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Easter Egg Hunts
Easter Egg Hunts are usually the first chance we get to enjoy some outdoor party games. Here are some ideas for a great egg hunt that you can put together quickly and cheaply.
Egg Hunts at our house mean lots of colorful plastic eggs filled with candy, hidden (and sometimes not so hidden) all over our back yard. If you don't have a yard it's not a problem. Indoor hunts can be just as much fun.
Even though we do our easter egg hunts with plastic eggs we still dye about a dozen eggs, just because it doesn't feel like Easter without them.
We use this very simple and inexpensive dyeing process which is also a lot of fun!
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Easy Egg Coloring
You will need:
- Eggs - as many or as few as you'd like.
- Small plastic cups - Big enough to plop at least one egg in, and that can handle boiled water.
- A package of McCormick food colorings: They come in rainbow and vibrant neon colors.
- Kettle with boiling water
- Vinegar
- Paper Towel and/or Toilet Paper tubes cut into 2 inch lengths.
- Pour 1/2 cup boiling water and 1 tsp of vinegar into each cup.
- Make dye using the food colors following the color chart on the back of the package. Make a different color in each cup.
- Let your eggs sit in the dye until the color is as deep as you'd like it. Remove with tongs, it's less messy than using little fingers, and stand each in a cardboard tube to dry.
For added effects:
Use a white crayon to draw on the eggs before dipping them in the color. The color won't stick to the
crayon designs.
Put stickers on the eggs before dipping then remove once the egg is dry for a white outline design, or put stickers on the eggs after they dry.
To tie dye eggs wrap egg in a damp, slightly crumpled paper towel. Drip food coloring randomly
and in different colors over the paper towel. Let soak through to the egg. Remove towel and let egg dry completely.
Dip top half of your egg in one color; flip and dip in a different color. To create a white stripe dip without having the two colors meet.
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Whether you use plastic eggs or the real thing, make sure you have lots of eggs and hide them over a large area. The more kids you have the more space the Easter egg hunt should cover.
| Hide some eggs in difficult spots, but leave lots
in plain sight too. It looks festive and it makes hunting easier for the little ones. |
Bigger kids will tend to spot the eggs hidden in trees, and tucked under bushes.
If you have little kids hunting let their parents help them out.
Round out the festivities of your Easter egg hunts by adding a few Easter party games.
Easter Egg Hunt Sacks
You will need:
- Plain paper lunch bags
- Brown are fine if you can't find pastel or white.
- Crayons, markers, Easter cut outs, stickers, stencils, pom-poms, cottonballs (for bunny tails) and glue sticks.
Cover a large table with a pretty Easter table cover to protect it, then lay out bags and all the decorating supplies.
As guests arrive have them go to the table to decorate and personalize their own sack for
gathering eggs during the hunt.
Start the Easter egg hunt once everyone is done.
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Egg Toss
Egg Relay
Three Legged Race
Potato Sack Race
Egg Toss
This game can get a little messy so warn your guests ahead of time to bring smocks or old shirts. You can
also use hard boiled eggs, but it's not as much fun that way. :)
- Divide players into teams of two. Line players up in two rows with teammates facing each other.
- Have everyone take two steps back from each other so teammates are about 3-4 feet apart.
- Choose a row and give everyone in that row an egg.
- On GO all the players with the eggs toss them to their partners.
- If an egg breaks, either in the catchers hands, or by hitting the ground, that team is out of the game.
- Everyone takes another step back, and on GO the egg is tossed back to the first teammate.
- Continue the game until all but one team is eliminated.
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Egg Relay
You will need some spoons and eggs, one each for each team.
This game is a lot of fun when played outside with raw eggs. For inside play use hard boiled or even filled
plastic eggs to save yourself some mess.
- Divide everyone into teams and line each team up behind a start line.
- Give a spoon and an egg to the first player on each team.
- On GO the first person carries the egg on the spoon to a designated spot, free hand behind their back, then back to the finish line without dropping the egg, then passing the spoon to the next person in line who does the same.
- The first team to finish wins.
If a player drops an egg during their turn they must go back to the start line and get a new egg so make sure you're ready with a bowl of spare eggs.
To make the game more challenging for older kids or even adults have them carry the spoon in their mouths.
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Three Legged Race
A classic backyard game that requires practically no equipment but is tons of fun.
You will need:
Scarves, cotton rope, bandanas, or a combination as long as each team has something to have their legs tied together with.
- Mark a starting line and a finish line. Use tape or string so it's easily visible.
- Divide everyone into teams of two.
- Tie one of each pair's legs together. At the ankle or mid calf works best. You will be tying a right leg to a left leg so that the pair is facing the same direction.
- Don't tie too tight and make sure there are no loose ends that will trip the team.
- Everyone lines up at the starting line and on GO the teams race to the finish, using all "three" legs.
The first team to cross the finish line wins.
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Potato Sack Race
This game is another classic backyard game best played on the grass to avoid bumps and bruises.
You will need:
Potato Sacks - You can find a variety here.
- Give each player a burlap sack.
- Mark a starting line and a finish line. Make them about 20-25 feet apart. Increase the distance for older
kids.
- Line players up at the starting line and have them step inside their sack, holding onto the top.
- Everyone hops to the finish line as fast as they can. Chances are good there will be lots of tripping and
falling so make sure this game is played on the grass. :)
The first person to cross the line wins.
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