Spring is my favorite time of the year! The world starts to green up and come alive again after the cold winter. Who wouldn’t want to celebrate?! We’ve got the perfect, fun, family activity to get everyone excited about spring! We have everything you need for an Easter Egg Scavenger Hunt FULL of clues, games and fun!
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Easter Egg Scavenger Hunt
This creative Easter Bunny Hunt leads you through your home in search of 6 different clues. Crystal at A Well Feathered Nest did such a beautiful job designing this Easter Hunt for us! The games and challenges are just so stinking cute, I can barely stand it! There is a family game or challenge in each bag that needs to be completed before moving on to the next clue. Your family will have a BLAST working together to complete each one!
How it Works
Grab our free printables {gosh, you’re welcome} at the bottom of this page and some paper bags. I had some brown ones on hand from a craft project, but there are some really cute white ones on Amazon for cheap! Attach a clue card to the bottom of the bags – 6 total. These clues will lead your family from room to room on their mad chase! The bags should be placed in the following locations in your home:
- Kitchen
- Play Area
- A Bed
- Bathroom
- Heater
- Front Door
Easter Games
Before placing the bags, fill each one with a challenge or game. {The BEST part!} These need to be completed as a family before reading the next clue on the bottom of the bag. No peeking!! There are 6 creative and fun games in this scavenger hunt including:
- Easter Word Search
- Word Scramble
- Tic Tac Toe
- Draw A Bunny
- Easter I Spy
- Don’t Eat PEEP!
Once the challenge has been completed, you’re welcome to read the bottom of the bag and start your search for the next clue!
Don’t Eat PEEP Game
In order to fit all of the games into little brown paper bags we had to make them very small! All of the games have the instructions written at the top except for “Don’t Eat PEEP!” No room left! If this is a new game for you like it was for me, here are the rules of the game…
Don’t Eat PEEP Instructions: Place a Skittle {or any small candy} in each square of the board. Send a player out of the room while the other players determine which Skittle piece represents the PEEP. When PEEP is chosen, the player outside of the room returns. This player eats the skittles on the board one at a time.
When the player goes to eat the candy designated as “PEEP” the other players yell “DON’T EAT PEEP!” The player then has to stop, no matter how many Skittles have been eaten. Their turn is now over, the board is reset and the next player leaves the room. This game is won if you can eat all of the candies and have “PEEP” leftover OR until you run out of skittles!
At the end of our hunt, I bought some chocolate eggs and made some breakfast muffins to celebrate. {Yummy!} We did our hunt a week before Easter. There is no need to save this for Easter Sunday! It is a fun surprise on any day leading up to the holiday. It really got my family excited for the season!! These clues and challenges are sure to help you make some wonderful Easter memories with your family!
These games will keep my kids busy for hours! Thanks for sharing!
HOORAY! Aren’t games for kids the BEST?! Have so much fun! XO
What a great way to celebrate Easter! Scavenger Hunts are the Best!
Thanks so much for your comment! Yep, we sure love scavenger hunts around here too! 😉
Great twist on a regular Easter Egg Hunt!
YES!! It will be so fun! Enjoy! XO
Thank you so much for these!! I try to do something special for my kids each year. Your website is amazing!
We’re so glad you like it, Alisha! Thank you!!
Love the Easter egg scavenger hunt idea. And those printables are so cute! I’m sharing this idea today as part of my big list of non-candy Easter Egg filler ideas. Feel free to check it out on my blog. https://www.alaynascreations.co/2017/03/13/non-candy-easter-egg-filler-ideas-for-all-ages/
Alayna, We’re thrilled you liked it! Cute post!
I used your Easter Egg Scavenger Hunt today with my grandsons. It was a huge hit! The seven year old read the clues to the 3 year old and off they ran. They were so excited and happy with their prizes. Thank you for sharing this wonderful activity. We will be doing this again next year. Hopefully, I will be able to create my own next year. Thanks again.
We’re so GLAD to hear that, Cindy!! My little boys did the same thing – the older read to the younger and they both had a blast!
We LOVED doing this Easter Scavenger Hunt. I love how it focused on doing things as a family. Our favorite game was Don’t eat the peep!!
YAY!! Thank you for letting us know, Dana! We love to hear about families making memories together! We’re so glad you liked it!
Thanks so much for these! This hunt will be a nice change!
We’re so glad to hear that, Katie! Let us know how it goes! Happy Easter!!
Thank you sooooo much! …Can you please explain one Easter Scavenger challenge? The “Don’t Eat the PEEP card…what do they need to do?
Joyce – I can’t believe I left out those instructions! Thank you for the heads up!! I’ll be sure to add them to the post, but until then, here are the rules of the game… Have fun!
Don’t Eat PEEP: Instructions – Place a Skittle in each square of the board. Send a player out of the room while the other players determine which Skittle piece represents the PEEP. When PEEP is chosen, the player outside of the room returns. This player eats the skittles on the board one at a time. When the player goes to eat the candy designated as “PEEP” the other players yell “DON’T EAT PEEP!” The player then has to stop, no matter how many Skittles have been eaten. Their turn is now over, the board is reset and the next player leaves the room. This game is won if you can eat all of the candies and have “PEEP” left over OR until you run out of skittles!
SERIOUSLY sooooo in love with how this all turned out! LOVE it!
I just found this and can’t wait to surprise my grandson with the Easter hunt. One question, though. How do you play Don’t Eat the Peep?
I’m so excited for you grandson! He’s going to love doing this hunt with you! Don’t Eat PEEP is a really easy and fun game for little ones! I can’t believe I felt out the instructions! {Good catch!} Here are the rules of the game…
Don’t Eat PEEP: Instructions – Place a Skittle in each square of the board. Send a player out of the room while the other players determine which Skittle piece represents the PEEP. When PEEP is chosen, the player outside of the room returns. This player eats the skittles on the board one at a time. When the player goes to eat the candy designated as “PEEP” the other players yell “DON’T EAT PEEP!” The player then has to stop, no matter how many Skittles have been eaten. Their turn is now over, the board is reset and the next player leaves the room. This game is won if you can eat all of the candies and have “PEEP” left over OR until you run out of skittles!
We just did the St. Patrick’s Day scavenger hunt and the kids are going to be SO excited to try this one next! Thank you, Amanda!!!