10 Fun & Educational Easter Holiday Activities for Kids

Educational and Fun Activities


written by Augustus Linn

23 February 2024

🕓 10 min

Make This Easter Holiday Memorable and Educational

Easter holidays are a great time for kids to relax, recharge, and have fun. But why not make it a little more educational too? With the right blend of creativity, hands-on activities, and learning, you can turn these holidays into a memorable experience for your children. At The Science of Sound, we believe that learning should always be fun, which is why we’ve curated a list of 10 Easter-themed activities that blend creativity with STEM learning. From crafting to science experiments, these ideas will keep your kids entertained while stimulating their minds.

Easter Egg Sound Shakers


This activity combines creativity and sound science, allowing kids to learn about vibrations and sound while making their own musical instruments.

What You’ll Need:

  • Plastic Easter eggs
  • Small objects (rice, beans, beads, buttons)
  • Tape or glue
  • Stickers or markers for decoration

Steps:

  1. Gather different small objects like rice, beans, and beads. These will act as the sound sources inside the eggs.
  2. Open the plastic eggs and fill each one with a different object. For example, one egg can have rice, another beans, and another buttons.
  3. Secure the eggs tightly using tape or glue to ensure the contents don’t spill out.
  4. Let the kids decorate the eggs with stickers, markers, or glitter.
  5. Once the eggs are ready, shake them one by one and ask the kids to describe the sound each egg makes.

Educational Aspect:

This activity helps kids learn how different materials create different sounds based on their size, shape, and density. You can extend the activity by asking questions like:

  • Which egg sounds the loudest?
  • Why does the egg with rice sound different from the one with beads?
  • How does the speed of shaking affect the sound?

Linking Opportunity: Want to explore more sound-related activities? Check out our Science of Sound workshops where kids can learn about sound waves and vibrations through hands-on experiments. check out our blog post The Egg Drop Challenge: Engineering a Solution.

DIY Easter Slime


Slime-making is always a hit with kids, and adding an Easter twist makes it even more exciting! This activity blends fun with a little chemistry, helping children understand how different substances interact to form something new.

What You’ll Need:

  • PVA glue
  • Baking soda
  • Contact lens solution (with boric acid)
  • Food colouring (Easter colours like pink, yellow, and green)
  • Plastic Easter eggs (optional)

Steps:

  1. In a bowl, pour about ½ cup of PVA glue.
  2. Add a few drops of food colouring to make it festive.
  3. Mix in a tablespoon of baking soda and stir well.
  4. Slowly add contact lens solution while stirring until the slime begins to form and pull away from the sides of the bowl.
  5. Knead the slime with your hands until it’s stretchy and less sticky.
  6. Store the finished slime in plastic Easter eggs for an added holiday touch.

Educational Aspect:

This activity introduces kids to basic chemistry concepts, such as how combining certain ingredients creates a chemical reaction that changes their properties. You can explain how the glue and contact lens solution react to form a polymer, which gives slime its stretchy texture.

Egg Carton STEM Building Challenge


This activity turns something as simple as an empty egg carton into an exciting engineering challenge that promotes problem-solving and creativity.

What You’ll Need:

  • Empty egg cartons
  • Scissors
  • Tape or glue
  • Small building materials (toothpicks, straws, popsicle sticks)
  • Optional: small toys for weight testing

Steps:

  1. Give your kids the materials and challenge them to build something using only the egg cartons and additional building supplies. Ideas could include a bridge, a tower, or even a mini car.
  2. If building a bridge or tower, test its strength by placing small toys or objects on top to see how much weight it can hold.
  3. Encourage the kids to redesign and improve their creations based on what they learn during the testing phase.

Educational Aspect:

This activity teaches kids about engineering principles like stability, balance, and weight distribution. It also encourages problem-solving and creativity, key skills in STEM education.

Easter Egg Launchers


Let’s bring a little physics into the mix with this fun egg launcher activity. It’s a fantastic way to teach kids about forces, angles, and motion while they have fun launching lightweight plastic eggs.

What You’ll Need:

  • Plastic spoons
  • Rubber bands
  • Popsicle sticks
  • Plastic eggs (empty)

Steps:

  1. Create a simple catapult by stacking popsicle sticks and securing them with a rubber band at each end.
  2. Attach a spoon to the top of the stack using another rubber band.
  3. Place a plastic egg on the spoon, pull back, and release to launch it.
  4. Experiment with launching the eggs at different angles and distances.

Educational Aspect:

Kids will learn about basic physics concepts like force, motion, and trajectory. You can encourage them to think critically by asking questions like:

  • How does changing the angle of the spoon affect the distance the egg travels?
  • What happens if you use a larger or smaller rubber band?


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Eggshell Planting Experiment


This Easter-themed activity is perfect for introducing kids to botany and environmental science. Using eggshells as planters, kids can learn about plant growth while creating adorable mini gardens.

What You’ll Need:

  • Empty eggshells (cleaned and dried)
  • Soil or compost
  • Seeds (cress, basil, or other fast-growing plants)
  • A spoon
  • A tray or egg carton to hold the eggshell planters

Steps:

  1. Carefully fill each eggshell halfway with soil or compost.
  2. Let your kids plant a few seeds in each eggshell.
  3. Lightly water the soil and place the eggshell planters in a sunny spot.
  4. Over the next few days, encourage the kids to observe and document the plant growth.

