Bad Weather on Easter? Ideas for Indoor Easter Activities

With the celebration of Easter, come fun Easter activities for the children like the Easter egg hunt. Traditionally, the Easter egg hunt is held outside, but there are times when bad weather puts a damper on those plans. To keep your children's spirits up, and to keep parents sane, there are 10 activities listed below that can turn a bad weather Easter into a fun-filled Easter with all-indoor activities.

1. Color eggs

Coloring eggs for Easter is a fun activity that the whole family can take part in. Eggs can be colored using a store bought kit, natural ingredients from the kitchen or simply using food coloring. Creativity can run amuck with egg coloring as eggs can be dyed solid colors, or a crayon can be used to leave designs or writing on the eggs.

2. Hide eggs inside

If the weather outside is too bad to hide eggs, then move the Easter egg hunt indoors! There are plenty of places indoors for hiding eggs, which will leave the kids having just as much fun hunting them as they do outdoors. Just don't remember where you hid them!

3. Easter scavenger hunt

A fun way to help children pass away the time is to have an Easter scavenger hunt inside. Make sure you have a good list of items for the children to find, and offer up an Easter themed prize for the winner, such as a big chocolate bunny.

4. Easter egg 'hot potato' game

Take a plastic Easter egg and let children toss it around like a hot potato while music is playing. When you stop the music, the person holding the egg is out. The last person in the game wins an Easter prize, such as a plastic egg filled with jellybeans.

5. Egg coloring contest

If you plan on coloring your own Easter eggs, why not turn it into a contest? Let everyone color their own eggs and then judge them all for creativity, etc. The owner of the winning egg gets a prize.

6. Use Easter item to make artwork

Using only Easter-related items, make some art similar to macaroni art. Jellybeans are a great affordable item to use for this project. If you like, you can award a prize for best artwork.

7. Make and decorate your own Easter basket