8 years ago, Kaylee and I decided to do something a little different with lunch! We filled Easter eggs with all sorts of lunch items. Bite-sized lunch items for a fun Easter egg hunt. Even little peanut butter & honey sandwiches. It has become one of our favorite activities and we also go on Easter egg lunch hunts (or snack hunts!) when friends come over.
This will be our 2-year old’s first year to participate. He is the perfect age to catch on quickly and have fun with this Easter egg lunch hunt.
Scroll to the end to see what we do for our older 4 kids who are all in school now!
This is the most popular Easter post on Gluesticks and for good reason. It’s SO EASY and SO FUN and honestly, the quickest way to skyrocket yourself to “best mom ever” status for the 5 and under crowd, ha!
What food items can you use for this Easter egg lunch hunt?
How do you split the Easter eggs evenly amongst groups of kids?
Where do you hide the Easter eggs?
Here’s another fun Easter egg lunch idea!

Here are a couple more Easter ideas for kids!

Easter Bunny Luncheon for Kids.
We’ve also got a great Make an Easter Bunny Cake you can make as well!
Try some of these spring activities for even more fun!
Lyndsey says
March 20, 2012 at 5:40 pmThis is too fun – looks like a blast !! My kids would love it too 🙂
Stevie MooreBabies says
March 20, 2012 at 8:06 pmOh my… I love it! I pinned it 🙂
Kei says
March 20, 2012 at 11:25 pmThat looks like so much fun! I love the idea of putting food in the eggs 🙂
Kali Drane says
March 21, 2012 at 12:04 amWhat a great idea! Looks like your kiddos loved it! This is a must do for me now. Thank you!
Kali
http://www.thedranefamily.blogspot.com
Firehousecrafts says
March 21, 2012 at 3:54 amWhat a great idea! I’m going to have to try this!
Deedra Hickman says
March 21, 2012 at 11:26 amThat is a fantastic idea!
kirsty says
March 21, 2012 at 12:45 pmWhat a wonderful idea! Will definitely be doing this one! 🙂
Laura [Beauty & the Beard] says
March 21, 2012 at 11:45 pmSUCH a cute idea, so doing with my niece when she’s older!
Word Nerd says
March 22, 2012 at 1:50 amVery creative! I think this would also be a fun treat for a child that takes a lunch or treat to school…so much more fun to find a bunch of brightly colored eggs than a couple of plastic baggies.
Sam&Gail says
March 22, 2012 at 3:40 amTwo things: I’m a grown up (last kid soon to leave the teen years) and *I* want a lunch in eggs! How fun! Second, I’m repinning this to my Bento board, because it is cute, clever, nutritious, and let’s add another clever in there 🙂
Mama Jodi says
March 22, 2012 at 2:56 pmI absolutely love this idea, and I want to do it. Thanks so much for sharing it. Very clever.
Chrissy says
March 24, 2012 at 1:33 pmOh!! How clever and such a fun idea! My kids would love this! I may try it out!
The Pink Giraffe says
March 24, 2012 at 5:49 pmWhat a darling idea!!
Lisa @ Two Bears Farm says
March 25, 2012 at 12:39 pmWhat a fun idea!
Beth Jackson Klosterboer says
March 25, 2012 at 1:23 pmIf I had little ones at home, I would be doing this for sure. What a fun idea. I’m sure your kids had a blast.
Beth @ Hungry Happenings
Stef says
March 25, 2012 at 4:42 pmThis is the BEST idea!!! My girls are going to be all over this one. Thank you so much! Sometimes, the meal preparation is such a drag over and over and over again. I’m sure the kids feel the same – this ought to liven things up.
Lindsay @Artsy-Fartsy Mama says
March 25, 2012 at 9:36 pmLOVE this, so fun! Definitely going to try it with my daughter.
Featured you on my blog today, stop by & check it out:
http://www.artsyfartsymama.com/2012/03/pinteresting-features-n-shtuff-27.html
Sugarr2518 says
March 26, 2012 at 1:55 amSuch a cute idea:) Thanks for sharing!!!
Jill says
March 26, 2012 at 1:37 pmSuch a cute idea for lunch. 🙂
Just found your blog and became your newest follower.
Have a great day!
Blessings,
Jill
Jenny from Crossing the Bugger-Dixon Line says
March 26, 2012 at 6:23 pmFabulous idea!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Love and Lollipops says
March 26, 2012 at 6:35 pmSuch a cute idea!
{ L } says
March 26, 2012 at 7:12 pmThis is such an AWESOME idea!! I am in love with it. 😀 Brilliant.
4 Sisters @ bringingbeauty.blogspot.com says
March 26, 2012 at 9:23 pmThis is such an amazing idea! Way to add some fun to lunchtime!
We have our first ever Beautify It Monday link party going on now and we’d love for you to stop by and link up @ bringingbeauty.blogspot.com
nsmerkt says
March 29, 2012 at 2:23 pmWhat a terrific idea! Thanks for sharing!
