Easter Egg Hunt Board Game

Players, skills & objectives

2–3 players plus one person to hide the eggs. The game involves counting numbers, remembering hidden objects and strategy in deciding where to hunt. The goal is to collect as many eggs as possible in your basket.

What you need

Dice, cupcake wrappers or small containers (to make baskets), printed templates, scissors and glue.

Before you play

1. One person who isn't playing the game hides the eggs.
2. Place the eggs on any circles you want. You can place multiple eggs in one place.
3. Also hide the eggs inside the shed, chicken coop, under the chicken and in the beehive.
4. You can cover eggs on the circles with terracotta pots.

Tips: Place eggs visibly on many circles for smaller kids so it's very obvious. Hide multiple eggs under each hiding place for older kids to make the game trickier!

To prepare the game

1. Connect pages 1 and 2. Mounting them onto sturdy board is a good idea for durability.
2. Cut out all the shapes and eggs. Make your bunnies and baskets using cupcake wrappers and the strip handles.
3. Glue shapes 1 to 4 with the tabs to the board to complete the hiding place flaps.

How to play

1. Take one basket each for collecting eggs.
2. Start from the 'Start here' spot. Throw a dice and go anywhere you want.
3. If you land on a spot where the eggs are, you can collect one at a time. When you land on a hiding place, lift the flap to find them — take one, close the flap and leave the rest.
4. Keep going around, collecting eggs until they are all gone. You can move in any direction along the connected circles.
5. When all eggs are collected, count them up. The person with the most eggs wins! A double point egg counts as 2 points — you can leave this out for younger kids.
6. Feel free to print extra eggs, decorate your own, or make up your own special rules!