Outdoor Easter games: Easter movement games
In good weather you should definitely include outdoor Easter games in your planning. Bundle the kids up warmly in outdoor clothing – that way they're best equipped for fun Easter activity games in nature. If you are looking for Easter eggs for playtime, you'll 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:ages 3 and up
Number of players:min. 2
Develops:Motor skills, concentration, patience
Preparation time:approx. 10 minutes
Play time:until only one intact egg remainsRequired materials:
one hard-boiled egg per player
Rules:
Egg tapping is fun for the whole family and any friends who are visiting. Here's how:
Two players sit opposite each other and each hold a hard-boiled egg in their hand.
Then they tap the tips of their eggs against each other.
The person whose egg's shell breaks has lost and is eliminated.
The winner of the first round plays against the next person to 'tap' their Easter egg.
Especially younger children have a lot of fun because strength and dexterity are not important for winning.
Whoever is the last person with an intact egg is the Easter egg king or Easter egg queen!
Egg blowing
Age:ages 3 and up
Number of players:min. 2
Develops:Dexterity, endurance, oral motor skills & lip muscles for speech; control of exhaling and inhaling
Preparation time:none
Play time:any
Required materials:
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.
On your mark, get set, blow: Now blow the egg to 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 remains last and has blown everyone else out of the game.
Blowing eggs
Age:ages 3 and up
Number of players:min. 2
Develops:Dexterity, endurance, oral motor skills & lip muscles; control over exhaling & inhaling
Preparation time:none
Play time:any Required materials:
some crepe tape
one straw & one chocolate egg per player
Rules:
Mark a start and finish line on a table or carpet, for example with a piece of crepe tape.
At the 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 the players try to blow their eggs back 'on course', it's great fun.
The winner is the one whose chocolate egg reaches the finish line first.
Easter Secret Santa
If you celebrate Easter with several children, then this Easter Secret Santa as a special game during the holidays must definitely not be missing! The kids already know Secret Santa from Christmas and are excited when the playful gift-giving at Easter as well is pulled out of the hat.
Age: ages 3 and up
Number of players: min. 4
Promotes: Creativity, empathy, social interaction, sense of community
Preparation time: approx. 10–20 minutes to gather all crafting supplies & materials for dyeing eggs
Duration: variable, depending on how much crafting and dyeing is done
Materials:
small slips of paper & pens for all children
if applicableEaster egg craft kits for DIY paper eggs
if applicableMaterials for blowing out Easter 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 pot.
The children take turns drawing.
That way they find out, who they should make an Easter egg for.
They can give blown-out eggs as gifts or paper-crafted eggs – however they like!
They hide these little presents on Easter Sunday or Monday for the egg hunt and bring another child great joy!
Egg Boccia
Age: ages 3 and up
Number of players: at least 2
Promotes: Concentration, hand-eye coordination, patience, accuracy
Preparation time: none
Play time: approx. 5–10 minutes
Materials:
one blown-out egg
3 chocolate Easter eggs per player
Game rules:
Place a blown-out egg on a carpet a short distance away from you.
All players now receive three chocolate Easter eggs.
Take turns throwing your eggs so they land as close as possible to the egg placed on the carpet.
Tip:Throw the chocolate eggs as flatly and gently as possible so they approach the egg in the middle without sliding past it.
The child whose chocolate egg lies closest to the blown-out egg wins.
The winner takes all the other players' chocolate eggs.
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