Jen Hansard says
March 29, 2012 at 8:30 pmWhat a great idea! We actually shared in on Family Sponge today— thank you for the inspiration! Look forward to reading your blog more.
Jen at Family Sponge
Jennifer says
March 31, 2012 at 2:27 pmOh my gosh… I am TOTALLY going to pack my daughter’s lunch like this on the last day before Easter! IN LOVE!
Cari says
April 2, 2012 at 12:14 amI will definetly try this with my two little girls! They will love the novelty and enjoy all the tiney foods!!
Brian, Michelle, Teagan and Isla says
April 3, 2012 at 4:39 pmOh wow! What an awesome memory for your little ones! I am SO excited and am going to try this with my three year and 11 month olds! My toddler doesn’t want to eat anythinnnnnnng at the moment so maybe this will do the trick and be fun at the same time? Pinning this idea.
Would love if you would link it up too on my party going on now at Teagan’s Travels!
http://teaganstravels.blogspot.com/2012/04/destination-inspiration-linky-party-9.html
Happy Easter,
Michelle
Amy - while wearing heels says
April 4, 2012 at 2:57 amBrilliant. Totally pinning this asap. What a fun idea.
amy @ whilewearingheels.blogspot.com
Myra of Mommy+Me Lunchbox says
April 4, 2012 at 3:12 pmTHANKS for the lunch-in-egg idea! I used it for my daughter’s lunch at preschool!
http://mommyandmelunchbox.blogspot.com/2012/04/bunny-hop.html
kDodson says
April 5, 2012 at 11:22 pmThanks so much for the idea!! Did this for my 1st grader and Kindergardener’s lunches today and sent them to school with the egg carton as their lunch box. they LOVED it!! So much that I had to do a half-carton for my preschooler to take for her snack. Yay!! Super-mom!!
Brandy says
April 6, 2012 at 3:06 amSo awesome to heaar KDodson!! How fun! And kuddos to you for preparing that 3x!
Melissa says
April 6, 2012 at 2:03 pmThis is simply brilliant! Thank you for the idea! It’s nice to fill easter eggs with something besides candy.
~~Evelyn~~ says
April 6, 2012 at 2:41 pmWe usually have lunch/dinner around 3 with the in-laws on Easter Sunday. That’s tough for a 7 year old. If I feed him lunch, he isn’t hungry at 3. But it is too long for him to wait to eat.
I am going to use this idea (found you on Pinterest, btw) and put mostly fruits with a couple of small protein items so that it will tide him over until we have our main meal.
EXCELLENT idea.
Ami Allison says
April 6, 2012 at 5:23 pmI’m doing this today for my sweet girl! Thanks for sharing this adorable idea! 🙂
kirsty says
April 8, 2012 at 5:16 amSo I did end up doing this, and my kids had a blast! They thought it was so much fun and enjoyed all the surprises in the eggs (we had cheese sandwiches, grapes, banana, tiny teddies, savoury crackers and ham).
Thanks for the inspiration!
richardwilkins says
April 11, 2012 at 6:42 amA moment that every kids will cherished.
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Cheryl says
April 11, 2012 at 12:22 pmJust a thought. You might want to check and see if the plastic eggs are food safe. Sometimes you never really know what is being put in the plastics that might leach into food.
wilderlamb says
October 6, 2012 at 4:15 pmSaw this on Pinterest earlier this year and did it for my kids’ lunch at school. They loved it! Thanks for the great idea.
Brandy says
February 5, 2013 at 12:28 amYou are welcome! I can’t wait to do it again!
Emilee says
October 13, 2012 at 6:46 pmThanks for the fun idea! My daughter’s birthday is in April so last spring I filled up the eggs for their lunch. It was fun to see how they all ate them differently. Some ate one egg at a time, some emptied them all out at once.
I didn’t hide them, but maybe next time I will…
Randy Arton says
December 28, 2012 at 7:11 amHi, good idea thanks for sharing.
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Carrie at Rhubarbsky says
March 27, 2013 at 6:53 pmLove this idea. . . . i clicked through a pin on pinterest, but it came up as a suspicious link and I had to bypass that to get here. Just FYI.
Can’t wait to surprise my girl with this in her lunchbox on Friday!
glenda crane says
March 12, 2014 at 9:31 amThis one caught my eye right away. Love it.
Brandy says
March 12, 2014 at 7:53 pmThanks Glenda! It was so much fun!
Tisha says
April 1, 2014 at 11:00 pmSuch a fun mom! I have to do this! Love it. Linking back to my blog. Darling.
Brandy says
April 2, 2014 at 8:21 amThank you so much, Tisha!
Sarah @ The DIY Mommy says
March 23, 2019 at 10:27 pmI love, LOVE your Easter Egg Hunt lunch idea – so fun! The bunny donut cups are adorable too! Great Post!