Kelly Mahaffy
Content Director at Mom’s Choice Awards
Easter weekend is the perfect time for families to celebrate together—whether it’s through meaningful traditions, fun crafts, or sweet treats. If you’re looking for creative, kid-approved ways to enjoy the holiday, we’ve rounded up some of our favorite activities to make this Easter egg-stra special!
1. Host an Egg-cellent Easter Egg Hunt
No Easter is complete without an egg hunt! Hide plastic eggs filled with candy, coins, or little treasures around your home or yard. For extra excitement, try color-coding eggs by child or adding clues to make it a scavenger hunt. You can even use eco-friendly or reusable eggs for a sustainable twist.
Product Spotlight:
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Seasonal Egg Washable Sidewalk Chalk
These fun, egg-shaped chalk pieces let kids create Easter-themed artwork or draw colorful paths for the egg hunt. -
The Eggmazing Egg Decorator
Let your kids decorate eggs in a mess-free, super fun way with this creative device that spins eggs while they color them. - Rattan Mushroom Basket – Red
A charming and practical basket that’s perfect for collecting Easter eggs or holding springtime treasures.
2. Get Crafty with Springtime Projects
Break out the glue sticks and glitter! Easter weekend is a great time for family crafts. Try decorating eggs with natural dyes, making bunny masks, or creating colorful paper flowers to welcome spring.
Craft Idea: Make a DIY Easter wreath using construction paper handprints, pastel pompoms, and ribbon for a personal touch.
Product Spotlights:
- CharmWow: Style Your Own Pink Locket Necklace & Bracelet Set
A fun and fashionable craft kit that lets kids design their own jewelry. - ZMLM Rainbow Scratch Paper Art Set
Kids can scratch off the black coating to reveal vibrant spring-themed art underneath.
3. Read Easter-Themed Books Together
Snuggle up with your little ones and enjoy Easter or spring-themed stories. Look for tales that highlight kindness, growth, and new beginnings—perfect for the season of renewal.
Mom’s Choice Favorites:
- “The Easter Story Egg” – An interactive book and set of nesting eggs that walk children through the story of Easter.
- “The Jellybean Gospel and The Born Again Bunny” – Explains faith-based themes using jellybean colors and a bunny’s transformation.
- “Popcorn the Squirrel” – A sweet tale about healing, friendship, and Easter egg hunts.
- “No Sniveling” – A long-eared bunny teaches the value of kindness.
- “The Magical Tale of Easter Bunny Dust” – Celebrate the magic of Easter with this enchanting story.
4. Bake and Decorate Treats
From carrot cupcakes to sugar cookies shaped like eggs and chicks, baking together is a delicious way to bond. Let your kids help measure, mix, and decorate—it’s messy, but it’s magical!
Bonus idea: Use cookie cutters to make bunny-shaped pancakes for Easter morning!
5. Give Back with a Family Act of Kindness
Easter is a celebration of hope and love—what better way to honor that than by helping others? Assemble Easter baskets for a local shelter, donate to a food pantry, or create cheerful cards for elderly neighbors.
Teaching little ones the joy of giving is a gift that lasts far beyond the holiday weekend.
Product Spotlight:
- Lollipop Seeds that Sprout for Kind Deeds
A charming book that pairs a lesson in kindness with a fun, magical activity.
6. Create a New Easter Tradition
Start a new family tradition with an interactive activity that brings Easter to life.
Product Spotlight:
- A Bunny in a Basket
This storybook and plush set lets kids enjoy a visit from their bunny helper who reports back to the Easter Bunny! - EggXpress Yourself! – Match & Learn Eggs
A fun and interactive way for kids to learn while creating their own unique egg designs - Crazy Aaron’s® Egg-Cellent Thinking Putty®
Crack open the fun and enjoy an “egg-cellent” fidget experience like no other!
7. Play Easter-Themed Games
Incorporate fun and educational games into your Easter celebrations to keep the whole family entertained.
Product Spotlight:
- Some Bunny’s Hiding
A delightful memory and color-recognition game where players hunt for bunnies hidden in their garden board.
8. Enjoy Nature with a Backyard Picnic or Spring Stroll
Welcome the season with fresh air and sunshine. Pack a simple picnic or go on a nature walk to spot blooming flowers, chirping birds, and maybe even a hopping bunny or two.
Tip: Bring along a bug jar, sketch pad, or nature journal for added exploration fun!
Spring Giveaway Alert!
We’re celebrating the season with something sweet—enter for a chance to win a decadent Belgian Chocolate Box! Perfect for sharing (or savoring solo) during your Easter weekend.
Whether your weekend is filled with faith-based traditions, springtime adventures, or a little bit of both, we hope your Easter is full of laughter, love, and meaningful memories.
From all of us at Mom’s Choice Awards—Happy Easter!
About Kelly Mahaffy
Kelly Mahaffy is a seasoned professional passionate about empowering families through quality content. As the Content Director at Mom’s Choice Awards, Kelly oversees the strategic development and curation of educational and entertaining content aimed at parents and caregivers. With a background in marketing and a deep understanding of the needs of modern families, Kelly is dedicated to providing valuable resources and insights to support families in their journey of raising happy, healthy children.
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11 Comments on “Hoppin’ Into Fun: Family-Friendly Ideas for Easter Weekend!”
Great ideas. We love baking Easter treats!
Thank you so much for the great ideas! There are several that I am going to try this Easter, #5 is a wonderful way to teach kids the love of giving. I definitely will use this one.
All great ideas. I will be baking, decorating, play games and have an Easter egg hunt
So many great ideas!! I love the A Bunny in a Basket!! Kaelyn would love it.
Everything sounds fun for my family … we especially love reading books and decorating eggs





All of these sound like great ideas to try. Easter is rightly to be celebrated and it is smart and wise to promote Easter in the weeks leading up to Easter Day. You will be able to do a lot more if you give yourself more time. The activities above are very inspiring, and remember,Easter for every age is doable
I love decorating eggs and my grandchildren still love it, too. And they’re in high school!
Great activities for Easter weekend! I love to dip eggs in food coloring for the family, and what a cute idea of using cookie cutters to make bunny-shaped pancakes!
These are amazing ways to celebrate Easter. I always loved filling plastic eggs with gifts and buying 20 golden eggs. Yeah, 20 golden eggs, so more than one got a golden egg. I always put slips of paper in the eggs for gifts on display.
These are great suggestions! I have six kiddos at home, and we are definitely going to give these a try.
I loved when my son was little and we had all the fun of dying eggs and waiting for the Easter Bunny to come. Now I have the same fun with my Grandsons. It is such a joy for me to be able to experience this all over again…