Tips for a Fun Easter Scavenger Hunt for All Ages
We’re coming to the end of an era in our family—when magical creatures leaving gifts and treasures aren’t as mysterious as they used to be. In other words, my kids are on to us and well aware the grown-ups are doing the behind-the-scenes work on special holidays.
But being in the know doesn’t mean they are any less excited about keeping up traditions when it comes to our family celebrations. Now that they’re older, we decided to make our annual Easter egg hunt more challenging by turning it into a scavenger hunt. Last Easter, instead of my kids and their cousins running in every direction in search of eggs, my sister-in-law left creative clues at different outdoor locations. It was a huge hit and became our new family tradition going forward.
This year, we’re adding the iconic Lindt Gold Bunny that have been symbolic of Easter for the past 65 years to our scavenger hunt. Traditionally, our family leaves a golden bunny on everyone’s plate at the meal. But the gorgeous ribbons and delicate bells will add an element of charm to the adventure (they are such photogenic bunnies), plus the quality of the Lindt chocolate makes the extra work that comes with solving clues well worth it!
Here are some tips for pulling off the perfect scavenger hunt:
- Build up excitement for the scavenger hunt ahead of time by building and/or decorating hutches for the bunnies. Either use a basket you already have or create a new home for the bunnies with materials found around the house. Even tweens and teens enjoy a chance to show off their individual personalities.
- Do your research and have some fun with the clues. There are so many great ideas to be found online and you can add a personal twist to them by creating clues that tap into your kids’ interests (like dance for my daughters or music for my son).
- Take careful notes on where you’ve hidden the bunnies. You don’t want any of the kids coming up short on chocolate because they couldn’t solve a clue.
- Get your numbers sorted out, too. Make sure the kids know how many bunnies they are each supposed to find before they begin the hunt. They may be older, but that doesn’t mean they’re any less likely to be competitive with each other.
- If you do want to add a competitive element to the hunt, you can have a prize for the person who finishes first (Lindt has a 1kg Gold Bunny!). You’ll know best whether that will work well for your family dynamic.
- If you have kids who are just starting to read or need a little extra help, take close-up photos of the bunnies in their hiding places that help to hint at where they can be found. Add some written words to the photo to help turn it into a learning experience.
We’re looking forward to Easter, because like the other big holidays, it brings all of us together and reminds us how important it is to spend time just being a family. We’ve been listening to The Bell That Rang In Easter story by award-winning Canadian author, Ashley Spires, on the Lindt Easter app (you can download it for free on iTunes and Google Play) about kindness and giving, and it’s making us even more excited about finding those golden bunnies on Easter morning.
My kids are older and wiser now, but they still take great comfort in rituals and traditions that keep them connected to their childhoods. And being part of the planning process keeps me connected to those magical memories, too.
This post was brought to you by Lindt Canada but the images and opinions are our own.
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Lindt chocolate is the best – and that’s what the Easter bunny should always leave – thanks for the Easter decor iedeas
LINDT best anytime of year
Thank for the chance.
Love Lindt chocolate. Thanks for the contest and a Happy Easter to all.
I love Lindt chocolate especially the cute bunnies.
Great Easter ideas. Our family loves the Lindt Easter bunnies.
Lindt is a Easter treat at our house. I use a lot of the Gold Bunnies for decoration, then enjoy eating them
Yes, I agree that even when our children realize that “magical creatures” do not exist, it is still fun and important for them and us, to carry on memory-making activities!
What a great article. My grandkids love the scavenger hunt I do each Easter. Love Lindt chocolate!!
OMG, Thanks for the great tips on what the Easter Bunny can do, Grammy can always use help in that department..such great ideas..and we especially love all the Lindt Chocolate.. Thanks for the chance to win
Really adorable post with equally sweet ideas’ . thanks for all your hard work ! I love the idea of making bunny houses with older kids and we love Lindt at our home also 😍 Thanks for hosting this giveaway….. Do we have to share if we win heheh
Really adorable post with equally sweet ideas’ . thanks for all your hard work ! I love the idea of making bunny houses with older kids and we love Lindt at our home also 😍 Thanks for hosting this giveaway….. Do we have to share if we win heheh
All very good ideas for a lot of fun. Kind of sad when the magic of Easter bunnies is over.
All great ideas for a fun Easter. Sad that the magic of Easter is over so soon.
Would love to do this for my grandkids,wish they lived closer. Holidays are time to be with family.
Wow, I love Lindt chocolate. Great prize.
We love chocolate. Especially Lindt. GLA
We love the Easter egg hunt especially when the bunny leaves Lindt. We just have to be very careful that the fur babies don’t find any.
Cute bunny and high quality chocolatE!
I’m looking forward to this Easter because my son is now 17 months so he will enjoy looking for the Easter eggs!
Never stop believing in the magic of Easter!
I would love a taste of that 1kg Lindt Bunny!
Easter isn’t Easter without Lindt. Thank you for the great post.
There is nothing better than Lindt chocolate
Love the ideas! Love Lindt chocolate!
so many great tips to use will sure help out big time!
thank you for so many really helpful hints to use! 😉
Chocolate is great at any time of the year
Lindt chocolate for Easter how delicious. Thank you.
Thanks Louise for the great hunt ideas!
Thanks for the tips–I love the idea of photo (or drawing) picture hints for younger children.
Thanks Louise for the great hunt ideas!
I love the idea, for those with younger children, of taking close-up photos of the bunnies in their hiding places
Awesome tips for egg hunts!
I love Lindt chocolate!
I really like your idea about taking photographs for the younger children to use as clues.
