Adult Easter Egg Hunts

Easter Egg Hunt Essentials

Before your guests arrive:
1. Prepare the Easter eggs (about 10 eggs per player)
2. Hide the Easter eggs

On the day of your Easter Egg Hunt:
3. Gather everyone together
4. Explain the objectives and rules
5. Give each player a basket or bag
6. Let’s go!
7. Award prizes (optional)

By creatively tweaking the objectives, rules and even contents of the Easter eggs, we can make each hunt different and even more fun! Below are 5 novel Easter egg hunt ideas that will appeal to adults with various interests.

1 Loony Lines Easter Egg Hunt

This is a combination of an Easter egg hunt and a word game. Players race to find 10 Easter eggs, each containing 10 words. They must then use these 100 words to form wacky sentences. Prizes will be awarded for the most sentences formed, the longest sentence and the looniest line.

Prepare the Easter eggs (about 10 eggs per player):
Download, print and cut up the Loony Lines Easter Egg Hunt Cards.
We suggest printing these on cards.

Each set contains 790 words and is enough for 7-8 players (You will need 10 words per Easter egg).
If you have more players, you can play in teams or print additional copies.

Mix up the cards thoroughly.
Place 10 cards in each plastic Easter egg.

Objective:
Look for 10 Easter eggs.
Using the words found in these eggs, make as many wacky sentences as possible within the given time.

Rules:
Each player can only pick up a maximum of 10 Easter eggs.
Each word card can only be used once.

Award prizes for:
The first player to find 10 Easter eggs
Player who made the most sentences
Player who made the longest sentence
Player who made the looniest line

2 Would You Rather Easter Egg Hunt

In this game, each Easter egg contains a “Would you rather…” question. Players first race to find 10 Easter eggs each before gathering for a hilarious (and sometimes thought provoking) session of “Would you rather…”

Prepare the Easter eggs (about 10 eggs per player):
Download, print and cut up the Would You Rather Easter Egg Hunt Cards.

Each set contains 60 cards and is enough for 6 players.
If you need more cards, print additional copies.
Place 1 card in each plastic Easter egg.

Additional supplies:
At least 1 pen to share.

Objective:
Look for 10 Easter eggs.
Guess what the majority in the group would choose for each “Would You Rather” question.

Rules:
Each player can only pick up a maximum of 10 Easter eggs.
Do not open the Easter eggs yet.

Gather everyone in a circle.

The first player opens one of their own Easter egg and reads out the “Would You Rather” question it contains.
That player must try to guess the majority answer of all the other players in the group and circle his/her guess on the card. A poll is then taken to see which is the majority answer.
Award 10 points for every correct guess and 5 points if the poll results in a tie.

The person on the left goes next.

Award prizes for:
The first player to find 10 Easter eggs
The player with the highest points

3 From the Movies Easter Egg Hunt

In this game, each Easter egg contains a famous line from a movie. Players hunt for Easter eggs and try to identify which movies these lines came from.

Prepare the Easter eggs (about 10 eggs per player):
Download, print and cut up the From the Movies Cards.

Each set contains 60 cards and is enough for 6 players.
If you need more cards, print additional copies.
Place 1 card in each plastic Easter egg.

Answer Sheet:
You may want to download and print the From the Movies Answer Sheet.

Objective:
Correctly identify as many movies as possible.

Rules:
Players are not allowed to check the internet for answers!
Each player can only pick up a maximum of 10 Easter eggs.

Players can open each egg to look at the movie line inside.
If you don’t know which movie the line came from, you can put the egg (with the movie line inside) back where you found it and look for another Easter egg.

When all the Easter Eggs have been found, gather all the players and have everyone take turns to share their answers.
Award 10 points for every correct answer.

Award prizes for:
The player with the highest points

4 Multiple Personalities Easter Egg Hunt

In the Multiple Personalities Easter Egg Hunt, players must do their best imitation of the personalities specified in each Easter egg that they find.

