How To Organise The Perfect Easter Egg Hunt For Toddlers

How Do You Hide Easter Eggs For 2 Year Olds?

Ever found yourself wondering how to how to organise the perfect Easter egg hunt for toddlers?

The boys have been to a fair few Easter egg hunts over the years and I’ve come to the conclusion that — whilst they are a fun way to while away an Easter Sunday morning — they’re not always weighted fairly for the littlest members of the party.

More often than not, all of the chocolate eggs have been located by the older kids in the party  before the toddlers have even grasped what they’re supposed to be doing.

So how do you host a successful Easter egg hunt for the littlest members of the family?

Easter Egg Hunt Ideas

Reading Easter egg hunt clues out to two year olds has proven to be somewhat ‘challenging’; cue blank faces and the realisation that they don’t understand the majority of the words you’re using, let alone unscramble a riddle.

So with this in mind,  I thought I’d share my fail-safe checklist for the perfect Easter egg hunt at home for toddlers — minis, tweens, teens, adults — basically the best, most fool-proof Easter egg hunt ideas for large groups (or small groups) of all age groups!

How Do you Plan an Easter Egg Hunt for a Toddler?

1. Gather together a selection of vessels to collect the ‘treasure’.

Easter baskets, bags or even boxes — you can trawl charity shops for traditional wicker baskets or buy Easter themed bags from places like Amazon and supermarkets.

Little easter bags for an Easter egg hunt from the post How to Organise an Easter Egg Hunt For Toddlers by The Listed Home
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Fluffy lamp easter bags for the perfect Easter egg hunt
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2. You’ll also need a number of eggs in a range of colours; aim for around 5-10 of the same colour. One colour per child or — if you’ve a lot of egg-hunters joining in — per group.

If you fancy getting your craft on, you can paint — or spray — boiled or blown real eggs — or white polystyrene ones.

Alternatively if you’re lazy or rushed for time (I like to think I fall in the latter category) you can buy egg-sellent 

Colourful plastic eggs, ready for the perfect Easter egg hunt for toddlers.
Getting ready for the perfect Easter egg hunt for toddlers | Image credit: The Listed Home.
Colourful plastic eggs, ready for the perfect Easter egg hunt
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3. Decorate the garden with hanging eggs, ribbons and Easter decorations, then hide the coloured eggs around the garden (or house if you’re planning on doing an indoor scavenger hunt).

If you’re feeling particularly generous you can also hide extra treats and small prizes within the plastic eggs.

Ribbons and eggs hanging from a tree for an Easter egg hunt
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A little hand reaching for a colourful egg at an Easter egg hunt
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4. Explain to your little egg-hunters what they’re supposed to be doing.

Do I Need Easter Egg Hunt Clues For an Older Child?

No — not at all!

Simply allocate each child with a colour; or — if if you have lots of kids joining in — split them into teams and give each team a colour.

Give the starting orders.

 Off they go!

There’s no need for clues (or a backup plan); literally give them a colour and let them go and search for the eggs in that colour!

How To Organise The Perfect Easter Egg Hunt
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Backyard Easter Egg Hunt Ideas

This Easter egg hunt is absolutely perfect for large and small gardens.

Little ones can use their skills to lift up pots to find the coloured eggs. And you can even hang them in bushes and trees.

You can get really creative with your hiding places for the older children. One word of warning. Just make a note of where you’ve hidden all the eggs!

One year, we hid a couple so well, we couldn’t find them either!!

It took ages to locate them!!

When all of the coloured eggs have been found, count them up.

Then give out the prizes!

Organise The Perfect Easter Egg Hunt

Organise The Perfect Easter Egg Hunt

Prep Time: 30 minutes
Active Time: 45 minutes
Total Time: 1 hour 15 minutes
Difficulty: Easy
Estimated Cost: Under £10

The most fool proof way organise the perfect Easter egg hunt for toddlers — and kids of all ages!

Materials

  • Bags, boxes or baskets
  • Coloured eggs - one colour for each child (or team) taking part
  • Easter decorations (optional)

Tools

  • Prizes — chocolate eggs or candy prizes always work a treat!

Instructions

  1. Hide coloured eggs around the garden (or house if you're doing an indoor Easter egg hunt). You can also hide 'bonus' treats and spot prizes.


  2. You can decorate the garden or house with hanging eggs and ribbon too if you have the time (or energy!)


  3. Allocate each child with a colour. Or -if if you have lots of kids joining in-split them into teams and give each team a colour.


  4. Then you can either tell the children to locate as many eggs of their colour as they can. Or tell them exactly how many eggs they've got to look for. If your child is still not at counting age, just telling them to find the colour is a great, easy and fun option.

How To Organise The Perfect Easter Egg Hunt For Toddlers
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How To Organise The Perfect Easter Egg Hunt For Toddlers
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How To Organise The Perfect Easter Egg Hunt
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Chocolate Easter eggs for the perfect backyard Easter egg hunt
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Outdoor Easter egg hunt ideas
The cutest Easter bunny (bunny ears are optional!) | Image credit: The Listed Home.

Indoor Easter Egg Hunt Ideas

If you don’t have a garden — or outside space — at your disposal, don’t worry!

This Easter egg hunt is just as easy to do indoors as it is outdoors. Hide eggs around the house (under cushions, beds in the fridge and washing machine) then the same rules apply; just allocate a colour of egg to one child — or one group.

Then give the starting orders and let the fun commence!

By far the easiest — and fairest — way to host an egg-cellent Easter egg treasure hunt.

No need to worry about complicated riddles and rhyming couplets and no upset for any of the participants because someone has found more chocolate than them!

Easy peasy.

Outdoor Easter egg hunt ideas
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How Many Eggs Should Each Child Get At An Easter Egg Hunt?

Aaah this is the golden question, isn’t it? 

One thing I can say with some certaintly is, by using this method, you have absolute control over it! As the children are finding coloured eggs — not chocolate eggs — you can reward all your egg hunters (of every age group) with the same/appropriate amount of goodies at the end.

Or even tailor the prizes to suit.

If you don’t want the tiny children to have too much chocolate, maybe give them a special prize of one chocolate Easter egg, along with smaller prizes such as small toys or crayons, stickers and even glitter tattoos.

Older children could be given a chocolate Easter egg, a bag of mini eggs and even a book token or a gift card for example. 

Whatever prizes you decide on, it’s ultimately up to you. But this way, no children find more chocolate than others during the egg hunt and — as a result — it’s a much happier outcome.

Plus, it makes for a really fun Easter Sunday!

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Caro Davies is a former art-director turned writer and content-creator, and editor behind UK lifestyle blog The Listed Home. She writes about home-related topics, from interiors and DIY to food and craft. The Listed Home has been featured in various publications, including Ideal Home, Grazia, and Homes & Antiques magazines.

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