Preschool Easter Activities using Plastic Eggs

Plastic Egg Activities for Preschoolers

At this time of year, you see plastic eggs everywhere. You probably have several close at hand. Those plastic eggs make great learning tools, at Easter and anytime of the year. Look at the dozens of ways you can use those eggs to help your children learn and explore.

Plastic Egg Activities

Plastic Egg Easter Activities

Here are some ways to use plastic eggs at home or in the classroom for learning and fun!

Got plastic eggs? We’re talking about ways to use them for learning at home or in the classroom NOW!

Posted by Pre-K Pages on Monday, March 14, 2016

Resources mentioned in video:
Fun Erasers (affiliate)
(Free Printable)Easter Party and Egg Hunt Guide

More Ideas for Plastic Eggs

Practicing Position Words (Pre-K Pages) – using eggs and a small chick to practice positional words such as in, out, beside, over, under, and between

Easter Transfer Activity (Pre-K Pages) – fine motor practice pouring rice (or other material) into eggs and snapping eggs together

Learning About Eggs (Pre-K Pages) – a fun game to learn about animals that lay eggs (oviparous)

Easter Egg Alphabet Game (Pre-K Pages) – visual discrimination game with letters

How to Plan an Educational Egg Hunt for Preschoolers (Pre-K Pages) – curb the chaos of your egg hunt with these ideas

Spring Classification Science Activity (Pre-K Pages) – sorting eggs by various categories

Easter Egg Process Art (Pre-K Pages) – dripping and pouring paint in a fun messy art exploration

Upcycled Plastic Egg Music Shakers (Pre-K Pages) – add fillers to eggs to make simple musical instruments

Super Simple Minion Weeble Wobble Easter Eggs (Lemon Lime Adventures) – super easy craft to make eggs look like these favorite characters

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle Easter Eggs (Lemon Lime Adventures) – another easy way to decorate plastic eggs

Beginning Sounds Easter Eggs Game (Growing Book by Book) – sorting by those initial sounds

Plastic Egg Chicks (Fireflies and Mudpies) – simple craft with basic supplies

Gak Filled Easter Eggs (Kids Activities Blog) – make oozy slime and fill eggs for lots of fun play

Plastic Easter Egg Activities for Kids

Color Surprise Game for Kids (Still Playing School) – colored scarves in plastic eggs

Sensory Nest Building (Still Playing School) – pasta bird nests with plastic eggs

Easter Egg Color Matching and Stacking (Sunny Day Family) – fun color matching game

Easter Egg Alphabet Sounds Hunt and Sort (Stir the Wonder) – sorting by initial sounds using objects and letters

Easter Egg Color Sorting (Busy Toddler) – color sorting with pompoms

ABC Easter Egg Match (Busy Toddler) – uppercase and lowercase letter matching

Easter Egg Music Shakers (Preschool Inspirations) – exploring plastic eggs and pea gravel

Easter Egg Beginning Sounds Activity (Mom Inspired Life) – matching animals with their initial sounds

Easter Egg Sight Word Sort (Mom Inspired Life) – exploring letters that spell sight words

Plastic Egg Crafts and Activities

Playing with Kinetic Sand and Dinosaurs and Plastic Eggs (Mom Inspired Life) – fun digging and sensory exploration activity

Easter Egg Letter Puzzles (Mom Inspired Life) – create letter puzzles with plastic eggs

Easter Egg Toss Game for Learning Addition (Mom Inspired Life) – fun way to move and explore addition

Easter Egg Match Game (Craftulate) – color combination matching game

Easter Egg Fine Motor Fun (Craftulate) – using tweezers to pick up pompoms is great fine motor practice

Easter Egg Sensory Game (My Mundane and Miraculous Life) – develop listening and critical thinking skills

Plastic Egg Greenhouse (JDaniel4’s Mom) – science project for growing plants in plastic eggs

Plastic Egg Patterning (JDaniel4’s Mom) – create different types of patterns with plastic eggs

Easter Slime Recipe (Little Bins for Little Hands) – explore homemade slime with plastic eggs

Texture Eggs Tactile Sensory Play (Little Bins for Little Hands) – fill eggs with homemade texture balloons

Upcycle Plastic Easter Eggs

Easter Egg Art in Preschool (Fun-a-Day) – collaborative art exploration

Plastic Egg Color Mixing (Teach Preschool) – exploring color mixing and water play in this science activity

Easter Egg Math (Teach Preschool) – prediction and counting activity

Easter Egg Parachute Game (Teach Preschool) – fun outdoor movement game

Egg in the Next Sorting Game (Teach Preschool) – color sorting with plastic eggs

Plastic Egg Mini Planting Pots (Coffee Cups and Crayons) – simple spring planting activity

DIY Memory Game (Happily Ever Mom) – hide small objects under egg halves to make a matching game

Plastic Egg Crafts and Activities (No Time for Flash Cards) – 3 quick ideas for using those plastic eggs

Practice Balancing with Easter Egg Walk (Mom with a Lesson Plan) – balancing game with plastic eggs and kitchen utensils

Buttons and Eggs! (My Nearest and Dearest) – a tray of buttons and eggs encourages exploration and play

Plastic Egg Boats (Sugar Aunts) – build a fleet of boats and sail them in a tub of water

Science Experiments with Egg Parachutes (JDaniel4’s Mom) – create parachutes on egg halves using different materials and then toss them in the air

Easter Activities (Pre-K Pages) – Book lists, literacy ideas, math ideas, and other fun activities

More Easter Ideas

Small Group Easter Literacy Activities for Preschoolers
Printable Preschool Egg Matching
easter books pre-k pages
Easter Math Activities cover
Easter Playdough Tray
Easter Sensory Bin Ideas
Easter Fine Motor Tray
Confetti Eggs