If you’re planning to enjoy the best of British springtime with an Easter break in a holiday cottage, you’re going to need plenty to keep the kids happy while you’re there. Wherever you go, however much you plan to do on your holiday, your kids will always have more energy to burn. We know!
That’s why we have put together this quick post of ideas for Easter egg hunts. You can take them to your cottage with you, set them up in minutes and sit back and watch while your children burn energy trying to find them.
Couple these ideas with a lovely holiday cottage in the British countryside or by the seaside and you have a recipe for the perfect Easter break!
Dusk hunt
With the evenings getting lighter, a twilight Easter egg hunt is a great way to exhaust the kids before bedtime. Hide brightly coloured eggs around your holiday cottage or in the garden, give them a torch and let them loose. It’s as easy as that!
Puzzle hunt
A cool twist on the Easter egg hunt is the puzzle hunt. Get some hollow chocolate eggs, write a clue to the big prize on paper, tear the paper up, number the pieces and place one in each egg. Hide the eggs and let your children find them. Not only do they get an Easter egg hunt, they also get a clue to an even bigger prize.
Treasure egg hunt
Another variation on a theme is the treasure egg hunt. Buy some smaller brightly coloured eggs and put them in a box or “treasure chest.” Instead of hiding eggs on their own, hide either clues or eggs with clues attached. Alternatively, draw them a treasure map and let them follow the clues to the eggs.
This type of hunt is ideal if you’re in a holiday cottage by the sea, or in Cornwall as it fits the surroundings perfectly!
Sugarless egg hunt
Not every child can have chocolate and you don’t want them to miss out. Use those plastic eggs that come with the toys and add your own surprise to them. Then hide the eggs as you normally would and let them loose!
Prizes can be anything from money, cinema tickets, IOU for a trip to the zoo or anything likely to make up for the lack of chocolate.
Those are just four types of Easter egg hunt you can arrange quickly and quietly from your holiday cottage. Not only do they continue the feeling of Easter while you’re away, they will also keep the kids occupied for ages!