Easter activities to enjoy with your children these holidays

Easter brings with it a beautiful opportunity to slow down, connect, and create simple, meaningful moments with your children. Whether you’re at home, outdoors, or looking for something to spark curiosity and creativity, these hands-on activities are designed to be easy, engaging, and full of learning through play.

Here are six Easter-inspired activities you can enjoy together over the break.

OAts and Eggs Sensory Tray

A sensory tray is a wonderful way to support exploration and calm, focused play.

Fill a shallow tray with oats and add plastic or wooden eggs, scoops, spoons, and small containers. Children can pour, scoop, bury, and discover the eggs as they play.

This activity supports fine motor development, sensory processing, and early problem-solving skills. It’s also beautifully open-ended, allowing your child to lead the experience in their own way.

Easter Egg Rescue

This one adds a little excitement and challenge.

Using a container (such as a tub or basket), create a web-like barrier across the top using strips of tape. Criss-cross the tape to form gaps large enough for tools to fit through, but small enough to make it a challenge.

Place small eggs inside the container and provide kitchen utensils such as tongs, spoons, or small ladles. Encourage your child to carefully “rescue” the eggs by navigating the tools through the tape web.



This activity supports problem-solving, hand-eye coordination, and persistence, as children figure out how to manoeuvre around the obstacles. It’s a simple setup that quickly turns into an engaging, hands-on challenge.

NAture eggs

Take Easter outdoors and let nature become your creative canvas.

Collect leaves, flowers, sticks, and small natural treasures during a walk. Use these to decorate cardboard egg shapes or create “eggs” directly on the ground by arranging natural materials.

This activity fosters a connection to the environment, encourages creativity, and invites children to see beauty in the world around them.

Matching Eggs (colours, numbers and letters)

A simple activity with powerful learning potential.

Use plastic eggs that can be pulled apart and create matching pairs using colours, numbers, shapes, or letters. Children can connect the halves by finding the correct match.



This supports early literacy and numeracy skills, pattern recognition, and problem-solving—all while feeling like a game.

Easter egg sun catchers

A creative activity that brings a little Easter magic into your home.

Cut egg shapes out of cardboard and fill the centre with contact paper. Children can stick on tissue paper, cellophane, or natural materials to create their design.

Hang the finished pieces in a window and watch them catch the light. It’s a simple way to explore colour, light, and creativity.

Easter Sensory Goop

Messy play at its finest—and most loved.

Mix cornflour and water to create a soft, stretchy “goop,” and add pastel food colouring for an Easter twist. Hide small eggs or objects inside for children to discover.



This activity supports sensory exploration, scientific thinking, and creativity. It may get a little messy—but that’s often where the best learning happens.

Creating Moments That Matter

Easter doesn’t need to be filled with elaborate plans or busy schedules. Often, it’s the simplest experiences—playing, exploring, creating together—that leave the most lasting impact.

These activities are designed to support your child’s development while also creating space for connection, laughter, and shared joy.



Because at the heart of it, learning doesn’t stop during the holidays—it simply looks a little more like play.