Eggstraordinary Easter Activities

Looking for a few eggstraordinay Easter activities to try with your child? Here are a few suggestions that will really get your child hopping!

Egg dyeing is a wonderful way to celebrate Easter. It can also be educational. Whether you use an egg dyeing kit or food coloring, measuring is always an essential part of the egg dyeing process. It's also an essential math skill for your child to practice.

For eggstra vibrant colored eggs, have your child measure a 1/2 cup of water and pour it into a 1 cup container. Then have him measure 3 tablespoons of vinegar and add it to the container. Finally, add a color tablet or a few drops of food coloring.

Use a spoon or egg dipper to place the egg in the container. Leave the egg in the dye bath until the egg reaches the desired shade. Then remove the egg and let it dry. For traditional colored eggs, substitute 3 tablespoons of lemon juice for the vinegar.

If your child enjoys hunting for eggs, try this eggciting take on the traditional Easter egg hunt. Instead of putting a treat in each egg, place letter cards inside for your child to unscramble. The letters in each egg will spell out an Easter-themed word. For example, place the letters u, n, b, n, and y in an egg. When unscrambled they spell bunny.

For each word your child unscrambles, she gets an Easter treat. For younger children you may want to provide them with a list of the unscrambled words to make it easier to spell them correctly.

Another version of this game is to place words in each egg that, when arranged correctly, spell out the location of the child's Easter basket. For example, place each of the  following words in an egg: the, under, look, table, dining, the, room, in. When unscrambled they spell out the sentence, "Look under the table in the dining room." Your child will love this eggciting twist on the traditional egg hunt!

If you're looking for something simple and mess-free, select an Easter story to read with your child. I recommend The Dumb Bunnies Easter if you're looking for an Easter story with some humor. The authors are Sue Denim and Dav Pilkey. If you're familiar with Pilkey's Captain Underpants series or his book Dogzilla, you can imagine how much your child will enjoy this story.

For younger children I recommend Story of the Easter Bunny by Katherine Tegen. It's a sweet story that tells how the Easter bunny came to be and how and where he makes all of the wonderful treats children find in their Easter baskets.

I hope you and your family have an eggstremely Happy Easter!