Although children are now older, the magic of Easter egg hunting can continue to have fun! Just make it a little more challenging, with puzzles to solve, secret codes to be deciphered and mysterious clues to follow. Forget the usual hide and seek: this time, hunting turns into an exciting adventure, where each step is a twist and every clue a small triumph!
Ready to plan the perfect Easter egg hunt? Here’s where to start.
Greenme egg hunting kit for the largest
In addition to getting the chocolate egg as a final prize, we must prepare other small eggs that will be accompanied by the clues. Then we follow these instructions:
- Download the Easter egg hunting kit here
Easter egg hunt clues for big children
- Cut out the tickets with the clues. The number 3 clue should be cut out like a puzzle.
- Hide the cards with eggs in the strategic points based on the clues.
- Don’t forget the chocolate egg at the end of the game
- We explain to children the rules of the game based on how we organized ourselves.
- You have to give the first clue.
- The hunt can begin!
How and where to hide the eggs with the clues
We explain where to place the cards. Each egg must be hidden together with a note in order to give continuity to the game.
Where is the note with the egg hidden? | Clue |
The first ticket give it to you | If the hunt for eggs must start, All the clues must be followed. I have two ears where they take me And when they use me, the butt burn me Sometimes even a cap put me |
Hide the egg and the note in a pot in the kitchen | 13-45-43-13-24-33-34 (response with Polybius’ chessboard) |
Hide the Puzzle Dining Table Pard, cut scattered inside the pillow | Puzzle Dining table ticket |
Hide the egg and the note on the dining table | Cruciverba Green |
Hide the egg and the note under the sofa | Now for you a difficult test Here again the chessboard of Polybius will be useful to you 43-13-11-42-35-11 |
Hide the egg and the note in a shoe | (7) (444) (2) (66) (8) (2) (response with telephone characters) |
Hide the egg and the note on a plant | Well well. Now this answer must give To the person who made you play When is Earth day? |
The chocolate egg is the final prize! |
Some tips for organizing Easter egg hunting
Alternative ideas to Easter egg hunting
These are some great ideas for new and fun interpretations of this beloved tradition, to transform the moment into an unforgettable memory of these holidays.
The secret formula for the Easter egg
Instead of making a traditional Easter egg hunt, we can fill in a list of elements – to be chosen according to the age and complexity we want to achieve – that they must look for and collect. This list will be: the secret formula for Easter egg.
Only when they have given you all the elements on the list can they have the delicious prize. If there are many children playing, you could divide them into two teams.
Some examples of ingredients for the magic formula:
Hunt for night Easter eggs
Are all our hiding places inside the house now? Then let’s move out and change hours. In fact, another really fun idea that our older children will probably want to participate is a bright Easter egg hunt at night. We take torches and make this adventure in our garden, in the playground near the house or on a path that we know quite well.
If, on the other hand, you are looking for ideas for a treasure hunt for younger children, you can find them here with lots of kit complete with clues and basket to print for free:
We wish you young and old a good Easter egg hunt!