Ways to Use Plastic Easter Eggs in Learning Activities

With Easter upon us you might have an excess of plastic eggs in the classroom or at home. The good news is there are tons of different learning activities you can do with these simple plastic pieces. One year we made maracas with eggs and plastic forks, and also played with sound by filling them with random things and shaking them.

But there are lots of other options for learning activities using plastic eggs. Check out these ideas for math, reading, STEM, art and more! These egg-citing ideas might just send you to the store for more eggs.

Use eggs as stamps to make an art project (Buggy and Buddy). Or make egg-shaped bath bombs (Mom Foodie).

Do color matching with the plastic eggs and an egg container (Sunny Day Family).

Add glow sticks and noise makers to make glow in the dark shaker eggs (Happily Ever Mom).

Fill them with action prompts and have kids pick an egg (or hunt for eggs) and do the action (Playdough to Plato).

Make magnetic eggs to play with and learn about magnetism (Frugal Fun for Boys and Girls).

See how many open egg pieces you can stack into a tower (The Resourceful Mama).

Use these free printables to make an Easter egg hunt into a sight word learning activity (In My World). Or make a sigth word “scrambled egg” hunt (This Reading Mama).

Grab some tiny things that will fit in your eggs and practice one to one correspondence (Playground Parkbench, via NutureStore).

Use eggs and an egg tray to practice math facts, or write the question on one half of the egg and the answer on the other and match them up (Mrs. Wheeler First). Or play a math facts egg toss game (Fun Learning for Kids).

Match analog time to the numbers on different parts of the egg (Mom to 2 Posh Little Divas).

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Easter Themed Learning Activities

If you want to teach kids the basics of Hanukkah in the classroom or at home, the picture book Hanukkah by Lesléa Newman and illustrated by Rotem Teplow is a nice place to start.

The book explores the Jewish holiday through the eyes of Lior, a boy whose name means “my light” in Hebrew, which is appropriate for talking about the Festival of Lights.

The book goes through all the preparations the family does, including cleaning, setting the table and cleaning the menorah. It talks about what the menorah symbolizes and the Hanukkah story of the oil in the Holy Temple of Jerusalem lasting for eight days when it should have only been a one-day supply.

The meaning of the letters on the dreidel are also explored, in that when you are in Israel they have a different fourth word (the letters symbolize the Hebrew letters for “a great miracle happened there” or, in Israel, “a great miracle happened here”).

Because the story of Hanukkah involves oil, a lot of the foods that are eaten during the celebration are fried in oil, such as latkes (potato pancakes) and sufganiyot (fried jelly doughnuts). Other foods mentioned include challah, noodle kugel and sour cream and applesauce, which are served with the latkes. Family and friends drop by to share their food, light their menorahs together and play dreidel (the game is explained in the story). It also talks about how the candles are lit through the eight days and what happens at the end of Hanukkah.

The book includes Hanukkah blessings in English and Hebrew and talks about the lunar cycle of the Hebrew calendar, which is why Hanukkah is sometimes celebrated in November and sometimes in December. It also talks about why Jewish holidays are celebrated beginning at sunset rather than in the morning.

Other topics covered include Hanukkah greetings; how to spell Hanukkah; how to make an edible menorah and an tzedakah box (to collect money for charity); recipes for latkes and applesauce; and a more detailed story of Hanukkah than is included within the story of the book. There’s also a quiz to see how well you were paying attention.

This sweet little book is a quick read and a cute overview of the basics of Hanukkah and what the symbols, foods and games mean. It’s a great book for classrooms or at home for sharing basic knowledge.

About the book: 48 pages, hardcover. Published 2024 by words & pictures, suggested retail price $14.99.

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