9 Ways to Have an Easter Egg Hunt

Easter egg hunts are fun. Even when you're an adult.

Do they have anything to do with the true meaning of Easter? No. Not really. But they're awesome and a spring staple for sure.

DYED EGGS
Use the eggs you dyed the previous day for an egg hunt. Hide them around the house and have everyone find the eggs they colored. Give a prize for whoever finds theirs the fastest.

BIBLICAL
Look up the resurrection egg tradition and put a symbol in each egg. Gather back together and share the story of Easter.

SNOOPY-STYLE
Toss your plastic eggs blindly and randomly all over the yard, then have your group search for them.

ROLE REVERSAL
First, the adults hide for the kids. Then, the kids hide for the adults! Try to put together two sets of eggs for both groups.

SCAVENGER HUNT
Each egg comes with a candy and a clue where the next egg is hiding. Good for indoors, and for only children. You could also offer baskets of prizes for everyone at the end and have a group work on the scavenger hunt together.

COLOR-CODED HUNT
Everyone must find eggs, but they can only collect eggs in their own color. Make sure everyone has an equal number of eggs to find. This is also a good way to alter the difficulty of the hunt for each child involved.

GLOW IN THE DARK
Put similarly colored glow sticks in each egg, then hide them in the dark.

EGG RELAY
Divide the group into teams. The first player goes to find an egg, then runs back to the group and places it in their basket. Then the next player runs for an egg, and so on until they have found a certain number of eggs. The group that finishes first wins a prize! This is a good variation to play with your dyed eggs.

ADULT HUNT
The same as a kids' hunt, but for adults only! Warning: more mature prizes might set you back a bit more money depending on what you use. Consider charging an entry fee if it's a larger group.

THE WORST EGG HUNTS I'VE EVER DONE 

Eggs only with your age on them. We went to a local funeral home for this one where yard space was quite limited. We were separated into groups by age. I was part of the 8-10 group (well, I was twelve, but you know). The eggs had a number on them from 8 to 10, but you could only collect eggs with the number of your age on it.There weren't a lot of kids in our group...but there were a lot of 10-year-olds. Long story short, I collected three eggs while the two eight year olds went home with baskets overflowing. And quite frankly, can you be honest with kids to pick the right numbers? Eh, maybe... They clearly assumed that equal numbers of kids of each age would be participating. Nope. This *might* have worked better if they had guests RSVP, and even then not everyone might show up. 

Paper bag hunting. The concept wasn't bad here, because the paper bags in questions could hold a lot of candy. But paper bags aren't a lot of fun to find, not to mention difficult on a cloudy early March or April day when things may still be looking brown.


Have a wonderful Easter and don't be afraid to get your hunt on, no matter your age!