Easter is only a few short weeks away, and the kids will be on a little break from school. This I’m sure is a welcome break for all and a time for them to have a little fun, but there’s no need for the learning and brain stimulation to end at this time. It’s important to make learning fun, so why not arrange a lively Easter Egg Hunt for the kids, that also incorporates a little learning/revision as well? For the younger ones at least, and older kids can help little ones just learning colours.

My suggestion is: make the egg hunt a colour-coded one, where each child gets a different colour basket, and they have to hunt only the eggs that match the colour of their basket; this way, they’re learning to follow instructions, they’re revising colours and everyone gets equal share in the bounty despite their speed in the hunt. To make it more interesting, you can add multi-coloured eggs, but make these eggs larger as a special treat, with special instructions that these are for only one per person. You can also reserve special prizes for those kids who follow the directions exactly and this should discourage anyone from taking a colour outside their code, and to make it even more challenging, assign a specific number of eggs per basket.

You can find baskets at any Arts and Craft store in colours, or they might be plain, so in this case you can spray-paint them in the colours of your choice. The Easter eggs also come in packs of multi colours, so your basket colours can be determined by these. Coloured boxes are also a great alternative to baskets, and these are great for kids to take their candy home in (not to mention cheaper), and you can take the project even further and actually use cartridge or construction paper to make your own baskets before the hunt.

This project makes for a fun day with the kids, and an appealing way for them to learn as well.

Have fun and Happy Easter!