As the vernal equinox heralds the arrival of spring, we feel invigorated by the promise of sunshine and warmer weather. And, of course, Easter gives us the perfect opportunity to celebrate with family and friends over the long bank holiday weekend. This blog is is packed with Easter party ideas and activities for all ages!
We’ll be sharing some eggcellent ideas to ensure your celebration is a memorable experience for everyone. Whether you’re planning a special family lunch or a lively kids’ egg hunt, we’ve come up with a range of inspiring ways to enjoy the Easter break with plenty of Easter party ideas that cater for all ages and interests.
Adult / family celebrations
An Easter Lunch or brunch
As the weather gets warmer, why not host lunch or brunch in the garden? Dress your table in a crisp, white cloth and layer with napkins, crockery and glasses in soft yellows, pinks and greens to echo the natural colours of the season. Add a vase of spring flowers, scatter some coloured mini eggs and delight younger guests with Easter crackers. And why not string some pretty bunting above the table to create a festive atmosphere, or swap the flowers for a decorated Easter twig tree?
Afternoon tea
Consider hosting afternoon tea with a spring-themed twist. Serve floral teas, such as chamomile or lavender, alongside the more traditional black tea and create an assortment of finger sandwiches filled with seasonal ingredients like cucumber, smoked salmon, or egg salad. For sweet treats, include a selection of pastel-coloured macarons, lemon scones, and a carrot cake with cream cheese icing. Serve your afternoon tea on pretty china and decorate the table with simple flowers and greenery.
Don’t let inclement weather spoil your celebrations! Capricious winds, sudden downpours and tumbling temperatures can all be alleviated with prior planning; weighted tablecloth clips, a gazebo, cosy throws or a patio heater can all help to ensure that lunch is an enjoyable celebration for everyone. However, given the changeable nature of the of the British weather, it’s wise (make that essential) to have a plan B, by which we mean be prepared to set up indoors!
Easter quiz
Do your friends and family fancy themselves as eggheads? Test their brainpower with an Easter quiz! There are several free Easter quizzes available online with varying levels of difficulty, making this an easy activity to set up.
Adult/teenage Easter egg hunt
Easter egg hunts aren’t just for kids. With a little forethought and planning, you can easily create an egg hunt that will appeal to adults and teenagers just as much. Here’s how:
- Divide guests into two or more teams.
- Create a series of clues that will lead them around your house, garden or other setting.
- Hide clues in hollow plastic eggs – provide different colour eggs for each team
- Leave small eggs at the location of each clue for eating on the way round.
- The last clue should lead to a stash of larger eggs (or other age-appropriate gifts), but only for the winning team.
Alternatively, the plastic eggs could each contain a number which represents a letter of the alphabet. Guests collect numbers and a codebreaker is provided at the penultimate location. They must then decode the numerical clues, rearranging them to spell the name of the final location where the prize/s await them.
Adult egg hunts are a perfect team building activity for corporate events too.
Kids’ Easter party ideas
Children’s Easter egg hunt
No Easter party is complete without a traditional children’s egg hunt. You’ll need to provide your little hunters with a suitable basket or bucket in which to collect their eggs – you don’t want them melting en route! Then, there are a couple of ways you can organise your egg hunt:
- Allow individual participants to find as many eggs as possible; whoever collects the most is declared the winner.
- Place an equal number of eggs for each child and assign a different colour to each of them – this method saves tears, especially if you have very young children taking part.
Once you’ve hidden your eggs, place signs and/or Easter bunny paw prints to help children locate the chocolate eggs. Paw prints can be created from potting compost outside, or flour if you’re planning an indoor egg hunt.
Why not make your Easter egg hunt a truly unforgettable experience for little ones by hiring an Easter bunny mascot? Kids and adults alike will love meeting this cuddly character, and it creates the perfect photo opportunity.
Easter sleepover breakfast
Hosting an Easter sleepover is a brilliant way to entertain kids over the bank holiday weekend. Start by setting the scene with Easter themed bunting, bunny shaped cushions and colourful baskets of eggs. Keep the kids entertained before bed with a film such as ‘Hop’ or ‘Peter Rabbit’. Next morning, treat sleepover guests to a breakfast of bunny-shaped pancakes (strategic pouring of pancake mix to create ears is required!), or cheat and buy rabbit shaped crumpets, boiled eggs with a rabbit or chick egg cosy and pastel-coloured smoothies. After breakfast, organise an Easter egg hunt in your house or garden.
If this sounds like a lot of effort, why not hire a professional to plan your sleepover party!
Easter picnic
Picnics are a great occasion for making happy family memories, so grab some blankets and, weather permitting, take the celebration into the great outdoors. Combine your picnic with an egg hunt, an egg and spoon race or an Easter bunny sack race and you have the perfect combination of fun, food and fresh air!
Easter party games and activities
- Pin the tail on the bunny – requires a large, simple picture of a rabbit, a blindfold and cotton wool tails with an adhesive patch.
- Easter biscuit decorating – provide children with egg or rabbit shaped biscuits, ready-to-roll icing, sprinkles, sugar carrots and similar decorations and let them enjoy creating edible works of art.
- Craft station – provide an assortment of crafting materials such as coloured paper, felt pens, paint (if you’re feeling brave!), glitter, scissors, glue sticks, pom-poms, feathers, pipe cleaners, faux flowers, paper straws, empty jam jars and mini fluffy chicks and rabbits. Ideas include:
- Jam jars decorated on the outside and filled with green shredded paper and a fluffy mini rabbit or chick
- Easter hats
- Rabbit ears headbands
- Easter cards
- Decorated Easter eggs – using flat mdf egg shapes or papier mache eggs (available from Amazon UK)
- Bunting
- Paper flowers – cut yellow card to make one piece daffodil petals, add an orange cupcake case for the ‘trumpet’ and attach to a green paper straw stalk.
- Paper plate rabbits – add paper ears, a pom-pom nose, pipe cleaner whiskers and googly eyes.
- Bracelet making – provide children with an assortment of plastic beads, including Easter themed charms and alphabet beads and let them make their own personalised Easter bracelet.
- Easter bingo – purchase downloadable, printable bingo cards from Etsy.
- Easter sack race – weather permitting, get children out on the garden and have an Easter bunny sack race – just add large white pom poms to the back of the sacks!
- Egg and spoon race – hardboiled eggs will stay on a spoon better than lightweight plastic eggs.
We hope you have a fantastic Easter celebration and create some cherished memories with your friends and family.
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