We have a large supply of plastic Easter Eggs at my house and I’m always looking for ways to use them during the spring. Of course you can do an Easter Egg hunt, or painting crafts, but if you need something playable by a wide age range, consider these games!
What’s in the Egg
Materials:
- Plastic Easter Eggs of different colors
- A variety of dry foods (e.g., goldfish, dry pasta, rice, sugar, pretzels, etc.)
- Plastic cups
How to Play:
Out of sight of the players, gather 6-8 different dry foods and fill each Easter Egg with one type of food. Place the same items in separate plastic cups. Keep track of what food is in each egg (using different color eggs makes this easier).
Then, each player will shake the Easter Eggs and guess what food is inside the egg based mainly on sound. When they are ready to guess, the player matches up the egg with the plastic cup showing the food.
Multiple players take turns guessing in this game. After each guess, announce how many are correct, then you can decide if you want to reveal which ones are correct or not. The game continues until all foods are correctly identified.
The foods I used: goldfish, raisins, peanuts, dry egg noodles, brown sugar, croutons, rice, and pretzels.
Egg Toss
Materials:
How to Play:
Arrange the baskets in a line or a cluster. Have each player stand a few feet away. Then, take turns tossing the eggs into the baskets.
This game is easy to modify for young and old players – stand different distances away, sit down or stand, etc. You could assign points to each basket or just total the number of eggs that land in the basket.
Activities for Real Eggs!
There are many interesting science experiments that use real eggs. Paas (who makes egg dye) has several kits available like Crystal Growing and the Volcano Kit. Or check out the Eggsperiment Bundle from Kiwi Co.
