As mentioned last week, it can be very easy to
throw an Easter Party for children. They
will have wonderful memories for a lifetime and you too will enjoy yourself
since it will be an easy party to implement!
Last week I provided some suggestions for
cupcake crafts. Today, you will learn
about some really easy games that can keep the kids busy for as long as you
need. You can tailor the games based on
the ages of the children attending.
One of our absolute favorite games (for all of
our parties) is BINGO. This can be made
for any age. I always use the following
web site for BINGO: www.dltk-cards.com/bingo as you can make them for any occasion. You can also make them as easy or difficult
based on the age group. Everyone loves
BINGO. Typically I like to use candy as
markers so for Easter I would probably get jelly beans or chocolate eggs. This is a very easy game and it doesn’t take
long to print the cards.
It wouldn’t be an Easter Party at our house
without a variety of EGG related games.
Again, depending on the age group you can use plastic eggs or you can
boil and decorate the eggs yourself. If
you have children that like to dye eggs, I strongly suggest you involve them in
preparing for the party. Not only do
they enjoy dying the eggs, but it gives them a good idea of the work involved
in throwing a party. If you don’t have
time, by all means, purchase the plastic eggs.
The 99 cent store or dollar store is a great place to get eggs as well
as Oriental Trading (especially if you need a bunch of them).
For the younger crowd, I like to have an egg
hunt. In the party invitation, I always
request each child bring their own basket if we are having a hunt. Again, if you go to Oriental Trading, they
have great prices on already filled eggs that you can throw out for the
hunt. I have another parent throw the
eggs onto the grass while we play Bingo.
As far as other Egg related games you can get
plastic spoons and have the kids put the spoons in their mouths and put an egg
on the spoon and walk/run to see who can go the farthest and fastest without
dropping their egg. Another fun game is
to divide the kids into two teams and give them each a plastic spoon and have
them pass one egg back and forth to see which team can finish first or which
team can complete the pass without dropping.
As an aside, make sure you have enough extra eggs in case of cracking
(especially if they are boiled eggs and not plastic).
Finally, my favorite game it the egg
toss. This works much better with real
eggs and not plastic ones. I have the
kids pair up. Then I start them about 18”
from each other. Once they have
successfully tossed the egg back and forth a few times, I make them each take a
step backwards. I keep doing this until
they are about 10 feet apart. This is a
good game for the over 7 crowd and all the way up to adult.
I hope you enjoyed the suggestions and that
you will have a wonderful Easter and a great party! Would love to hear back from you how the
party goes or what other games or crafts you like to use for fun Easter
Parties!
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