9 Ways to Put a Unique Twist on the Traditional Easter Egg Hunt

The Easter holiday is widely known for a fun Easter egg hunt. Kids of all ages love to join in on the fun, but if you are looking to change things up a bit this year, you will want to read this post. There are so many fun twists you can put on the traditional egg hunt and this post gives you 9 ideas.

1- Glow Stick Egg Hunt from One Hundred Dollars a Month

2- Toddler Egg Hunt from Celebrations at Home

3- Color Coded Hunt from Sew Many Ways

4- Sight Word Egg Hunt from Hands On As We Grown

5- Motor Skills Egg Hunt from Starfish Therapies

6- Egg Hunt with Prizes from Life as Mom

7- Puzzle Easter Egg Hunt from Make the Best of Everything

8- Easter Egg Treasure Hunt from Super Healthy Kids

9- Flashlight Egg Hunt from The Frugal Girls

A few years ago I shared some pumpkin themed sensory activities for kids, but I wanted to get a little more general and do some fall sensory ideas that can take you from Halloween al the way to Thanksgiving.

Playdough is a classic sensory activity, especially if kids can help make it, too. These playdough recipes from The Montessori Twin Mama are fall colored and scented with cinnamon, pumpkin pie spice and apple pie spice (I honestly don’t know what the difference is!). Or try this fun maple playdough from Happy Toddler Playtime.

Throw together some cookie cutters, googly eyes and other fun things to make an easy fall playdough tray (similar to what I did on this Halloween playdough activity).

How about some fall themed slime? Natural Beach Living gave a basic slime recipe a fall twist with food coloring and glitter. Leaf shaped sequins make it even more fun. Little Bins for Little Hands also has a cinnamon slime, which is great for fall but can also carry you all the way through Christmas.

Raising Wild Things Sensory has some great easy to make fall themed sensory bottles, which you can add fall things to, or pompoms or whatever kind of I spy items you might want to include. They also have a fun apple moon sand sensory bin that has me wondering if you could add something scented to moon sand (I always hated the smell!).

And of course there are all kinds of sensory bins you can make for fall. I like this apple picking one from Happy Toddler Playtime that uses fake leaves and little apple toys. It has the added challenge of trying to pick the apples up through a mesh of branches — kind of like a low-tech game of Operation!

You can also do a short-lived sensory bin with real leaves, or use any kind of beans, brown rice, oats or lentils to make your base. Some more great ideas can be found at Fab Everyday. Their post includes some specific Halloween and Thanksgiving themed sensory bins, too.

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