Easter Games For School And Prizes Ideas

Easter Games for school include activities like a scavenger hunt, freeze dance, egg toss, and more. Most easter games revolve around eggs or bunny-themed activities.

Although Easter always falls on a Sunday when schools are closed, most schools have an Easter-celebratory day before the actual festival. 

Here are a few Easter craft activities for primary school students that are also suitable for elder kids and adults.

1) Scavenger Hunt

Scavenger hunt is not limited to Easter as it can be played mostly on any day of the year. Easter, however, makes this game special with the use of eggs.

The game generally requires a larger area and is best suited for outdoor premises like the playground. Due to this, it may not be an appropriate choice to play on a rainy day. 

Easter games for boys and girls are useful for kids to improve their teamwork (if played in groups) and problem-solving skills.

How To Play?

1. Hide ceramic or wooden eggs in different parts of the classroom/playground. 
2. Put clues inside the eggs that will lead to the next eggs. Keep the winning prize inside the final egg.
3. Divide the kids into groups or individually, based on the number of children.
4. Make some ground rules and communicate the rules with the kids.
5. Enjoy watching the kids having fun.

2) Freeze Dance

If you have watched the 2021 global phenomenon Squid Game, you must remember the first game "Red Light, Green Light."

Freeze Dance can be considered the western version of "red light, green light." The only difference is a giant doll will not shoot you in case you lose in the former.

This game requires a group of students to play individually against each other; the ultimate survivor is crowned the winner.

How To Play?

1. Line up the players in a standing position.
2. Play any song (prioritize Easter-related songs like Easter Bunny Pop or Jesus Walks). The kids/players should dance when the track is playing.
3. Stop the song at a random time. When the song stops, the players are required to immediately freeze. 
4. The kids that don't stop dancing when the ends are eliminated. 
5. Continue the process until only one player remains. The surviving player is deemed the winner of the game.

3) Easter Egg Puzzle

Easter egg puzzle is a fun and easy game best suited for younger kids.

It can be played individually or as a group, according to the requirement. For this, you can buy mini easter puzzles from Amazon or you can prepare the puzzles at home. If you intend on purchasing, the puzzles usually come in a pack of 12. 

How To Play? 

1. Divide the kids into multiple groups or single players. While mini puzzles are easily solved by kids, complex puzzles might require teamwork of more than two players to solve.
2. Monitor the time taken by each player/group to solve the puzzle.
3. The first player/group to finish the puzzle is the winner.

4) Easter Egg Toss

Easter egg toss is an easy game that doesn't require complex problem-solving skills like the puzzle.

Divide the group into pairs of two and provide each pair with an egg. It's better to use hard-boiled eggs in the case of young children as raw eggs could get them seriously hurt. 

How To Play?

1. Get the paired kids to stand across from each other. Each child should maintain an equal distance from their partner. 
2. Each kid should take turns tossing the eggs to their partners. If the partner catches the egg, the team is safe and can take a step back.
3. If the egg is dropped but doesn't get broken, the pair is safe. You can put a limit on how many times a team can drop the egg before getting disqualified. But, if the egg gets broken, the pair is immediately disqualified.
4. Continue the game until only one team remains.
5. If there is confusion about the last teams on whose egg broke first, the team with the most steps back wins.

5) Bunny Hop Sack Race

Bunny hop sack race is a fun activity for kids and adults to participate in for Easter.

The game requires an outdoor setting to play and physical activities on the part of the players. Burlap sacks are considered the best tool to race because of their strength and durability. However, for young children, pillowcases are the best option as burlap sacks are too big for them.

How To Play?

1. Mark the start line and finish line of the race. Line up the players in the start line.
2. The participants should be inside their sacks which are held by their two hands at the waist level.
3. The race begins when the predetermined signal is shown by the referee.
4. The participants should hop to reach to the finish line. 
5. The first player to reach the finish line is declared the winner.

6) Bunny Bowling

Easter craft activities for primary school include bunny bowling, an exciting pastime for kids. 

Bowling is not generally considered an Easter game. However, you can modify bowling to add a festive vibe to it.

This game doesn't require a different set of rules than bowling but a few modifications on the pins to showcase the theme of Easter.

Take any set of normal bowling pins and draw bunny faces on them. Also, add paper ears to accurately decorate in the Easter light.