Spring is in the air, and Easter brings with it a season of joy, renewal, and of course, chocolate bunnies! This year,  make Easter extra special by creating lasting memories with your children through engaging activities. From classic egg hunts to creative crafts and playful games, we've compiled a list of over 40 fun Easter activities that cater to all ages and interests.  

Let's Get Crafty: Easy & Creative DIY Easter Activities (10 Activities)

Sparkle your child's imagination with these delightful DIY Easter activities

1. Egg-cellent Decorating Extravaganza:The quintessential Easter activity! Hard-boil some eggs (safety tip: for younger children, consider using pre-dyed eggs) and unleash your creativity. Opt for classic dyes, vibrant paints, or even natural dyes made with onion skins, beetroot, or turmeric.  

Bonus Tip:  Let your little ones personalize their eggs with stickers, glitter, or even rubber bands for funky patterns.

2. Adorable Chick Craft: Bring farmyard charm to your Easter décor with these cute chick crafts. Use construction paper for the body, googly eyes, and orange construction paper for the beak and feet. Let your child cut out triangle shapes for the beak and small circles for the feet. Glue everything together and add some fluffy yellow yarn on top for the chick's fluff.

Adaptable Tip: For a fluffy chick alternative, use cotton balls as the base and glue them onto yellow construction paper.

3. Bunny Bonanza: Turn cardboard tubes into adorable bunnies! Cut out long ears from white or pink paper and attach them to the top of the cardboard tube. Decorate the front with googly eyes, a fluffy cotton ball tail, and a cute pink nose. Use markers to draw whiskers and a charming smile.  

Variation: For a finger puppet twist, cut out smaller bunny faces and glue them onto popsicle sticks.

4. Egg Carton Caterpillar: Upcycle an egg carton into a colorful caterpillar! Separate the individual egg cups and paint them in vibrant colors. Once dry, pierce a hole through the bottom of each cup and string them together with yarn or pipe cleaners. Add googly eyes and pipe cleaner antennae for a finishing touch.

5. Sock Bunnies:  Repurpose old socks into adorable sock bunnies! Fill a clean sock with stuffing (rice or cotton balls work well) and tie a knot at the top to create the bunny's head. Cut out floppy ears from felt or fabric and sew them onto the head. Decorate with buttons for eyes and a cute pink nose made from felt.

6. Nature's Nest Craft: Gather twigs, leaves, and small flowers from your backyard and create a beautiful Easter nest. You can use a small bowl or basket as a base and let your child arrange the natural elements to create a charming nest.

7. Fingerprint Chicks:This adorable craft is perfect for little ones. Dip your child's thumb in yellow paint and press it onto construction paper to create the chick's body. Add orange paint for the beak and black paint for the eyes.

8. Bunny Mask Extravaganza: Cut out bunny shapes from sturdy cardboard or felt. Decorate them with markers, glitter, and stickers. Punch holes on the sides and attach string for an adorable bunny mask perfect for Easter dress-up or pretend play.

9. Pipe Cleaner Chicks: Bend pipe cleaners into chick shapes. Create a small loop for the head and twist another pipe cleaner to form the body and legs. Add googly eyes and a felt beak for a charming Easter decoration.

10. Button Art Bunnies: Glue colorful buttons of different sizes onto cardboard or construction paper to create a playful bunny silhouette. Add googly eyes, a pipe cleaner nose, and yarn whiskers for a personalized touch.

Egg-cellent Adventures: Fun and Engaging Easter Games (15 Activities)

Get ready for some egg-citing times with these interactive Easter games!

11. Classic Egg Hunt: A beloved Easter tradition! Hide plastic eggs filled with candy, small toys, or even cute Easter-themed notes around your house, backyard, or even a local park. Set your little ones loose on a hunt and watch their faces light up as they discover hidden treasures.

Level Up: For older children, create a scavenger hunt with clues leading them to the hidden eggs.

12. Egg Relay Race: Divide participants into teams and provide each team with a spoon and a plastic egg. The objective? Race across the designated finish line without dropping the egg! Let the giggles and friendly competition commence.

13. Egg Pinata: Turn a traditional pinata into an Easter delight! Decorate a large cardboard egg with colorful crepe paper or tissue paper. Fill it with treats and then let the kids take turns whacking it with a blindfold (for older children) or a decorated stick until the goodies come raining down.

14. Egg Bowling: Set up empty plastic bottles as bowling pins and use decorated plastic eggs as bowling balls. The child who knocks down the most pins wins! You can adjust the difficulty based on your child's age.

