Looking for some ideas for Easter? If you want some inspiration on fun activities for Easter this year we have pulled together an epic list of things to do this springtime to help you.
Our list includes traditional easter activities such as organising an Easter egg hunt, attending a church service, or making Easter bonnets. As well as fun Easter family activities such as organising Easter games tournament, baking creme egg brownies, or painting dyed eggs.
It’s nice to have an Easter activity or two scheduled into your calendar ready for the spring break. After a few years of not being able to mix and see people, it’s nice to have the chance to celebrate the coming of brighter days, sunshine, and positivity.
So decorate your home, gather some flowers, treat yourself to some chocolate and look through the list for all kinds of ideas for things to do this Easter at home, and outside.
Things To Do This Easter
Traditional Easter Activities
- Organise an Easter egg hunt
- Hang an Easter wreath
- Make an Easter bonnet
- Decorate your house with daffodils
- Go to an Easter church service
- Read about the Easter story
- Watch The Passion of Jesus for free in Trafalgar Square
- Learn about other culture’s Easter traditions
- Celebrate the pagan festival of spring and fertility
- Buy a new clothes
- Take time to reflect on the first quarter of this year
- Host an Easter Monday buffet
- Buy a new notebook for the new season
- Donate to charity instead of giving gifts
Easter Family Activities
- Make an Easter bunny trail
- Create an Easter egg hunt checklist
- Organise a glow in the dark Easter egg hunt
- Snuggle up for a pyjamas and movie day
- Do a spring themed photoshoot with your family
- Send handwritten cards to your loved ones
- Visit your relatives
- Make a spring-themed playlist on Spotify
- Go on a blossom walk
- Forage in your local woodland
- Build a blanket fort
- Be brave and host an early spring barbecue
- Spend some time printing out family photos for an album or scrapbook
- Make a plan to enjoy spring over the next few months
- Host an afternoon tea with cake
Fun Activities for Easter
- Play some Easter games (get the Easter games bundle to download and print at home)
- Make cute bunny nose masks
- Make Easter chick handprint cards
- Fold a bunny napkin
- Start a gratitude journal
- Crochet some easter eggs
- Have a pamper day
- Or visit your favourite spa
- Host a family games tournament
- Make DIY dyed eggs with natural colour
- Play a prank on April Fool’s Day
- Make painted Easter eggs
- Try your hand at chocolate sculpting
- Hit up the spring sales at the shops
- Reconnect with an old friend
Outings and Events for Easter
- Visit an organised Easter egg hunt at a historic site
- Host a themed brunch
- Attend an Easter parade
- Attend a recital on Good Friday (such as Handel’s Messiah at the Royal Albert Hall)
- Visit an Easter market (such as this one at Holkham Hall)
- Take wander around a car boot sale
- See the puffins on Skomer Island
- Visit an Easter fair
- Visit a local farm to see the baby animals
- Visit a new museum
- Marvel at art at your local gallery
- Support a local independent business
- Visit an English Heritage site
- Visit a National Trust site
- Take a mindfulness retreat
- Go stay in a castle in England
- Have a picnic (possibly in the car if it rains!)
- Take a roadtrip somewhere new
- Take a bike ride
- Find bluebells in the woodland
- Go on an adventure day out
Easter Food
- Cook roast dinner (our slow-cooked lamb is delicious)
- Bake a creme egg cake
- Make a creme egg cheesecake
- Make creme egg brownies
- Bake hot cross buns
- Make boiled eggs for breakfast
- Make Easter fruit kabobs
- Make tear and share hot cross buns
- Make creme egg milkshakes
- Eat ALL the chocolate
- Make pickled eggs
- Bake a simnel cake
- Try hot cross bun gin
- Try a vegan chocolate easter egg
Easter Home
- Spring clean your house
- Declutter your garage or shed
- Donate unwanted clothes to charity
- Do an online declutter
- Take a digital detox
- Decorate your house with Easter-themed decorations
- Make a floral backdrop for your home
- Buy a spring diffuser to scent the home
- Create a beautiful Easter themed table display
- Create an epic floral arrangement
- Decorate your mantelpiece
- Buy some bulbs for the garden
- Make pom-pom bunny bunting
- Pick up some new plants at your local garden centre
- Make an Easter egg tree
- Buy the cook in the family a new seasonal apron
- Buy a new spring scent
- Update your living room with new cushions
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What is your favourite thing to do at Easter?
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