all the eggs. Be even more creative by making your puzzle vs. a store-bought one. Perhaps have the puzzle be a picture of a toy they can get or a trip they will take!) If you have more than one kiddo looking for an egg, have the eggs color-coded per puzzle. So, child No. 1 looks only for pink eggs, and child No. 2 looks only for blue eggs. It is best to have puzzles that are 30 pieces or less!

Exercise Eggs

As an alternative to sweets, place an action inside each egg. As they find each egg, they have to do the action – like, jump in place for 10 seconds, before they can go and find the next egg. It is a good way to burn some energy on Easter! Then, inside each egg is a fidget or image of an activity toy, like a jump rope, basketball, or swim goggles. While most of these won’t actually fit inside the egg, you can have an image of it, and when they are done, the final egg leads them to the basket filled with all the goodies!

Clue Eggs

Instead of running around looking for eggs, have the kids have to solve the clue before looking for the next egg. For example, it can be as simple as “Go to the Stairs” or “Go to the Swing Set” for younger kids, or more riddles for older kids: “Go to where you like to sleep the most!” or a ‘crack the code’ type of challenge. Then, the gift they get at the end is a fun game like Clue or other mystery games and toys.

Letter or Number Eggs

Have each egg filled with a letter you have made on your own from cutouts or foam letters from the craft store. Also include other things like gems, googly eyes, pom poms, and ribbons. Then, have the kids do a craft with everything they find. For example, if they see all the letters of their name, they can make a sign for their bedroom door. Number the eggs from 1-10; the kids must find them in order. Or give them a math equation inside, and they must solve it to see the next egg!

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