Things You'll Need:
- Baskets
- Craft supplies, such as ribbon, stickers, fabric flowers, grasses
- Plastic eggs
- Small candies & prizes
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Step 1
Let each child decorate their Easter basket. Plain wicker baskets can be transformed into Easter baskets with personality. Use paint pens or permanent markers to allow kids to write their names. (For younger kids, you can do this ahead of time.) Then, let them go wild with crayons, stickers, ribbons, cloth flowers, etc.
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Step 2
Fill Easter eggs. While the kids are decorating their baskets, slip away and fill those Easter eggs! It's a good idea to have each parent bring enough supplies to fill 10-15 eggs. Ideas for fillers include small candies (jellybeans, Hershey's kisses), temporary tattoos, stickers, Goldfish crackers, pretzels, little necklaces or bracelets, plastic animals and Playdoh.
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Step 3
Give kids "the rules". Even if your child has done an Easter egg hunt before, it never hurts to go over the rules. There are enough eggs for everyone. Do not take eggs from another child. When you find an egg, put it in your basket. You have to find all the eggs first before you can open any of them.
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Step 4
Hide eggs and let the Easter egg hunt begin! If it's a nice day, this is a perfect time to get the kids running around outdoors. If the kids are competitive (and a bit older), sometimes it's a good idea to have each child go to a different corner of the yard to begin the hunt. You can also have a special area - or specially marked eggs - that are just for the little kids when planning a hunt with a mixed age group.
