Easter Games Make A Special Easter Treat
When Easter comes we know that
kids want to have fun. The closer Easter gets, the
more excited kids become. They want Easter fun and
Easter treats. Easter games are a great way to give
kids an Easter treat that's actually good for them.
Here are a few favorites that I know kids will love.
Easter Riddle Match
This can be a card game or it can be a very special
Easter Egg Hunt. Start by cutting egg shapes out of
card. Collect about 5-10 Easter riddles and answers.
Write the riddles on the egg shaped cards, writing
one riddle on a card and the matching answer on a
separate card. The cards can then be used for an egg
hunt by hiding all of the cards for children to
find. When all of the cards have been found,
children read the cards and try to match a riddle
and answer from the cards that they have found. The
winner of the egg hunt can be the child who matches
the most riddles and answers.
The Riddle Egg cards can also be used to play a
'Concentration' style card game. Spread out all of
the egg cards face down on a table. The players take
turns to turn over two cards and read them both. If
they make a matching riddle and answer they keep the
pair and have another turn. The winner is the player
who has the most pairs at the end of the game.
Who's the Hopping Bunny?
This is a game for group of children. The children
stand in a circle. One child is chosen to be the
Spotter. The Spotter leaves the room or turns his
back while a child from the circle is chosen to be
the Hopping Bunny.
The Hopping Bunny chooses a hopping movement to
make.
Movements might include
- jumping on two feet with hands by sides
- jumping on two feet with hands held up like paws
- hopping on one foot
- bouncing the body up and down with feet not
leaving the ground
Encourage the Hopping Bunny to be creative with the
actions. Once everyone is making the Hopping Bunny's
movements, the Spotter returns to the room and
starts to observe the group. The Spotter's job is to
guess who the Hopping Bunny is in 3 guesses. The
Hopping Bunny changes the movements as often as
possible without being seen by the Spotter. Everyone
follows copying the Hopping Bunny's movements. After
3 guesses or when the Spotter guesses the Hopping
Bunny's identity, a new game begins with a new
spotter and a new Hopping Bunny being chosen.
Children may need to be encouraged not to look at
the Hopping Bunny as this will give the game away to
the Spotter. Instead they can scan the group and
change movements when they notice others changing
their movements.
Easter Relays
Kids love relay races and the traditional relay race
can easily be given an Easter twist by trying some
of the suggestions below.
- Human Egg Roll - Make sure there is plenty of
space between each team for this one to give
children enough space. Also keep the track quite
short so that children don't have to travel too far.
Each team member has to lie down and roll to the
other end.
- Bunny Hop - Instead of running, children hop along
the track jumping with feet together and hands held
up in front like paws.
- Egg Roll - Each team has an egg that they have to
roll from one end to the other. Children have to
bend down and push the egg gently to make it roll.
- Egg and Spoon - Give each team an egg and each
player a spoon. Players race from one end to the
other holding the egg in the spoon and have to
carefully pass the egg from one spoon to another.
There are plenty of ways to entertain children at
Easter time. These Easter games make a great Easter
treat for large or small groups and best of all
these are Easter treats that won't rot their teeth.
