Egg-cellent Easter activities for toddlers and pre-schoolers

Blog Image for article Egg-cellent Easter activities for toddlers and pre-schoolers

Celebrating Easter is something of a quarterly break for a lot of families. The run into the new year from Christmas was fast and towards the end of March, the world echoes, “Where has the year gone?” or “I can't believe it's April already!”

If you've found yourself uttering the same words and need to take a moment to slow down, the Easter long weekend is the right time to take a break, relax and get back to basics with the family!

To get planning, we have five fun ideas to do at home with your children. 

 

Play some Easter games

Games are both entertaining and educational. They develop children's thinking and moving skills, they can be played individually or as a group, and there are so many Easter-themed activities to choose from. Here are a few ideas:

  • Scavenger Hunt that leads children to their basket on Easter morning
  • Easter Bingo
  • Easter I Spy Game, where kids find objects in a busy print-out
  • Easter Basket Egg Toss, where the whole family takes turns trying to throw a plastic egg (or jellybean) into a basket
  • Easter Eggs-ercises, which involves filling plastic eggs with different physical challenges for children, e.g. 'Do 7 Bunny Hops' or '2 Pencil Rolls'
  • Easter Dice Game, where children roll a number and move that quantity of buttons onto an egg print-out

Get creative with playdough

Whether you make baby-safetoddler-friendlychocolate-scented or pastel-coloured playdough, this stuff is a recipe for fun.

Mix up a batch, then print off some Easter playdough mats. Depending on their age, your child can decorate the Easter hat, egg and rabbit templates with plain playdough, or squidge on googly eyes, beads and mini-straws too.

Prepare some healthier recipes

Easter doesn't have to be all about chocolate binges. Instead, you can serve cute Cheese and Cracker Chicks, decorate Easter Egg Fruit Tarts, snack on Easter Raisin Boxes and bake Carrot Muffins with no added sugar.

Snuggle up with a book

There are lots of humorous and heart-warming tales about Easter, so after all that physical activity, why not find yourselves a nook and read a book?

Five favourites are;

  • The Story of the Easter Bunny by Katherine Tegen
  • The Biggest Easter Basket Ever by Steven Kroll
  • The Easter Bunny's Assistant by Jan Thomas
  • How to Catch the Easter Bunny by Adam Wallace
  • Pinkalicious: Eggstraordinary Easter by Victoria Kann

Experiment with art

The Easter break is a good time to roll out the butcher's paper and encourage your child to paint in egg-citing new ways. They could use:

Whatever your family gets up to, we wish you a happy and safe Easter.

You may also like

14m read
Pamper Hamper-TCs
More from Care for Kids

T and Cs for our Pamper Hamper Competition

Read more
14m read
Meet the Care for Kids team; Supporting the ECEC sector. Supporting you.
More from Care for Kids

Care for Kids is growing. Let us introduce you all to the new faces in the business.

Read more
11m read
Care for Kids Content Creator Brief and Terms and Conditions
More from Care for Kids

Brief and terms and conditions for the Care for Kids Content Creator competition.

Read more
11m read
What is the Child Care Subsidy? (CCS)| CareforKids.com.au
Cost of Care

Learn about the Child Care Subsidy (CCS), the main government payment supporting families ...

Read more