Easter Party Games for Older Kids

Are you in need of Easter party games for older kids? Many fun games are often created by taking the logistics of a common Easter game and putting a new twist on them to make the game more appealing to older children.

Easter Celebrations

Small children love the idea of hunting Easter eggs throughout the afternoon, but to older kids, this tradition can become a bit boring. Family gatherings on Easter Sunday may typically find the older kids slinking off to a room to surf the Internet, watch TV or play a video game. When this happens, it's time to pull out those Easter party games for older kids to get all of your family members involved in the Easter celebration.

Fun Easter Party Games for Older Kids

The following games are easily adapted to make them more appealing to older children.

Scavenger Easter Egg Hunt

Take the traditional Easter egg hunt idea, combine it with the intrigue of a scavenger hunt, and you have all the makings of a fun game that introduces adventure into the mix. Here's how you play:

Divide kids into teams. The number in each team will depend upon how many kids are playing, but there should be at least two or three per team.
Assign a specific egg color for each team. For example, team number one has blue plastic eggs, and team number two has green plastic eggs.
Place pieces of paper in each egg with clues and items that must be collected. For example, the clue might read something like, "Collect two pinecones and proceed to egg number two." Next, place a hint on the paper about the location of egg number two.
Each team needs to understand that they should only look for their particular egg color, and that they should not touch another team's egg if they see one.
The winning team is the one which finds all of their specified eggs first. Be sure to have some kind of prize on hand, such as candy, gift certificates, etc.

If kids are playing throughout a neighborhood, be sure they know their boundaries so that they aren't tromping through an unsuspecting neighbor's yard.

Who Am I?

This game is perfect for an Easter party that is to be held indoors. Here's how you play:

As each guest arrives, have her turn her back to you.
Carefully pin a small stuffed animal securely to her back.
Do not let her see which kind of animal you are pinning.
Instruct guests not to look in mirrors during the game.
Throughout the party or during a specific period of time, players walk up to other guests and ask them questions about the animal on their back.
These questions must be phrased as "yes" or "no," and they should be designed to give hints about the animal. For example, one question might be, "Do I have wings?" or "Can I swim?"
When instructed, kids should call out what they think their animal is.
The winner is the person, or persons, who guess correctly.

Switching Chairs

This is a fun twist on the traditional game of musical chairs. Here's how you play:

More Easter Party Games

Place as many chairs in the room as there are guests, minus one chair.
Arrange chairs in a circle.
The person who does not have a chair begins the game by stating something like, "I am thankful for everyone who has blonde hair."
The speaker then sits down while everyone who has blonde hair hops up and runs for a different chair.
The person who doesn't get a seat is out, and a new speaker is chosen and another chair is removed.
The next speaker might say something like, "I'm thankful for everyone who has a cat." All those who have cats then hop up and run for a different chair, and so on.

Keep in mind that you'll need a lot of space to play this game.

Put Your Own Spin on Old Favorites

These are just a few of many Easter party games for older kids to enjoy. Classics like three-legged races, egg/spoon races, sack races and other well-known party games are often enjoyed by older children as well. If you use a little imagination, you can probably think of a lot of ways to update one of these games and make it more appealing to the older kids at your gathering.