Easter Egg Hunt -classroom party ideas

Easter Egg Hunt

Host an Easter Egg Hunt!

Prior to the party, fill plastic Easter Eggs with small candy, toys, and coins. You can also buy the eggs pre-filled with goodies. Make sure to purchase enough for at least 10 eggs per child. Gather all of the eggs and hide throughout yard, or party area. Make sure yard is free of debris or anything that could harm the children. Ask guests to bring a bag or Easter basket along with them for gathering their eggs. You could also provide each party guest a cute bag. When it is time to "hunt", make sure that there are plenty of parents/helpers to assist the smaller kids.

This Easter Egg Hunt is great for a classroom event! Here are some other fun Easter classroom party ideas and some great Easter classroom food ideas!

Food ideas for an Easter classroom party:

Serve baby carrots with dip
little egg salad sandwiches and chicken salad sandwiches
juice boxes
and Easter cupcakes or cookies-- (for the cupcakes, just use green frosting for grass, and add jellybeans to the top (for the colored eggs).
Here are some great Easter recipes for kids at KraftFoods.com
Make Easter Egg Nests for a cute treat!
Check out our Pinterest classroom ideas board for more great Easter treats and games!

Other fun Easter Classroom Activities:

Pin the Carrot in the Bunny's hand

Purchase a 4 ft or so, poseable Easter bunny (sold at most dollar stores).
Draw and cut out a carrot using orange posterboard
Tape the Easter bunny to a wall -so that the children can reach it.
Have the child stand about 4 feet from the wall facing the bunny, blindfold the child with a bandana, hand them the "carrot" with 2 sided tape on the back-- and spin them around.. Then let them try to place the carrot on the bunny's hand.

An inexpensive game, and the children have a great time!

Egg Toss

Purchase 4 different colored Easter buckets (from the dollar store). On the first bucket, draw a "10", on the second bucket, draw a "20", and on the third bucket, draw a "30". Place three of the four buckets about a foot apart in a line (in order- "10" first, then "20" behind, and so on... Stick a 4 inch piece of masking tape on the floor, about 3 feet in front of the first bucket. Put plastic Easter eggs in the 4th bucket. Have the children stand in a line. Decide how many eggs each child will throw. Hand the first child in line one egg at a time to toss into the buckets.
Explain the object of the game is to get as many points as possible, which means, get as many eggs in the "30" as possible.
The child who gets the most points, wins a prize.
You may need to move the masking tape for the younger children-- and change the rules a little--- (just have them toss the egg in any bucket)...

Guess how many jellybeans?

Fill a jar with jellybeans (Jelly Belly are hardest to guess), and have each child guess the amount.
The closest guess wins.