Easter Egg Hunt with Picture Clues or words

Toddlers and children of all ages love to be busy and on the go. Easter Egg hunts provide the perfect way to let off steam, challenge little brains with clues and get a great reward at the end.

You will need:

• Post it-notes in different colours (one colour for each child taking part)
• Pen
• Draw pictures of objects or cut out objects from magazines.

1. Take up to 8 post-it notes per child and draw or stick pictures of different objects around the house on to the note.
2. Place each clue behind the next object to be found. For example, if you have a television clue, you need to put the picture of the television under the chair (i.e. not next to the television).
3. Put an easter egg as the final clue (Clue 7 needs to indicate that the child is looking for treasure).

Toddlers as young as 18 months will enjoy being part of an Easter egg hunt, especially if its with older children. You will need to walk around with younger children and toddlers to help them with their clues. This is great for developing language skills.

A child up to the age of 3 could have a picture only. A child that is 4 - 5 could have a picture and the word as they are more familiar with words and letters. Older children can have clues with words only.

Here are some more ideas from our Ideas for Easter Competition.

Indoor Easter Egg Hunt

Age: 2 Years +

Buy little eggs and hide them everywhere we can think of. It keeps the kids amused for hours and my 3 year old absolutely loves it.

Sherry Owen, Hants, United Kingdom

Easter Egg Treasure Hunt (With Map)

Age: 2 to 5

Easter Egg Treasure hunt. We start by drawing a map of the garden together and colouring it in. If you have more than one child let them do a map each . We then shred some paper and place it in a basket for each child so that they have somewhere to put their eggs. (A dish or a bucket is just as good if you don't have a small basket) When the map has been drawn I mark on it where the eggs are hidden and mark a big cross where the treasure egg is. I then hide the eggs in the places marked on the map and put one egg for each child, otherwise there are arguments! We have lots of little eggs hidden and then a final "treasure" which is generally a larger egg. When they are ready to start they each take their basket and the map and go into the garden to search for the eggs. I remind them only to take one egg from each place. Depending on the type of eggs that I get I will have a different colour for each child so that they know which egg to take. Older children like to run around the garden and find the eggs but my youngest son is 2 and I help him by looking at the map together and suggesting places where the eggs might be. When they have found all the eggs the hunt is over.

Catherine Joyce, Lancs, United Kingdom

Bunny Feet Easter Egg Hunt

Age: 3-7

Hide the eggs and cut out some bunny feet shapes, the children have to follow the bunny to find the eggs.

Teela Fermin, Yorkshire, United Kingdom

Easter Treasure Hunt with Arrows

Age: 2-6

House or garden treasure hunt. Draw 10 -15 large arrows on A4 paper. One arrow on each sheet. Number the arrows 1 - 15. Place around the house and/or garden leading to the treasure. Easter eggs in a basket is ideal for this time of year. Remember to put enough eggs so that each child gets one. It is an ideal way to practice counting with treat at the end!

Mandy Mason, Devon, United Kingdom

Easter Treasure Hunt with Party Bags

Age: 3-12

A week before easter buy some party goodie bags + several individually wrapped mini eggs. If it is sunny hide the eggs in the garden, and if it is rainy or miserable you can hide them around the house. Give each child a party bag and send them off hunting for eggs. I have been doing this with my children for years. They love hunting for the eggs and adding them to their goody bags once they have found them.

Carla Knight, Pembrokeshire, United Kingdom

Little Bunny Easter Egg Hunt

Age: Under 5’s

Hide little bunnies in the garden with coloured clues under them. Leave coloured paper in the area where the eggs are.

Laura Carr, Essex, United Kingdom

Make and Do Easter Egg Hunt

Ages: 2-5 Years

Our baby and toddler group is planning an Easter Egg Hunt. We will meet at out usual venue and make simple Easter baskets by decorating rectangular, recycled margarine tubs, with stickers, pictures to colour, and collage materials, finally adding a handle. We are then off to the village playground where laminated cardboard Easter egg tokens will have been previously hidden. When the child finds a token they will get an Easter present to put in their basket. We hope the sun will shine!

Sarah Jones, Cheshire, United Kingdom

Photo Easter Egg Hunt

Age: 2-10

Easter Egg Hunt with a difference. Take close up photos of garden (weather permitting) or places in house with digital camera, print & let children look as see if they can find the place on the photo - can be easy or more detailed, depending on childs age. Get them to place a previously decorated easter basket (home made) where the photo was taken. Let the children then go back to their baskets in an hour or next day - to find small gift or chocolate as appropriate. Can be for childen under 5 as no reading is required just observation.

Pauline Rivers, Kent, United Kingdom