Beautiful photos! I can’t wait to do something similar with my son for Easter. He’s too young right now. Any suggestions for a 20 month old?
I love the idea of an Easter scavenger hunt which is so much fun as the kids get older…great idea, thanks!!
I like the idea of leaving notes. That way it’s harder for older kids, but still fun.
It’s fun, but how to avoid the Rabbit eating the golden rabbit?
Thanks for the tip. love those beautiful photo and for sure I can use the tip for hunting game
I love the idea of an Easter scavenger hunt which is a more fun for the older kids, great idea, thanks!!
That looks so fun!
Looks like lots of fun!
This will be so much fun.
creative fun for everyone
I remember having so much fun every year because our neighborhood had a HUGE Easter Egg Scavenger Hunt!
We do a local scavenger hunt on Good Friday at the opening of our local greenhouse/farm goods, then on Saturday night, after our family dinner, there is a scavenger in the house for the 19 kids who will be there and finally, on Easter Sunday morning, all 5 of my grandchildren will hunt to see what Easter Bunny left them! So much fun and so many good memories!
Good tips! Easter egg hunt for my 5 year old on will be outside this year…. A baker’s dozen for him to find.
i am going to an Easter hunt on friday for my younger nieces kids.. will be fun, thanks how do I get into the giveaway.. have tweeted.. thanks
We hide eggs for our grandson
Get reminder to keep a list of where you have hidden the bunnies
There’s a white chocolate Lindt bunny?!!! YAYY!!!!
looks like a perfect easter activity! would love to win
White chocolate is my favourite but any chocolate will do.
My mom did an Easter egg hunt for her teen grandkids — initially they all reacted like they were too old to be taking part in an easter egg hunt, but she had created such cute clues (poems, etc) — made it like a treasure hunt — that they all ended up have such a great time and it’s one of our fondest memories!
I love the bunnies who climb the shrubs. Mythic stories of birds and Big Bunnies. Love chocolate.
Never too old for chocolate bunny !
Thank you for the opportunity. Bunnies have always been a favorite in our house, and we’re always careful about eating our chocolate bunnies so we don’t traumatize our little house bunny.
Chocolate bunnies are a favorite in our house, but we try to be careful eating them so we don’t traumatize our little house bunny.
Thanks for the chance to win and the great ideas for a scavenger bunny hunt.
I LOVE scavenger hunts, thanks for the fun tips!
Happy Hoppy Easter and beautiful tips for the ultimate hunt!
Thank you!
Very nice chocolate. Thanks for the chance to win
Lindt bunnies are always welcome at our house!
Yumm, Lindt chocolate is really good and Easter bunnies are a fun way to eat this brand.
I love Lindt chocolate
I love Lindt chocolate! Great ideas for Easter fun.
Best chocolate , Lindt will always be my favorite !
Love Lindt bunnies!!
Love Lindt chocolat and their bunnies are the best for Easter, Happy Easter Egg hunting to everyone
Love Lindt chocolate and their Easter bunnies are the best. Happy Easter Egg hunting. We have so much fun at our house hising eggs and then helping the kids searching for them
I love Lindt chocolate!
You have some wonderful ideas. I love all that you shared. Thank you and happy Easter.
Wonderful ideas!
Lindt Chocolate is my favorite chocolate my son loves it too wonderful ideas and have a Happy Easter
I love this site and all of the wonderful ideas and I would love to share some Lindt eggs and bunnies with my family Happy Easter
1 kg Lindt bunny would be epic! And I agree a scavenger hunt is a great idea to get older children involved.
Lindt chocolates are our favourites too
I really enjoy planning scavenger hunts for my nieces and nephews. Thanks for some great new ideas!
I love planning scavenger hunts for my nieces and nephews. Thanks for the great tips I will be incorporating some of them this year.
You’ve got some great ideas for an Easter bunny hunt!
A fun prize to share!
We always get Lindt chocolates because they are the best ones and in the shape of a bunny that’s definitely a good-sell for me. Thank you and Happy Easter!
Lots of fun ideas. Those gold bunnies look good anywhere!
Thanks for the chance to win! Great ideas!
A fun prize to share
I love Lindor! And, I love making Easter hunts!
like it hope to win
happy easter to you
Lindt chocolate is sooo good.
I love Lindt chocolate.
Lindt chocolates are my favourites
I think it’s a wonderful idea to make the Easter egg hunt into a scavenger hunt when the children get older. I didn’t grow up with Easter egg hunts, so this was something new for me when I moved to Germany. My kids loved it but do wish I’d thought of a scavenger hunt as they got older. Great post and thanks for sharing all your ideas. 😀
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nice ideas we love chocolate bunnies
Lindt chocolate is worth splurging on!
I really love the idea of using iconic Lindt Gold Bunny for the Easter scavenger hunt. Thank you for all the tips, my granddaughters will have a fun scavenger hunt.
Mmmmm Lindt chocolate and a Lindt chocolate bunny. Perfect for me to share with my wife as we watch the kids hunting for their Easter Egss
Thanks for the clever ideas, Louise 🙂 i’ll hide a bunny in my piano too haha
I loved reading this blog post. So many great ideas to make Easter fun and memorable.
Looks great! I wouldn’t mind some of that for myself…
I wasn’t sure how to enter your contest! I like your scavenger hunt ideas though!!
Hi Jennifer, unfortunately this contest has now closed and a winner has been selected. The contest form has been removed from the post.
Lindt Bunnies are a huge part of our Easter traditions!
Lindt Chocolate. I would love some. I probably hide it for myself. Love your hiding spots.