Shabby Chic Easter Party Games

Just in the nick of time for Easter, I’m sharing some ideas about how to keep the kiddos entertained at your Easter party. Of course, you’ll have an egg hunt, but we can even jazz that up a little. These are the Easter party games from my Shabby Chic Easter Party.

1 – Stuffing eggs

I discovered quite by accident last year that my girls loved stuffing the plastic Easter eggs. I’d always done this in secret — you know, to help out the Easter Bunny {wink}. But my then 6-year-old girls were delighted to be in charge of the eggs and stuffing them raised their anticipation of the hunt.

For our party this year, I arranged candy in tin pails. I dressed up each pail with ribbon remnants. The girls filled the eggs and then played one of our other games while I hid them.

2 – Bunny store

To slightly decrease the post-egg hunt sugar high, I created a pail of bunny store coupons. (Full credit for the bunny store idea goes to Family Fun!)

Each coupon could be turned in for one item at the bunny store. Right now, WalMart and Target are packed with $1 Easter items. Many come two or more items to a package – so open those puppies up and stretch your dollar!

3 – Egg roll

I grew up on Capitol Hill and so always heard of the White House lawn Easter egg roll, but I’d never tried it before. This was a ton of fun and brought out the competitive spirit in our girls!

Before your party, hard boil and dye eggs. (The plastic eggs don’t have enough heft for this game.)

I found wooden spoons, two for $1 at Dollar Tree. (Love that store!) They were just the right look for our shabby chic party. I decorated each with some torn fabric.

To make our egg roll course, I took three spools of 2-inch ribbon and tacked it into the ground with floral pins. (The pins can pop out if someone trips on the ribbon, so make sure your guests keep their shoes on and watch the course. You could also use landscaping spray paint, but I could never have painted straight lines.) Give your guests a countdown and see who can push their egg across the finish line first!

4 – Bunny hop race

Give each guest bunny ears and make them a cotton tail. (Here’s the super-simple cotton tail tutorial.) Head back to the egg roll course and see who can hop across the finish line first! The trick is: your guests have to hold up their front paws like a bunny and hop — it’s harder than you think — especially if you’re also trying to keep your ears from falling off!

I hope these ideas can help you make the most of your Easter party! Do you have a favorite Easter game or tradition?

(A version of this post was originally published on My Sparkling Event.)