Easter Bunny Hop
The Easter Bunny Hop is a gross motor activity designed for preschool and toddler-aged children to help get them moving and engaged while celebrating Easter.
Materials Needed
Easter Bunny Hop
Difficulty Level: Medium
Time Needed: 20 minutes
Best done: Outdoors or indoors - large space
Main Movement: Hopping, reaching, speed
Materials Needed
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At least three players
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Hula Hoop
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Large open space
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Baskets (or empty tissue boxes or bag)
Let's Play!
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Choose one child to be the "Easter Bunny" - if you have bunny ears, have them put the ears on! Give the Easter bunny a box with all of the "eggs" inside. (About 5 eggs per child "finding" - if three are playing, one is the bunny and two are finders so 10 eggs)
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Give each of the other children a basket (or empty box/bag). Have the children close their eyes. No peeking!
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Next, the Easter Bunny must HOP around hiding the eggs all over the space.
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When the Bunny is done, they can hop back to their hula hoop (aka home) and call out "It's time to": (movement)
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"Hop and find the eggs"
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"Run and find the eggs"
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"Skip and find the eggs"
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They may call out a new movement while children are searching.
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Whoever finds the most eggs wins and becomes the new bunny. If all of the eggs are not found, the bunny wins and gets to choose the next player.
**Variations:
*Younger children may have trouble "hopping" to hide the eggs, they may try to hop and then switch to another movement.
*Do less eggs if you don't have a lot of time to play.
*Set a timer for the bunny to make it more difficult.
*Set a timer for the finders to make it more difficult.