The Easter bunny is on his way and you are looking for some fun crafts, snacks and games to celebrate. Check out this list of easy Easter activities for kids to do at home and make Easter extra fun this year!
***2021 Update*** This post now contains 30 Easter games, crafts and activities that your kids will love. I initially created the post with just 14 ideas, but I found so many more to share that I added more this year.
Fun At-Home Easter Activities for Kids
One of my goals of this site is to share simple ways to make family time meaningful and special.
Our children feed off our energy and if we are stressed and overwhelmed they will notice.
At the same time, if you are relaxed and joyful they will notice that too.
And today we’re talking about Easter.
As an elementary school teacher, and mom I feel like I have a pretty good touch on the pulse of what kids love.
At the same time, I have a keen eye for activities and crafts that are low-prep and don’t make a huge mess….sound good?
Below you will find easy and fun Easter activities to do at home this year including crafts, snacks and games that your kids will love!
Although things are starting to get back to normal in parts of our country, many of us will be sticking close to home for our Easter celebrations.
The good thing about Easter is that I feel like this isn’t such a huge change. I know that for us Easter has traditionally been a holiday that we celebrate at home and don’t typically not a time when we gather with extended family.
That being said, there are a lot of community and church events that won’t be taking place so I wanted to put together a list of activities that families can do at home to keep Easter fun and festive.
This list is full of simple and fun ideas that your kids will love!
- Make and Easter Egg Sun Catcher
- Put pairs of matching jelly beans inside of plastic Easter eggs and play an edible game of Memory.
- Get crafty and create an Easter Bunny out of Marshmallows
- Spray paint eggs with glow in the dark paint and have a Glow-in-the-Dark Easter Egg hunt
- Have fun making your own DIY paper plate Easter baskets
- Paint with shaving cream while making beautiful Marbled Paper Easter Eggs
- Try this mess-free painting technique on these Doily Easter Eggs
- Make your own Bunny Bait Snack Mix
- Make Easter Cookies
- Give these Easter Egg Cone Treats to friends and neighbors
- Do a good ol’ fashioned egg toss back and forth between two partners to see how long you can last without breaking the egg
- Have and English Muffin Bunny Pizza for lunch
- Plant jelly beans and see them “magically” turn into lollipops overnight
- Go on an Easter Scavenger Hunt
- Play a game of “Chubby Bunny” with jelly beans, Peeps or regular marshmallows
- Play the Carrot Toss Game
- Decorate Paper Easter Eggs with pasta
- Compete to see who can roll an egg on the ground, using only their nose a designated distance, the fastest
- Do this fizzy Easter Science experiment
- Make Fluffy Easter Slime
- Play Easter Bingo
- Paint Rocks to look like Easter Eggs and hide them in the yard
- Make an Easter Bunny mask
- Cut egg shapes out of paper and paint them with pom poms
- Paint a picture by stamping with Easter bunny peeps dipped into paint
- Make bunny shaped pasta for dinner
- Make Jello and use Easter Cookie Cutters to create fun shapes
- Decorate Eggs with stickers
- Make Bunny Butt Pancakes for Breakfast
- Make edible Easter Eggs from rice cereal treats
- Play the Jelly Bean Pick Up Game
There you have it! Over 30 easy and fun Easter activities for kids to do at home this year – well, for the whole family actually!
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Awesome At Home Easter Activities for Kids
roamy says
These are brilliant tips, thanks for sharing.I do find Easter weekend long (for me) as I have to work and the kids are home,glad you shared this, will have easy games to play that will not require too much energy and does not demand my creative side because I`m not a creative person serious, even painting easter eggs is an effort.
Lauren @ Simply-Well-Balanced says
I hear ya. I am all about simple and fun. I really do believe that making things complicated sucks out a lot of the fun. Glad these tips will come in handy.
Brandy says
My kids woukd love a glow in the dark egg hunt! Fantastic ideas!
Lauren @ Simply-Well-Balanced says
So fun right? That is one that I am excited for too. Something totally new and fun for everyone!
Lois says
Hi, Thank you so much for this post! I’m the least creative person ever when it comes to planning activities for my kids. Every time I see those super fun moms on Pinterest, I feel like the worst mom ever! But this Easter I’m going to give a couple of these activities a try: glow in the dark Easter eggs? Yes please!!
Lauren @ Simply-Well-Balanced says
Yay! I am sure you are not the worst mom ever – you are looking on fun things to do with them on Pinterest! Ha! I am right there with you when it comes to creativity. That is why I love Pinterest!
Alexz says
I love ALL of these ideas! I can’t wait to try glow in the dark easter egg hunting with my son! He’ll love it! Thanks for the ideas!
Lauren @ Simply-Well-Balanced says
Doesn’t it look so fun! I am glad there are other moms out there like me who like to keep things simple AND fun!
Karen says
Such cute ideas!! I definitely want to try the glow in the dark Easter egg hunt!!
Lauren @ Simply-Well-Balanced says
Yay! I am so glad you were able to get some good ideas. Glow in the dark is always a hit!