| While many families have their own traditions to | | | | make holes on each side of the mask and attach a |
| celebrate Easter, often eggs, bunnies, chicks, and egg | | | | elastic band to fit around your child's head. You can |
| hunts are part of the festivities. Here are a few fun | | | | find a bunny mask pattern on To ensure that even the |
| ideas for Easter decorations, crafts, and games to | | | | smallest hunters get their fair share of the eggs, assign |
| help you celebrate this springtime holiday with your | | | | an egg color to each child. To make the egg hunt fun |
| family. | | | | for older children, hide jellybeans instead of chocolate |
| Eggstravaganza - Children of all ages love to color | | | | eggs. Design a scavenger egg hunt around the |
| and decorate Easter eggs! Coloring eggs has been a | | | | neighborhood. Working alone or in teams, each team |
| part of spring festivities for centuries. In both Passover | | | | solves clues leading to other clues, and eventually to |
| and Easter traditions, the egg symbolizes new life. This | | | | the Easter treats. Create different clue trails for each |
| year consider involving the whole family in an evening | | | | child or team. |
| of Easter egg decorating. Younger children kids have | | | | Easter games - Keep the excitement going after the |
| fun using Q-tips to dip into egg colorings to decorate | | | | egg hunt by playing some of these games: |
| their eggs. | | | | Easter Obstacle Course - Separate children into two |
| Easter baskets - Before Easter arrives, get creative | | | | teams. Provide each team with one spoon and a |
| and help your children make their own Easter baskets | | | | sugar egg or plastic Easter egg. Each team needs to |
| out of clean half-gallon milk or juice cartons. Cut a 4" | | | | navigate its way around and through various obstacles |
| piece off the bottom of the milk carton. Clean | | | | without dropping its eggs. |
| thoroughly and cut a piece of craft paper to wrap | | | | Easter Bunny Hop - Conduct a relay race for two or |
| around the container. Glue craft sticks to create a | | | | three teams. Each player must cover a certain |
| fence around the container and let dry. When dry, use | | | | distance while jumping with a plastic egg between his |
| small flowers or decorative craft foam pieces to | | | | her knees. |
| decorate the container. Drill a hole to opposite sides. | | | | Egg Roll - Using only their noses, children must roll an |
| Twist two pipe cleaners together to make a handle. | | | | egg across the finish line. This also makes a good |
| Attach handle on container and fill with Easter grass. | | | | relay. |
| This also makes a very nice Easter table decoration. | | | | Easter cookies - Your young guests will no doubt be |
| See picture on . | | | | ready for a snack. In addition to any other delicious |
| Egg hunt - The egg hunt is the highlight of most Easter | | | | treats you plan, allow children to decorate some baked |
| celebrations. To make it even more special for | | | | sugar cookies shaped like eggs, rabbits, or chicks. (You |
| younger children, create some cute bunny masks | | | | can bake the cookies ahead of time and freeze them |
| together. Use lightweight paper plates and pink craft | | | | until ready to decorate). Provide bowls of |
| paper. Cut out an oval for the bunny's face and | | | | pastel-colored icings, jelly beans, sprinkles, and other |
| decorate. Cut out holes for eyes. Draw and cut out | | | | decorations. |
| ears and staple on paper plate. With a hole punch, | | | | Here's to a wonderful tradition-filled Easter! |