Get An Easter Egg....Surprise! | Thumper Rabbit Inspired DIY Indoor Easter Game Activity + Links To FREE Resources!

April 03, 2018

Get An Easter Egg....Surprise! | Thumper Rabbit Inspired DIY Indoor Easter Game Activity + Links To FREE Resources! | Spring Inspired Easter Fun @ Home

Happy Easter! Here in the Philippines, the celebration of non-religious Easter traditions is not widely done or practiced such as decorating Easter eggs, doing Easter egg hunts, giving Easter gifts or baskets and treats or anything like that but this year, we give it a try for some added fun on Easter Sunday. Of course, Jesus is the main reason of Easter and nowadays many places and some people here do have Easter egg hunts and organize Bunny related Easter events for fun as part of celebrating the resurrection of Jesus. After a solemn week people here celebrate Easter, the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Here in our area during Holy Week many people look forward to do "way of the cross" and pray at 14 stations situated in this mountainous area going up to the top where a huge cross is found as a sign of penitence every Holy Week.

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When I was younger, I remember seeing lots of religious theme movies including that of Jesus' suffering and crucifixion being shown on TV during Holy Week. On Easter Sunday, people go to church and then celebrate the day by going outing with family mostly at the beach. EASTER means "NEW LIFE" or "NEW BEGINNINGS" just like Jesus' rise from death so is the season of Spring when nature comes back to life after being dormant in winter where the non-religious Easter tradition is derived. In this post, I will be sharing my version of an indoor Easter game which we played last Easter. We used the theme "Thumper Rabbit", a character in Disney's "Bambi" animated movie but this DIY can also be adapted to any kind of rabbit character you want. In this game, I reused tiny plastic eggs from previous ones I bought in the supermarket that stored these tiny bits of candies inside them, I just kept these tiny plastic eggs and they were useful in this activity as storage for papers with written messages in them for our game.

You can also use regular sized plastic eggs to store your papers with written Spring season or Easter related actions and messages in them, you could blend religious and non-religious together such as: "hop like a bunny", "draw a chick", "bonus surprise egg", "draw a cross" etc. that the child can receive or will do as they open the plastic eggs. We used about 7 or 8 pieces of plastic eggs but you may use more if you are playing with 2 or more kids, come up with your own actions and things to write on the paper. You could have food (chocolate eggs, etc.) or toys whichever you prefer as prizes in fulfilling the actions and the kids can get some extra bonus surprise eggs on the side if they get and open the plastic egg with that bonus!

DIY SIMPLE EASTER BACKDROP + LINKS TO FREE PRINTABLES

I created a Spring theme backdrop for our activity using sky blue crepe papers and hang leaf vines from the top. Easily make paper vines as decorations on the wall or on your Easter backdrop using a vine template, Click Here To Check Out Printable Hanging Leaf Vine Garland Template, I added colorful flowers made from crepe papers and taped them anywhere on the vines, Click Here For FREE Printable Flower Shapes Templates in various shapes and sizes that you can use to easily create some paper flowers. I also had some small butterflies as additional embellishments, Click Here To Check Out Printable Small & Large Butteflies.

I also added the "Easter" word below the vines in colorful paper Easter eggs, check out the links below for some FREE printable Easter "Egg" style banners that you can easily and quickly decorate: hang or stick anywhere on the wall or your backdrop on Easter day. You could hang a "Happy Easter" or spell the word "He is Risen!" or whichever word you prefer to put together with the alphabet banner. The links are arranged as they appear in the collage image below.

* FREE Printable Easter Egg Alphabet & Number Banner (Black & White) by Paper Trail Design

* FREE Printable Easter Egg Banner Set (Pink & Blue) by halegrafx

* FREE Printable Easter Egg Banner (Colorful Letters) by nobiggie.net

DIY EASTER GAME TABLE + LINKS TO FREE PRINTABLE BUNNY TABLE DECORATIONS

I decorated our table to look like a field of grass. Since, I don't have a green tablecloth I cover our table with yellow green cartolina paper and scatter thin strips of yellow green crepe paper all over it as grasses. To complete the table I taped strips of dark green crepe paper all around it. You can also simply cover your table with green tablecloth if you have it, add some strips of green crepe paper as grasses then scatter some plastic eggs, surprise eggs, and chocolate eggs all around. I added some bunny decorations to spice up our game table, these are the Thumper Rabbit "empty can rabbits" decoration I made and I also add in our "thumper rabbit treat bags" to complete the look of our table.

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Feel free to create your game table as you choose, Check out the links below for some FREE printable bunny decorations that you can put together easily to decorate your game table. The link are arrange as how they are numbered in the collage image below. Print it on a paper with heavy weight or thick texture such as: card stock, specialty board, construction board or any paper with similar texture.

* Simple 3D Bunny Decoration Printable by Twinkl.com
(this printable is not actually FREE but it's too cute and makes for a very nice table decoration not to be included in this list, you can pay a very small amount for it to be downloaded but if not you can opt for the next 2 ones in the list instead.)