15. Balancing Bunny Race: Cut out bunny shapes from construction paper. Attach a small paperclip to the back of each bunny. Players take turns blowing on the bunnies to make them travel across the finish line without falling over. The first bunny to reach the finish line wins!

16. Egg and Spoon Race: Another classic Easter game with a twist! Instead of using spoons, try using chopsticks or even spatulas for added difficulty (appropriate for older children).

17. Easter Bingo: Create homemade bingo cards with Easter-themed pictures or words like bunny, chick, egg, basket, etc. Hide small candies or Easter trinkets as bingo markers. Call out the pictures or words, and the first player to complete a row or bingo wins!

18. Pin the Tail on the Bunny:  Draw a large bunny outline on a piece of paper or cardboard. Cut out bunny tails from different colored construction paper. Blindfold the players and have them take turns trying to pin the tail on the bunny in the correct spot. The closest guess wins!

19. Easter Charades: Write down Easter-related words or phrases on slips of paper. Players take turns acting out the words or phrases for their teammates to guess. The team with the most correct guesses wins!

20. Easter Would You Rather?:  Create fun Easter-themed "Would You Rather" questions. For example, "Would you rather eat a chocolate bunny or a marshmallow Peep?" Let the family answer the questions and have fun with the silly scenarios.

21. Egg Decorating Relay Race: Divide participants into teams. Set up a decorating station with markers, stickers, and other embellishments. Each team member decorates an egg, then runs back to tag the next team member in line. The first team to finish decorating their eggs wins!

22. Easter Egg Toss: This game is perfect for playing outdoors. Divide participants into teams and mark a designated throwing line. Players take turns tossing plastic eggs towards a bucket or basket placed several feet away. The team that lands the most eggs in the bucket wins!

23. Bunny Hop Sack Race: Decorate pillowcases or large bags with bunny ears and a face. Players hop inside the sacks and race across the finish line. The first player to cross the finish line wins!

24. Easter Egg Drop:  This activity is a fun way to explore science concepts like gravity and air resistance.  Build towers out of building blocks or other materials. Players take turns dropping decorated eggs from different heights to see how far they fall and if the towers remain standing.

25. Easter Egg Memory Game: Hide plastic eggs filled with different trinkets or small toys around the room.  Players take turns searching for the eggs and try to memorize the location of each matching pair. The player who remembers the most pairs correctly wins!

Sensory Play Fun: Engaging Activities for Little Ones (5 Activities)

Engage your little one's senses with these playful Easter activities.

26. Sensory Bin Exploration: Fill a bin with colorful Easter grass and hide plastic eggs filled with different textures like beans, rice, pompoms, or cotton balls. Let your child dig through the bin to find the eggs and explore the various textures.

27. Shaking Egg Surprise: Fill plastic eggs with different objects that create noise, like beans, small bells, or dried pasta. Seal them up and let your little one shake them and listen to the different sounds.

28. Playdough Playdate: Create a batch of homemade playdough (recipes readily available online) and color it in Easter pastels. Offer cookie cutters in bunny, chick, and egg shapes for imaginative play.

29. Easter Egg Matching Game: Paint plastic eggs in matching pairs of colors. Hide the eggs around the room and have your child find the matching pairs. This activity helps with color recognition and matching skills.

30. Floatable Chick Race: Fill a small tub or sink with water. Create small paper chick boats using construction paper and decorate them with googly eyes and felt beaks. Players blow on their chick boats to make them race across the water. The first chick boat to reach the finish line wins!

The Learning Never Stops: Educational Easter Activities (10 Activities)

Make learning fun with these educational Easter activities.

31. Egg Matching Game: Write uppercase letters on some plastic eggs and lowercase letters on others. Hide the eggs around the house and have your child find the matching pairs This activity helps with letter recognition and matching skills.

32. Egg Carton Counting: Turn the egg carton into a counting tool! Fill each egg cup with a different number of candies or small toys. Ask your child to count the objects in each cup and practice reciting their numbers.

33. Hatching Chick Science Experiment: Explore the concept of growth and development with this engaging science experiment.  Find clear plastic containers and fill them halfway with water. Add a raw, uncooked egg (adult supervision required) to each container and sprinkle chia seeds on top. Observe the chia seeds "growing" as they absorb water, resembling fluffy chick fur.

