Easter is definitely one of the most joyous yearly celebrations. Not only is it a fun holiday when we typically gather with family and friends, but it’s also the commemoration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ.
If you’re looking for ways to make this event much livelier and bring everyone closer together, know that there are a bunch more games and activities that can make your party so much more memorable, other than the classic Easter egg hunt. This time, we’re talking about hosting your own Easter Scattergories game for all the kids and kids at heart.
How to Play
Scattergories is a battle of wits and creative critical thinking. If you think word games are your strength, then keep on reading to learn or refresh yourself on how this is played.
To start off, prepare a dice or a draw lots system that has most, if not all, of the letters of the alphabet in them. Whether or not you purposefully exclude letters is your choice, but some do so to decrease the game’s difficulty.
The overall mechanics are simple. Provide a word or phrase that answers the chosen category within the given time, and make sure it’s unique so that you don’t end up with the same answers as everyone else. To score a point, the goal is to have a correct, yet one-of-a-kind answer everyone else didn’t give out. This means that the more players there are in the game, the more difficult it is to score a point. As with any game, the player with the most points wins.
Easter Scattergories Lists
Now that you know how this game is played, here are some Easter Scattergories lists you can use at your party.
Easter Celebration Scattergories List
- Somewhere to hide an Easter egg
- Things that come in bunny shapes
- Something fluffy
- Things to put in an Easter egg
- Colors of the Easter egg
- Words that rhyme with rabbit
- Animals that hop
- Something yellow
- Things the Easter Bunny brings
- Easter costume
Easter Traditions Scattergories List
- Favorite Easter dinner item
- Easter activities or pastimes
- Easter candy
- Places to visit on Easter
- Family traditions on Easter
- Reasons to celebrate Easter
- Popular gifts on Easter
- Colors of the jellybean
- Common names for a pet rabbit
- Movies you watch during Easter
Spring and Easter Scattergories List
- Places to visit during spring break
- Flowers that bloom during spring
- Colors associated with Easter
- Words to describe the season
- Something green
- Something fresh
- Words that rhyme with Easter
- Animals that hatch from eggs
- Feelings in the spring
- Things you do with an egg
More Easter Party Games for Your Gathering
Who said the Easter celebration begins and ends with scattergories? Definitely not us. Below are some additional party games you can all play to keep on rolling with the laughter.
Easter Egg Hunt – Look & Find Edition
Egg hunts were never limited to actual hidden treasure for you to seek in your backyard or living room. Yes, sometimes they’re conducted on paper with a race against the clock and all your loved ones. We’re talking about an Easter Egg Hunt: Look & Find Edition.
Whether you want to change things up from the usual yearly egg hunts, or everyone just wants to lay back and relax for this year’s challenge, this game could be a great addition to your celebration. All you need to do is find the right eggs and the famed Easter bunny to win the prize. The first one to spot them all wins!
Easter Trivia Quiz
Because the reasoning behind Easter has such a rich background, there are a lot of facts and events that transpired along the timeline bringing us to where we are today. Do you think you’ve got all of them down pat? If yes, then here’s the ultimate game for you—an Easter Trivia Quiz!
Whether you’ve mastered topics on the Crucifixion, Resurrection, or all of the above, this is the perfect game that can test your wits and knowledge on how it all came to be.
Easter Bingo
Bingo is a classic, and it always will be! It’s a game that’s truly reliant on one’s luck and coincidence, deciding whether or not you go home as a grand winner or a happy participant with a bag of consolation prizes. Either way, the results don’t get in the way of what a thrilling game this actually is. That’s why on this holiday we bring to you Easter Bingo.
With this cute and festive design of bunnies, eggs, and other spring-related images, you can truly feel like this is a game that’s a perfect fit for the occasion. At the end of the day, regardless of what the prize (or lack thereof) you take home, what matters most is that you were able to spend some quality time to enjoy with your family.
Easter Word Search
Keeping your brain sharp and well-trained through practice is a great way to ensure you can apply these techniques in day-to-day life. This coming holiday, indulge yourselves in a riveting game that improves your spelling, context clue comprehension, and pattern recognition. Yes, we’re talking about a fun and exciting game of Easter Word Search.
I know, right? Can you believe you can get all these benefits from such an amusing game? If you agree, then better prepare your pens and highlighters for another vocab battle with your loved ones. Who knows? Maybe all this practice could make you this year’s grand winner.
Easter Charades
Are you a big fan of all the classic Easter characters, traditions, and activities that you’d rather act them out than talk about them at your gathering? Whether or not this is the case, we’re sure this fun, little game can liven up the atmosphere at your Easter party. Of course, we’re talking about Easter Charades.
With this, prepare to start hopping around, pretending to eat your classic food, or acting like you’re small, colorful, and contain a mystery present inside. And, if various Easter-themed images suddenly pop inside your head while you’re reading, then you’re all set for a wild afternoon of some crazy family fun.
Easter Egg Maths
Regardless of the date, practicing with numbers is always great for mental stimulation. It helps improve analytical thinking skills and problem solving that you can use in various day-to-day activities. If you’re playing with kids during your holiday celebration, then you might as well add some Easter Egg Maths to the mix.
So we don’t always end up getting bored with plain old numbers, using objects in place helps provide real-life applications of this practice. Since we’re celebrating Easter, these colorful eggs would be the perfect replacement (or distraction) that might just get your kids to enjoy solving an actual numbers problem during the holiday.
Easter Taboo
When it comes to words, some are best left unspoken. You’re aware of this saying, right? For this Easter celebration, let’s turn this saying into a game and play a round or two of Easter Taboo.
Easy, simple, yet at the same time, tricky. Battle it out with your wits, and prepare to outsmart the competition in this crazy, head-scratching game of Taboo. Not only will this activity force you to be creative and think outside the box, it’ll also expose the true whizzes and geniuses in the family.
Conclusion
What a fun Easter celebration this could be! We hope this article helps you host not only the most fun Scattergories game, but also prepare the best Easter celebration in years.
If you’re looking for more ideas on what to do for your gathering, feel free to visit our Etsy shop to see more of our Easter and Springtime activities we have in store.
From here on out, we hope you have a blast with your loved ones this coming holiday. From all of us here, we wish you a Happy Easter!
