The Ultimate Easter Egg Hunt Guide for Mums: Ideas, Clues & Free Printables

Planning an Easter egg hunt your kids will remember forever? You’re in the right place. Whether it’s your first time or you're ready to level up last year’s hunt, this guide is packed with fun ideas, free printables, and thoughtful tips to make it magical from start to finish.

Step 1: Set the Scene

First, choose your hunting ground. Backyard, living room, front porch, anywhere can be transformed into an Easter wonderland with the right touches. Add pastel streamers, bunny cutouts, egg garlands, and sweet springtime vibes.

Boo Bear Tip: Use our Personalised Easter Baskets & Bunny Ornaments to give each child something they’ll treasure even after the hunt.

Easter baskets / bags for the participants to collect their eggs!

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Step 2: Add Clues in your Egg Hunt

Take things up a notch by turning your hunt into a mini adventure. For older kids, create scavenger hunt-style clues that lead them from one spot to the next - culminating in the discovery of the Golden Egg.

For toddlers or preschoolers, keep it simple and sweet - hide eggs in obvious places like chair legs, potted plants, or behind toys.

📝 Need inspo? We’ve created ready-to-go Easter Scavenger Hunt Clue Cards you can print, cut, and hide. You’ll also get blank ones so you can personalise them!

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Step 3: Hide the Eggs

Now it's time for the main event - hiding the eggs!

Be sure to hide bonus eggs or prizes along the way to each clue destination.

Get creative with your hiding spots - under bushes, behind the TV, inside the fruit bowl, or even in plain sight. Make sure to have a mix of easy and challenging hiding spots to keep the hunt interesting.

Step 4: The Golden Egg

Every Easter egg hunt needs a golden egg. Our personalised fillable eggs are the perfect prize for the golden egg. Pop in chocolates, small toys, or sweet notes from the Easter Bunny himself.


💰 Got older kids? Add a little coin or folded note as a surprise “well done” for being helpful, kind, or extra egg-cited about Easter this year. It’s a simple touch that feels like magic

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Ornaments can also be used as name tags on any basket of your choice!

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Step 5: Add a Plush Bunny Surprise to Your Egg Hunt

Want to make your Easter egg hunt even more magical?

Hide a Personalised Plush Bunny as the final surprise at the end of the hunt. After the last egg is found, let them discover a soft bunny with their name on it waiting for them.

It’s a sweet way to finish the hunt — and a keepsake they’ll cuddle long after Easter is over.

You can also use the bunny to hold the final clue, sit at the “finish line,” or match it to your child’s egg colour for an extra fun twist.

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Step 6: Let the Hunt Begin!

Gather the kids, hand them their baskets, and set a timer if you want to keep it moving. Then… let the laughter, squeals, and happy chaos begin!

📷 Don’t Forget: Snap pics and film short clips - these moments become core memories. You’ll thank yourself later.

Bonus Fun: Include special tasks along the way

This is a fun, hilarious, and action packed idea that will be sure to get your kids moving & shaking during the Easter Egg Hunt.

How it works?

Include these mini Easter tasks at each clue destination. Kids will have to action each task before proceeding to the next clue.

Need ideas? We've compiled a list of twenty things that will get your kids moving and shaking on Easter! We love the fact that the kids will be laughing, singing and playing their way through an Easter egg hunt!

Simply download, print, and cut.

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🎁 FREE Printable Easter Fun Pack!

Because we love making your life easier, we’ve included a FREE Easter Activity Pack to download.

With colouring pages, word searches, and other activities, it’s perfect for post-hunt quiet time or Easter brunch entertainment.

These are digital files only. Free for you to download & print off!

Proudly made & put together by us, to help make your Easter celebrations eggstra fun! 🥰

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So there you have it, a simple guide to planning the perfect Easter egg hunt with free resources. With a little creativity and the help of our personalised Easter baskets, ornaments, and fillable eggs, your Easter egg hunt is sure to be a hit!

We hope you have an amazing Easter weekend!

Lots of love, Boo Bear Gifts xo 😘

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