Outdoor Easter games: Easter movement games
In good weather, you should definitely include outdoor Easter games in your plans. Wrap the kids up warmly in outdoor clothing – that way they are well prepared for fun Easter movement games in nature. If you are looking for Easter eggs for playtime, you will find numerous Easter items in our online shop.
Easter Egg Memory
Age: from 2 years
Number of players: from one child
Promotes: Memory, concentration, patience, motor skills, learning colors
Preparation time: approx. 20 minutes (with self-dyed eggs)
Playing time: until all Easter egg pairs are found
Required materials:
colorful Easter eggs, two of each color
one Easter basket per child
Game rules:
Dye Easter eggs in different colors. There should be two eggs for each color. Here you can find our tips for dyeing Easter eggs with childrenHide the Easter eggs individually in the garden.
Each child gets an Easter basket to collect the eggs they have found.
Then the memory egg hunt can begin! The children have to look for 'pairs', e.g. two red eggs, two green eggs, etc.
Only when they have found two eggs of the same color may they take both and put them in their Easter basket.
Egg-and-spoon race
from 3 years
Age: min. 2
Number of players:Eye-hand coordination, balance, dexterity & coordination
Promotes: approx. 10 minutes
Preparation time: any
Playing time: Tablespoons
Required materials:
(hard-boiled) eggs or plastic eggs
Water buckets or similar objects as turning points
Tape as the start line
Form two teams. All players of a team line up one behind the other.
Game rules:
An egg is placed on a spoon and held in the preferred hand. The other arm is placed behind the back. The start line and the turning point are taped and set up. Tip: If you don't want to use raw eggs, hard-boiled eggs or plastic eggs are good alternatives to avoid big messes — especially if the game is moved indoors.
After the starting signal, the first runners of both teams set off. They run to a water bucket or another object which they must circle before returning to the start line. The egg must not fall or be held or adjusted with the hands during the run. If the egg falls, you have to go back to the start and run the round again.
When the runners have reached the start line, they pass the spoon with the egg to the next runners — of course without the egg falling.
The team whose last runner returns to the start line first wins.
Catch the Easter Bunny
min. 2 children
Age: min. 2
Number of players:Eye-hand coordination, balance, dexterity, coordination, endurance
Promotes: approx. 5 minutes
Preparation time: colorful cloths
Playing time: Tablespoons
Required materials:
optional: bunny-ear headbands
optional: ropes or ribbons to mark the play area
Chocolate eggs as a reward
One or two children are chosen as chasers.
Game rules:
The other players are the Easter bunnies, each tucking a colorful cloth into their pocket so that only a little piece shows. The Easter bunnies can also put on bunny ears.
After a starting signal everyone runs off. The chasers try to catch the Easter bunnies by stealing the colorful cloths from their pockets.
The bunny who is last remaining wins.
Play as many rounds as you like. Make sure to distribute and rotate the roles evenly.
Egg rolling
Motor skills, dexterity, concentration
Age: min. 2
Number of players:Eye-hand coordination, balance, dexterity & coordination
Promotes: none
Preparation time: colorful hard-boiled eggs or plastic eggs
Playing time: Tablespoons
Required materials:
Easter eggs are round and roll in a funny way — the perfect recipe for lots of fun with them during the holidays!
Game rules:
In many countries children play egg rolling at Easter.
This is best played on a small hill or another slope where players can roll their eggs down.
The game is most fun with colorful eggs that are easy to see as they roll across the grass.
Whoever's egg rolls the farthest wins.
That was really fun, wasn't it? If you're planning a whole
day trip on Easter planned, you can also bring along for the time between games outdoor toys or books for your kids along. With packed water bottles and picnic blankets or cushions, the adventure can begin! . Alternatively you can buy dyed Easter eggs or use colorful plastic eggs.
Indoor Easter games
Egg tapping
Age: from 3 years
Number of players: min. 2
Promotes: Motor skills, concentration, patience
Preparation time: approx. 10 minutes
Playing time: until only one intact egg remainsMaterials needed:
one hard-boiled egg per player
Rules:
Egg tapping is fun for the whole family and visiting friends. Here's how:
Two players sit facing each other and each holds a hard-boiled egg in their hand.
Then they tap the tips of their eggs against each other.
The person whose egg's shell cracks loses and is eliminated.
The person who won the first round plays with the next person with whom they can 'tap' their Easter egg.
Especially younger children enjoy this, because strength and skill are not important for winning.
Whoever is the last person with an intact egg becomes the Easter egg king or queen!
Egg blowing
Age: from 3 years
Number of players: min. 2
Promotes: Dexterity, endurance, oral motor skills & lip muscles for speaking; control of exhalation & inhalation
Preparation time: none
Playing time: any number
Materials needed:
a blown-out egg or plastic eggs
Rules:
Everyone sits around a table. Place a blown-out egg (or a lightweight plastic egg) in the middle.
Ready, set, blow: Now you blow the egg toward the other players. Each player must make sure the egg doesn't fall off the table on their side. Touching or catching the egg is forbidden.
The winner is the person who is last remaining and has blown all the others out of the game.
Egg blowing
Age: from 3 years
Number of players: min. 2
Promotes: Dexterity, endurance, oral motor skills & lip muscles; control of exhalation & inhalation
Preparation time: none
Playing time: any number Materials needed:
some masking tape
one straw & one chocolate egg per player
Rules:
Mark a start line and a finish line on a table or carpet, for example with a piece of masking tape.
On a start signal, all children blow the eggs toward the finish line using the straws.
That's not so easy — after all, the oval eggs roll wherever they want!
When players try to 'blow' their eggs back on course, it's a lot of fun.
The winner is the one who reaches the finish line first with their chocolate egg.
Easter Secret Santa
If you're celebrating Easter with several children, then the Easter Secret Santa as a special game during the holidays should definitely not be missing! The kids already know Secret Santa from Christmas and are excited when the playful exchange of gifts is also drawn from a hat.
Age: ages 3 and up
Number of players: min. 4
Encourages: Creativity, empathy, social interaction, sense of community
Preparation time: approx. 10–20 minutes to gather all craft supplies & materials for dyeing eggs
Duration: varies depending on how much crafting and dyeing is done
Materials:
small slips of paper & pens for all children
if applicable Easter egg craft kits for DIY paper eggs
if applicable Materials for blowing out eggs and dyeing them yourself
Game rules:
As at Christmas, all children write their names on a slip of paper.
The slips are collected, for example in a small bowl.
The children take turns drawing.
This way they find out, who they should make an Easter egg for.
They can give away blown-out eggs or eggs made from paper – however they like!
They hide these small presents on Easter Sunday or Easter Monday for the egg hunt and make another child incredibly happy!
Egg Boccia
Age: from 3 years
Number of players: min. 2
Develops: Concentration, hand-eye coordination, patience, aiming accuracy
Preparation time: none
Game duration: approx. 5-10 minutes
Materials:
one blown-out egg
3 chocolate Easter eggs per player
Game rules:
Place a blown-out egg on a rug a little distance away from you.
Each player now gets three chocolate Easter eggs.
Take turns throwing your eggs so that they land as close as possible to the egg placed on the rug.
Tip:Throw the chocolate eggs as flatly and with a gentle touch as possible so they approach the center egg without sliding past it.
The child whose chocolate egg is closest to the blown-out egg wins.
The winner receives all the chocolate eggs from the other players.
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