Looking for some fun and creative Easter event ideas to add to your PTA calendar? Check out these fab Easter event ideas! From an egg hunt and pancake breakfast to a family movie night, there’s something for everyone. So get planning and get your community excited for this special time of year!
Easter Egg Hunt
The perfect way to celebrate the spring season is with an egg hunt! This year, why not use this Easter event idea and make it your own? It's easy and fun for everyone. Here are some tips on how you can make it really special:
1) Make sure there aren't any hiding places that would be too hard for the little ones. You may want to have 2 separate sessions - 1 for the little ones and 1 for the older children that will enjoy a challenge.
2) You could organise teams and set up tables in your school's quad or play area for kids and adults to have lunch outdoors on the day. Be sure to have your best Easter decorations on deck!
Use our free Easter Egg Hunt Event Template to set up your event. You can sell tickets online and manage volunteer tasks with ease.
Family-Friendly Brunch
Hosting a family-friendly brunch for Easter is the perfect way to bring everyone in your school community together. To make sure that everyone can enjoy this special occasion, be sure and serve a variety of dishes such as waffles with syrup, fruit salad, mini sandwiches and treat the adults with some Pimm's or Buck’s Fizz if you’re so inclined. For an added bonus you can even hire an ice cream van to make an appearance.
It would be great to have activities planned too that you can shout about in your promotion so that everyone can get excited about this wonderful event before it even starts. Whether you want the activities to be just for the children or family inclusive there are loads of ideas to consider. From egg hunts, dyeing eggs, egg and spoon races and bunny hop races, there are a wide variety of fun games that are sure to please everyone.
Pancake Breakfast with the Easter Bunny
This is also a great Easter event idea where people can bring the whole family for a delicious pancake breakfast. For a low ticket price, families can enjoy a delicious breakfast with all of the fixings such as traditional English pancakes with lemon and sugar or fluffy American-style pancakes served with eggs, sausage, bacon, hash browns - the works! I’m getting hungry just thinking about it :)
Why not raffle off some Easter eggs and hampers while you're at it! The special appearance by the Easter Bunny is a prime opportunity to raise even more money as children can have their photos taken. You can hire in a professional entertainer to play the Easter Bunny or simply hire a Bunny costume if you have a volunteer willing to suit up for the enjoyment of the children.
Just be careful to avoid any costume mishaps! ;(
Make it special and have a designated area for the photos with a beautiful Easter themed backdrop. This will be an event to remember!
Film Night
If you're looking for a calm but fun way to fundraise this coming Easter, then host an Easter themed film night.. Film nights are always popular and there is no better time than now because the weather is starting to warm up so you can consider having it outdoors on a big screen. Our Film Night event template will guide you through the set up. Premier one of your Easter themed favourites such as Hop, The Dog Who Saved Easter or, one my kids love, Ice Age - The great Egg-Scapade. Combine this with some drinks, chocolate bunnies, popcorn and other various snacks and you’ll have a crowd-pleasing event!
Visit with the Easter Bunny
If you want to host something simple and save the hard work for the summer fair, why not simply have the Easter Bunny make an appearance at school. This is a great opportunity for the children to get excited about Easter. They’ll love getting a chance to see the Easter Bunny in person and will be counting down the days until the big day arrives. He’ll be there to take pictures and hand out Easter eggs, so it is sure to be a day they won’t want to miss. Move over Father Christmas, because the Easter Bunny is coming to town!
Bunny Themed Bingo
Bring the whole school community together for a night of games, laughter, and prizes. You can have tons of great prizes lined up for the winners, including Easter eggs for the children. Include dinner and a drink in the ticket price for an added bonus and to raise even more money for the school.
Easter Crafts Workshop
Making crafts with the children can be so much fun. Most kids love getting messy so with glitter, paint and sparkles involved you’re sure to have them lining up out the door to participate! Check out our Pinterest page for plenty of Easter craft ideas including painted rock Easter eggs, Easter bunny treat bags, Easter egg potato stamps and much more. The possibilities are endless!
Easter Themed Bake Sale
A sweet way to raise funds during Easter is with a bake sale! You'll have everyone in the school excited and you can't go wrong when it comes down to choosing a variety of treats that everybody loves. Some sweet ideas for Easter themed baked goods are cupcakes with different Easter candies on top like creme eggs, mini-eggs and bunny ear marshmallows. Make some mini carrot cakes decorated with cream cheese frosting and a little butter cream carrot on top.
Check out our Pinterest page for baking with kids, we have tons of ideas for yummy treats that will have everyone queuing out the door to get a taste! From bunny cookies to carrot cake, we've got you covered.
Easter is a special time of year and what better way to celebrate than with some of these fun Easter event ideas for the whole family? We hope you’ve found this list helpful and that your PTA has an exciting calendar planned for the upcoming weeks.
Have a happy Easter!
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