Educational Aspect:

This activity teaches kids about the life cycle of plants, photosynthesis, and how plants need water, light, and nutrients to grow. You can also explain how using eggshells as biodegradable planters helps the environment.

Easter Coding Challenge


If your kids are into technology, why not introduce them to coding through a fun Easter-themed challenge? Platforms like Scratch and Code.org offer free tools to create simple animations or games.

What You’ll Need:

  • A computer or tablet
  • Access to Scratch or Code.org
  • Easter-themed ideas (like a game where a bunny collects eggs)

Steps:

  1. Help your kids brainstorm a simple game or animation idea. For example, they could create a game where a bunny hops around collecting eggs.
  2. Guide them through creating the game using block-based coding on Scratch or Code.org.
  3. Once the game is complete, let them play it and share it with family and friends.

Educational Aspect:

This activity teaches kids basic coding concepts like loops, conditionals, and variables while encouraging problem-solving and logical thinking. It also helps build digital literacy, a crucial skill for the future.

Linking Opportunity: Interested in more tech-related fun? Check out our STEM-focused clubs, where kids can learn coding, robotics, and more!

Easter Shadow Puppets


Easter Shadow Puppets

Shadow puppets are a fun and creative way to teach kids about light and shadows. You can add an Easter twist by creating puppets shaped like bunnies, eggs, and chicks.

What You’ll Need:

  • Black construction paper
  • Scissors
  • Popsicle sticks
  • Tape
  • A flashlight

Steps:

  1. Help kids draw and cut out Easter-themed shapes from the black construction paper.
  2. Tape each shape to a popsicle stick to create the puppets.
  3. Dim the lights in the room and shine a flashlight on a blank wall to create a shadow.
  4. Let the kids move their puppets in front of the flashlight to create a shadow puppet show.

Educational Aspect:

This activity helps kids understand how light travels in straight lines and how shadows are formed when an object blocks light. You can extend the learning by discussing how the distance between the puppet and the flashlight affects the size of the shadow.

DIY Easter Volcano


Bring a little chemistry into your Easter celebrations by making a colourful volcano using baking soda and vinegar. Add an Easter twist by shaping the volcano like an egg or decorating it with pastel colours.

What You’ll Need:

  • A large plastic egg or mound of clay
  • Baking soda
  • Vinegar
  • Food colouring
  • A tray or large plate

Steps:

  1. Shape the clay or use a large plastic egg as your volcano.
  2. Add a few tablespoons of baking soda to the top of the volcano.
  3. In a cup, mix vinegar with a few drops of food colouring.
  4. Slowly pour the coloured vinegar over the baking soda and watch the "lava" bubble out!

Educational Aspect:

This activity introduces kids to chemical reactions. Explain how the acid in the vinegar reacts with the baking soda (a base) to create carbon dioxide gas, which causes the bubbling effect.

Easter Balloon Rockets


Balloon rockets are an exciting way to teach kids about propulsion and Newton’s Third Law of Motion. Add an Easter theme by attaching paper bunnies or eggs to the balloons.

What You’ll Need:

  • Balloons
  • String
  • Tape
  • A straw
  • Paper for decorations

Steps:

  1. Thread a long string through a straw and tie both ends of the string to sturdy objects (like chairs) to create a straight line.
  2. Inflate a balloon but don’t tie it—just hold the end tightly.
  3. Tape the balloon to the straw, making sure the open end faces backward.
  4. Release the balloon and watch it zoom across the string!

Educational Aspect:

This activity teaches kids about propulsion and Newton’s Third Law, which states that for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. The air rushing out of the balloon pushes it forward, propelling it along the string.

Egg Dyeing with Natural Colours


Instead of using store-bought dye, try making your own natural egg dyes using fruits and vegetables. This is a fun way to explore colours while teaching kids about natural pigments.

What You’ll Need:

  • Hard-boiled eggs
  • Natural dye ingredients (beetroot, spinach, red cabbage, turmeric)
  • Water and vinegar
  • Bowls

Steps:

  1. Boil each natural ingredient separately in water for about 15 minutes to create the dye.
  2. Strain the liquid into a bowl and add a tablespoon of vinegar to help the colour stick.
  3. Dip the hard-boiled eggs into the different dyes and let them sit for a few minutes.
  4. Remove the eggs and let them dry before displaying them.

Educational Aspect:

This activity introduces kids to natural pigments and how they can be extracted from plants. You can also explain how the acidity of the vinegar helps the colour bond to the eggshell.

Final Thoughts

A Fun and Educational Easter for All

These 10 Easter holiday activities are perfect for keeping kids engaged, entertained, and learning throughout the holidays. Whether it’s making musical instruments, exploring chemical reactions, or learning about light and shadows, each activity offers a unique blend of fun and education.

At The Science of Sound, we believe in the power of hands-on learning. If your kids enjoyed these activities, why not join us for one of our holiday camps or interactive workshops for more exciting STEM experiences? Let’s make learning unforgettable this Easter! consider signing them up for our Science of Sound holiday camps. Our camps offer a range of interactive, science-based activities that encourage curiosity and creativity. Find out more about our upcoming camps here and make this holiday unforgettable for your child!

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