We took our boys to an Easter egg hunt today. It’s hard to believe that Easter egg hunts used to be filled with real eggs, especially after seeing all of the plastic eggs across the field. What are you supposed to do with all of those plastic eggs after you are done? Today, I have a fun Easter egg activity to share with you!
In case you find yourself surrounded by plastic Easter eggs, I’m sharing a few ideas I picked up at a music conference I attended earlier this year.
The presenter shared how she would do a guessing game using the eggs. She would put identical contents into two different eggs and scatter them throughout the room. Students then had to collect the matching sets of eggs based on how they sounded! I thought it would be fun to create an Easter egg sound activity for younger children. It’s really easy to adapt the activity!
Easter Egg Listening for younger children
Younger children love games. You could do a “what’s inside the egg?” game. You just fill the eggs with different things from around your house. You could even have them pick out items to put inside of the eggs! Once you decide which items to use to fill the eggs, mix them up (if they have chosen) and let them guess!
Materials you’ll need for this activity:
- plastic Easter eggs
- items to fill the eggs
- basket or bag for holding the eggs
Suggested items for filling eggs
*if your child still puts a lot of things in their mouth, these suggestions might not work for them.
- dry pasta
- dry beans or rice for older children
- sweet treats, like jelly beans
I love activities that let kids practice listening. Listening is not always an easy skill, but simple activities like these are fun ways to develop listening skills in youngsters.
I’d love to hear any ideas you have for using those leftover Easter eggs!