Fun, Easy Easter Activities Your Toddler Will Love
I love Easter! It’s a time for rebirth, the unofficial start to spring, and the perfect day to get dressed up and have a competitive scavenger hunt!
After last year’s 3 Zoom Easters, I am so excited to show Rae what this day should actually be like. In order to celebrate, we started a few weeks early to test out some of the ideas in this post.
Before we move onto the activity list, I want to be very clear that I’m not an artist or a crafty person. Some of the projects may look a bit haphazard, but I promise I put forth my best effort and you are seeing my real results.
Here are 9 easy, fun Easter activities your toddler will absolutely love:
Egg hunt -Toddlers are fantastic at finding things, so an egg hunt is the perfect activity for them. Personally, I prefer an outdoor egg hunt to an indoor one, but you really can’t go wrong either way. Just make sure to hide the eggs at toddler height so your child can triumphantly grab them!
We ended up throwing our plastic eggs all over the yard in plain sight. Rae loved running around and collecting them!
The egg hunt in action 
Found another one! 
Dollar Tree buckets are the perfect spot to put the eggs 
Rae on a mission to find more eggs 
Even the ceramic bunny helped
Easter pancakes -My mom used to make these for us in the 90s, and now I get to make them for Rae. They’re super easy and look adorable!
Just blob one circle in the center of the pan for the bunny’s head and two ovals for the ears. Once the bunny is out of the pan, top with chocolate sauce, strawberries, and blueberries.
As an added bonus, your toddler will love breaking off the ears and eating them!
Pour batter into the pan in the shape of a bunny 
Here’s the cooked bunny pancake! 
Added some strawberries, blueberries, and chocolate syrup for the finished product!
Ear headband -There are few things cuter than a toddler in bunny ears! I chose to make Rae her own bunny headband this year using a cut up folder, some tape, and construction paper.
Rae absolutely hates headbands, so this only stayed on her head for 1/8 of a second. However, I have assembly photos below if you’re interested in making one!
I used old water color paper I had leftover from college because it was much thicker than regular paper. I could fold it easily, but it was solid enough to stay standing instead of flopping forward. Before you tape the ears together, put them around a headband for your finished product.
Rosie helped with my Easter crafting 
Start by cutting thick paper into two long ovals 
Fold the ovals in half and leave a small flat section in the middle so you can wrap them around the headband of your choice 
Color pink ovals on one side of the ears
The Easter Bunny Says -This is a fun twist on Simon Says (and a great way to practice both gross motor and receptive language skills). Options could include “The Easter Bunny says to hop like a bunny!” or “The Easter Bunny says to twirl!”
“Easter Bunny says jump!” 
“Easter Bunny says twirl!”
As your child gets older, you can add in some early math skills by dictating the number of times your child should complete each action.
It’s a perfect and festive way to help your toddler burn off energy. Also, giving toddlers simple one-step directions and praising them when they follow them will help build receptive language skills!
Easter egg shakers -Toddlers love to make noise, and Rae is no exception. I took some plastic Easter eggs, filled them ½ way with Arborio rice, and played some spring music. Rae loved shaking her new instrument while she danced.
Pro tip: tape or glue the egg closed after you fill it with rice. If there’s anything toddlers love more than music, it’s opening up things they aren’t supposed to and making a giant mess!
Bunny snacks -Bunnies are some of the healthiest eaters out there. They love fruits and vegetables, and you can use this to encourage your child to love them too! Make them a platter of “bunny snacks” to enjoy with their favorite stuffed bunny friend.
If you’d like to be extra authentic, check out Best Friends Animal Sanctuary’s list of foods bunnies can eat.
Peeps Playdough -The Peeps company put out a recipe for play dough, and naturally, we had to try it. It calls for coconut oil and cornstarch. I didn’t have any coconut oil, so I substituted olive oil instead.
The result was…sticky. So I dumped in half the can of corn starch, mixed everything together, and ended up with this:
Put the peeps in a microwave-safe bowl 
Add cornstarch and oil, then microwave for 30 seconds 
Stir (and in my case, add in a TON more cornstarch) 
Finished product!
While Rae was not at all interested in it, my husband and I had a lot of fun molding it. The consistency of the dough makes it a great stress toy!
Easter Sensory Bucket-For this activity, I took a bunch of cotton balls (or cotton tails) and some Easter eggs and put them in her Easter basket. Then, I instructed Rae to find the eggs. She had so much fun playing with the cotton balls and demanded a round of applause every time she pulled an egg from the bin!
Digging in! 
Loving the cotton balls 
She found the egg!
Feed the Bunny – This is my version of Pin the Tail on the Donkey. I took a large piece of poster board, sketched a bunny, and cut a bunch of carrots out of water color paper. I colored them in orange and added brown lines for authenticity.
Phase 1 
Phase 2 
Phase 3
Once the bunny was hung up on the fence, I put rolled tape on the carrots and had them ready for Rae. I used one carrot to show Rae how to feed the bunny, and then I encouraged her to do the same.
She tried to eat the carrots herself first, but once she figured out the game, she was so proud!
Eating the carrot herself 
Studying the carrot 
Starting to make some progress 
Success! 
Trying another way!
How do you celebrate Easter with your toddler? Which traditions from your childhood are you so excited to share with your little one? Please share in the comments below!
For more festive fun, check out these easy ways to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with your toddler!
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