Glow-in-the-Dark Hunt
Stamped Eggs
Stamp eggs with letters and have your family find them all! Whether each child has to find the letters to spell their own name or the whole family has to work together to figure out a word jumble, this egg hunt idea is a great way to get everyone thinking about more than just candy.
SHOP STENCILS
Get the tutorial at Tatertots & Jello »
Felt Bunny Baskets
Coupon Eggs
Ditch the candy this year and have a blast with family coupons. Whether you give your kids the chance to pick dinner or stay in their jammies all day, the Easter fun will last for days to come!
Get the tutorial at The House That Lars Built »
Honeycomb Decor
What’s more fun than a hunt filled with eggcellent decor? Make a honeycomb egg garland or hang them from the ceiling for a colorful touch to your egg hunt.
Get the tutorial at Studio DIY »
DIY Egg Hunt Pail
Photo Hunt
If a traditional egg hunt is no longer as exciting as it once was for your tweens and teens, send them on an Easter-themed photo scavenger hunt. They’ll snap pictures along the way so they can savor all the memories made.
Get the tutorial at Tatertots & Jello »
Hanging Eggs
Take your Easter festivities to new heights with a hanging egg hunt. Hook an assortment of eggs onto the trees outside your home or on your coat hangers in the mudroom. Your older kids will appreciate the extra challenge!
Blown-Out Egg Hunt
Another take on the Easter egg scavenger hunt, this blogger used blown-out eggs and numbered them so that each clue leads to the next. Simply crack them open and hunt away!
Get the tutorial at The Merrythought »
Slime Eggs
If you’re over sending your family on a candy hunt, slime can be just as fun for kids. Fill plastic eggs with homemade slime and help them find all the colors in the rainbow hidden throughout the house!
Get the tutorial at A Sparkle of Genius »
Alphabet Hunt
Easter Egg Hunt Checklist
Up the challenge of an egg hunt by adding elements of a scavenger hunt into the mix! This one asks kids to find eggs in five different colors, three backyard flowers, different kinds of outdoor creatures and more in addition to finding their eggs and basket. You can make your own, or go to the A Mom’s Take blog and print out this checklist.
Get the tutorial at A Mom’s Take »
Egg Hunt Champion Shirt
After the hunt is over, make sure to bestow the Finder of the Most Eggs with garments fit for a champion. They can wear this shirt to next year’s hunt before (possibly) passing it on to the next winner. (You can also do the nice thing and make one for every kid.)
Get the tutorial at Artsy Fartsy Mama »
Piñata Eggs
For this, the rules of the typical egg hunt don’t change, but it feels a little more festive if the eggs are decorated to look like little piñatas. Kids will love cracking them open and watching the candy spill out.
SHOP CREPE PAPER
Get the tutorial at Lovely Indeed »
Carrot Treat Cones
They’re so focused on finding their eggs, imagine how surprised and delighted they’ll be if they find a few of these adorable carrot treat cones along with them. They’re easy to make with just coffee filters, orange paper, double-stick tape, green craft paint, twine and a few other household items. Plus, you can fill them with a child’s favorite candies.
SHOP BAKER’S TWINE
Get the tutorial »
Hoppin’ Easter Egg Hunt
Part-egg hunt, part-party game, this hunting variation will have everyone laughing. Instead of candy, this activity fills plastic eggs with funny little instructions like “moo like a cow” or “jump on one leg.” Kids have to complete the activity before moving on to the next egg and finding the next challenge. You can print out these instructions at Alice & Lois.
Get the tutorial at Alice & Lois »
Balloon Landmarks
If there are toddlers or other very-little hunters in the mix, you can give them a not-so-subtle “hint” about the location of their eggs by tying helium balloons to them. According to Chris from Celebrations at Home, this method also means parents don’t have to work too hard to coax toddlers into looking for the eggs — they’re naturally drawn to the balloons and will head right for them!
SHOP PASTEL BALLOONS
Get the tutorial at Celebrations at Home »
LEGO Eggs
This idea is for all the LEGO builders out there: Take a new LEGO set and divide all the pieces between different eggs. After they’re done finding all the pieces, they can put their new set together (while you sit and drink coffee). You can choose any LEGO set you’d think they’d like, but the LEGO Creator 3-in-1 White Rabbit really fits the theme of the day.
Get the tutorial at All for the Boys »
Golden Ticket Egg
Coming on the heels of Wonka, who wouldn’t be excited to fiind a little extra magic in one of the eggs? This year, make a special “golden ticket” and hide it in one of the eggs, and then let the lucky kid who finds it trade it in for a bigger Easter prize.
Get the tutorial from Play Party Plan »
Ball Pit Challenge
If you don’t want to set kids loose around the house or backyard, you can always give them a needle-in-a-haystack type of hunt if you have a ball pit or kiddie pool. They’ll have a heck of a time trying to separate the regular ball-pit balls from the plastic Easter eggs. Too much of a challenge? You can find ways to differentiate them by color — think pairing pastel balls with metallic eggs.
Marisa (she/her) has covered all things parenting, from the postpartum period through the empty nest, for Good Housekeeping since 2018; previously, she wrote about parents and families at Parents and Working Mother. She lives with her toy-collecting husband and daughter in Brooklyn, where she can be found helping out her team at bar trivia or posting about movies on Twitter and Bluesky.
Laura Millar (she/her) is the assistant lifestyle editor for Good Housekeeping, where she covers home design. Prior to joining Good Housekeeping in 2024, she wrote for NBC’s TODAY.com, where she covered everything from entertainment news to pop culture updates.
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