A New Take of the Easter Egg Hunt -Fun Learning Game for the Kiddos

It is spring break this week in our school district and I wanted to come up with a fun game for the kiddos to play. I wanted a game that incorporated some learning/review from school, but also fun to keep their attention. I had different aged kiddos here so I had to make it "fit" to everyone.

This is what I did:

I took some small pieces of paper and came up with 26 different learning/review questions and/or statements. Here are some of them I used (you could come up with a billion if you had the time):

• name three fruits
• name a jungle animal
• count to 65 by 5's
• name the city you live in
• I drew a picture of a clock and then asked what time it said
• the person who writes books is called a what?
• write your phone number
• what is half of 10?
• what two colors make purple?
• if there are 5 bunnies and they each have three jelly beans, how many jelly beans are there in all?
• how many ways can you spell "to"?
• write three ways to show the number 3
• 7+____ = 12
• write a complete sentence
• what does a sentence start with?
• what is this "?"?
• show the tally marks for the number 12
• write your address

After I wrote each one down, I put it inside a plastic Easter egg. I then took a permanent marker and numbered all the eggs. I split the kids up into teams and gave each team a clip board with a piece of notebook paper numbered 1-26 (the number of eggs I had). I hid the eggs around the house. The difference in this hunt is that you have to go around with your team, find an egg, read the paper inside and write your answer on the corresponding line on the notebook paper and then finally, PUT THE EGG BACK so the other team can get to it. The team that finds all the eggs and answers them wins! At the end of the hunt, I read aloud each question and each team said what they had! This turned out to be a fun game and the kids didn't even know they were working on reading, writing, teamwork, basic skills, listening and so much more!!! You could make this as big or small as you wanted to. You don't even need teams, just do it with a few kids. And, you can adjust it to any level!

This was the pile of eggs at the end of our hunt!

Showing you what I did with clip board and notebook paper for their answers.

All of the kids loved the game!


I would love to hear if you tried this at home and if your kids had fun with it too!

Kids New Favorite Breakfast!!

I had to blog this because after I made these, my kids keep asking me to make them again and they are so easy!!!

I took sliced ham (I had some 99% fat free deli ham in my freezer I wanted to use up) out of the package and patted them dry with a paper towel (I didn't want all the excess water in the cups). I put each slice inside a muffin pan. I maneuvered them so they looked like cups. I baked them at 350 degrees for about 10-15 minutes (until they were a little crispy).

Then, I scrambled some eggs in a pan on the stove. When the "cups" came out of the oven, I filled them with the scrambled eggs. I put them back in the oven for about 5 minutes (you don't want the eggs to dry out) and then served them. The kids loved picking up their "egg cups" and eating them like muffins! You could mix cheese and veggies in with your eggs. You could sprinkle cheese on the top of your eggs when you put them back in the oven. I am sure there are endless ways to do these cups. I would love to hear what you did with yours! This was such an easy, inexpensive and pretty healthy breakfast. One that I am sure I will be making again and again!

Make an Easter Egg Hunt Fair!!

I have put on many Easter Egg Hunts and I always feel bad for the kids that don't get many eggs. They may be too shy, they may not run as fast, they might be younger than the other kids.... whatever the reason, someone always ends up with less eggs than someone else.
I found the perfect solution!! Use empty egg cartons! Each child gets an egg carton to fill. Once their carton is full, they are done. This makes is easy to keep track of hidden eggs and this way, you know how many eggs you need so that everyone gets the same amount! GENIUS! You could even prolong the hunt and have each child decorate his/her egg carton.