How to Plan Kids Easter Party Activities

This Easter, host a kids Easter party with twists on the typical games and decorations. Organize kids' crafts, new ways to hold the traditional Easter egg hunt and more that will keep the children entertained. Consider these party ideas to plan kids Easter party activities that will make everyone want to celebrate at your house year after year.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

1. Devise a new way to hold an Easter egg contest when you plan kids Easter party activities. Instead of hiding the eggs for the kids to find, give each child five plastic eggs in one color (or with a specific symbol if you run out of colors) and let them hide the Easter eggs in the garden or around your house. Have the adults look for the eggs-the child with the last egg found wins a prize.

2. Choose alternative kids crafts to the traditional egg coloring. Plan kids Easter party activities like decorating plastic eggs with stickers, paint pens or opaque markers; creating spring flowers with tissue or crepe paper; using colorful pipe cleaners to form flowers, chicks or eggs or paper crafts like simple Origami.

3. Serve Easter party snacks like garden "bugs." Slice bananas, join the slices with dabs of peanut butter and use pretzel sticks to form the antenna and legs. Wrap cocktail franks with crescent dough and bake at 375 degrees until golden brown (about 12 minutes), then use pretzel sticks to turn them into bugs, too. Let the children help you with these party ideas.

4. Buy an assortment of stickers, pencils, small activity books, toys and treats at the dollar store and arrange them on a table like a store. Give each child ten play dollars to "buy" the items they'd like to put into their Easter gift baskets.

Tips & Warnings

• Check with parents before you plan kids Easter party activities to ensure they're not allergic to any types of food or paper crafts supplies like paints or adhesives.

[McGMom]

on 3/10/2009 Fun ideas! Love the 'buy what goes in your basket' idea! 5*s

[FrazzledNanny]

on 3/8/2009 I use to do these all the time at church. They are fun to plan and fun to watch the kid's play. 5*

[Lilfix]

on 3/8/2009 How did you know I was looking for ideas just like these for the kids at the complex I manage...Thanks for doing the research for me...now I won't feel so stressed about making it fun...RRCR5*