Easter Activities for Early Years with Interactive Game
Celebrate spring with Easter fun
Easter is a wonderful time to explore themes of new life, spring, and celebration with young children. These activities use Easter symbols like eggs, bunnies, chicks, and flowers to create engaging, hands-on learning experiences.
Children will develop skills across all EYFS areas through sensory exploration, creative crafts, counting activities, and seasonal storytelling.
Our Top 5 Easter Activities
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🎮 Feed the Bunny!
Answer 5 questions to feed the bunny!
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0 / 5 carrots
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Help feed the bunny! Answer 5 counting questions and collect carrots along the way!
Activity 1
Easter Egg Decorating Station
Best for: Expressive Arts, Fine Motor, Creativity
What you need
- Hard-boiled eggs or blown eggs
- Paints, markers, or crayons
- Stickers, glitter, and sequins
- Glue and brushes
- Egg cups or cartons for display
How to set it up
- Set up a decorating station with all materials.
- Children explore patterns and colours on eggs.
- Try different techniques: dipping, dotting, sticking.
- Display finished eggs in egg cups or baskets.
💬 Adult prompts
- “What colours can you mix to make purple?”
- “Can you make a pattern that goes around the egg?”
- “How does the paint feel on the egg shell?”
- “Tell me about your egg design.”
📚 EYFS links
- Expressive Arts and Design (exploring media, creativity)
- Physical Development (fine motor skills, hand-eye coordination)
- Mathematics (patterns, shapes, colours)
- PSED (pride in achievement, sharing materials)
🚀 Extension ideas
- Use natural dyes from vegetables like beetroot and turmeric
- Create egg characters with faces and accessories
- Make egg garlands to display in classroom
- Photograph eggs and create a class egg book
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For younger children, use stickers and crayons for mess-free decorating!
Activity 2
Bunny Ear Masks
Best for: Expressive Arts, Role Play, Imagination
What you need
- Cardboard or paper plates
- White and pink paper or felt
- Glue, scissors, and staplers
- Elastic or string
- Decorations: cotton wool, glitter
How to set it up
- Children cut ear shapes from white paper/card.
- Add pink inner ears and decorate.
- Attach ears to a headband or strip of card.
- Wear masks for bunny role-play!
💬 Adult prompts
- “How long should your bunny ears be?”
- “What does a bunny do with its ears?”
- “Can you hop like a bunny?”
- “What sound does a bunny make?”
📚 EYFS links
- Expressive Arts and Design (designing, making)
- Physical Development (cutting, fine motor)
- Communication and Language (role-play vocabulary)
- PSED (confidence, imaginative play)
🚀 Extension ideas
- Add whiskers and noses to make full bunny faces
- Create a bunny hop dance with masks
- Read bunny stories while wearing masks
- Make bunny tails from cotton wool
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Pre-cut ear templates for younger children to focus on decorating!
Activity 3
Hatching Chicks Craft
Best for: Understanding the World, Fine Motor, Creativity
What you need
- Paper plates
- Yellow paint or paper
- Orange paper for beaks
- Googly eyes or markers
- Split pins or brass fasteners
How to set it up
- Paint or colour paper plates yellow.
- Add eyes, beak, and wings to make chicks.
- Cut egg shapes from card, split in half.
- Attach top half with split pin so it opens!
💬 Adult prompts
- “What comes first in the chick’s story?”
- “What happens inside the egg?”
- “Can you curl up small like a chick?”
- “Show me how a chick pecks!”
📚 EYFS links
- Understanding the World (living things, life cycles)
- Communication and Language (sequencing vocabulary)
- Physical Development (movement, fine motor)
- Expressive Arts and Design (imaginative play)
🚀 Extension ideas
- Observe real chicks if possible (hatching kits available)
- Use time language: first, next, then, finally
- Create life cycle pictures with collage materials
- Watch video clips of chicks emerging from eggs
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Leave the sensory tray out for independent exploration—children love returning to it!
Activity 4
Number Egg Hunt
Best for: Mathematics, Physical Development, Cooperation
What you need
- Plastic eggs or numbered paper eggs
- Number cards 1-10
- Baskets or bags for collecting
- Small prizes or stickers
How to set it up
- Hide numbered eggs around the space.
- Children hunt and collect eggs in order.
- Match collected eggs to number cards.
- Count together and celebrate finding all eggs!
💬 Adult prompts
- “What number is on this egg?”
- “Can you find the next number?”
- “How many eggs have you collected?”
- “Let’s count them together!”
📚 EYFS links
- Mathematics (number recognition, counting, ordering)
- Physical Development (gross motor, searching)
- PSED (cooperation, turn-taking)
- Communication and Language (number vocabulary)
🚀 Extension ideas
- Add simple addition: “I have 2 eggs and 3 eggs makes 5!”
- Create number word problems with eggs
- Hide eggs with different colours for colour matching
- Use a timer to add excitement for older children
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For younger children, hide fewer eggs and use larger, easier-to-find numbers!
Activity 5
Bird Nest Building
Best for: Understanding the World, Fine Motor, Nature
What you need
- Sensory tray or tuff spot
- Natural materials: twigs, grass, leaves, moss
- Mud or clay (optional)
- “Eggs” (small pom-poms or beads)
- Small bird figures or craft birds
How to set it up
- Create a sensory tray with all life cycle stages.
- Include natural materials for nest building.
- Children explore and arrange materials to build nests.
- Add eggs and bird figures to complete the nests.
💬 Adult prompts
- “What materials make a strong nest?”
- “How will you keep the eggs safe?”
- “What shape is a bird’s nest?”
- “Which bird would build this nest?”
📚 EYFS links
- Understanding the World (nature, habitats, materials)
- Physical Development (fine motor, manipulation)
- Expressive Arts and Design (3D construction)
- Communication and Language (descriptive vocabulary)
🚀 Extension ideas
- Observe real nests in trees around your setting
- Research different birds and their nest styles
- Create a class nest display with eggs
- Use nests for small world play
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Best done after a nature walk – children love using materials they’ve collected!
Frequently Asked Questions
Quick answers for Easter activities
What age are these activities suitable for?
These activities are designed for children aged 2 to 5. For younger children (2-3), focus on
sensory exploration and simple crafts. Older children (4-5) can engage with number work, more
complex
designs, and life cycle concepts.
How do these activities link to EYFS?
The activities cover all seven EYFS areas: Understanding the World (new life, nature), Mathematics
(counting eggs, patterns), Communication and Language (Easter vocabulary), Physical Development
(fine motor crafts, egg hunt), Literacy (story sequencing), Expressive Arts (decorating, crafting),
and PSED (cooperation, sharing).
Are these activities religious?
These activities focus on the secular aspects of Easter: spring, new life, eggs, bunnies, and
chicks. They celebrate the season without religious content, making them suitable for all
settings.
Can these activities be done outdoors?
Yes! The Egg Hunt works brilliantly outside. Nest Building is enhanced by collecting natural
materials outdoors. Egg decorating can be done alfresco for easy cleanup. Bunny role-play is great
for outdoor movement!
How can I involve families?
Send home egg decorating challenges, invite parents to egg hunt, share chick hatching photos,
or organise an Easter craft afternoon. Families can also contribute materials like egg cartons or
natural items.