* FREE Printable Easter Bunny Decoration by Party Planning Center
(this printable is a gray colored rabbit much like "Thumper" so you can use it if you choose "Thumper Rabbit" theme for this activity like we did.)

* FREE Printable 3D Easter Bunny by Brother Creative Center
(this printable features tiny baskets as extra props along with the cute bunnies, perfect decoration for this table version Easter egg activity.)

I also had some Easter lily flowers on our table, I made the lilies as cupcake toppers, I insert a toothpick at the bottom of my paper lily flowers and stick them into a green cupcake that I bought from the supermarket. Click Here To Check Out FREE Printable Easter Lilies Flowers, these lilies can be turned into toppers, just glue a stick to the back. You may add extra flowers and decorate them as you'd like on your table, you can also use real or artificial ones if you have them.

AFFORDABLE SURPRISE EGGS + DIY SURPRISE EGGS!

I found these "pink surprise eggs for girls" by the brand "Zestar" in the supermarket which I used as bonus "suprise eggs" for this Easter game we played, it comes in a white plastic egg tray with 12 pink plastic eggs in it. It contains "barbie" stickers and tiny candies, plastic toys and stuff for girls inside the eggs. It's great that the stuff inside their surprise eggs are of good quality.

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"Zestar" is a brand that offers a variety of quality fun candies for kids in a very affordable price including a variety of surprise eggs and some egg chocolates that you can use for Easter with the kids. If you can't find Zestar surprise eggs in supermarkets near you, check it out at shopee.ph, aside from Zestar there are also many other affordable surprise eggs you can purchase online, if not it's also a good idea to create your own surprise eggs by using regular or large plastic eggs, add small candies, stickers, or tiny toys inside to use as prizes for your Easter game.

DIY EASTER PROPS + LINKS TO FREE PRINTABLES!

As Easter props, we wore some "bunny headbands", We used this FREE printable "Easter bunny ear headband", it's good for both kids and adults to wear as props for Easter fun. Click Here To Check Out FREE Printable Easter Bunny Ear Headband, I chose the color gray which is the same color as our rabbit character theme "thumper rabbit", this template also features a bunny ear in pink one.

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I customize our bunny headbands with paper flowers to spice them up, Click Here For FREE Printable Flower Shapes Templates in various shapes and sizes which are great for use as additional embellishments on a rabbit headband for girls. Check out the links below for more FREE printable rabbit ear headbands in various other colors to suit any rabbit character you prefer. The links are arranged according to how they are numbered in the collage image below.

* FREE Printable Bunny Ears Template by Art Craft And Fun

* FREE Printable Bunny Ears Party Hat by Michelle's Party Plan-it

* FREE Printable Easter Bunny Headband by Simple Everyday Mom

* FREE Printable Bunny Ears Headband Template by SVG House

* FREE Printable Bunny Ears by HGTV

HOW TO CREATE AND PLAY THIS TABLE INDOOR EASTER EGGS GAME

STEP #1: You may create a backdrop or simply decorate the wall where you will display your game table. Check out the links above for some FREE printables to create some DIY Spring decor.

STEP #2: Next, cover your table with green tablecloth then scatter strips of crepe paper on top to create a field of grass.

STEP #3: Scatter the plastic eggs with written messages and surprises in them all around the table. Make sure to mark these eggs so you can tell them apart from the surprise eggs. You could blend religious and non-religious actions or things that you want the kids to do such as: "hop like a bunny", "draw a chick", "bonus surprise egg", "draw a cross" etc.

STEP #4: Add the other eggs (surprise eggs, egg shaped candies and chocolates or toys whichever you prefer to have) that will be used as prizes all around the table as well.

STEP #5: Next, add some extra decorations such as bunnies and any Easter related stuff (flowers, butterflies, etc.) of choice to spice up the game table. Check out the links above for some FREE printable bunny table decorations you can use.

STEP #6: Get dressed! Prepare some extra Easter props such as bunny ears headband if you like.

STEP #7: Once the background and table is set, it's now time to play the game and have fun! Instruct the child to get one and open any of the plastic eggs with written messages or surprises in them. If they get the egg with an action, they will act it out and will receive a chocolate egg, Easter candy or a toy maybe (whichever you prepare) as prizes. If they open the egg with the "BONUS surprise egg" message, they will receive that BONUS!

STEP #8: Continue until all actions and surprises are done and taken.

MATERIALS FOR THIS ACTIVITY

* printer * assorted construction papers * scotch tape * string (yarn or paper twine for banners) * green tablecloth * green crepe paper * scissors * assorted plastic eggs * store bought surprise eggs (optional) * egg shaped candies or chocolates * tiny toys and stickers * heavy weight paper (cardstock, specialty board, vellum board, etc.) * printable bunny table decoration template (check out link above) * Spring or Easter related stuff for extra table decor such as flowers, butterflies, etc. (optional)

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