Prepare the Easter eggs (about 10 eggs per player):
Download, print and cut up the egg-shaped Multiple Personalities Easter Egg Hunt Cards.

Each set contains 10 cards, enough for 1 player. Print as many copies as you need.
Place one card in each plastic Easter egg.

Objective:
Find as many Easter eggs as possible within the given time.
Be the most convincing actor.

Rules:
There is one Personality card in each egg. For each Easter egg that you find, you must do your best imitation of that personality until you find your next egg:

• Tourist taking pictures of everything
• Drummer in a marching band
• Someone stuck in slow motion
• Hawaiian Hula dancer
• Someone terrified that the sky would fall on his/her head
• Superman
• Orchestra conductor
• Secret agent
• Boxer
• Juggler

Example: If the first egg that you find says “Orchestra conductor”, you must do your best imitation of an orchestra conductor until you find your next egg, and so forth.

Award prizes for:
Player who finds the most Easter eggs
Best actor

5 Instagrammable Easter Egg Hunt

In the Instagrammable Easter Egg Hunt, players will take short, 10 second videos according to the directions given in each Easter egg that they find. We suggest playing in pairs or small teams.

Prepare the Easter eggs (about 10 eggs per player):
Download, print and cut up the egg-shaped Instagrammable Easter Egg Hunt Cards.

Each set contains 20 cards, enough for 2 teams. Print as many copies as you need.
Place one card in each plastic Easter egg.
You may also like to have some “decoy” eggs that contain candy instead of the cards.

Additional Supplies:
Smart phone for every team

Objective:
Find as many Easter eggs (and take as many great videos) as possible within the given time.

Rules:
There is one Instagrammable Easter Egg Hunt Card in each egg containing these directions:

• Do a Robot Dance.
• Invent and demonstrate a yoga pose. (Tell us what it’s called.)
• Tell the story of a nursery rhyme as a news anchor.
• Strut and cluck like a chicken.
• Tell a joke.
• Pose as the Statue of Liberty.
• Imitate a cartoon character.
• Wave like royalty.
• Sing 4 lines of any song like a rock star.
• Fly like Superman.
• Cry like a baby.
• Perform a rap. (Or recite a nursery rhyme like a rap star.)
• Run in slow motion.
• Laugh hysterically.
• Perform a famous line from any movie.
• Do a Hawaiian Hula dance.
• Conduct an Orchestra.
• Do a supermodel catwalk.
• Perform a ballet.
• Hop like a bunny.

For each egg that you find, you must take a 10 second video of one team member according to the directions given on the card and post it on Instagram (or send the video to the game master).

Team members should take turns to be in the video.

Proceed to look for your next Easter egg when done.

Award prizes for:
Team that finds the most Easter eggs
Teams that posts the most Instragram videos
Best video
Most creative video
Funniest video
“Funniest” team

Bible Lesson for Adults/Youths – Easter: Resurrection of Jesus

Get Started
1. What is your favorite childhood memory of Easter.
2. What Easter traditions do you currently observe? What meaning do they hold for you?

Get Into the Word
Read John 20:11-18
3. Why do you think Mary didn’t recognize Jesus at first?
4. What did Jesus say that prompted Mary to recognize him?

Read John 20:19-31
5. What does Jesus say to the disciples?
6. What does he show them to confirm his resurrection?
7. How does the reality of Jesus’ resurrection impact the disciples?

Read 1 Corinthians 15:1-19
8. What are the key elements of the Gospel?
9. Why would “brothers” need to be reminded of the Gospel?
10. Can you be a Christian and not believe in the resurrection of Christ?
11. If Christ did not rise from the dead, what would it mean?
12. What would be some implications of a Christ who died and stayed dead?

Get the Word Into Your Life
13. Have you ever felt that God was speaking to you personally, calling you by name? Tell us about it.
14. How should the reality of Jesus’ resurrection impact your values, thoughts and actions?