Memory game
Open the plastic egg and set each half on the table.
Hide small items like paper clips, coins, or erasers
under each egg. (You will need two of each item.) Play
memory and have your child pick two eggs to lift and
they can collect them if they match. If they do not
match, place the egg back on the table and allow the
next person to try. Continue until all items have been
matched. With young children, start with just three
eggs and increase the numbers as they get the hang of
it.
Egg toss
Glue or tape the eggs shut and set up Easter baskets
or buckets and have your kids take turns tossing
them, trying to get them into the baskets. Whoever
can get the most eggs to land in the bucket or basket
wins.
Letter and Word games
For pre-readers, you can work on matching upper
and lowercase letters by writing one of each on a half
of the egg and then having them match them up. For
older kids write common word endings on one half of
the egg such as “at”, “ot”, “all”, “ag”, etc. and common
word beginnings on the other half of the eggs such as
“h”, “b”, “c”, etc. Have your kids put the eggs together
to make as many words as possible.
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