Easter Party Planning

If you are looking for ideas on hosting the perfect Easter Party for your children's party at home then look no further, we've done it for you...

Easter Party Ideas

Planning is crucial if you want to host a successful party, but as usual Lello and Monkey have done a lot of the hard work for you! Find the makings of a great Easter party below...

Don't forget the printable Easter baskets (either make them up before hand or make them into a craft activity and get children to decorate them and construct them before they go on an Easter Egg Hunt.

10.30 Basket decorating – print out some Easter basket templates onto card  and provide colouring pens for decorating them with. Once the children have cut them out have an adult standing by to staple the handles on.

This activity will give you 10 minutes grace to greet your guests and will allow time for any late comers. If anyone arrives too late for this activity explain kindly, but firmly, that the activity is finished now, but they can have one that you made earlier.

10.45 Easter Egg Hunt Game – an Easter Egg Hunt is expected at every good Easter Party.  If well organised, this will take around 15 minutes plus 10 minutes free play time if the weather is nice. Our Easter Egg Hunt is extra special because it includes rhyming clue cards and suggestions for some non-chocolate treats!  You can buy our Easter Egg Hunt Game now!

11.15 Pass the Egg – Children must stand in a circle and pass a decorated hard, boiled egg around to the music. When the music stops the child holding the egg is out until there is a winner!

11.25 Egg and Spoon Race – Cook some hard boiled eggs, place on spoons and get the children to race each other to a finish line. To make it harder put a few obstacles in the way!

11.35 Musical Rabbit Statues –This easter egg hunt game is exactly the same as musical statues, but children must hop to the music. When the music stops everyone has to stand still and anyone moving is knocked out until there is a winner. 

11.45 Craft Activity – Why not try our FREE printable Easter Bunny Mask. Provide pencil crayons or felt pens to colour in.  All you need is elastic and scissors to cut out the mask and secure it in place.

12.25 Free Play – Take a break andsend the children outside for a run around.

Additional Easter Party Games

1. Best Easter Bonnet Competition – On your party invitations suggest that the children come to the easter party wearing an easter bonnet they have decorated and judge the winner as soon as they have all arrived.
2. Decorate an Egg - A traditional easter egg hunt game! Cook some hard-boiled eggs or use the ones from the egg and spoon race and get the children to use felt tips, glitter, coloured paper, beads etc to stick on and decorate.
3. Pass the Rabbit/Chick - Get the children to stand in a circle and pass a small soft toy rabbit or chick to each other under their chins without using their hands, when someone drops it they are out of the game until there are two left. They must pass it between themselves until it falls. A vote is taken as to who dropped it and the other is the winner.
4. Sing Nursery Ryhmes/Songs - Get the kids to sit down for a while and sing some nursery rhymes such as humpty dumpty, 5 little ducks went swimming one day, hot cross buns, chick chick chick chick chicken, come little rabbit)
5. Easter Story Time - This is perfect to calm younger children down for 10 minutes after all those easter egg hunt games. All you need is a big story book with bright colourful pictures and the ability to read upside down, so that children can see the pictures. An easter story is obviously the best for this type of party or one about a chick or a bunny!