Jesse Joyner, PhD

Here’s a simple and fun Easter egg hunt activity that involves all ages. You can use this at home, at church, or any other Easter event.

1. Using plastic Easter eggs, have the adults hide the eggs for the children – the more people you get involved the better, as you’ll see why in the next steps….
2. Do NOT fill the eggs with candy. Instead, have each adult take one or more eggs and fill each one with a slip of paper with a Bible verse on it. Ideally, the Bible verses can be about the resurrection of Jesus (here is a link to a starter list of 15 verses you can use). It is best if each adult takes the time to look up and write out each verse by hand.
3. Set the children loose to find the eggs.
4. After all the eggs are found, have people forms intergenerational groups of 5-8 people each.
5. Have the children read the verses out loud to the adults in the group and give time for the groups to discuss the verses together.
6. Allow time for the group to pray together as well.
7. Finally, have plenty of candy available for the children at the end, so they can still fill their baskets and bellies with the sweets!