Fun Things To Do this Easter: Games & Activities for the Whole Family

Easter is just around the corner, and as the symbols of lambs and chicks, Easter eggs and those timeless Hot Cross Buns enter our homes, you might also be wondering how you’re going to entertain your little ones! To make this Easter extra special, we have rounded up a few of our favourite ideas to help you and your family have a little extra fun!

As always, celebrate this Easter with all those you love and check out our Easter range, from personalised Easter cards to our exclusive Peter Rabbit range and gifts.

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7 Easy Easter Games & Crafts

Get the kids rounded up and ready with these exciting Easter games and craft ideas, suitable for all ages and with a range of ideas for inside or outside (depending on the British weather!). Choose from the classics like decorating eggs and an Easter egg hunt or take it back to basics to a festive-themed colour-in page!

• Colour together!
  Choose from a variety of fun free, printable Easter colouring pages to start the day or consider adding them into Easter baskets for a fun downtime activity. Be as creative and fun as possible, with different materials and crafts (feathers, pipe cleaners…),
• Egg Decorating
  Learn all about the traditions of egg decorating and crack out the paints and eggs. Be inspired by Spring and the sunshine, by the Easter rabbit or the funny and silliness of your house. And if you need more inspiration, check out our ideas.
• Plan the best Easter egg hunt ever.
  Set a time and place, set some boundaries, hide the eggs and set the little ones free for the hunt! You can find our tips to make it extra fun here. 
• Send Easter cards
  We are Hallmark after all, and we believe that sending an Easter card is a wonderful way to spread that springtime joy! Push the boundaries with our range of incredible pop up Easter cards, send a card to all your loved ones with our multipacks, and be ready to deliver their Easter eggs with our festive-themed gift bags!
• Make & Decorate Easter Baskets!
  There is so much joy and fun in receiving an Easter basket, and it’s even more exciting when we’ve made them ourselves! Whether you grab a pre-made basket and jazz it up with arts and crafts, or build a basket from weaving paper, they’re the perfect way to get your little ones involved! Use the baskets for their Easter egg hunt, to display all their goodies in or send one off to friends and family!
• Paint some faces!
  Set up a face painting booth and create a sheet with designs the little ones can choose from!
• Host an Easter-themed tea party
  Will there ever be an occasion where a tea party isn’t an exciting opportunity? It’s the perfect celebration for kids and adults, as well as an opportunity to indulge in all your favourite treats! Set the table up with Easter-themed decorations and serve a British afternoon tea.

Kids Easter gift ideas

Put a new spin on the Easter goodies, and instead of just buying Easter eggs, why not add a new friend to their lives? Our range of Better Together Soft Toys and Itty Bittys are the perfect addition to your celebrations.

• Set the table.
  Have their new friends sat around the table, with a colour-in page, easter basket or other Easter-themed goodies.
• Enjoy story time.
  Settle down to enjoy Easter-themed stories, either from a book or made up, and cosy up with one of our blankets.
• Make some Easter baked goodies.
  Easter is the perfect opportunity to bake those delicious recipes, from Easter nests, cookies and more!
• Create a puppet show.
  Use the little one's newest Better Together soft toy, or make your own puppets out of felt, create a screenplay, build a theatre and put on a show!
• Play hide-and-seek.
  No kid can turn down a game of hide-and-seek, especially when the prize is a cute plush like any of these. First one to find the plush (expertly hidden by you!) gets to keep it.

Big idea: Have an Easter scavenger hunt!

Give the kids a challenge by hiding some of their Easter basket goodies in quirky places during a scavenger hunt! To help make it super fun, we suggest:

• Wrapping the prizes in our gorgeous Peter Rabbit wrapping paper, the perfect way to elevate the surprises.
• Our matching Peter Rabbit Gift Bags (hint: add layers of green tissue paper inside to look like grass!)
• An Easter-inspired Zip-Along plush as an additional gift! Race the rabbit and the lamb to see who wins!

No matter what you choose, we hope this list of ideas allows you to make your Easter extra special! Enjoy all the wonderful changes of spring, and we wish you a very Happy Easter!