A New Twist on the Traditional Easter Egg Hunt

Finding Easter eggs is something that so many children enjoy, it has become an integral part of most Easter celebrations. Whether you are celebrating Easter with your own children, or having an Easter party or get-together, this is a fun twist on the traditional Easter egg hunt.

Instead of randomly hiding real eggs or plastic eggs filled with candy either indoors, or out, turn this search into a treasure hunt with a basket full of goodies waiting at the end. Use plastic eggs that open up, and instead of putting candy in them, put clues about the location of the next egg in them. Children can work together to find all of the eggs and the treat at the end. This helps to eliminate the competitive nature of seeing who can find the most eggs. Encourage older children to help younger children read and interpret the clues. Or, if all of the children involved are too young to read, use picture clues instead. For example, simply put a picture of a couch in an egg as a clue, and the child would then go to the couch and look for the next egg. You can find pictures of these items on the internet using free clip art sites, or use your own digital camera to take pictures of your own furniture, or rooms of your house.

This egg hunt can take place indoors, or outdoors, just like a traditional egg hunt, depending on your personal preferences, amount of space available, and the weather. The baskets found at the end can be filled with candy and toys, or if you want to keep the children busy a little bit longer, include the items needed to do a craft project, or egg decorating supplies. This is a nice way to transition from one activity to another if using the egg hunt as part of a party celebration.

If you are hiding many eggs and making this an elaborate egg hunt, it may be helpful to keep a master list of the clues used in case the children get stuck and require your help. But, even without a master list of clues and locations, this version of an egg hunt is much less likely to leave you with unfound eggs springing up unexpectedly throughout your house or yard well into July.

Have fun writing clues and hiding eggs for children of all ages to find.