34. Egg Carton Story Time: Turn the egg carton into a puppet show stage! Decorate each egg cup with a different character face (bunny, chick, etc.) using construction paper, markers, and googly eyes. Create a simple Easter story and use the egg carton puppets to act it out for some imaginative storytelling fun.

35. Easter Egg Color Matching: Hard-boil some eggs and dye them in different colors. Create a color sorting activity by providing bowls or containers labeled with each color. Ask your child to sort the dyed eggs into the corresponding color bowls.

36. Hidden Number Hunt: Hide plastic eggs with numbers written on them around the house. Provide your child with a sheet with corresponding Easter-themed pictures (bunny holding number 3, chick holding number 5, etc.)  Ask them to find the eggs and match them to the correct picture on the sheet.

37. Shape Sorting Eggs: Cut out different shapes (circles, squares, triangles) from construction paper or felt. Glue them onto separate plastic eggs. Create a container with corresponding slots for each shape.  Have your child sort the eggs into the correct slots based on the shapes.

38. Easter Egg Line Up:  Write sight words or simple Easter-themed words on plastic eggs. Line them up in order to create a simple Easter sentence. This activity helps with early reading and word recognition.

39. Easter I Spy:  Take a walk around your neighborhood or park and play a game of "I Spy" with an Easter twist. Look for objects that start with the letter "E" (egg, ears, earth) or have Easter colors (yellow, green, pink).

40. Easter Pattern Play: Create Easter-themed pattern strips with alternating colors or shapes (bunny ears, chick feet).  Have your child continue the pattern by adding their own shapes or colors to complete the sequence.

Don't Forget the Treats: Delicious Easter Treats to Make Together (5 Activities)

Bonding time in the kitchen is always a sweet treat! Here are some delightful Easter-themed snacks to make with your little ones.

41. Bunny Bait Mix: This no-bake snack is perfect for all ages. Combine your child's favorite cereals, pretzels, and marshmallows in a bowl. Add melted white chocolate or candy melts (adult supervision required) and mix well. Let it cool and solidify, then enjoy your "bunny bait" mix!

42. Peep Cake Pops: Dip colorful Peeps in melted white chocolate or candy melts (adult supervision required) and decorate them with sprinkles, edible glitter, or coconut flakes.  Insert lollipop sticks into the bottom of the Peeps before dipping them for easy handling.

43. Carrot Cake Muffins: Make some delicious carrot cake muffins together.  Numerous kid-friendly recipes are available online. Let your child help with tasks like mixing the batter and adding sprinkles.

44. Chick Deviled Eggs:  Give deviled eggs an adorable Easter makeover!  Once you've made the deviled egg filling, pipe it into the egg whites using a decorating tip.  Use small carrot pieces for the beak and black peppercorns for the eyes to create a chick design.

45. Bunny Bread: Get creative with bread dough! Shape the dough into bunny shapes with floppy ears and a cute pink nose made from a strawberry slice. Bake according to the recipe instructions and enjoy these adorable bunny buns.

Festive Fun: Decorating Your Home for Easter (5 Activities)

Create a warm Easter atmosphere by decorating your home together.

46. Egg-cellent Garland: String together decorated plastic eggs, colorful construction paper cutouts, or even popcorn balls for a festive Easter garland.

47. Bunny Door Hanger: Cut out a bunny shape from cardboard or construction paper. Decorate it with paint, markers, and fluffy cotton balls for a tail. Punch a hole at the top and tie a string to create a charming door hanger.

48. Peep Window Art: Let your child unleash their creativity on the windows with colorful Peeps!  Stick them onto the windows using washable glue or static cling for a playful Easter display.  Just be sure to supervise younger children to avoid any mess.

49. Easter Egg Wreath: Create a beautiful Easter wreath using a straw wreath base. Decorate it with colorful Easter eggs, artificial flowers, and ribbons for a festive touch.

50. Egg Carton Centerpiece: Upcycle an egg carton into a charming Easter centerpiece. Paint the egg carton and fill each cup with colorful Easter grass.  Add small chicks, bunnies, or plastic eggs for a delightful Easter table decoration.

Wrapping Up the Fun: Making Memories that Last

Easter is a time for family, laughter, and creating lasting memories.  By incorporating these fun activities into your Easter celebration, you can create a magical experience for your children.  From crafting adorable decorations to participating in silly games, let the joy of Easter fill your home and hearts.

Bonus Tip: Capture the special moments! Take pictures and videos of your Easter adventures to create a cherished family memory book or scrapbook.

With a little planning and creativity, you can make this Easter one to remember for your child!